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Osteoarthritis Synovial Fluid Analysis and Chondrocyte Treatment

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Synovial fluid (1-1.5 ml) was extracted from the affected site of 58 OA patients (32 cases of knee and 26 cases of hip) before the initiation of therapy. Collection of synovial fluid samples was performed using a syringe under local anesthesia. Synovial fluid (1-1.5 ml) was also extracted from the knee of 32 healthy controls and the hip of 26 healthy controls to match OA group. All synovial fluid samples were immediately transferred to a liquid nitrogen sink for long-term storage.
Cell model used in this study were primary chondrocytes from OA patients (402OA-05A, Sigma-Aldrich, USA). Chondrocytes were cultivated with Chondrocyte Growth Medium (PromoCell) in a 5% CO2 incubator at 37 °C. Subculture was performed at a ratio of 1:8. Cells used in subsequent experiments were collected at passage 1–2. In cases of osteopontin treatment, osteopontin (Sigma-Aldrich) was used to treat chondrocytes at dosages of 0, 1, 5 and 10 µg/ml for 48 h before use.
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Multiparametric Immunofluorescence Analysis

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Antibodies were directed to Ki-67 (AB16667, Abcam), calponin (SC136987, Santa Cruz), BECN1 (sc-11427, Santa Cruz), LC3B (#3868, Cell Signaling), LAMP1 (sc-17768, Santa Cruz), F4/80 (ab6640, Abcam), CD11b (PA5-18727, Invitrogen), Sca1 (ab-51317, Abcam), Osteopontin (ab8488, Abcam), LC3A/B (ab58610, Abcam). Secondary antibodies for immunofluorescence were Alexa Green 488 nm and Alexa Orange-Red 546 nm (Invitrogen). 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) (D3571), Prolong Gold Anti-fade mounting reagent (P36930), Slow-Fade Anti-fade reagent (S2828). Osteopontin was obtained from SIGMA (Cat. # O2260).
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Quantifying ECM Protein-Antibody Interactions

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Ninety-six-well ELISA plates (Greiner Bio-One) were coated with recombinant human ECM proteins (10 mg/ml), fibronectin (Sigma-Aldrich), fibrinogen (von Willebrand factor-and fibronectin-depleted; Enzyme Research Laboratories), osteopontin (Sigma-Aldrich), vitronectin (Sigma-Aldrich), collagen I (EMD Millipore), collagen II (EMD Millipore), collagen III (EMD Millipore), or collagen IV (EMD Millipore) in PBS for 1 hour at 37°C, followed by blocking with 2% BSA in PBS with 0.05% Tween 20 (PBS-T) for 1 hour at room temperature. Then, wells were washed with PBS-T and further incubated with PlGF-2 123-144 -Abs or unmodified Abs (10 mg/ml each) for 1 hour at room temperature. After three washes with PBS-T, wells were incubated for 1 hour at room temperature with horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated Abs against rat IgG or hamster IgG (Jackson ImmunoResearch). After washes, bound Abs were detected with tetramethylbenzidine sub-strate by measurement of the absorbance at 450 nm with subtraction of the absorbance at 570 nm.
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