In dogs after ACLT, carnosine reduced osteoarthritis cartilage lesion severity versus placebo.
In plain wordsIn dogs after knee ligament surgery, carnosine reduced cartilage lesion severity compared with placebo.
- Peptide
- L-carnosine
- Outcome
- DecreaseCartilage lesion severity
- Study
dogsn: not reported in source
anterior cruciate ligament transection-induced osteoarthritis- Comparator
- placebo
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 5 or 20 mg/kg/day · oralAs given in this study (dogs).
Source sentences
In dogs that had undergone ACLT, carnosine treatment reduced the severity and histopathology score of OA cartilage lesions and also decreased HNE-protein adducts, pentosidine, nitrosylated proteins, cartilage-degrading enzymes, and markers of inflammation.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
In the first experimental protocol, OA was induced by anterior cruciate ligament transection (ACLT) of the right knees of crossbred dogs (n = 6 per group).
The animals were treated with placebo or HNE-trapping carnosine (5 or 20 mg/kg/day) orally for 8 weeks.
Another group of dogs was treated for 4 weeks with 20 mg/kg/day of carnosine starting 4 weeks after surgery.