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Methods 24 patients with knee osteoarthritis completed questionnaires, and a 30-minute walking stress test with six blood serum samples and gait analysis. Concentrations of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP), matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-1, -3, and -9, epitope resulting from cleavage of type II collagen by collagenases (C2C), type II procollagen (CPII), interleukin (IL)-6, proteoglycan (PRG)-4, A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs (ADAMTS)-4, and resistin were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, Joint load (moments and compartmental forces) was estimated using musculoskeletal modeling using gait analysis data. Results COMP and MMP-3 showed an immediate increase after the walking stress followed by a decrease. MMP-9 and resistin showed a delayed decrease below pre-stress levels. ∆COMP correlated with ∆MMP-3 for most time points. ∆MMP-9 correlated with ∆resistin for most time points. The load-induced increase in blood marker levels correlated among blood markers and time points. C2C and resistin correlated positively and C2C/CPII and MMP2 correlated negatively with load during gait. Immediate relative ∆CPII and ∆MMP1 and delayed relative ∆COMP, ∆IL6, ∆C2C, ∆CPII, ∆MMP1 and ∆MMP3 correlated with the load accumulated during the walking stress. Baseline C2C levels correlated with Knee Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) subscales and load-induced changes in MMP-3 with KOOS and Short Form 36 quality of life subscores (P<0.05). Conclusions The distinct and differentiated physiological response to the walking stress depends on accumulated load and appears relevant for patient reported osteoarthritis outcome and quality of life and warrants further investigation in the context of disease progression. 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Load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient reported outcome measures [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] . F1000Research 2024, 12 :299 ( https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.131702.2 ) NOTE: If applicable, it is important to ensure the information in square brackets after the title is included in all citations of this article. Close Copy Citation Details Export Export Citation Sciwheel EndNote Ref. Manager Bibtex ProCite Sente EXPORT Select a format first Track Share ▬ ✚ Research Article Revised Load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient reported outcome measures [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] Annegret Mündermann https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6472-1689 1-3 , Corina Nüesch https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7526-9536 1-4 , Simon Herger https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0739-1959 2,3 , [...] Anna-Maria Liphardt https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0739-1959 5,6 , Frédérique Chammartin 7 , Enrico De Pieri https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1077-6294 2 , Christian Egloff 3 Annegret Mündermann https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6472-1689 1-3 , Corina Nüesch https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7526-9536 1-4 , [...] Simon Herger https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0739-1959 2,3 , Anna-Maria Liphardt https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0739-1959 5,6 , Frédérique Chammartin 7 , Enrico De Pieri https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1077-6294 2 , Christian Egloff 3 PUBLISHED 12 Jan 2024 Author details Author details 1 Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel, Basel, 4031, Switzerland 2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Allschwil, 4123, Switzerland 3 Department of Orthopaedics and Trauamtology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, 4031, Switzerland 4 Department of Spine Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Basel, 4031, Switzerland 5 Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Erlangen, 91054, Germany 6 Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen & Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, 91054, Germany 7 Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen & FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, 91054, Germany Annegret Mündermann Roles: Conceptualization, Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Funding Acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project Administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – Original Draft Preparation, Writing – Review & Editing Corina