Treatment of osteoarthritis with tiaprofenic acid: biochemical and histological protection against cartilage breakdown in the Pond-Nuki canine model.

Abstract

Experimental and cage matched control animals were sacrificed 12 weeks after production of ligamentous instability in the right knee, and biochemical studies were performed on eroded OA and normal articular cartilage. Significant protection was afforded by tiaprofenic acid administered orally at 15 mg/kg body weight. Chondroprotection was manifested by reduction of fast sedimenting proteoglycan aggregates, as well as retention of hyaluronate content, and favorable proteoglycan aggregate S value levels. This agent showed significant chondroprotective action under the conditions of these studies.

• Authors: D S Howell, J C Pita, F J Muller, D H Manicourt, R D Altman
• Journal: The Journal of rheumatology. Supplement (J Rheumatol Suppl) Vol. 27 Pg. 138-42 (Feb 1991) ISSN: 0380-0903 [Print] Canada
• PMID: 2027115 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
• Propionates
• Proteoglycans
• tiaprofenic acid
• Hyaluronic Acid

Topics

• Administration, Oral
• Animals
• Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Cartilage, Articular (drug effects, metabolism, pathology)
• Disease Models, Animal
• Dogs
• Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
• Hyaluronic Acid (metabolism)
• Osteoarthritis (drug therapy, metabolism, pathology)
• Propionates (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Proteoglycans (metabolism)