中国组织工程研究 ›› 2023, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (29): 4658-4663.doi: 10.12307/2023.651

• 骨与关节图像与影像 bone and joint imaging • 上一篇    下一篇

Micro-CT评价铁超载影响膝骨关节炎模型小鼠软骨类组织的变化

黎少聪1,何  琪1,潘兆丰1,杨均政1,陈柏豪1,王海彬2,周  驰2   

  1. 1广州中医药大学,广东省广州市   510405;2广州中医药大学第一附属医院,广东省广州市   510405
  • 收稿日期:2022-07-05 接受日期:2022-08-24 出版日期:2023-10-18 发布日期:2022-12-02
  • 通讯作者: 周驰,博士,副教授,副主任医师,硕士生导师,广州中医药大学第一附属医院,广东省广州市 510405 王海彬,博士,教授,主任医师,博士生导师,广州中医药大学第一附属医院,广东省广州市 510405
  • 作者简介:黎少聪,男,1998 年生,重庆市人,汉族,广州中医药大学第一临床医学院在读硕士,主要从事关节炎的研究。
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金资助项目(82074462),项目负责人:王海彬;广州中医药大学“双一流”与高水平大学学科协同创新团队项目(2021xk53),项目负责人:王海彬

Effect of iron overload on cartilaginous tissue in a mouse model of knee osteoarthritis evaluated by micro-CT

Li Shaocong1, He Qi1, Pan Zhaofeng1, Yang Junzheng1, Chen Bohao1, Wang Haibin2, Zhou Chi2   

  1. 1Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, Guangdong Province, China; 2First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, Guangdong Province, China
  • Received:2022-07-05 Accepted:2022-08-24 Online:2023-10-18 Published:2022-12-02
  • Contact: Zhou Chi, MD, Associate professor, Associate chief physician, Master’s supervisor, First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, Guangdong Province, China Wang Haibin, MD, Professor, Chief physician, Doctoral supervisor, First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, Guangdong Province, China
  • About author:Li Shaocong, Master candidate, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, Guangdong Province, China
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 82074462 (to WHB); Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine "Double First-Class" and High-Level University Discipline Collaborative Innovation Team Project, No. 2021xk53 (to WHB)

摘要:


文题释义:

铁超载:为体内过多的铁沉积,病因通常可分为原发性及继发性,原发性病因通常与遗传、年龄等因素相关,继发性病因多见于过度输血、慢性溶血或补充铁等引起。
软骨下骨:是一种位于软骨钙化层下,由邻近钙化软骨的致密皮质骨和近髓腔松质骨组成的过渡骨组织结构,对减轻关节负载有重要作用。

背景:膝骨关节炎可能与铁代谢异常有关,了解铁超载对膝骨关节炎的作用非常有意义。
目的:探究铁超载对膝骨关节炎发病的影响。
方法:选取30只7周龄C57B/6J野生型小鼠,采用随机数表法分为正常对照组、手术对照组与手术+右旋糖酐铁组,每组10只。8周龄时,手术+右旋糖酐铁组腹腔注射右旋糖酐铁500 mg/kg,每周1次,注射至18周龄时停止;10周龄时,手术对照组与手术+右旋糖酐铁组行左后膝内侧半月板失稳手术。18周龄时处死所有小鼠,通过Micro-CT检测胫骨微结构参数,番红O-固绿染色观察关节软骨组织病理损伤程度,普鲁士蓝染色证实铁在小鼠关节中的沉积。
结果与结论:①Micro-CT检测显示,与正常对照组相比,手术对照组、手术+右旋糖酐铁组骨小梁相对体积、骨小梁厚度、骨小梁数量明显减小(P < 0.05),骨小梁分离度、结构模型指数增加(P < 0.05);与手术+右旋糖酐铁组比较,手术对照组骨小梁相对体积、骨小梁厚度、骨小梁数量增加(P < 0.05),骨小梁分离度、结构模型指数相减小(P < 0.05);②番红O染色显示,与正常对照组、手术对照组相比,手术+右旋糖酐铁组小鼠软骨表面缺损、破裂严重,表层软骨细胞数量明显减少,国际骨关节炎研究学会半定量评分更高,提示其关节炎严重程度更高;③普鲁士蓝染色显示,手术+右旋糖酐铁组小鼠滑膜中可见大量被染成深蓝色的铁沉积颗粒,正常对照组与手术对照组均无明显铁沉积颗粒;④结果显示,铁超载能够加重膝骨关节炎的严重程度,并且增加软骨蛋白多糖成分的丢失和软骨下骨的骨丢失,明确了铁超载与膝骨关节炎的关系。
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1329-5752(黎少聪) 
中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:人工关节;骨植入物;脊柱;骨折;内固定;数字化骨科;组织工程

关键词: 膝骨关节炎, 铁超载, Micro-CT, 膝关节, 番红-O染色, 普鲁士蓝染色, 软骨下骨, OARSI评分

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Knee osteoarthritis may be related to abnormal iron metabolism, and it is very meaningful to understand the effect of iron overload on knee osteoarthritis.  
OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of iron overload on the incidence of knee osteoarthritis. 
METHODS: Thirty 7-week-old C57B/6J wild-type mice were selected and randomly divided into a normal control group, an operation control group, and an operation+iron dextran group, with 10 mice in each group. At the age of 8 weeks, the operation+iron dextran group received intraperitoneal injection of iron dextran 500 mg/kg, once a week, and the injection was terminated at the age of 18 weeks. At the age of 10 weeks, the operation control group and the operation+iron dextran group received left posterior knee medial meniscus instability surgery. All mice were sacrificed at 18 weeks of age. Tibial microstructure parameters were detected by micro-CT. Safranin O-fast green staining was used to observe the degree of pathological damage of articular cartilage. Prussian blue staining confirmed the deposition of iron in mouse joints. 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) Micro-CT test showed that compared with the normal control group, the relative trabecular volume, trabecular thickness and trabecular number of subchondral bone were significantly decreased (P < 0.05), and the trabecular separation and structural model index were increased (P < 0.05) in the operation control group and operation+iron dextran group. Compared with the operation+iron dextran group, relative trabecular volume, trabecular thickness and trabecular number were increased (P < 0.05); trabecular separation and structural model index were decreased (P < 0.05) in the operation control group. (2) Safranine O staining showed that compared with the normal control group and the operation control group, the subchondral bone of the operation+iron dextran group had serious defects and ruptures on the surface of cartilage, and the number of surface chondrocytes decreased significantly. The higher Osteoarthritis Research Society International score indicated the higher severity of arthritis. (3) Prussian blue staining results showed that a large number of iron deposition particles dyed dark blue could be seen in the synovium of the operation+iron dextran group, while there were no obvious iron deposition particles in the normal control group and the operation control group. (4) These results demonstrate that iron overload can aggravate the damage of knee osteoarthritis, and increase the loss of cartilage proteoglycan components and the bone loss of subchondral bone, clarifying the relationship between iron overload and knee osteoarthritis.

Key words: knee osteoarthritis, iron overload, micro-CT, knee, Safranine O staining, Prussian blue staining, subchondral bone, OARSI score

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