OBJECTIVE: To apply a pendulum technique to detect changes in the coefficient of friction of the articular cartilage of the intact guinea pig tibiofemoral joint after proteolytic disruption. DESIGN: Twenty-two hind limbs were obtained from 11 3-month old Hartley guinea pigs. Twenty knees were block-randomized to one of two treatment groups receiving injections of: (1) alpha-chymotrypsin (to disrupt the superficial layer of the articular surface) or (2) saline (sham; to control for the effects of the intra-articular injection). The legs were mounted in a pendulum where the knee served as the fulcrum. The decay in pendulum amplitude as a function of oscillation number was first recorded and the coefficient of friction of the joint was determined from these data before injection. Ten microliters of either isotonic saline or 1 Unit/microL alpha-chymotrypsin was then injected into the intra-articular joint space and incubated for 2h. The pendulum test was repeated. Changes in the coefficient of friction between the sham and alpha-chymotrypsin joints were compared. One additional pair of knees was used for histological study of the effects of the injections. RESULTS: Treatment with alpha-chymotrypsin significantly increased the coefficient of friction of the guinea pig knee by 74% while sham treatment decreased it by 8%. Histological sections using Gomori trichrome stain verified that the lamina splendens was damaged following treatment with alpha-chymotrypsin and not following saline treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with alpha-chymotrypsin induces mild cartilage surface damage and increases the coefficient of friction in the Hartley guinea pig knee.
OBJECTIVE: To apply a pendulum technique to detect changes in the coefficient of friction of the articular cartilage of the intact guinea pig tibiofemoral joint after proteolytic disruption. DESIGN: Twenty-two hind limbs were obtained from 11 3-month old Hartley guinea pigs. Twenty knees were block-randomized to one of two treatment groups receiving injections of: (1) alpha-chymotrypsin (to disrupt the superficial layer of the articular surface) or (2) saline (sham; to control for the effects of the intra-articular injection). The legs were mounted in a pendulum where the knee served as the fulcrum. The decay in pendulum amplitude as a function of oscillation number was first recorded and the coefficient of friction of the joint was determined from these data before injection. Ten microliters of either isotonic saline or 1 Unit/microL alpha-chymotrypsin was then injected into the intra-articular joint space and incubated for 2h. The pendulum test was repeated. Changes in the coefficient of friction between the sham and alpha-chymotrypsin joints were compared. One additional pair of knees was used for histological study of the effects of the injections. RESULTS: Treatment with alpha-chymotrypsin significantly increased the coefficient of friction of the guinea pig knee by 74% while sham treatment decreased it by 8%. Histological sections using Gomori trichrome stain verified that the lamina splendens was damaged following treatment with alpha-chymotrypsin and not following saline treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with alpha-chymotrypsin induces mild cartilage surface damage and increases the coefficient of friction in the Hartley guinea pig knee.
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