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Optimizing Hyaluronan-Based Lubricants for Treating Thoracolumbar Fascia Pathologies: Insights from Tribological and Pharmacokinetic Studies
STREĎANSKÁ, A. ŠIMEK, M. MATONOHOVÁ, J. NEČAS, D. VRBKA, M. SUCHÁNEK, J. PAVLIŇÁKOVÁ, V. VOJTOVÁ, L. HARTL, M. KŘUPKA, I. NEŠPOROVÁ, K.
Czech title
Optimalizace maziv na bázi hyaluronanu pro léčbu patologií torakolumbální fascie: Poznatky z tribologických a farmakokinetických studií
English title
Optimizing Hyaluronan-Based Lubricants for Treating Thoracolumbar Fascia Pathologies: Insights from Tribological and Pharmacokinetic Studies
Type
journal article in Web of Science
Language
en
Original abstract
In a world where the incidence of non-specific lower back pain (LBP) is steadily increasing, researchers are still searching for effective solutions for patients. Hyaluronic acid (HA) viscosupplementation is commonly used to restore lubrication in osteoarthritis (OA) and other medical applications, but its rapid metabolism limits efficacy. This study evaluates whether an HA derivative can replace native HA for the treatment of non-specific LBP while maintaining or enhancing its frictional properties and improving in vivo stability. Six HA-based lubricants, both native and derivatized, were tested in a tribological rabbit fascia model and a new synthetic model. Reduced HA derivative showed better tribological properties and longer in vivo residence time compared to native HA, as demonstrated in pharmacokinetic studies in rabbits. The 316 kDa HA and reduced HA exhibited the most stable tribological properties, which were influenced by their molecular weight and concentration. These findings suggest that both native and reduced HA are promising viscosupplements for intrafascial injection in the treatment of LBP, with reduced HA potentially enhancing effectiveness through a prolonged effect.
Czech abstract
Optimalizace maziv na bázi hyaluronanu pro léčbu patologií torakolumbální fascie: Vědci stále hledají účinná řešení pro pacienty ve světě, kde se neustále zvyšuje výskyt nespecifických bolestí dolní části zad (LBP). Viskozuplementace kyselinou hyaluronovou (HA) se běžně používá k obnovení lubrikace při osteoartróze (OA) a v dalších lékařských aplikacích, ale její rychlý metabolismus omezuje účinnost. Tato studie hodnotí, zda derivát HA může nahradit nativní HA pro léčbu nespecifické LBP při zachování nebo zlepšení jejích třecích vlastností a zlepšení stability in vivo. Šest maziv na bázi HA, nativních i derivatizovaných, bylo testováno na tribologickém modelu králičí fascie a novém syntetickém modelu. Redukovaný derivát HA vykazoval lepší tribologické vlastnosti a delší dobu setrvání in vivo ve srovnání s nativním HA, jak prokázaly farmakokinetické studie na králících. Nejstabilnější tribologické vlastnosti, které byly ovlivněny jejich molekulovou hmotností a koncentrací, vykazovaly 316 kDa HA a redukovaný HA. Tato zjištění naznačují, že jak nativní, tak redukovaná HA jsou slibnými viskosuplementy pro intrafasciální injekce při léčbě LBP, přičemž redukovaná HA může zvýšit účinnost díky prodlouženému účinku.
English abstract
In a world where the incidence of non-specific lower back pain (LBP) is steadily increasing, researchers are still searching for effective solutions for patients. Hyaluronic acid (HA) viscosupplementation is commonly used to restore lubrication in osteoarthritis (OA) and other medical applications, but its rapid metabolism limits efficacy. This study evaluates whether an HA derivative can replace native HA for the treatment of non-specific LBP while maintaining or enhancing its frictional properties and improving in vivo stability. Six HA-based lubricants, both native and derivatized, were tested in a tribological rabbit fascia model and a new synthetic model. Reduced HA derivative showed better tribological properties and longer in vivo residence time compared to native HA, as demonstrated in pharmacokinetic studies in rabbits. The 316 kDa HA and reduced HA exhibited the most stable tribological properties, which were influenced by their molecular weight and concentration. These findings suggest that both native and reduced HA are promising viscosupplements for intrafascial injection in the treatment of LBP, with reduced HA potentially enhancing effectiveness through a prolonged effect.
Keywords in Czech
bolest dolní části zad; kyselina hyaluronová; fascie; tření; viskosuplementace
Keywords in English
lower back pain; hyaluronic acid; fascia; friction; viscosupplementation
Released
16.04.2025
Publisher
MDPI
Location
Switzerland (Švýcarsko)
ISSN
2075-4442
Volume
13
Number
4
Pages from–to
1–17
Pages count
17
BIBTEX
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author="Alexandra {Streďanská} and Matěj {Šimek} and Jana {Matonohová} and David {Nečas} and Martin {Vrbka} and Jakub {Suchánek} and Veronika {Pavliňáková} and Lucy {Vojtová} and Martin {Hartl} and Ivan {Křupka} and Kristina {Nešporová},
title="Optimizing Hyaluronan-Based Lubricants for Treating Thoracolumbar Fascia Pathologies: Insights from Tribological and Pharmacokinetic Studies",
year="2025",
volume="13",
number="4",
month="April",
pages="1--17",
publisher="MDPI",
address="Switzerland (Švýcarsko)",
issn="2075-4442"
}