Nüesch Roles: Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project Administration, Validation, Writing – Review & Editing Simon Herger Roles: Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – Review & Editing Anna-Maria Liphardt Roles: Investigation, Methodology, Writing – Review & Editing Frédérique Chammartin Roles: Formal Analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – Review & Editing Enrico De Pieri Roles: Formal Analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – Review & Editing Christian Egloff Roles: Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – Review & Editing OPEN PEER REVIEW DETAILS REVIEWER STATUS Abstract Background This study aimed to quantify the mechanoresponse of 10 blood marker candidates for joint metabolism to a walking stress test in patients with knee osteoarthritis and to determine the association among marker kinetics and with accumulated load and patient reported outcomes. Methods 24 patients with knee osteoarthritis completed questionnaires, and a 30-minute walking stress test with six blood serum samples and gait analysis. Concentrations of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP), matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-1, -3, and -9, epitope resulting from cleavage of type II collagen by collagenases (C2C), type II procollagen (CPII), interleukin (IL)-6, proteoglycan (PRG)-4, A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs (ADAMTS)-4, and resistin were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, Joint load (moments and compartmental forces) was estimated using musculoskeletal modeling using gait analysis data. Results COMP and MMP-3 showed an immediate increase after the walking stress followed by a decrease. MMP-9 and resistin showed a delayed decrease below pre-stress levels. ∆COMP correlated with ∆MMP-3 for most time points. ∆MMP-9 correlated with ∆resistin for most time points. The load-induced increase in blood marker levels correlated among blood markers and time points. C2C and resistin correlated positively and C2C/CPII and MMP2 correlated negatively with load during gait. Immediate relative ∆CPII and ∆MMP1 and delayed relative ∆COMP, ∆IL6, ∆C2C, ∆CPII, ∆MMP1 and ∆MMP3 correlated with the load accumulated during the walking stress. Baseline C2C levels correlated with Knee Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) subscales and load-induced changes in MMP-3 with KOOS and Short Form 36 quality of life subscores (P<0.05). Conclusions The distinct and differentiated physiological response to the walking stress depends on accumulated load and appears relevant for patient reported osteoarthritis outcome and quality of life and warrants further investigation in the context of disease progression. ClinicalTrials.gov registration: NCT02622204 READ ALL READ LESS Keywords Knee osteoarthritis, articular cartilage, serum biomarkers, stress test, in vivo mechanoresponse, ambulatory load, PROMs Corresponding Author(s) Annegret Mündermann ( [email protected] ) Close Corresponding author: Annegret Mündermann Competing interests: No competing interests were disclosed. Grant information: This study is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF #159871) and the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland. The funding sources had no involvement in the study design, collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Copyright: © 2024 Mündermann A et al . This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. How to cite: Mündermann A, Nüesch C, Herger S et al. Load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient reported outcome measures [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] . F1000Research 2024, 12 :299 ( https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.131702.2 ) First published: 17 Mar 2023, 12 :299 ( https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.131702.1 ) Latest published: 12 Jan 2024, 12 :299 ( https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.131702.2 ) Revised Amendments from Version 1 We have restructured some sections of the manuscript to improve readability and provided additional details on the methodology to facilitate replication of our study. We have restructured some sections of the manuscript to improve readability and provided additional details on the methodology to facilitate replication of our study. See the authors' detailed response to the review by Stephen Cornish See the authors' detailed response to the review by Amelie M Lutz READ REVIEWER RESPONSES Introduction The response of biomarkers of tissue biology to mechanical stimuli in physiological and pathological conditions has attracted increasing attention in recent years. 