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Increased Effusion Synovitis for Those With a Dysregulated Inflammatory Response After an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
Introduction The progression to posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is likely multifactorial, involving biological, mechanical, and psychosocial factors. Following acute joint trauma, there appears to be a subset of patients that demonstrate a dysregu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10199421/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37214045 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37862 |
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author | Jacobs, Cale A Stone, Austin V Conley, Caitlin E. W Abed, Varag Huebner, Janet L Kraus, Virginia B Smith, Stacy E Lattermann, Christian |
author_facet | Jacobs, Cale A Stone, Austin V Conley, Caitlin E. W Abed, Varag Huebner, Janet L Kraus, Virginia B Smith, Stacy E Lattermann, Christian |
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description | Introduction The progression to posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is likely multifactorial, involving biological, mechanical, and psychosocial factors. Following acute joint trauma, there appears to be a subset of patients that demonstrate a dysregulated inflammatory response. This pro-inflammatory phenotype, or “Inflamma-type,” is characterized by an amplified pro-inflammatory response combined with a lack of attendant anti-inflammatory response and has been observed following both an ACL injury and an intra-articular fracture. The aims of this study were to: 1) compare magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-measured effusion synovitis between those with vs. without a dysregulated inflammatory response, and 2) assess the correlations between effusion synovitis and synovial fluid concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines, degradative enzymes, and synovial fluid biomarkers of cartilage degradation. Methods A cluster analysis was previously performed with synovial fluid concentrations of biomarkers of inflammation and cartilage degradation from 35 patients with acute ACL injuries. Patients were then categorized into two groups: a pro-inflammatory phenotype (“Inflamma-type”) and those with a more normal inflammatory response to injury (NORM). Effusion synovitis measured from each patient’s preoperative clinical MRI scan was compared between the Inflamma-type and NORM groups using an independent, two-tailed t-test. In addition, Spearman’s rho non-parametric correlations were calculated to evaluate the relationship between effusion synovitis and each of the synovial fluid concentrations of pro-inflammatory cytokines, degradative enzymes, and biomarkers of cartilage degradation and bony remodeling. Results Effusion synovitis was significantly greater for the Inflamma-type (10.9±3.8 mm) than the NORM group (7.4±4.4 mm, p=0.04, Cohen’s d=0.82). Effusion synovitis significantly correlated with matrix metalloproteinase-3 (rho=0.63, p<0.001), matrix metalloproteinase-1 (rho=0.50, p=0.003), and sulfated glycosaminoglycan (rho=0.42, p=0.01). No other significant correlations were present. Conclusion Effusion synovitis was significantly greater for those that demonstrated a dysregulated inflammatory response after acute ACL injury than those with a more normal response to injury. Effusion synovitis was also found to significantly correlate with synovial fluid concentrations of degradative enzymes and a biomarker of early cartilage degradation. Future work is needed to determine if non-invasive methods, such as MRI or ultrasound, may accurately identify patients within this pro-inflammatory phenotype and whether this subset is more prone to more rapid PTOA changes after injury. |
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spelling | pubmed-101994212023-05-21 Increased Effusion Synovitis for Those With a Dysregulated Inflammatory Response After an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Jacobs, Cale A Stone, Austin V Conley, Caitlin E. W Abed, Varag Huebner, Janet L Kraus, Virginia B Smith, Stacy E Lattermann, Christian Cureus Orthopedics Introduction The progression to posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is likely multifactorial, involving biological, mechanical, and psychosocial factors. Following acute joint trauma, there appears to be a subset of patients that demonstrate a dysregulated inflammatory response. This pro-inflammatory phenotype, or “Inflamma-type,” is characterized by an amplified pro-inflammatory response combined with a lack of attendant anti-inflammatory response and has been observed following both an ACL injury and an intra-articular fracture. The aims of this study were to: 1) compare magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-measured effusion synovitis between those with vs. without a dysregulated inflammatory response, and 2) assess the correlations between effusion synovitis and synovial fluid concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines, degradative enzymes, and synovial fluid biomarkers of cartilage degradation. Methods A cluster analysis was previously performed with synovial fluid concentrations of biomarkers of inflammation and cartilage degradation from 35 patients with acute ACL injuries. Patients were then categorized into two groups: a pro-inflammatory phenotype (“Inflamma-type”) and those with a more normal inflammatory response to injury (NORM). Effusion synovitis measured from each patient’s preoperative clinical MRI scan was compared between the Inflamma-type and NORM groups using an independent, two-tailed t-test. In addition, Spearman’s rho non-parametric correlations were calculated to evaluate the relationship between effusion synovitis and each of the synovial fluid concentrations of pro-inflammatory cytokines, degradative enzymes, and biomarkers of cartilage degradation and bony remodeling. Results Effusion synovitis was significantly greater for the Inflamma-type (10.9±3.8 mm) than the NORM group (7.4±4.4 mm, p=0.04, Cohen’s d=0.82). Effusion synovitis significantly correlated with matrix metalloproteinase-3 (rho=0.63, p<0.001), matrix metalloproteinase-1 (rho=0.50, p=0.003), and sulfated glycosaminoglycan (rho=0.42, p=0.01). No other significant correlations were present. Conclusion Effusion synovitis was significantly greater for those that demonstrated a dysregulated inflammatory response after acute ACL injury than those with a more normal response to injury. Effusion synovitis was also found to significantly correlate with synovial fluid concentrations of degradative enzymes and a biomarker of early cartilage degradation. Future work is needed to determine if non-invasive methods, such as MRI or ultrasound, may accurately identify patients within this pro-inflammatory phenotype and whether this subset is more prone to more rapid PTOA changes after injury. Cureus 2023-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10199421/ /pubmed/37214045 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37862 Text en Copyright © 2023, Jacobs et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Orthopedics Jacobs, Cale A Stone, Austin V Conley, Caitlin E. W Abed, Varag Huebner, Janet L Kraus, Virginia B Smith, Stacy E Lattermann, Christian Increased Effusion Synovitis for Those With a Dysregulated Inflammatory Response After an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury |
title | Increased Effusion Synovitis for Those With a Dysregulated Inflammatory Response After an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury |
title_full | Increased Effusion Synovitis for Those With a Dysregulated Inflammatory Response After an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury |
title_fullStr | Increased Effusion Synovitis for Those With a Dysregulated Inflammatory Response After an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury |
title_full_unstemmed | Increased Effusion Synovitis for Those With a Dysregulated Inflammatory Response After an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury |
title_short | Increased Effusion Synovitis for Those With a Dysregulated Inflammatory Response After an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury |
title_sort | increased effusion synovitis for those with a dysregulated inflammatory response after an anterior cruciate ligament injury |
topic | Orthopedics |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10199421/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37214045 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37862 |
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