Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2018, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (32): 5104-5109.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.0545

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Relationship between osteoporosis and incidence of knee osteoarthritis in Sprague-Dawley rats

Zheng Zhao-kuan, Zhao Hong-pu, Lü Yu-ming, Zeng Jing, Gong Yi-xing, Huang Jian-wei   

  1. the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510150, Guangdong Province, China
  • Received:2018-04-28 Online:2018-11-18 Published:2018-11-18
  • Contact: Zhao Hong-pu, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510150, Guangdong Province, China
  • About author:Zheng Zhao-kuan, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510150, Guangdong Province, China
  • Supported by:

    a grant from Science, Technology and Information Bureau of Guangzhou Liwan District, No. 20131215073-1

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Incidence of osteoporosis in patients with osteoarthritis is significantly higher than that of 
healthy people, indicating that there are factors leading to osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of osteoporosis on the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis.
METHODS: Twenty-eight rats were equivalently randomized into osteoarthritis and osteoporosis plus osteoarthritis (ovariectomy to induce osteoporosis) groups. One month after modeling, papain was injected into the left knee joint of each group to induce osteoarthritis, and the right knee joint in both groups served as the controls.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Compared with the right knee joint, osteophyte hyperplasia was observed at the left knee joint in both groups, and arthritis was more severe in the osteoporosis plus osteoarthritis group than in the osteoarthritis group. The Mankin scores in the osteoporosis plus osteoarthritis group were higher than those in the osteoarthritis group. The bone mineral density of L1-4 in the osteoporosis plus osteoarthritis group was lower than that in the osteoarthritis group. To conclude, osteoporosis can promote the development of osteoarthritis to some extent.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松组织工程

Key words: Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis, Tissue Engineering

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