PMID- 26538834 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160815 LR - 20200306 IS - 1466-1861 (Electronic) IS - 0962-9351 (Print) IS - 0962-9351 (Linking) VI - 2015 DP - 2015 TI - Therapeutic Effect of Chenodeoxycholic Acid in an Experimental Rabbit Model of Osteoarthritis. PG - 780149 LID - 10.1155/2015/780149 [doi] LID - 780149 AB - Osteoarthritis (OA) is a slowly progressive joint disease typically seen in middle-age to elderly people. At present, there is no ideal agent to treat OA. Chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) was a principal active constituent from animal bile. However, the therapeutic effect of CDCA on OA severity was largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic effect of intra-articular injection of CDCA in a rabbit OA model. OA was induced in experimental rabbits by anterior cruciate ligament transection (ACLT) and then rabbits were intra-articularly injected with CDCA (10 mg/kg or 50 mg/kg) once per week for 5 weeks. The results showed that CDCA significantly decreased cartilage degradation on the surface of femoral condyles, reducing the pathological changes of articular cartilage and synovial membrane by macroscopic and histological analysis. CDCA also significantly decreased bone destruction and erosion of joint evaluated by micro-CT. Furthermore, CDCA could markedly reduce the release of matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1), matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3), interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in synovial fluid. These observations highlight CDCA might be a potential therapeutic agent for OA. FAU - Yan, Zhao-wei AU - Yan ZW AD - Department of Clinical Pharmacology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, China. FAU - Dong, Ji AU - Dong J AD - Department of Clinical Pharmacology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, China. FAU - Qin, Chen-hao AU - Qin CH AD - Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215004, China. FAU - Zhao, Chun-yang AU - Zhao CY AD - Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215004, China. FAU - Miao, Li-yan AU - Miao LY AD - Department of Clinical Pharmacology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, China. FAU - He, Chun-yan AU - He CY AD - Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215004, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20151011 PL - United States TA - Mediators Inflamm JT - Mediators of inflammation JID - 9209001 RN - 0 (Interleukin-1beta) RN - 0 (Prostaglandins E) RN - 0GEI24LG0J (Chenodeoxycholic Acid) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 3) RN - EC 3.4.24.7 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 1) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anterior Cruciate Ligament/surgery MH - Cartilage, Articular/pathology MH - Chenodeoxycholic Acid/*therapeutic use MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Femur/pathology MH - Injections, Intra-Articular MH - Interleukin-1beta/metabolism MH - Male MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 1/metabolism MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 3/metabolism MH - Osteoarthritis/*drug therapy MH - Prostaglandins E/metabolism MH - Rabbits MH - Synovial Membrane/pathology MH - X-Ray Microtomography PMC - PMC4619964 EDAT- 2015/11/06 06:00 MHDA- 2016/08/16 06:00 PMCR- 2015/10/11 CRDT- 2015/11/06 06:00 PHST- 2015/02/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/03/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/11/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/11/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/08/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/10/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1155/2015/780149 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mediators Inflamm. 2015;2015:780149. doi: 10.1155/2015/780149. Epub 2015 Oct 11.