scholarly journals Characterization of the Proinflammatory Profile of Synovial Fluid-Derived Exosomes of Patients with Osteoarthritis

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rossana Domenis ◽  
Rossella Zanutel ◽  
Federica Caponnetto ◽  
Barbara Toffoletto ◽  
Adriana Cifù ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Synovial Fluid ◽  
Magnetic Bead ◽  
Precipitation Method ◽  
M1 Macrophages ◽  
Cytokines And Chemokines ◽  
Polymer Precipitation ◽  
Regulatory Properties ◽  
Proinflammatory Factors ◽  
Methods Of Isolation

The purpose of this study is to characterize synovial fluid- (SF-) derived exosomes of patients with gonarthrosis comparing two methods of isolation and to investigate their immune regulatory properties. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have been isolated from inflamed SF by polymer precipitation method and quantified by Exocet kit and by nanoparticle tracking analysis. Vesicles expressed all the specific exosomal markers by immunoblot and FACS. After isolation with Exoquick, a relevant contamination by immune complexes was detected, which required further magnetic bead-based purification to remove. SF-derived exosomes significantly stimulated the release of several inflammatory cytokines and chemokines and metalloproteinases by M1 macrophages but did not influence the expression of CD80 and CD86 costimulatory molecules. In conclusion, we characterized purified exosomes isolated from inflamed SF and demonstrate that purified exosomes are functionally active in their ability to stimulate the release of proinflammatory factors from M1 macrophages. Our data indicate that SF-derived exosomes from gonarthrosis patients play a role in disease progression.

scholarly journals Synovial Fluid Biomarkers at the Time of Arthroscopy Predict 5-Year Outcomes

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (7_suppl6) ◽  
pp. 2325967120S0033
Author(s):  
Amit Manjunath ◽  
Danielle Markus ◽  
Elyse Berlinberg ◽  
Lena Kenny ◽  
Eric Strauss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Synovial Fluid ◽  
Functional Outcomes ◽  
Magnetic Bead ◽  
Pain Scale ◽  
Surgical Incision ◽  
Cytokines And Chemokines ◽  
Vas Scores ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Fluid Biomarker

Objectives: Injury-induced molecular changes in the intra-articular microenvironment of the knee are thought to play a role in the development of post-traumatic osteoarthritis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between post-traumatic synovial fluid biomarker concentrations and intermediate-term functional outcomes. Methods: Patients undergoing primary knee arthroscopy for ACL injury, meniscus injury, and/or focal chondral lesions were prospectively enrolled. Synovial fluid aspirate, collected immediately prior to surgical incision, was processed and analyzed using a multiplex magnetic bead immunoassay to determine the concentration of 10 pre-determined cytokines and chemokines. Patients with a minimum of five years of postoperative follow-up were surveyed with Visual Analog Pain Scale (VAS), Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale, and Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score Physical Function Shortform (KOOS-PS). Stepwise regression was used to fit a linear regression model and model accuracy was evaluated using k-fold cross validation. Results: 39 patients (mean age: 41.56 +/- 15.98 years, mean postoperative follow-up: 6.79 +/- 0.72 years) were included in the study. Mean Lysholm, KOOS-PS, and VAS scores were 83.67 +/- 17.64, 88.37 +/- 12.79, and 11.03 +/- 19.84, respectively. 11 patients had undergone further ipsilateral knee surgery during the follow-up period. Of the remaining 28 patients, a model consisting of VEGF, TIMP-2, and MMP-3 was found to most accurately predict intermediate-term functional outcomes. Regardless of the type or extent of injury, these three biomarkers were able to explain 60.35%, 34.75%, and 39.38% of the variability in Lysholm, KOOS-PS, and VAS scores, respectively. Conclusions: By measuring the concentrations of MMP-3, TIMP-2, and VEGF at the time of surgery, functional outcomes and level of pain can be predicted at 5 years postoperatively with moderate accuracy. This suggests that these biomarkers may play an important role in the development of post-traumatic osteoarthritis and may serve as potential targets for therapeutic intervention. [Table: see text]

Exploring the characterization of Ni doped MgO nanoparticles using co-precipitation method

