Slides

5/8/2014
Understanding the Development of Muscle Atrophy and
Fatty Infiltration in Massive Rotator Cuff Tears
Brian Feeley, MD
Xuhui Liu, MD
Hubert Kim, MD, PhD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
Disclosures
• Funding Sources:
– UCSF (Academic Senate)
– OREF Young Investigator Award
– OREF Career Development Award
– NIH (R03AR060871—1A1)
Kappa Delta Presentation, ORS 2014
Rotator Cuff Tears: 2000-2007
How does muscle quality affect orthopaedic outcomes?
-Large and massive tears do not heal well
-Atrophy and Fatty Infiltration are
important factors in outcomes after RCT
“Muscle atrophy and fatty infiltration of the rotator cuff
muscles play a significant role in determining functional
outcome after cuff repair. A successful repair did not lead
to improvement or reversal of muscle degeneration and a
failed repair resulted in significantly more progression.”
Gladstone et al, AJSM 2007.
-Molecular pathways are not known
-Limited animal models to study
pathophysiology muscle changes after RCT
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Development of a small animal model of massive RCT: Part I
Sham
0.4
intact
Tendon transection (TT)
TT
Development of a small animal model of massive RCT: Part I
TT+DN
0.3
Picric acid stain for fibrosis
Oil Red O Stain for fat
0.2
0.1
TT+Denervation (DN)
0
Suprspinatus
weight
Infraspinatus
weight
Liu et al JOR 2011
Liu et al JOR 2011
Development of a small animal model of massive RCT: Part II
Rat model:
Minimal healing (20%)
Moderate atrophy, fibrosis
not much fatty infiltration
Development of a small animal model of massive RCT: Part II
Mouse model
• Isolated denervation
• Combined groups
Significant atrophy at 12 weeks
Suprascapular nerve
Liu, et al JBJS 2012
Summary mouse model: separate incision for DN-better atrophy, FI, fibrosis
Liu, et al JBJS 2012
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Molecular Mechanisms of Muscle Atrophy and Fatty Infiltration
RCT/mechanical unloading leads to a decrease in Akt/mTOR activity and muscle atrophy
Ideal Pathway….
Molecular pathway that controls
muscle size
Mech.
? Mech ? ?
Possibly has a role in fatty
infiltration
Define targets for therapeutic
modulation (i.e. muscle specific)
Liu X, et al JOR 2012
Denervation of the RCT increases Akt/mTOR activity
Sham
How does TT result in muscle atrophy?
T
T
D
N
CSR
PI3K
Akt
FOXO
mTOR
Atrogin-1
Ubiquitin
Proteosome
Autophagy
Lysosome
Protein synthesis
In situ mTOR activity
Protein
Degradation
Atrophy
Ubiquitin/Proteosome Activity (Classic atrophy pathway)
TT
Liu X, et al JOR 2012
Lysosomal/Autophagy Pathway
(alternative pathway)
Treated
Joshi et al JOR 2014
DN
TT
DN
Summary:
TT: Atrophy via increased Lysosomal activity
DN: Atrophy via increased Ub/Proteosome
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Early
Atrophy in RCT: a clinical scenario
Can Fatty Infiltration be Inhibited via Akt/mTOR Pathway?
Increased Lysosomal
degradation
Loss of mechanical
load
Mild muscle atrophy
AKT/mTOR Pathway
Increased UbiquitinProteosome pathway
Marked
muscle atrophy
Late
Liu X, et al JOR 2012, Joshi, et al. JOR 2014
Akt
Can Fatty Infiltration be Inhibited via Akt/mTOR Pathway?
Rapamycin inhibits development of fatty infiltration
Rapamycin
mTOR
SREBP1
p-mTOR
PPARy
SREBP-1
Adipogenesis
Immunohistochemistry
P-mTOR
Western Blot, Protein Expression
PPARγ
SREBP1
Sham
Vehicle
TT+DN
TT+DN (No Treatment)
PPARγ
250
FATTY INFILTRATION
TT+DN
Joshi, et al JOR 2013
“We found a significantly increased
expression of Myf-5 and PPARgamma
after tenotomy”
Frey et al, JOR 2009.
Intensity of Band
(arbitrary unit)
Traction on SSN
Denervation
Rap +
200
150
100
*
50
0
Rap +
Rap -
*
TT+DN
*
p-mTOR
SREBP-1
PPARγ
Joshi, et al JOR 2013
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Regulation of Fibrosis after RCT
TGF-B Signaling is upregulated after rotator cuff tears
TGF-B1
RCT
Goodman
Mol Endo
2013
RCT
Sham
RCT
RCT
Terada JBJS 2013
Liu et al JSES, 2014, in press; 2014 ORS (abstract #1012)
Significant increase in fibrosis after RCT—is this responsible for non-compliant muscle?
Summary…so far
• Rat and mouse model of massive RCT
are reasonable to study muscle
changes after RCT
• Mechanical unloading and denervation
cause different effects on muscle
genotype
• Akt/mTOR pathway is an important
regulator of atrophy/FI
• TGF-B likely important in fibrosis, may
be upstream regulator of Akt/mTOR
Rotator
cuff tear
Tendon
degeneration
Muscle
degeneration
Cartilage
degeneration
Kramer, JSES 2013
Muscle
atrophy
Fatty
infiltration
Akt/mTOR
FOXO
MuRF-1
MAFBx
Lysosome
Akt/mTOR
SREBP-1
PPARy
Muscle
fibrosis
TGF-B (JSES 2014, in press)
MMP-13 (ORS 2014)
UCSF Muscle Lab
Xuhui Liu, MD
Hubert Kim, MD, PhD
Niko Laron, MD
Sanjum Samagh, MD
Sunil Joshi
Bharat Ravishankar
UCSF
C. Benjamin Ma, MD
Tamara Alliston, PhD
Jeff Lotz, PhD
Funding
UCSF Academic Senate
OREF
NIH (R03AR060871—1A1)
Thank you
2 weeks
6 weeks
Future shoulder
surgeons
UCSF-VA Lab
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