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The Effect of Surgical Insertion and Proinflammatory Cytokines on Osteochondral Allograft Survival and Metabolism.

Cartilage 2018 July
Objective To investigate the responses of refrigerated osteochondral allograft cartilage (OCA) and fresh cartilage (FC), including cell survival and metabolism, to surgical impaction and proinflammatory cytokines. Design Osteochondral plugs (8 mm diameter) were harvested from prolonged-refrigerated (14-28 days) and fresh (≤24 hours postmortem) human femoral hemicondyles and subjected to a 0.2 N s pneumatic impaction impulse. Cartilage explants were removed from subchondral bone and randomized to 1 of 6 treatment groups: (1) Unimpacted control (UIC), (2) Impacted control (IC), (3) Impacted + interleukin (IL)-1β (0.1 ng/mL), (4) Impacted + IL-1β (0.1 ng/mL) + IL-6, (5) Impacted + IL-1β (10 ng/mL), and (6) Impacted + IL-1β (10 ng/mL) + IL-6. Samples were measured for cell viability, histology, and proteoglycan (PG) content at days 0, 2, 7, and 14 of culture. Results In UIC, cell viability was indistinguishable between OCA and FC and remained constant. Impaction alone decreased cell viability by 30% ( P < 0.01) in the OCA superficial layer and by 26% ( P < 0.01) in the entire tissue, but did not affect viability in FC. Cytokine addition did not further influence cell viability. Impaction alone did not affect PG synthesis. Addition of cytokines to impacted tissue decreased PG synthesis by ~3-fold in both tissue types in comparison with corresponding impacted controls ( P < 0.01). Throughout 2-week culture, PG release remained stable in all FC groups, but peaked at day 14 in OCA cartilage subjected to cytokines. Conclusions Mechanical impaction, mimicking surgical insertion, has a more profound effect on cell viability in OCA than in FC. Addition of proinflammatory cytokines further decreases OCA tissue metabolism and integrity.

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