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Glucosamine HCl alters production of inflammatory mediators by rat intervertebral disc cells in vitro.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17905323     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Studies on cartilage have shown anti-inflammatory effects of glucosamine related to inhibition of inflammatory mediators. Intradiscal injection of glucosamine has been proposed as a treatment for chronic discogenic low back pain. However, there have been no studies of the direct effects of glucosamine on disc cells. PURPOSE: To determine the effects of glucosamine HCl on pro-inflammatory mediator production by intervertebral disc cells. STUDY DESIGN: An in vitro, experimental study of interleukin-1 (IL-1) stimulated rat intervertebral disc cells treated with and without glucosamine HCl. METHODS: Rat annulus and nucleus cells were cultured in alginate beads and exposed to IL-1a (10 ng/mL)+glucosamine HCl (4.5 mg/mL), IL-1 alone, or neither for 4 and 7 days. Cell viability and IL-6, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)), and NO levels in the medium were quantified and compared across treatments. RESULTS: Annulus cells, 7 days: Glucosamine completely inhibited IL-6 and TNF-alpha, increased NO (by 75%), and reduced viability (by 89%) compared with IL-1 alone. Nucleus cells, 7 days: Glucosamine reduced IL-6 (by 89%), PGE(2) (91%), and NO (90%) with no effect to viability. CONCLUSIONS: Glucosamine inhibits inflammatory mediator production by IL-1 stimulated disc cells, but also adversely affects the viability of rat annulus cells. The response is cell-type dependent, illustrated by differences for annulus and nucleus cells.
Authors:
Andrew J L Walsh; Conor W O'neill; Jeffrey C Lotz
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Publication Detail:
Type:  In Vitro; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2007-01-02
Journal Detail:
Title:  The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society     Volume:  7     ISSN:  1529-9430     ISO Abbreviation:  Spine J     Publication Date:    2007 Sep-Oct
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-10-01     Completed Date:  2008-01-04     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101130732     Medline TA:  Spine J     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  601-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Bioengineering Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco, 533 Parnassus Ave., Box 0514, San Francisco, CA 94143-0514, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Cell Survival / drug effects
Cells, Cultured
Dinoprostone / metabolism
Extracellular Matrix / immunology,  metabolism
Glucosamine / pharmacology*
Inflammation Mediators / metabolism*
Interleukin-1alpha / pharmacology
Interleukin-6 / metabolism
Intervertebral Disk / cytology*,  drug effects*,  immunology
Male
Nitric Oxide / metabolism
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Inflammation Mediators; 0/Interleukin-1alpha; 0/Interleukin-6; 0/Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; 10102-43-9/Nitric Oxide; 3416-24-8/Glucosamine; 363-24-6/Dinoprostone

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