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-33
Author(s):  
Muthulakshmi M ◽  
Madhumitha G
Keyword(s):  
Magnesium Oxide ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Nickel Chloride ◽  
Precipitation Method ◽  
Crystalline Powder ◽  
High Melting Point ◽  
Design Synthesis ◽  
Mgo Nanoparticles ◽  
Co Precipitation

Nanotechnology is a field of applied science focused on design, synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials. The nickel and magnesium have improved their applications in transparent electrodes and nano electronics. In addition, magnesium oxide has moisture resistance and high melting point properties. In the present work has been carried out in the development of green crystalline powder of nickel doped magnesium oxide nanoparticles by Co-precipitation method, from the mixture of nickel chloride and magnesium chloride with KOH as solvent. From the XRD results, crystalline size of the particle can be observed. Spherical structure of Ni doped MgO nanoparticles were indicated by SEM results and powdered composition of samples were obtained from FTIR. EDAX represents the peak composition of the nanoparticle. The above analytical techniques have confirmed that the Ni doped MgO nanoparticles obtained from the mixture of NiCl2 and MgCl2.

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Zinc and Magnesium Doped Hydroxyapatite

2012 ◽  
Vol 531-532 ◽  
pp. 250-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Quan Zhang ◽  
Ming Zhang ◽  
Lu Wei Fu ◽  
Yu Ning Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Hydrothermal Treatment ◽  
Structural Characterization ◽  
Chemical Precipitation ◽  
Precipitation Method ◽  
Starting Solution ◽  
Wet Chemical ◽  
Zn Ions ◽  
Wet Chemical Precipitation ◽  
Surface Of Crystals

Zn or Mg ions doped hydroxyapatite (HA) particles were successfully developed by introducing various concentration of Zn or Mg in the starting solution using wet chemical precipitation method and followed a hydrothermal treatment. The products were identified as HA by XRD and FTIR, and the precipitated particles had a rod-like morphology. All the products for Mg and Zn ions concentration in the preparation solution less than 40 mol% were identified as HA. Substitution of Mg and Zn in HA crystal would impair the crystallization of HA and significantly reduce the length of a, c values of HA unit cell, which clearly demonstrated that Mg or Zn ions were structurally incorporated into the apatite crystals, they were not just absorbed on the surface of crystals.

Microstructure Characterization of Metal Mixed Oxides

MRS Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (64) ◽  
pp. 4025-4030 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Kryshtab ◽  
H. A. Calderon ◽  
A. Kryvko
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Oxides ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Atomic Resolution ◽  
Precipitation Method ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Reconstruction Procedure ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Xrd Patterns ◽  
Co Precipitation

ABSTRACTThe microstructure of Ni-Mg-Al mixed oxides obtained by thermal decomposition of hydrotalcite-like compounds synthesized by a co-precipitation method has been studied by using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and atomic resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM). XRD patterns revealed the formation of NixMg1-xO (x=0÷1), α-Al2O3 and traces of MgAl2O4 and NiAl2O4 phases. The peaks profile analysis indicated a small grain size, microdeformations and partial overlapping of peaks due to phases with different, but similar interplanar spacings. The microdeformations point out the presence of dislocations and the peaks shift associated with the presence of excess vacancies. The use of atomic resolution TEM made it possible to identify the phases, directly observe dislocations and demonstrate the vacancies excess. Atomic resolution TEM is achieved by applying an Exit Wave Reconstruction procedure with 40 low dose images taken at different defocus. The current results suggest that vacancies of metals are predominant in MgO (NiO) crystals and that vacancies of Oxygen are predominant in Al2O3 crystals.

Magnetic and morphological characterization of Bi2Fe4O9 nanoparticles synthesized via a new reverse chemical co-precipitation method

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (15) ◽  
pp. 12120-12125 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.A.N.H. Lavasani ◽  
O. Mirzaee ◽  
H. Shokrollahi ◽  
A.K. Moghadam ◽  
M. Salami
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Characterization ◽  
Precipitation Method ◽  
Co Precipitation

Development and Characterization of Quercetin Loaded Nanoparticle for Skin Cancer

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Nikita Verma
Keyword(s):  
Skin Cancer ◽  
Drug Loading ◽  
Quadratic Model ◽  
Precipitation Method ◽  
Dietary Flavonoid ◽  
Ultraviolet Ray ◽  
Average Size ◽  
Different Characteristics ◽  
Polymer Ratio

