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. 2007 Nov;46(11):1652-6.
doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem220. Epub 2007 Sep 12.

Serum keratan sulfate is a promising marker of early articular cartilage breakdown

S Wakitani  1 , M Nawata, A Kawaguchi, T Okabe, K Takaoka, T Tsuchiya, R Nakaoka, H Masuda, K Miyazaki
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Serum keratan sulfate is a promising marker of early articular cartilage breakdown

S Wakitani et al. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2007 Nov.

Abstract

Objectives: To find serum markers that may serve as indices for an early diagnosis of degeneration or damage of the articular cartilage.

Methods: Twenty-four healthy volunteers, 19 individuals with knee trauma (KT) and 31 with knee osteoarthritis (OA) were evaluated. KT patients were divided into a group (n = 5) with an injury <2 months old (recent KT) and a group (n = 14) with that >2 months old (old KT). Articular cartilage damage was assessed using either arthroscopy or direct observation. Serum concentrations of hyaluronic acid (HA), cartilage proteoglycan aggrecan turnover epitope (CS846) and cartilage oligomeric protein (COMP) were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kits and those of keratan sulfate (KS) and chondroitin-6-sulfate (C6S) using high-performance liquid chromatography.

Results: Serum KS in the recent KT group (2095 +/- 594 ng/ml) was significantly higher than that in the old KT group (1373 +/- 418 ng/ml; P = 0.021), and serum COMP in the recent KT group (1572 +/- 182 ng/ml) showed a tendency that was higher than that in the old KT group (1350 +/- 250 ng/ml; P = 0.079). Serum KS in OA patients with Kellgren and Lawrence (KL) grades 0 and I (1456 +/- 334 ng/ml) showed a tendency that was higher than that in OA patients with KL grades II, III and IV (1248 +/- 220 ng/ml; P = 0.084).

Conclusions: The serum concentration of KS correlated with the damage of the articular cartilage and it was significantly increased even at an early stage after the injury.

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