This document discusses the concept of distinct endotypes or subtypes of osteoarthritis (OA), including "metabolic OA", "post-traumatic OA", "inflammatory OA", and "site-specific OA". However, the author argues that currently there is no strong evidence that these proposed endotypes exist or have clinical utility. The author believes that mechanical injury is the common pathogenic pathway in OA, which can be promoted by factors like age, trauma, metabolism, inflammation, and genetics. Rather than distinct pathways, these factors may influence OA through common pathways like "mechanoflammation" and reducing the ability to repair.
4. “She’s ferocious…..”
“Hope he’s strong; she’s the most argumentative
woman I know…..”
“She will never go with the tide if she can swim
against it…..”
Hilary Davan Wetton 2019
(Tonia’s husband)
5. Argument
• There is currently no evidence that distinct
endotypes exist
– ‘Metabolic OA’
– ‘Post-traumatic OA’
– ‘Inflammatory OA’
– ‘Site-specific OA’
• There is currently no evidence that stratification
in OA has clinical utility:
– To identify new pathogenic pathways
– To identify new treatments
– To predict response to treatment
– To predict course of disease
11. Evidence that PTOA and age-related OA are
synonymous
• Diseases resemble one another
• Share general mechanism of pathogenesis
• Pathogenic molecules/pathways, identified in mouse,
influence human age-related disease
12. Extreme OA Non-OA SuperimposedIntroduction
ative assessment of bone
odelling in murine OA
cognised player in the development and
netically modified mouse models of OA are
scovery in OA.
throughput approaches for assessing bone and
f OA combined with conventional molecular
nalysis of subchondral bone
on of osteophytogenesis
cartilage
xpression in subchondral bone
Mantovani1,2, Anastasios Chanalaris2, Niharika Midha1, Tonia Vincent2, Massimo Marenzana1,2
, Imperial College London, 2The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford.
DMM model of OA by
alysis
ORD CENTRE FOR OA PATHOGENESIS
3D imaging of hyaline cartilage by contrast-enhanced microCT
Segmentation threshold
Registration of DMM to Controlateral
Lateral view Medial view
SB.Pl.
AC
Marenzana, Vincent, unpublished
13. OCCUPATIONAL RISK
OBESITY MALALIGNED JOINTS
INCREASED LOAD ON NORMAL JOINT
Mechanical injury is the common pathogenic pathway in OA
ACUTE JOINT INJURY
AGEING
NORMAL LOAD ON A JOINT THAT
HAS LOST ITS MECHANOPROTECTIVE
MECHANISMS
14. “Mechanoflammation”
PAIN
Alexander et al, 2007, A&R
Gruber et al, 2003, A&R
Ismail et al, A&R, 2015
Ismail et al, A&R, 2016a
Driscoll et al, 2014, A&R
McNamee et al, 2010,
A&R
Inglis et al, 2008, Pain
Von Loga et al, 2019,
MATRIX DEGRADATION
NFkB
INFLAMMATORY GENES
e.g. NGF
REPAIR
SMAD2/3
Vincent et al, 2002, PNAS
Chia et al, 2012, A&R
Vincent et al, 2004, A&R
Tang et al, 2018, ARD
Tang et al, 2016 A&R
Madej et al, 2015, OAC
Scharstuhl et al, 2002, J Imm
CHONDROCYTE
Mechanosensitive pathways drive OA
FGF2
TGFbR
FGFR3
Ion channels
JNK2
TAK1
Wnts
?
O’Conor et al, 2014, PNAS
Lee et al, 2014, PNAS
Nalesso et al, 2017, ARD
Dell’Accio et al, 2008, A&R
Putative
Gene
Developmental
phenotype?
Human OA
risk factor
Murine OA
risk factor
Predicted
therapeutic
target
LTBP1 no Agonist
LTBP3 no Agonist
TBFb1 yes Agonist
SMAD3 no Agonist
GDF5 yes Agonist
FGFR3 yes Agonist
FGF18 yes Agonist
15. PAIN
Alexander et al, 2007, A&R
Gruber et al, 2003, A&R
Ismail et al, A&R, 2015
Ismail et al, A&R, 2016a
Driscoll et al, 2014, A&R
McNamee et al, 2010,
A&R
Inglis et al, 2008, Pain
Von Loga et al, 2019,
MATRIX DEGRADATION
NFkB
INFLAMMATORY GENES e.g.
NGF
REPAIR
SMAD2/3
Vincent et al, 2002, PNAS
Chia et al, 2012, A&R
Vincent et al, 2004, A&R
Tang et al, 2018, ARD
CHONDROCYTE
FGF2
TGFbR
FGFR3
Ion channels
JNK2
TAK1
Wnts
“MECHANOFLAMMATION”
O’Conor et al, 2014, PNAS
Lee et al, 2014, PNAS
Nalesso et al, 2017, ARD
Dell’Accio et al, 2008, A&R
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Pain levels after post injury vaccination
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PercentageWeightBearing
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VAX
pre vaccination time period:
groups not randomized
week 15
boost
week 12
boost
week 10
prime
18. “Inflammatory OA”
• 18-50% inflammatory
‘erosive’ hand OA according
to XRay/MRI
• Do anti-inflammatory treatments alter
course of OA?
• Do anti-inflammatory treatments alter
course of OA in subset of patients with
‘more inflammatory’ OA?
• 100% patients have synovitis
by enhanced MRI
26. Is Hand OA different?
• Non weight-bearing joint
• Strong hormonal association
• Strong female preponderance (90%)
• Distinct genetic association?
Hip OA