TY - JOUR
T1 - Does nitric oxide help explain the differential healing capacity of the anterior cruciate, posterior cruciate, and medial collateral ligaments?
AU - Cao, Min
AU - Stefanovic-Racic, Maja
AU - Georgescu, Helga I.
AU - Evans, Christopher H.
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PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - This study compared the ability of rabbit medial collateral ligament, posterior cruciate ligament, and anterior cruciate ligament tissue to synthesize nitric oxide, and determined its effects on matrix synthesis, an important component of ligament repair. It is not known whether ligament cells can produce nitric oxide and, if so, whether it influences healing of ligament injuries. The anterior cruciate and posterior cruciate ligament tissue produced large amounts of nitric oxide in response to the inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1. Medial collateral ligament, in contrast, produced only modest amounts of nitric oxide. Furthermore, anterior cruciate ligament and, to some degree, posterior cruciate ligament synthesized nitric oxide spontaneously in culture, whereas medial collateral ligament never did so. When nitric oxide was supplied to these tissues, it strongly inhibited collagen synthesis by the two cruciate ligaments, but had little effect on collagen synthesis by the medial collateral ligament. Endogenously synthesized nitric oxide was also able to inhibit collagen synthesis as well as proteoglycan synthesis by the two cruciate ligaments, but had little effect on matrix synthesis by the medial collateral ligament. We propose a novel hypothesis, based on nitric oxide production and matrix synthesis, that may help explain why the two cruciate ligaments have such limited healing capacity compared with the medial collateral ligament.
AB - This study compared the ability of rabbit medial collateral ligament, posterior cruciate ligament, and anterior cruciate ligament tissue to synthesize nitric oxide, and determined its effects on matrix synthesis, an important component of ligament repair. It is not known whether ligament cells can produce nitric oxide and, if so, whether it influences healing of ligament injuries. The anterior cruciate and posterior cruciate ligament tissue produced large amounts of nitric oxide in response to the inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1. Medial collateral ligament, in contrast, produced only modest amounts of nitric oxide. Furthermore, anterior cruciate ligament and, to some degree, posterior cruciate ligament synthesized nitric oxide spontaneously in culture, whereas medial collateral ligament never did so. When nitric oxide was supplied to these tissues, it strongly inhibited collagen synthesis by the two cruciate ligaments, but had little effect on collagen synthesis by the medial collateral ligament. Endogenously synthesized nitric oxide was also able to inhibit collagen synthesis as well as proteoglycan synthesis by the two cruciate ligaments, but had little effect on matrix synthesis by the medial collateral ligament. We propose a novel hypothesis, based on nitric oxide production and matrix synthesis, that may help explain why the two cruciate ligaments have such limited healing capacity compared with the medial collateral ligament.
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U2 - 10.1177/03635465000280020701
DO - 10.1177/03635465000280020701
M3 - Article
C2 - 10750993
AN - SCOPUS:0034024891
SN - 0363-5465
VL - 28
SP - 176
EP - 182
JO - American Journal of Sports Medicine
JF - American Journal of Sports Medicine
IS - 2
ER -