Helen McCarthy h.s.mccarthy@keele.ac.uk
Increased production of clusterin in biopsies of repair tissue following autologous chondrocyte implantation
McCarthy, Helen S.; Malda, Jos; Richardson, James B.; Roberts, Sally
Authors
Jos Malda
James B. Richardson
Sally Roberts
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the immunolocalization of clusterin in the repair cartilage of patients having undergone autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) and evaluate correlation to clinical outcome. DESIGN: Full-depth core biopsies of repair tissue were obtained from 38 patients who had undergone ACI at an average of 18 ± 13 months previously (range 8-67 months). The biopsies were snap frozen, cryosectioned, and clusterin production immunolocalized using a specific monoclonal clusterin antibody and compared with normal and osteoarthritic cartilage. Clinical outcome was assessed from patients preoperatively, at the time of biopsy, and annually postoperatively. RESULTS: Intensity of immunostaining for clusterin decreased with age in healthy cartilage tissue. Clusterin was detected to a variable degree in 37 of the 38 ACI cartilage biopsies, in single and clustered chondrocytes, in the pericellular capsule and the cartilage extracellular matrix, as well as the osteocytes and osteoid within the bone. Chondrocytes in hyaline repair tissue were significantly more immunopositive than those in fibrocartilage repair tissue. Clinical outcome improved significantly post-ACI, but did not correlate with the presence of clusterin in the repair tissue. CONCLUSIONS: These results demonstrate the presence of clusterin in actively repairing human cartilage and indicate a different distribution of clusterin in this tissue compared to normal cartilage. Variability in clusterin staining in the repair tissue could indicate different states of chondrogenic differentiation. The clinical significance of clusterin within repair tissue is difficult to assess, although the ideal functioning repair tissue morphology should resemble that of healthy adult cartilage.
Citation
McCarthy, H. S., Malda, J., Richardson, J. B., & Roberts, S. (2013). Increased production of clusterin in biopsies of repair tissue following autologous chondrocyte implantation. Cartilage, 4(3), 227 -238. https://doi.org/10.1177/1947603513477652
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 12, 2013 |
Publication Date | Jul 1, 2013 |
Journal | Cartilage |
Print ISSN | 1947-6035 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 4 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 227 -238 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/1947603513477652 |
Keywords | cartilage, autologous chondrocyte implantation, clusterin, repair |
Publisher URL | http://car.sagepub.com/content/4/3/227 |
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