Aggrecanase degradation of type III collagen is associated with clinical knee pain

Bay-Jensen, A. C., Kjelgaard-Petersen, C. F., Petersen, K. K., Arendt-Nielsen, L., Quasnichka, H. L., Mobasheri, A., Karsdal, M. A. and Leeming, D. J. 2018. Aggrecanase degradation of type III collagen is associated with clinical knee pain. Clinical Biochemistry 58 , pp. 37-43. 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2018.04.022

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Abstract

There is a lack of biochemical markers for non-invasive and objective assessment of symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA). Aggrecanase activity has been shown to be associated with joint deterioration and symptomatic disease through the degradation of extracellular matrix proteins, such as type III collagen. Our study aimed to identify and develop a novel biomarker by measuring an aggrecanase-mediated type III collagen neoepitope, and correlate levels of this biomarker with OA joint pain. Mass spectrometric analysis of purified type III collagen, degraded by the aggrecanase A Disintigrin and Metalloproteinase with Thrombospondin motif (ADAMTS), revealed a fragment generated by ADAMTS-1, -4 and -8. A monoclonal antibody was raised against the neoepitope of this fragment (COL3-ADAMTS) and a competitive ELISA was developed and tested; using serum samples from a cross-sectional cohort of patients with different degrees of knee OA (n = 261). The COL3/ADAMTS ELISA was technically robust and specific for the ADAMTS-1, -4 and -8 generated neoepitope. COL3/ADAMTS was released form cytokine stimulated synovial cultures, indicating a biologic link between the marker and synovium. In OA patients, serum COL3/ADAMTS was independently associated with pain scores (rho = −0.13–0.17, p < 0.05). This association was associated significantly with the presence of radiographic OA. Together, these data indicate that COL3/ADAMTS could be a marker of early osteoarthritis and the underlining pathology.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0009-9120
Date of Acceptance:	23 April 2018
Last Modified:	11 Mar 2023 02:06
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/134974

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