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PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. e0248104
Author(s):  
John Robert Matyas ◽  
Claudia Klein ◽  
Dragana Ponjevic ◽  
Neil A. Duncan ◽  
Gregory N. Kawchuk

Back pain and intervertebral disc degeneration are prevalent, costly, and widely treated by manual therapies, yet the underlying causes of these diseases are indeterminate as are the scientific bases for such treatments. The present studies characterize the effects of repetitive in vivo manual loads on porcine intervertebral disc cell metabolism using RNA deep sequencing. A single session of repetitive manual loading applied to the lumbar spine induced both up- and down-regulation of a variety of genes transcribed by cells in the ventral annuli fibrosi. The effect of manual therapy at the level of loading was greater than at a level distant to the applied load. Gene ontology and molecular pathway analyses categorized biological, molecular, and cellular functions influenced by repetitive manual loading, with over-representation of membrane, transmembrane, and pericellular activities. Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis discerned enrichment in genes in pathways of inflammation and skeletogenesis. The present studies support previous findings of intervertebral disc cell mechanotransduction, and are the first to report comprehensively on the repertoire of gene targets influenced by mechanical loads associated with manual therapy interventions. The present study defines the cellular response of repeated, low-amplitude loads on normal healthy annuli fibrosi and lays the foundation for future work defining how healthy and diseased intervertebral discs respond to single or low-frequency manual loads typical of those applied clinically.



2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daphne Hingert ◽  
Karin Ekström ◽  
Jonathan Aldridge ◽  
Rossella Crescitelli ◽  
Helena Brisby

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.



JOR Spine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Du ◽  
Judith‐J. Pfannkuche ◽  
Gernot Lang ◽  
Sonja Häckel ◽  
Laura B. Creemers ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 180 ◽  
pp. 97-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prashanti Patil ◽  
Micol Falabella ◽  
Amal Saeed ◽  
Dayeong Lee ◽  
Brett Kaufman ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 476 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy C. Shu ◽  
Susan M. Smith ◽  
Christopher B. Little ◽  
James Melrose

Abstract Heparan sulfate (HS) regulates diverse cell signalling events in intervertebral disc development and homeostasis. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of ablation of perlecan HS/CS on murine intervertebral disc development. Genetic models carrying mutations in genes encoding HS biosynthetic enzymes have identified multiple roles for HS in tissue homeostasis. In the present study, we utilised an Hspg2 exon 3 null HS/CS-deficient mouse to assess the role of perlecan HS in disc cell regulation. HS makes many important contributions to growth factor sequestration, stabilisation/delivery, and activation of receptors directing cellular proliferation, differentiation, and assembly of extracellular matrix. Perlecan HS/CS-mediated interactions promote extracellular matrix assembly/stabilisation and tissue functional properties, and thus, removal of perlecan HS/CS should affect extracellular matrix function and homeostasis. Hspg2 exon 3 null intervertebral discs accumulated significantly greater glycosaminoglycan in the nucleus pulposus, annulus fibrosus, and vertebral growth plates than C57BL/6 wild-type (WT) I intervertebral discs. Proliferation of intervertebral disc progenitor cells was significantly higher in Hspg2 exon 3 null intervertebral discs, and these cells became hypertrophic by 12 weeks of age and were prominent in the vertebral growth plates but had a disorganised organisation. C57BL/6 WT vertebral growth plates contained regular columnar growth plate chondrocytes. Exostosis-like, ectopic bone formation occurred in Hspg2 exon 3 null intervertebral discs, and differences were evident in disc cell maturation and in matrix deposition in this genotype, indicating that perlecan HS/CS chains had cell and matrix interactive properties which repressively maintained tissue homeostasis in the adult intervertebral disc.



2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (10) ◽  
pp. 2414
Author(s):  
Feride Akgun ◽  
Numan Karaarslan ◽  
Ibrahim Yilmaz ◽  
Hanefi Ozbek ◽  
Duygu Sirin ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 171-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Hartman ◽  
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P Patil ◽  
R Tisherman ◽  
C St. Croix ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (10) ◽  
pp. 2639-2649 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. W. Omlor ◽  
S. Lorenz ◽  
A. G. Nerlich ◽  
T. Guehring ◽  
W. Richter


2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (12) ◽  
pp. 3196-3207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyler Pizzute ◽  
Fan He ◽  
Xiao-Bing Zhang ◽  
Ming Pei


2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew G. Wiet ◽  
Andrew Piscioneri ◽  
Safdar N. Khan ◽  
Megan N. Ballinger ◽  
Judith A. Hoyland ◽  
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