PMID- 32270890 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201214 LR - 20201214 IS - 1554-527X (Electronic) IS - 0736-0266 (Linking) VI - 38 IP - 10 DP - 2020 Oct TI - Gelatin hydrogels with eicosapentaenoic acid can prevent osteoarthritis progression in vivo in a mouse model. PG - 2157-2169 LID - 10.1002/jor.24688 [doi] AB - Eicosapentanoic acid (EPA) is an antioxidant and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid that reduces inflammatory cytokine production. Gelatin hydrogel can be used as a carrier of a physiologically active substance that release it gradually for an average of ~3 weeks. Therefore, this study aimed to clarify the effect of EPA-incorporating gelatin hydrogels on osteoarthritis (OA) progression in vivo. Ten-week-old male C57BL/6J mice were randomly divided into six groups (n = 6): Sham, destabilization of the medial meniscus (DMM), Corn: DMM + 2 microL corn oil, EPA injection alone (EPA-I): DMM + 2 microL corn oil + 125 mug/muL EPA, Gel: DMM + gelatin hydrogels, and EPA-G: DMM + 125 mug/muL EPA-incorporating gelatin hydrogels. The mice were euthanized at 8 weeks after DMM or Sham surgery, and subjected to histological evaluation. Matrix-metalloproteinases-3 (MMP-3), MMP-13, interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), p-IKK alpha/beta, CD86, and CD163 protein expression in the synovial cartilage was detected by immunohistochemical staining. F4/80 expression was also assessed using the F4/80 score of macrophage. Histological score was significantly lower in EPA-G than in EPA-I. MMP-3-, MMP-13-, IL-1beta-, and p-IKK alpha/beta-positive cell ratio was significantly lower in EPA-G than in EPA-I. However, CD86- and CD163-positive cell ratio was not significantly different between EPA-I and EPA-G. The average-sum F4/80 score of macrophage in EPA-G was significantly lower than that in EPA-I. EPA-incorporating gelatin hydrogels were shown to prevent OA progression in vivo more effectively than EPA injection alone. Our results suggested that intra-articular administration of controlled-release EPA can be a new therapeutic approach for treating OA. CI - (c) 2020 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Tsubosaka, Masanori AU - Tsubosaka M AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. FAU - Kihara, Shinsuke AU - Kihara S AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. FAU - Hayashi, Shinya AU - Hayashi S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4308-9845 AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. FAU - Nagata, Junpei AU - Nagata J AD - Laboratory of Biomaterials, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Kuwahara, Toshie AU - Kuwahara T AD - Laboratory of Biomaterials, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Fujita, Masahiro AU - Fujita M AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. FAU - Kikuchi, Kenichi AU - Kikuchi K AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. FAU - Takashima, Yoshinori AU - Takashima Y AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. FAU - Kamenaga, Tomoyuki AU - Kamenaga T AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. FAU - Kuroda, Yuichi AU - Kuroda Y AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. FAU - Takeuchi, Kazuhiro AU - Takeuchi K AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. FAU - Fukuda, Koji AU - Fukuda K AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. FAU - Takayama, Koji AU - Takayama K AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. FAU - Hashimoto, Shingo AU - Hashimoto S AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. FAU - Matsumoto, Tomoyuki AU - Matsumoto T AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. FAU - Niikura, Takahiro AU - Niikura T AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. FAU - Tabata, Yasuhiko AU - Tabata Y AD - Laboratory of Biomaterials, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Kuroda, Ryosuke AU - Kuroda R AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200415 PL - United States TA - J Orthop Res JT - Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society JID - 8404726 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Hydrogels) RN - 0 (Micelles) RN - 9000-70-8 (Gelatin) RN - AAN7QOV9EA (Eicosapentaenoic Acid) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Biomarkers/metabolism MH - Cartilage, Articular/metabolism MH - Disease Progression MH - Drug Evaluation, Preclinical MH - Eicosapentaenoic Acid/*administration & dosage MH - Gelatin MH - Humans MH - Hydrogels MH - Male MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Micelles MH - Osteoarthritis/*drug therapy/metabolism MH - Primary Cell Culture MH - Random Allocation MH - Synovitis/drug therapy OTO - NOTNLM OT - eicosapentaenoic acid OT - gelatin hydrogel OT - omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid OT - osteoarthritis EDAT- 2020/04/10 06:00 MHDA- 2020/12/15 06:00 CRDT- 2020/04/10 06:00 PHST- 2020/02/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/04/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/04/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/04/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/04/10 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jor.24688 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Orthop Res. 2020 Oct;38(10):2157-2169. doi: 10.1002/jor.24688. Epub 2020 Apr 15.