Endochondral bone growth is regulated by the rates of chondrocyte proliferation and differentiation. However, the intracellular mechanisms regulating these processes are poorly understood. Recently, interruption of the gene encoding the transcription factor activating transcription factor 2 (ATF-2) was shown to inhibit proliferation of chondrocytes in mice [Reimold, A. M., et al. (1996) Nature ...

Objectives. The objective of this paper is to determine if hyaluronan affects bupivacaine's anesthetic function. Methods. Whole cell patch clamp recordings were performed on bovine articular chondrocytes cultured in 60 mm dishes. The chondrocytes were treated with phosphate-buffered saline (control group), 7.5 mg/mL hyaluronan (Orthovisc), 0.25% bupivacaine, or a mixture of 7.5 mg/mL hyaluronan...

Background: Bisphosphonates (BP) increase bone mass in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and are effective in the prevention and treatment of steroid-induced osteoporosis. However, little is known about their direct effects on chondrocytes. Objectives: To study the influence of BP on articular chondrocytes in vitro and to investigate whether BP can prevent steroid-induced apoptosis of articula...

BACKGROUND Galectin-3 is a lectin detected in mature and early hypertrophic chondrocytes; osteoarthritic (OA) chondrocytes can re-express hypertrophic markers. OBJECTIVE To investigate the synthesis and subcellular localisation of galectin-3 in adult chondrocytes as well as the possibility of cleavage of galectin-3 by collagenase-1 and -3. METHODS Galectin-3 was assessed by immunohistochemi...

The objective of this study was to reconstruct full thickness cartilage defects in rabbit knees with in vitro engineered cartilage tissue based on noncryopreserved and cryopreserved chondrocytes in polymer fleece scaffolds. Osteochondral defects in rabbits were filled with polymer cylinders with noncryopreserved or cryopreserved allogeneic chondrocytes and compared with empty defects and defect...

Mesenchymal stem cells are widely used in the treatment of many diseases, including osteoarthritis, due to their ability differentiate into cartilage. The high chondrogenic differentiation potential synovial fluid-derived mesenchymal increases importance these osteoarthritis treatments. Addition BMP-9 and TGF-ß3 medium, they also cause hypertrophic effects on chondrocytes. In our study, it was ...

background: recent studies have provided evidence that integrins play roles in recognition of mechanical stimuli and its translation into a cellular response. integrin signaling may be regulated by a number of mechanisms including accessory proteins such as cd98 (4f2 antigen). objectives: to determine cd98 expression by human articular chondrocytes and its involvement in human articular mechano...

Abstract Endochondral bone formation is fundamental for skeletal development. During this process, chondrocytes undergo multiple steps of differentiation and coordinated transition from a proliferating to hypertrophic stage, which critical advance Here, we identified the transcription factor Dmrt2 (double-sex mab-3 related 2) as Sox9-inducible gene that promotes chondrocyte hypertrophy in pre-h...

Background: Both genetic and environmental factors appear to contribute joint health disease. For example, pathological levels of biomechanical stress on joints play a notable role in initiation progression osteoarthritis (OA), common chronic degenerative disease affecting articular cartilage underlying bone. Population-level gene expression studies cells experiencin...

Partial replacement of chondrocytes by stem cells has been proposed to improve the performance of autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI). Our previous studies showed that the increased cartilage production in pellet cocultures of chondrocytes and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) is due to a trophic role of the MSCs by stimulating chondrocyte proliferation and matrix production rather than MSCs ...