K Warmink1, A E Kozijn2, I Bobeldijk3, R Stoop4, H Weinans5, N M Korthagen6. 1. Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Electronic address: k.warmink@umcutrecht.nl. 2. Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Metabolic Health Research, TNO, Leiden, the Netherlands. Electronic address: annekozijn@gmail.com. 3. Metabolic Health Research, TNO, Leiden, the Netherlands. Electronic address: ivana.bobeldijk@tno.nl. 4. Metabolic Health Research, TNO, Leiden, the Netherlands. Electronic address: reinout.stoop@tno.nl. 5. Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Electronic address: H.H.Weinans@umcutrecht.nl. 6. Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Equine Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Electronic address: N.M.Korthagen@uu.nl.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Obesity is one of the greatest risk factors for osteoarthritis (OA) and evidence is accumulating that inflammatory mediators and innate immunity play an important role. The infrapatellar fat pad (IPFP) could be a potential local source of inflammatory mediators in the knee. Here, we combine surgical joint damage with high-fat feeding in mice to investigate inflammatory responses in the IPFP during OA development. DESIGN: Mice (n = 30) received either a low-fat diet (LFD), high-fat diet (HFD) for 18 weeks or switched diets (LFD > HFD) after 10 weeks. OA was induced by surgical destabilization of the medial meniscus (DMM), contralateral knees served as sham controls. An additional HFD-only group (n = 15) received no DMM. RESULTS: The most pronounced inflammation, characterized by macrophage crown-like structures (CLS), was found in HFD + DMM mice, CLS increased compared to HFD only (mean difference = 7.26, 95%CI [1.52-13.0]) and LFD + DMM (mean difference = 6.35, 95%CI [0.53-12.18). The M1 macrophage marker iNOS increased by DMM (ratio = 2.48, 95%CI [1.37-4.50]), while no change in M2 macrophage marker CD206 was observed. Fibrosis was minimal by HFD alone, but in combination with DMM it increased with 23.45% (95%CI [13.67-33.24]). CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate that a high-fat diet alone does not trigger inflammation or fibrosis in the infrapatellar fat pad, but in combination with an extra damage trigger, like DMM, induces inflammation and fibrosis in the infrapatellar fat pad. These data suggest that HFD provides a priming effect on the infrapatellar fat pad and that combined actions bring the joint in a metabolic state of progressive OA.
OBJECTIVE: Obesity is one of the greatest risk factors for osteoarthritis (OA) and evidence is accumulating that inflammatory mediators and innate immunity play an important role. The infrapatellar fat pad (IPFP) could be a potential local source of inflammatory mediators in the knee. Here, we combine surgical joint damage with high-fat feeding in mice to investigate inflammatory responses in the IPFP during OA development. DESIGN:Mice (n = 30) received either a low-fat diet (LFD), high-fat diet (HFD) for 18 weeks or switched diets (LFD > HFD) after 10 weeks. OA was induced by surgical destabilization of the medial meniscus (DMM), contralateral knees served as sham controls. An additional HFD-only group (n = 15) received no DMM. RESULTS: The most pronounced inflammation, characterized by macrophage crown-like structures (CLS), was found in HFD + DMMmice, CLS increased compared to HFD only (mean difference = 7.26, 95%CI [1.52-13.0]) and LFD + DMM (mean difference = 6.35, 95%CI [0.53-12.18). The M1 macrophage marker iNOS increased by DMM (ratio = 2.48, 95%CI [1.37-4.50]), while no change in M2 macrophage marker CD206 was observed. Fibrosis was minimal by HFD alone, but in combination with DMM it increased with 23.45% (95%CI [13.67-33.24]). CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate that a high-fat diet alone does not trigger inflammation or fibrosis in the infrapatellar fat pad, but in combination with an extra damage trigger, like DMM, induces inflammation and fibrosis in the infrapatellar fat pad. These data suggest that HFD provides a priming effect on the infrapatellar fat pad and that combined actions bring the joint in a metabolic state of progressive OA.
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