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Hafner, Tobias [Author]; Schock, Justus [Author]; Post, Manuel [Author]; Abrar, Daniel Benjamin [Author]; Sewerin, Philipp [Author]; Linka, Kevin [Author]; Knobe, Matthias [Author]; Kuhl, Christiane [Author]; Truhn, Daniel [Author]; Nebelung, Sven [Author] ; Technische Universität Hamburg, Technische Universität Hamburg Institute of Continuum Mechanics and Materials Mechanics

A serial multiparametric quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study to assess proteoglycan depletion of human articular cartilage and its effects on functionality

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  • Media type: E-Article
  • Title: A serial multiparametric quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study to assess proteoglycan depletion of human articular cartilage and its effects on functionality
  • Contributor: Hafner, Tobias [Author]; Schock, Justus [Author]; Post, Manuel [Author]; Abrar, Daniel Benjamin [Author]; Sewerin, Philipp [Author]; Linka, Kevin [Author]; Knobe, Matthias [Author]; Kuhl, Christiane [Author]; Truhn, Daniel [Author]; Nebelung, Sven [Author]
  • Corporation: Technische Universität Hamburg ; Technische Universität Hamburg, Institute of Continuum Mechanics and Materials Mechanics
  • Published: Hamburg, 2020
  • Published in: Scientific reports ; 2020, 10:1
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.15480/882.2927; 10.1038/s41598-020-72208-y
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  • Description: Water, collagen, and proteoglycans determine articular cartilage functionality. If altered, susceptibility to premature degeneration is increased. This study investigated the effects of enzymatic proteoglycan depletion on cartilage functionality as assessed by advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) techniques under standardized loading. Lateral femoral condylar cartilage-bone samples from patients undergoing knee replacement (n = 29) were serially imaged by Proton Density-weighted and T1, T1ρ, T2, and T2* mapping sequences on a clinical 3.0 T MRI scanner (Achieva, Philips). Using pressure-controlled indentation loading, samples were imaged unloaded and quasi-statically loaded to 15.1 N and 28.6 N, and both before and after exposure to low-concentrated (LT, 0.1 mg/mL, n = 10) or high-concentrated trypsin (HT, 1.0 mg/mL, n = 10). Controls were not treated (n = 9). Responses to loading were assessed for the entire sample and regionally, i.e. sub- and peri-pistonally, and zonally, i.e. upper and lower sample halves. Trypsin effects were quantified as relative changes (Δ), analysed using appropriate statistical tests, and referenced histologically. Histological proteoglycan depletion was reflected by significant sub-pistonal decreases in T1 (p = 0.003) and T2 (p = 0.008) after HT exposure. Loading-induced changes in T1ρ and T2* were not related. In conclusion, proteoglycan depletion alters cartilage functionality and may be assessed using serial T1 and T2 mapping under loading.
  • Access State: Open Access
  • Rights information: Attribution (CC BY)