摘要
Objective: To investigate the effect of arthroscopic debridement combined with intra-articular sodium hyaluronate injection on the Wnt/β-catenin pathway in joint fluid of patients with knee osteoarthritis. Methods: Patients undergoing arthroscopic debridement for knee osteoarthritis in the hospital between June 2014 and April 2017 were selected as the research subjects and randomly divided into the observation group who accepted arthroscopic debridement combined with intra-articular sodium hyaluronate injection and the control group who accepted arthroscopic debridement alone. The Wnt/β-catenin pathway molecules as well as downstream collagen metabolism molecules and bone metabolism molecules in the joint fluid were measured before surgery and 7 d after surgery. Results: 7 d after surgery, Wnt1, Wnt5a, Wnt7b, β-catenin, MMP1, MMP13, CTX-I, CTX-II, ADAMTS4, ADAMTS5, RANK, RANKL and TRACP5b mRNA expression in joint fluid of both groups of patients were higher than those before surgery whereas OPG and OC contents were lower than those before surgery, and Wnt1, Wnt5a, Wnt7b, β-catenin, MMP1, MMP13, CTX-I, CTX-II, ADAMTS4, ADAMTS5, RANK, RANKL and TRACP5b mRNA expression in joint fluid of observation group were significantly lower than those of control group whereas OPG and OC contents were significantly higher than those of control group. Conclusion: Arthroscopic debridement combined with intra-articular sodium hyaluronate injection can inhibit the collagen metabolism and bone metabolism disorder mediated by Wnt/β-catenin after surgery.