1 Introducing a walking stress test involving a 30-minute walking exercise, Mündermann et al. 2 reported consistent immediate effects of the walking stress on cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) with a return to pre-stress levels within 30-minutes after the exercise in young healthy adults. This mechanoresponse was clearly attributed to the mechanical stimulus confirmed by a control experiment without a stimulus. Patients with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis (OA) also showed an immediate increase in COMP but continuously decreasing levels below pre-stress levels after the walking stress without differences to an age-matched asymptomatic control group. 3 The change in COMP at 3.5 and 5.5 hours, 4 in a collagen degradation marker C1,2C and in the synthesis marker CS846 5.5 hours after the stimulus 5 predicted changes in articular cartilage thickness supporting the potential relevance of load-induced changes in blood markers in the progression of knee OA. To date, most studies only investigated changes in COMP and reported an increase in COMP levels during a 20 to 45 minute walking exercise or up to 5000 steps 2 – 4 , 6 – 15 with a return to pre-stress levels within 30 minutes 2 , 3 , 7 , 9 , 11 or 60 minutes after the exercise. 10 Although load-induced marker kinetics may be affected by OA and differ in magnitude and timing between markers, 3 – 5 only few studies have reported on the kinetics of other markers in response to walking, marker kinetics beyond 60 minutes after the exercise or other mechanical stimuli in patients with OA. 1 Interestingly, Jayabalan et al. 14 reported an increase in COMP but not in tumor-necrosis-factor-α (TNF-α) after a 30-minute walk in patients with unilateral knee OA, and hence not all blood marker candidates may respond to mechanical stimuli in patients with knee OA. Correlations among blood marker kinetics may reveal sets of biomarkers involved in the same physiological pathways. Candidates for mechanosensitive blood markers of joint pathology include markers of cartilage synthesis (C-propeptide of type II procollagen (CPII) 16 ), cartilage degradation (C2C epitope cleavage of type II collagen, 17 , 18 COMP, 19 matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-1 20 or MMP-3, 21 A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs (ADAMTS-4) 22 , 23 ), joint lubrication (proteoglycan 4 (PRG-4) or lubricin 24 ) or inflammation interleukin 6 (IL-6) 25 , 26 and resistin. 27 – 30 Baseline patient reported osteoarthritis outcome and quality of life (QoL) may predict future changes in blood markers of articular cartilage as suggested in a study on volleyball players, 31 and selected blood and urinary markers appear to be related to radiographic evidence of joint damage and/or clinical symptoms of OA. 32 To date, it is unknown whether the response of blood markers to load is associated with patient reported osteoarthritis outcome and QoL in patients with knee OA. Moreover, as none of the previous studies estimated the load accumulated during the respective exercise stress, to date the association between accumulated load and load-induced marker kinetics is unknown. Our exploratory study aimed to quantify the mechanoresponse of this array of potential blood markers for joint pathology (COMP, MMP-1, MMP-3, MMP-9, CPII, C2C, C2C/CPII, ADAMTS-4, PRG-4, IL-6 and resistin) to a walking stress in patients with knee OA. We tested the hypotheses that (i) some but not all blood markers will respond to the walking stress, and that the kinetics in response to a walking stress correlates (ii) between some but not all markers, (iii) with accumulated knee load during the walking stress, and (iv) with patient reported osteoarthritis outcome and QoL. Methods Data presented in this exploratory cross-sectional laboratory study were collected as part of the baseline assessment of a larger study on the effect of high tibial osteotomy on load-induced changes in cartilage biomarkers. 