Affiliation:
1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Chiba, Japan
2. Department of Medicine for Orthopaedics and Motor Organ, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract
Background: Oxidative stress inhibits tendon-to-bone healing after rotator cuff repair. Regulation of oxidative stress has the potential to accelerate this healing, but its mechanism remains unclear. Purpose: To investigate the effects of reducing oxidative stress by applying antioxidants, such as N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and vitamin C (VC), on rotator cuff repair in a rat rotator cuff repair model. Study design: Controlled laboratory study. Methods: A total of 48 Sprague Dawley rats underwent bilateral surgery to repair the infraspinatus tendon to its insertion site 1 week after detachment. Rats were assigned to either the NAC group, the VC group, or a control group. Histological evaluation was performed via hematoxylin-eosin or toluidine blue staining, and oxidative stress was assessed via dihydroethidium intensity and protein carbonyl concentration at 3 and 6 weeks. Superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1), SOD2, SOD3, peroxiredoxin 5, collagen type I (COL1), COL3, matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP-1), MMP-3, and MMP-13 expression and SOD activity were determined at 3 and 6 weeks. Biomechanical tests were performed at 6 and 12 weeks. Results: Histological evaluation showed that the number of chondrocytes in the NAC group at 6 weeks and in the VC group at 3 and 6 weeks, the area of fibrocartilage at 6 weeks in the VC group, and collagen fibers at 6 weeks in the NAC and VC groups were significantly increased compared with those in the control group. Dihydroethidium intensity at 3 and 6 weeks and protein carbonyls at 6 weeks in the NAC and VC groups were significantly decreased. SOD1 expression and SOD activity at 3 weeks in the VC group and peroxiredoxin 5 expression at 6 weeks in the NAC group were significantly upregulated compared with that in the control group. COL3 expression was significantly upregulated at 6 weeks in the VC group, and MMP-13 expression was significantly decreased at 6 weeks in the NAC and VC groups. The biomechanical strength showed no significant difference. Conclusion: Antioxidant treatment, via NAC or VC administration, reduced oxidative stress in the rotator cuff repair site and accelerated healing. Clinical Relevance: These findings provide essential indications to develop clinical strategies for improved healing after rotator cuff surgical repair in patients.
Funder
a grant from the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
the Institute for Environmental and Gender-Specific Medicine, Juntendo University
Subject
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
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