PMID- 37366092 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230628 LR - 20230628 IS - 1003-0034 (Print) IS - 1003-0034 (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 6 DP - 2023 Jun 25 TI - [Correlation between macrophage chemotaxis and disease severity in patients with knee osteoarthritis]. PG - 514-8 LID - 10.12200/j.issn.1003-0034.2023.06.004 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the enhancement of macrophage chemotaxis in patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) and its correlation with the disease severity. METHODS: Eighty patients with KOA admitted from July 2019 to June 2022 were enrolled as the observation group and divided into 29 cases of moderate group, 30 cases of severe group and 21 cases of extremely severe group. At the same time, 30 healthy subjects were included as the control group. The gene expressions of NF-kappaB, CXC chemokine receptor 7 (CXCR7) and CXC chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12) in macrophages of each group were analyzed. Visual analogue scale(VAS) was used to evaluate the degree of joint pain. Joint function was evaluated by knee Joint Society Scoring system(KSS). Finally, data analysis was carried out. RESULTS: The expression levels of NF-kappaB, CXCR7 and CXCL12 in moderate group, severe group and extreme recombination group were higher than those in control group. The VAS, the expression of NF-kappaB, CXCR7 and CXCL12 in the severe group and the extreme recombination group were higher than those in the moderate group, whereas KSS was lower than that in the moderate group. The VAS, expression levels of NF-kappaB, CXCR7 and CXCL12 in the extremely severe group were higher than those in the severe group, and KSS was lower than that in the severe group (all P<0.01). The expression levels of NF-kappaB, CXCR7 and CXCL12 in macrophages were positively correlated with VAS score, but negatively correlated with KSS(all P<0.01). The expression levels of NF-kappaB, CXCR7 and CXCL12 in macrophages were positively correlated with the severity of disease. After excluding the influence of traditional factors (gender, age and disease duration), multiple linear regression analysis further showed that the expression levels of NF-kappaB, CXCR7 and CXCL12 were still positively correlated with the severity of disease(all P<0.01). CONCLUSION: The chemotaxis of macrophages in patients with KOA increased with the aggravation of the disease, and was related to the degree of pain and function impairment. FAU - Xie, Zhi-Bo AU - Xie ZB AD - Department of Second Orthopaedics, Fuyong People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518103, Guangdong, China. FAU - Chen, Ke-Ming AU - Chen KM AD - Department of Second Orthopaedics, Fuyong People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518103, Guangdong, China. FAU - Huang, Cong-Wu AU - Huang CW AD - Department of Second Orthopaedics, Fuyong People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518103, Guangdong, China. FAU - Chen, Lin-Qing AU - Chen LQ AD - Department of Second Orthopaedics, Fuyong People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518103, Guangdong, China. FAU - Ouyang, Kai AU - Ouyang K AD - Department of Second Orthopaedics, Fuyong People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518103, Guangdong, China. FAU - Peng, Qing-Xing AU - Peng QX AD - Department of Second Orthopaedics, Fuyong People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518103, Guangdong, China. LA - chi PT - English Abstract PT - Journal Article PL - China TA - Zhongguo Gu Shang JT - Zhongguo gu shang = China journal of orthopaedics and traumatology JID - 9815790 RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Receptors, CXCR) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Osteoarthritis, Knee/genetics MH - Chemotaxis/genetics MH - NF-kappa B/genetics/metabolism MH - Macrophages/metabolism MH - *Receptors, CXCR/genetics/metabolism MH - Patient Acuity OTO - NOTNLM OT - Chemotaxis OT - Correlation OT - Disease severity OT - Knee osteoarthritis OT - Macrophage EDAT- 2023/06/27 06:42 MHDA- 2023/06/28 06:42 CRDT- 2023/06/27 05:43 PHST- 2023/06/28 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/06/27 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/06/27 05:43 [entrez] AID - 10.12200/j.issn.1003-0034.2023.06.004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Zhongguo Gu Shang. 2023 Jun 25;36(6):514-8. doi: 10.12200/j.issn.1003-0034.2023.06.004.