Changes in synovial fluid and serum concentrations of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein over 5 years after anterior cruciate ligament rupture: an exploratory analysis in the KANON trial. Struglics, A., Larsson, S., Pramhed, A., Frobell, R., & Swärd, P. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 26(10):1351–1358, 2018.
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OBJECTIVE: To monitor longitudinal changes of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) in synovial fluid (sf) and serum (s) over 5 years after acute anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture, and to compare results from two commercial COMP immunoassays. DESIGN: Bio-fluids were collected from 121 patients on six occasions over 5 years after acute ACL injury, and from 25 knee healthy reference subjects. Concentrations of sf- and sCOMP were measured by AnaMar (sCOMP-Ana) and by BioVendor (sf- and sCOMP-Bio) immunoassays; other biomarkers were previously assessed. We used ANCOVA for group comparisons and linear mixed models for associations between biomarkers over 5-years with P \textless 0.05 considered a statistically significant difference or association. RESULTS: Compared to the reference group, sfCOMP-Bio concentrations were 2-fold elevated within 6 weeks after ACL injury and remained elevated 5 years thereafter, whereas sCOMP-Bio and sCOMP-Ana concentrations were no different from reference levels at any time point. Over the 5-year period, there was an association between sCOMP-Bio and sCOMP-Ana concentrations, although neither sCOMP-Bio nor sCOMP-Ana associated with sfCOMP-Bio. sfCOMP-Bio associated with SF ARGS-aggrecan, urine type I and II collagens (uNTX-I and uCTX-II) and SF cytokines, while sCOMP-Bio associated inversely with uCTX-II, uNTX-I and SF cytokines. CONCLUSION: The local process after an acute ACL injury generates increased SF COMP concentrations in the injured knee up to 5 years after injury. This response is not detected in serum. Discrepancies in associations between sCOMP measured by BioVendor and AnaMar immunoassays with other biomarkers indicate differences in detected COMP fragments.
@article{struglics_changes_2018,
	title = {Changes in synovial fluid and serum concentrations of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein over 5 years after anterior cruciate ligament rupture: an exploratory analysis in the {KANON} trial},
	volume = {26},
	issn = {1522-9653},
	doi = {10.1016/j.joca.2018.06.005},
	abstract = {OBJECTIVE: To monitor longitudinal changes of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) in synovial fluid (sf) and serum (s) over 5 years after acute anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture, and to compare results from two commercial COMP immunoassays.
DESIGN: Bio-fluids were collected from 121 patients on six occasions over 5 years after acute ACL injury, and from 25 knee healthy reference subjects. Concentrations of sf- and sCOMP were measured by AnaMar (sCOMP-Ana) and by BioVendor (sf- and sCOMP-Bio) immunoassays; other biomarkers were previously assessed. We used ANCOVA for group comparisons and linear mixed models for associations between biomarkers over 5-years with P {\textless} 0.05 considered a statistically significant difference or association.
RESULTS: Compared to the reference group, sfCOMP-Bio concentrations were 2-fold elevated within 6 weeks after ACL injury and remained elevated 5 years thereafter, whereas sCOMP-Bio and sCOMP-Ana concentrations were no different from reference levels at any time point. Over the 5-year period, there was an association between sCOMP-Bio and sCOMP-Ana concentrations, although neither sCOMP-Bio nor sCOMP-Ana associated with sfCOMP-Bio. sfCOMP-Bio associated with SF ARGS-aggrecan, urine type I and II collagens (uNTX-I and uCTX-II) and SF cytokines, while sCOMP-Bio associated inversely with uCTX-II, uNTX-I and SF cytokines.
CONCLUSION: The local process after an acute ACL injury generates increased SF COMP concentrations in the injured knee up to 5 years after injury. This response is not detected in serum. Discrepancies in associations between sCOMP measured by BioVendor and AnaMar immunoassays with other biomarkers indicate differences in detected COMP fragments.},
	language = {eng},
	number = {10},
	journal = {Osteoarthritis and Cartilage},
	author = {Struglics, A. and Larsson, S. and Pramhed, A. and Frobell, R. and Swärd, P.},
	year = {2018},
	pmid = {29958916},
	keywords = {ACL injury, Biomarkers, COMP, Synovial fluid},
	pages = {1351--1358},
}

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