J B Catterall1, R D Zura2, M P Bolognesi2, V B Kraus3. 1. Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Electronic address: jcatterall@gmail.com. 2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA. 3. Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27701, USA; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We investigated tissue turnover in healthy and osteoarthritic cartilage. We challenge long held views that osteoarthritis (OA) is dominated by a similar turnover process in all joints and present evidence that hip and knee cartilage respond very differently to OA. METHODS: d- and l-Aspartate (Asp) were quantified for whole cartilage, collagen and non-collagenous components of cartilage obtained at the time of joint replacement. We computed the Asp racemization ratio (Asp-RR = d/d + l Asp), reflecting the proportion of old to total protein, for each component. RESULTS: Compared with hip OA, knee OA collagen fibrils (P < 0.0001), collagen (P = 0.007), and non-collagenous proteins (P = 0.0003) had significantly lower age-adjusted mean Asp-RRs consistent with elevated protein synthesis in knee OA. Knee OA collagen had a mean hydroxyproline/proline (H/P) ratio of 1.2 consistent with the presence of type III collagen whereas hip OA collagen had a mean H/P ratio of 0.99 consistent with type II collagen. Based on Asp-RR, the relative age was significantly different in knee and hip OA (P < 0.0005); on average OA knees were estimated to be 30 yrs 'younger', and OA hips 10 yrs 'older' than non-OA. CONCLUSIONS: The metabolic response to OA was strikingly different by joint site. Knee OA cartilage evinced an anabolic response that appeared to be absent in hip OA cartilage. These results challenge the long held view that OA cartilage is capable of only minimal repair and that collagen loss is irreversible.
OBJECTIVE: We investigated tissue turnover in healthy and osteoarthritic cartilage. We challenge long held views that osteoarthritis (OA) is dominated by a similar turnover process in all joints and present evidence that hip and knee cartilage respond very differently to OA. METHODS:d- and l-Aspartate (Asp) were quantified for whole cartilage, collagen and non-collagenous components of cartilage obtained at the time of joint replacement. We computed the Asp racemization ratio (Asp-RR = d/d + l Asp), reflecting the proportion of old to total protein, for each component. RESULTS: Compared with hip OA, knee OA collagen fibrils (P < 0.0001), collagen (P = 0.007), and non-collagenous proteins (P = 0.0003) had significantly lower age-adjusted mean Asp-RRs consistent with elevated protein synthesis in knee OA. Knee OA collagen had a mean hydroxyproline/proline (H/P) ratio of 1.2 consistent with the presence of type III collagen whereas hip OA collagen had a mean H/P ratio of 0.99 consistent with type II collagen. Based on Asp-RR, the relative age was significantly different in knee and hip OA (P < 0.0005); on average OA knees were estimated to be 30 yrs 'younger', and OA hips 10 yrs 'older' than non-OA. CONCLUSIONS: The metabolic response to OA was strikingly different by joint site. Knee OA cartilage evinced an anabolic response that appeared to be absent in hip OA cartilage. These results challenge the long held view that OA cartilage is capable of only minimal repair and that collagen loss is irreversible.
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