33 Participants were recruited from the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the University Hospital Basel. Inclusion criteria were radiographically diagnosed and isolated symptomatic medial compartment knee OA and being scheduled for high tibial osteotomy. Exclusion criteria were: use of walking aids; inability to walk for 30 minutes; age 70 years (risk of advanced general sarcopenia (degenerative loss of muscle mass in aging)); body mass index (BMI) > 35 kg/m 2 ; active rheumatic disorder; prior neuromuscular impairment (e.g. stroke); conditions other than knee OA that could cause abnormal patterns of locomotion; prior hip, knee, and ankle prosthesis or osteotomy of the lower extremities; prior spine surgery; other major medical problems; and current enrollment in another experimental (interventional) protocol. The study was approved by the regional ethics board (August 19, 2015; Ethikkommission Nordwest- und Zentralschweiz EKNZ 2015-224) and conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and participants provided written informed consent prior to participation. Participants 24 patients (16 male, 8 female) with medial compartment knee OA met the inclusion criteria and participated in this study. Patient demographics, disease characteristics (Kellgren Lawrence (KL) 34 grade) and the patient reported outcomes measures (PROMs, patients reported function: Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) 35 ; patient reported quality of life: 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF36) 36 ; KOOS and SF36 assessed immediately prior to the walking stress test) are shown in Table 1 . We considered all KOOS subscores but used only the total SF36 score and its subscores physical function and pain for further analysis. Table 1. Patient characteristics. Parameter Statistics (N=24) Demographics (mean ± 1 SD) Age (years) 46.3 ± 8.8 Body mass (kg) 84.7 ± 16.1 Body height (m) 1.72 ± 0.11 Body mass index (kg/m 2 ) 28.5 ± 5.2 Radiographic severity (N (%)) KL 1 5 (20.8%) KL 2 11 (45.8%) KL 3 7 (29.2%) KL 4 1 (4.2%) Affected side (N (%)) Left 10 (41.7%) Right 14 (58.3%) Severity of symptoms (median (interquartile rage)) KOOS symptoms 52.5 (38.4–71.4) KOOS pain 41.7 (30.6–61.8) KOOS activities of daily living 56.1 (42.6–72.3) KOOS recreation/sport 22.5 (8.6–37.5) KOOS quality of life 25.0 (12.5–37.5) Quality of life (median (interquartile rage)) SF36 total 52.5 (41.3–61.2) SF36 physical function 50.0 (35.0–65.0) SF36 pain 33.8 (22.5–47.5) Walking stress test All participants completed a walking stress test at the Functional Biomechanics Laboratory at the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland (March 2016 to November 2019). 33 Briefly, patients were asked to minimize their physical activity during the 24 hours prior to the experiment and perform minimal walking activity before the study visit. Participants rested in a seated position for 30 minutes before the walking stress. The walking stress comprised walking for 30 minutes at self-selected walking speed on a flat treadmill (mercury ® 3p, h/p/cosmos sports & medical GmbH, Nussdorf-Traunstein, Germany). Blood samples were collected immediately before (T0), immediately after (T1), and 0.5h, 1.5h, 3.5h, and 5.5h (T2–T5) after the walking stress. These time intervals were chosen based on the literature on cartilage blood marker kinetics after walking exercise or physical activity. 1 – 15 During the walking stress, spatiotemporal parameters (walking speed, cadence, step length) were collected using the built-in pressure plate (Zebris FDM-T, Zebris Medical GmbH, Isny, Germany) and the manufacturer’s software. For the 5.5 hours after the walking stress, participants rested in a seated position to preclude blood volume distribution. Blood samples (7.5 ml each) were obtained from an antecubital vein. A thin catheter was placed and remained in their vein for 6 hours. As described in the protocol, 33 to prevent clogging by clotted blood, we flushed the catheter with 10 ml isotonic saline solution (0.9% NaCl) after every blood draw. The first 3 ml of each sample was discarded to avoid dilution by the injected saline solution. Blood samples clotted in the blood tubes (S-Monovette ® 7.5ml Z-Gel, Sarstedt AG, Nürnbrecht, Germany) at room temperature for 30 minutes. They were then centrifuged (Sarstedt AG &Co SMC6) for 15 minutes at 2016 g, separated into aliquots, frozen (-20°C), and transferred to a -80°C freezer within 48 hours until assays were performed. After the final blood draw, participants completed gait analysis with a 3-dimensional motion capture system (Vicon Motion Systems Ltd., Oxford, UK) and force plates (Kistler Instrumente AG, Winterthur, Switzerland). We attached reflective skin markers to selected anatomical landmarks according to the Plug-In Gait marker set. 37 After collecting data for a standing trial (anatomic upright position), data for three gait trials at self-selected walking speed were collected for each participant (own regular walking shoes; none of the participants used prescribed orthoses or insoles). Assessing serum biomarker concentrations Serum biomarker concentrations were measured using commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) according to the manufacturers’ instructions ( Table 2 ). Investigators were blinded to the samples, which were analyzed