As a disease skin cancer has obtained different characteristics over the decades. Solar radiation that contains ultraviolet ray is the prime cause of skin cancer. In this present research, the nano-precipitation method was applied for preparing Quercetin loaded Nanoparticle (Qu-Nps) with much enhanced loading properties and improves incorporation of corresponding drugs. At the same time, the Quadratic model that takes help of the Response Surface Method was applied to observe the effects of some specific parameters maintained in the development of nanoparticle. Here, the sonication time was 20 min and delivery system F6 (with Drug: Polymer ratio of 1:45) provided optimum drug entrapment ability which is 70%. The optimized formulation for average size was almost 102.39 ±7.64 nm with zeta potential diameter averaging -28.43mV. Quercetin is a dietary flavonoid possessing multidimensional properties that is used in various other diseases including viral infection, bacterial infection, diabetes mellitus, and cancer. All outcomes support the view that Quercetin loaded nanoparticles (Qu-Nps) has high entrapment and drug loading abilities.

scholarly journals Assessing high-throughput environmental DNA extraction methods for meta-barcode characterization of aquatic microbial communities

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdolrazagh Hashemi Shahraki ◽  
Subba Rao Chaganti ◽  
Daniel Heath
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Microbial Communities ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Environmental Dna ◽  
Magnetic Bead ◽  
Extraction Methods ◽  
Environmental Research ◽  
Rrna Gene

Abstract The characterization of microbial community dynamics using genomic methods is rapidly expanding, impacting many fields including medical, ecological, and environmental research and applications. One of the biggest challenges for such studies is the isolation of environmental DNA (eDNA) from a variety of samples, diverse microbes, and widely variable community compositions. The current study developed environmentally friendly, user safe, economical, and high throughput eDNA extraction methods for mixed aquatic microbial communities and tested them using 16 s rRNA gene meta-barcoding. Five different lysis buffers including (1) cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), (2) digestion buffer (DB), (3) guanidinium isothiocyanate (GITC), (4) sucrose lysis (SL), and (5) SL-CTAB, coupled with four different purification methods: (1) phenol-chloroform-isoamyl alcohol (PCI), (2) magnetic Bead-Robotic, (3) magnetic Bead-Manual, and (4) membrane-filtration were tested for their efficacy in extracting eDNA from recreational freshwater samples. Results indicated that the CTAB-PCI and SL-Bead-Robotic methods yielded the highest genomic eDNA concentrations and succeeded in detecting the core microbial community including the rare microbes. However, our study recommends the SL-Bead-Robotic eDNA extraction protocol because this method is safe, environmentally friendly, rapid, high-throughput and inexpensive.

Characterization of Biomaterial and Tissue Response Analysis after Implantation

2018 ◽  
Vol 930 ◽  
pp. 48-52
Author(s):  
Eliana dos Santos Câmara-Pereira ◽  
Ana Emília Holanda Rolim ◽  
Isabela Cerqueira Barreto ◽  
Laise Monteiro Campos Moraes ◽  
Lilian Campos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Repair Process ◽  
Tissue Response ◽  
Precipitation Method ◽  
Molar Ratio ◽  
Osteogenic Potential ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Defect Site ◽  
Critical Defect ◽  
Defect Repair

Some biomaterials can be used to promote tissue repair process. The biological substitutes (biomaterials such as hydroxyapatite beads) can be used with some advantages and purpose of mimicking responses to on-site repair of the injured bone. The objective of this study was to evaluate the osteogenic potential of the biomaterial composed of hydroxyapatite and alginate in place of the critical defect. bioceramic samples stoichiometric hydroxyapatite was produced by the precipitation method, wet method with ion molar ratio of Ca 10 (PO 4) 6 (OH) 2, in which the Ca / P ratio was equal to 1.67. The reaction conditions were favorable to the composition of a biomaterial with crystalline phase. The synthesis of the biomaterial composed of hydroxyapatite and alginate microspheres (HAAlg5%; 200 ø 425mm) was obtained from two primary solutions with the aim of, in optimal reactive conditions, to form the precipitate. After synthesis the microspheres were implanted into the defect site. The potential effects of using HAAlg5% and the application of vibratory waves in the critical defect repair were unknown and the results described in this study are promising, considering the systemic therapy and at the site of injury. The biomaterial used promoted repair the injured tissue.

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