Role of subchondral bone properties and changes in development of load-induced osteoarthritis in mice

Role of subchondral bone properties and changes in development of load-induced osteoarthritis in mice

Animal models recapitulating post-traumatic osteoarthritis (OA) suggest that subchondral bone (SCB) properties and remodeling may play major roles in disease initiation and progression. Thus, we investigated the role of SCB properties and its effects on load-induced OA progression by applying a tibi...

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Published in:Osteoarthritis and cartilage Vol. 25; no. 12; pp. 2108 - 2118
Main Authors: Adebayo, O.O., Ko, F.C., Wan, P.T., Goldring, S.R., Goldring, M.B., Wright, T.M., van der Meulen, M.C.H.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01-12-2017
Subjects:
Bone properties
Bone remodeling
Mechanical loading
Mouse
Osteoarthritis
Subchondral bone
Bone remodeling
Mouse
Subchondral bone
Mechanical loading
Osteoarthritis
Bone properties
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Summary:Animal models recapitulating post-traumatic osteoarthritis (OA) suggest that subchondral bone (SCB) properties and remodeling may play major roles in disease initiation and progression. Thus, we investigated the role of SCB properties and its effects on load-induced OA progression by applying a tibial loading model on two distinct mouse strains treated with alendronate (ALN). Cyclic compression was applied to the left tibia of 26-week-old male C57Bl/6 (B6, low bone mass) and FVB (high bone mass) mice. Mice were treated with ALN (26 μg/kg/day) or vehicle (VEH) for loading durations of 1, 2, or 6 weeks. Changes in articular cartilage and subchondral and epiphyseal cancellous bone were analyzed using histology and microcomputed tomography. FVB mice exhibited thicker cartilage, a thicker SCB plate, and higher epiphyseal cancellous bone mass and tissue mineral density than B6 mice. Loading induced cartilage pathology, osteophyte formation, and SCB changes; however, lower initial SCB mass and stiffness in B6 mice did not attenuate load-induced OA severity compared to FVB mice. By contrast, FVB mice exhibited less cartilage damage, and slower-growing and less mature osteophytes. In B6 mice, inhibiting bone remodeling via ALN treatment exacerbated cartilage pathology after 6 weeks of loading, while in FVB mice, inhibiting bone remodeling protected limbs from load-induced cartilage loss. Intrinsically lower SCB properties were not associated with attenuated load-induced cartilage loss. However, inhibiting bone remodeling produced differential patterns of OA pathology in animals with low compared to high SCB properties, indicating that these factors do influence load-induced OA progression.
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ISSN:1063-4584
1522-9653
DOI:10.1016/j.joca.2017.08.016