in duplicate and in random order. Differences due to inter-assay variation were eliminated by comparing concentrations within participants and testing all samples of any participant on the same plate. Table 2. Specifications of the commercial kits used in this study. Blood marker Kit name Vendor Coefficient of variation (within assay) (%) COMP Human COMP protein ELISA kit BioVendor, Modrice, Czech Republic 2.0 MMP-1 Human Total MMP-1 Immunoassay R&D Systems Inc., Minneapolis, USA 3.2 MMP-3 Human Total MMP-3 Immunoassay R&D Systems Inc., Minneapolis, USA 3.1 MMP-9 Human Total MMP-9 Immunoassay R&D Systems Inc., Minneapolis, USA 2.6 C2C Human C2C ELISA kit IBEX Pharmaceuticals Inc., Montréal, Canada 7.4 CPII Human CPII ELISA kit IBEX Pharmaceuticals Inc., Montréal, Canada 1.1 IL-6 Human IL-6 Immunoassay R&D Systems Inc., Minneapolis, USA 1.3 PRG-4 Human Proteoglycan 4 (PRG-4) ELISA Kit CUSABIO Technology LLC, Houston, USA 5.7 ADAMTS-4 Human ADAMTS-4 ELISA kit Sigma-Aldrich, Saint Louis, USA 2.4 Resistin Human Resistin ELISA kit Mediagnost, Reutlingen, Germany 1.2 Assessing accumulated load Accumulated load was estimated using two different approaches: (1) Approach 1: Maximum, rate of increase and impulse of the vertical ground reaction force during treadmill walking multiplied by number of steps taken during the walking stress. The vertical ground reaction force was measured for each step using the pressure plate built into the treadmill (Zebris FDM-THM-S pressure plate, Zebris Medical GmbH, Isny, Germany). Vertical ground reaction force trajectories normalized to body weight were computed for each step by the manufacturer’s software and exported. The vertical ground reaction force impulse for each step was calculated as the area under the vertical ground reaction force trajectory during loaded stance phase and normalized to body weight. (2) Approach 2: Maximum and impulse of the knee adduction moment, knee flexion moment, total knee compressive force, medial and lateral compartment compressive force as well as medio-lateral shear force were calculated from musculoskeletal modeling for the affected knee during overground walking multiplied by number of steps taken during the walking stress. As previously described for the same cohort, 38 kinematic and ground reaction force (GRF) data were filtered using a second-order low-pass Butterworth filter with a cut-off frequency of 5 Hz and 12 Hz, respectively. Gait events were determined from the GRF measurements using force thresholds (>20 N for foot-strike and <20 N for foot-off). Marker trajectories and GRF data were used as input for an inverse dynamics analysis in the AnyBody Modelling System (AnyBody Technology A/S, Aalborg, Denmark). Personalized models for each subject were created as previously described 39 from a detailed generic model of the lower limb 40 (based on a cadaveric dataset 41 ) scaled to match the overall anthropometrics to each subject and the marker data collected during the standing reference trial of the same subject. 42 We computed joint kinematics from the measured marker trajectories, and calculated the required muscle activations, resulting knee total, flexion and adduction moments, as well as the proximo-distal compressive force, medial and lateral compartment compressive force, and medio-lateral shear force by an inverse dynamics analysis based on a third-order-polynomial muscle recruitment criterion. 43 All moments were reported as external net moments, and all forces and moments were normalized to body weight. The impulse of each variable was calculated as the area under the curve during loaded stance phase for each step. Statistical analysis For the biomarkers PRG-4 and ADAMTS-4, 23 and 63 measurements were below the detection limit, respectively. We imputed these measurements by using the midpoint between 0 and the lower detection limit. 44 Load-induced changes in biomarkers were defined as ∆ biomarker b − a = biomarker Tb − biomarker Ta where a , bϵ 0 1 2 3 4 5 and b>a. Normality assumptions were violated for all biomarkers, except COMP, according to the Shapiro-Wilk test. We used a non-parametric test (Wilcoxon signed rank test) that does not rely on assumptions of absence of outliers and normality of the data to compare pairwise biomarker concentrations. Nonparametric descriptive statistics including median and interquartile range (IQR) were computed for each marker and each time point. Spearman correlation coefficients were used to detect correlations among load induced changes in blood levels among blood markers across time points and with patient reported osteoarthritis outcome and QoL, load during each step, and load accumulated during the