Nanotherapy in Joints: Increasing Endogenous Hyaluronan Production by Delivering Hyaluronan Synthase 2.
Adv Mater
; 31(46): e1904535, 2019 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-31549776
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common joint degenerative disease that causes pain, joint damage, and dysfunction. External hyaluronic acid (HA) supplement is a common method for the management of osteoarthritis which requires multi-injections. It is demonstrated that biodegradable mesoporous silica nanoparticles successfully deliver an enzyme, hyaluronan synthase type 2 (HAS2), into synoviocytes from the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and generate endogenous HA with high molecular weights. In a rat TMJ osteoarthritis inflammation model, this strategy promotes endogenous HA production and inhibits the synovial inflammation of OA for more than 3 weeks with one-shot administration. Such nanotherapy also helps repairing the bone defects in a rat OA bone defect model.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Osteoarthritis
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Nanomedicine
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Hyaluronan Synthases
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Hyaluronic Acid
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Joints
Language:
En
Journal:
Adv Mater
Year:
2019
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Article
Affiliation country:
China