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Western blot quantification of aggrecan fragments in human synovial fluid indicates differences in fragment patterns between joint diseases.

Struglics, André LU ; Larsson, Staffan LU orcid ; Björklund, Maria LU and Lohmander, Stefan LU orcid (2009) In Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 17. p.497-506
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To develop a Western blot method for quantification of multiple aggrecan fragments in human synovial fluids (SFs). METHOD: SF aggrecan fragments were prepared from knee healthy (reference), knee injury and arthritis subjects by CsCl gradient centrifugations collecting D1 fractions. Samples were analyzed by Western blot, using antibodies against the N-terminal epitope ARGS and the G3 domain, and fragments were quantified using a digital luminescence image analyzer. RESULTS: The method had a coefficients of variation of 10-30%, and a high correlation (r(S)=0.86) with a corresponding enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The SFs from reference, knee injured and arthritic subjects contained two major ARGS fragments, ARGS-SELE... (More)
OBJECTIVE: To develop a Western blot method for quantification of multiple aggrecan fragments in human synovial fluids (SFs). METHOD: SF aggrecan fragments were prepared from knee healthy (reference), knee injury and arthritis subjects by CsCl gradient centrifugations collecting D1 fractions. Samples were analyzed by Western blot, using antibodies against the N-terminal epitope ARGS and the G3 domain, and fragments were quantified using a digital luminescence image analyzer. RESULTS: The method had a coefficients of variation of 10-30%, and a high correlation (r(S)=0.86) with a corresponding enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The SFs from reference, knee injured and arthritic subjects contained two major ARGS fragments, ARGS-SELE and ARGS-CS1, and three major G3 fragments (GRGT-G3, GLGS-G3 and AGEG-G3). Compared to the reference, the acute arthritis and acute joint injury groups had a 30-fold elevated concentration of ARGS fragments, and both groups had a higher proportion of the aggrecan in joint fluid as ARGS fragments compared to the other groups. The reference and chronic injury groups had an excess of ARGS-CS1 fragments over ARGS-SELE fragments, while subjects with acute arthritis or osteoarthritis had a more even distribution between these fragments. CONCLUSIONS: We have developed a novel Western blot quantification method for quantification of SF aggrecan fragments which can differentiate fragments of different sizes sharing the same epitope. The anti-ARGS and anti-G3 quantitative Western blots provided information important for a better understanding of the proteolytic pathways in aggrecan breakdown, information that discriminates between different joint diseases, and may aid in identification of new biomarkers. (Less)
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  author       = {{Struglics, André and Larsson, Staffan and Björklund, Maria and Lohmander, Stefan}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Osteoarthritis and Cartilage}},
  title        = {{Western blot quantification of aggrecan fragments in human synovial fluid indicates differences in fragment patterns between joint diseases.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2008.09.017}},
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