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- Title
Imbalanced MMP-3 and MMP-12 serum levels in systemic lupus erythematosus patients with Jaccoud's arthropathy and a distinctive MRI pattern.
- Authors
Piga, Matteo; Congia, Mattia; Balestrieri, Antonella; Angioni, Maria Maddalena; Cangemi, Ignazio; Cau, Riccardo; Chessa, Elisabetta; Floris, Alberto; Figus, Fabiana; Iagnocco, Annamaria; Cauli, Alberto; Saba, Luca
- Abstract
Objective Metalloproteinase (MMP)-3 and MMP-12 are proteolytic enzymes especially implicated in joint inflammation. This study aims to evaluate their association with arthritis features and hand MRI abnormalities in patients with SLE. Methods Fifty SLE patients, with a mean (s. d.) age of 48.1 (14.6) years were tested for MMP-3 and MMP-12 serum levels, then further classified according to the presence of X-ray erosions and joint deformities. Eighteen RA patients aged 47.9 (11.8) and 14 healthy people aged 46.0 (11.0) were enrolled as control groups. A subgroup of 28 SLE patients underwent a dominant-hand MRI; the detected changes were classified and semi-quantitatively scored as capsular swelling, synovitis, edematous or proliferative tenosynovitis, bone oedema, bone erosions. Statistical analysis was performed using multiple regression models. Results MMP-3 were significantly higher in patients with Jaccoud's arthropathy (JA) (22.1 ng/ml, P < 0.05) and independently associated with hsCRP serum levels (B-coeff 0.50; r = 0.30; P < 0.05). MMP-12 serum levels were significantly lower in patients with JA (0.18 ng/ml, P < 0.05) and inversely associated with the prednisone daily dose (B-coeff –0.03; r = −0.44; P < 0.01). Capsular swelling and edematous tenosynovitis, the most prevalent hand MRI changes in patients with JA, associated with higher MMP-3 (B-coeff 0.12; r = 0.66; P < 0.01 and B-coeff 0.08; r = 0.59; P < 0.01, respectively) and lower MMP-12 serum levels (B-coeff –7.4; r = −0.50; P < 0.05 and B-coeff –5.2; r = −0.44; P = 0.05, respectively). Conclusion Imbalanced MMP-3 and MMP-12 serum levels are influenced by inflammation and glucocorticoids in SLE patients and associated with JA and distinctive hand MRI changes.
- Subjects
BLOOD serum analysis; INFLAMMATION prevention; SYSTEMIC lupus erythematosus diagnosis; THERAPEUTIC use of glucocorticoids; BIOMARKERS; X-rays; BONE diseases; TENOSYNOVITIS; C-reactive protein; SYNOVITIS; BONES; INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE regression analysis; CHARCOT joints; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; PROTEOLYTIC enzymes; MATRIX metalloproteinases; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RHEUMATOID arthritis; BONE density; STATISTICAL models; STATISTICAL correlation; PREDNISONE; HAND abnormalities; JOINTS (Anatomy); PROBABILITY theory
- Publication
Rheumatology, 2021, Vol 60, Issue 9, p4218
- ISSN
1462-0324
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rheumatology/keaa915