Prevention of articular cartilage degeneration in a rat model of monosodium iodoacetate induced osteoarthritis by oral treatment with Withaferin A

Publication date: March 2018 Source:Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, Volume 99 Author(s): Dharmendra Choudhary, Sulekha Adhikary, Naseer Ahmad, Priyanka Kothari, Ashwni Verma, Prabodh Kumar Trivedi, Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Ritu Trivedi Withaferin A (WFA), a highly oxygenated withanolide is used for anti-osteoporotic, fracture healing, obesity control as medicine and dietary supplement in Ayurveda and Unani medicine but its potential remains to be investigate for the osteoarthritis studies. In the present study, chondro-protective effects of WFA, under in vitro and in vivo conditions were evaluated. In-vitro pharmacological activity of WFA was tested on rat articular chondrocytes through MTT, DPPH, different staining, FACS and translation studies. In-vivo studies of WFA were evaluated through monosodium iodoacetate (MIA) induced osteoarthritis studies. DPPH assay, alcian blue and toluidine blue staining indicated the chondrogenic potential of WFA. Similarly, WFA enhance chondrogenesis through up-regulation of SOX9 protein. In addition, WFA reduced the ROS generation, mitochondrial depolarization and apoptosis induced by inflammatory cytokines IL-1β and TNF-α. Furthermore, WFA treatment in MIA treated rats alleviated cartilage erosion and improvement in sub-chondral bone micro-architecture by decrease in Tissue volume (∼32%), and trabecular bone pattern factor (∼28%). Taken together, our study provides convincing evidence for the candidature of WFA (10 mg...
Source: Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research