2019
DOI: 10.21203/rs.2.10480/v1
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Osteoarthritis (OA): A Modern Disease of the Anthropocene Era

Abstract: In this paper we discuss recent studies that have unravelled important roles for modern-day environmental factors in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA). OA is a relatively modern disease in terms of human evolution. While our ancestors have been around for about six million years, modern humans (Homo sapiens) only evolved about 200,000 years ago. Early humans did not live long enough to suffer from age-related musculoskeletal conditions such as OA and arthritic diseases are thought to have been extremely … Show more

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“…Plasma membrane transporters including voltage-gated sodium, potassium and calcium channels, chloride channels, calcium-activated potassium channels, transient receptor potential (TRP) channels, Nmethyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors and purinergic receptors have been described in chondrocytes, which allow them to respond to the local ionic composition of the pericellular matrix by adjusting the resting membrane potential (RMP) (Maleckar, Martin-Vasallo, Giles, & Mobasheri, 2020), which has been shown to play a crucial role in regulating metabolic activity and synthetic rate of cartilage ECM, as well as proliferation, differentiation, or volume regulation (Asmar et al, 2016;Matta & Zakany, 2013;Mobasheri et al, 2019). Although much progress has been made towards characterising the chondrocyte channelome, many open questions remain concerning the composition of the ion channel complement and their function in both chondroprogenitor cells and mature chondrocytes.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Plasma membrane transporters including voltage-gated sodium, potassium and calcium channels, chloride channels, calcium-activated potassium channels, transient receptor potential (TRP) channels, Nmethyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors and purinergic receptors have been described in chondrocytes, which allow them to respond to the local ionic composition of the pericellular matrix by adjusting the resting membrane potential (RMP) (Maleckar, Martin-Vasallo, Giles, & Mobasheri, 2020), which has been shown to play a crucial role in regulating metabolic activity and synthetic rate of cartilage ECM, as well as proliferation, differentiation, or volume regulation (Asmar et al, 2016;Matta & Zakany, 2013;Mobasheri et al, 2019). Although much progress has been made towards characterising the chondrocyte channelome, many open questions remain concerning the composition of the ion channel complement and their function in both chondroprogenitor cells and mature chondrocytes.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%