walking stress. To assess the association between accumulated load and load-induced blood marker kinetics, relative changes in blood markers were computed as biomarker TbrT 0 = biomarker Tb biomarker T 0 ∗ 100 where bϵ 1 2 3 4 5 . Spearman correlation coefficients were used to detect correlations of blood markers concentrations at T0 with load during each step and to detect correlations of relative blood markers kinetics with load accumulated during the walking stress. We only interpreted associations between blood marker levels and their load-induced changes with patient reported osteoarthritis outcome and QoL or loading parameters if significant correlations were observed with at least two KOOS or SF36 subscores or at least two loading parameters to account for the possibility of detecting correlations by chance. ADAMTS-4 was log transformed to address skewness. Because we intended to only interpret results that are in concordance with previous evidence for mechanosensitivity, 45 we refrained from applying Bonferroni corrections and set the significance level to 0.05. Statistical analysis was performed in R version 4.0.3 (The R Foundation, Vienna, Austria). Assuming that a true correlation has an absolute value of 0.60 or greater (0.60 being considered an overall moderate correlation), a sample size of 19 is required to determine if the correlation coefficient differs from zero with a power of 80% and an alpha significance level of 5%. Results During the 30-minute walking stress, patients walked at a median speed of 0.94 (IQR, 0.70–1.04) m/s with a cadence of 100.6 (92.1–107.3) steps/minute and step length of 0.56 (0.45–0.61) m, and took 2416 (1410–2945) steps. Descriptive statistics of the loading parameters per step and the estimated accumulated load are shown in Table 3 . Detailed loading trajectories for a subset of patients have been published previously. 39 Table 3. Median (interquartile range) load per step and estimated accumulated load during walking stress test. Loading parameter Load per step Accumulated load Load per step * number of steps Treadmill walking during stress test Vertical ground reaction force Peak (%BW) 96.5 (88.8–102.7) 282881 (245312–314139) Impulse (BW*s) 0.55 (0.50–0.58) 1628 (1552–1679) Detailed ambulatory biomechanics analysis (overground) Knee flexion moment Peak (Nm/BW) 0.36 (0.19–0.54) 1060 (562–1665) Impulse (Nm/BW*s) 0.07 (0.02–0.12) 204 (57–351) Knee adduction moment Peak (Nm/BW) 0.50 (0.40–0.59) 1426 (1119–1899) Impulse (Nm/BW*s) 0.20 (0.14–0.25) 584 (388–811) Total knee moment Peak (Nm/BW) 0.63 (0.51–0.80) 1769 (1529–2422) Impulse (Nm/BW*s) 0.31 (0.27–0.39) 934 (750–1104) Medial compartment compressive force Peak (BW) 2.28 (2.03–2.62) 6703 (5818–8323) Impulse (BW*s) 1.22 (1.11–1.43) 3638 (3259–4266) Lateral compartment compressive force Peak (BW) 0.78 (0.58–1.00) 2377 (1739–3162) Impulse (BW*s) 0.46 (0.33–0.59) 1361 (971–1707) Knee medio-lateral shear force Peak (BW) 0.69 (0.56–0.80) 2111 (1427–2557) Impulse (BW*s) 0.27 (0.22–0.33) 780 (655–1009) Total joint compressive force Peak (BW) 2.83 (2.60–3.35) 8711 (7373–10128) Impulse (BW*s) 1.76 (1.60–1.93) 5178 (4644–5804) Vertical ground reaction force Peak (%BW) 110.0 (105.8–114.0) 328071 (281442–363652) Impulse (BW*s) 0.56 (0.54–0.61) 1654 (1530–1757) Blood marker kinetics in response to load A summary of each blood marker at the different time points is given in the extended data 1. 65 Compared to pre-walking stress serum concentrations, COMP and MMP-3 levels differed significantly between time points. Levels increased from pre-stress to 0h, returned to pre-stress levels within 0.5h and then continued to decrease further until 5.5h post walking stress ( Figure 1 ). MMP-9 and resistin levels were significantly lower at 1.5h and 5.5h post walking stress than pre-stress levels ( Figure 1 ). Although significant differences in ADAMTS-4 and IL-6 between several time points were observed, there was no clear pattern of a loading response ( Figure 1 ). Few to no significant differences in MMP-1, C2C, CPII, C2C/CPII, and PRG-4 levels between time points were observed. As a sensitivity analysis, we excluded measurement for ADAMTS-4 and PRG-4 that were below the detection limit. Results were coherent with the results from the imputed dataset. Please note that a subset of this data has been previously presented at a conference. 46 Figure 1. Serum concentrations at each of six time points immediately before (T0) and 0h (T1), 0.5h (T2), 1.5h (T3), 3.5h (T4) and 5.5h (T5) after the walking stress. Boxplots show median, 25% and 75% quartiles and individual data points. *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001; ****p<0.0001. Grey bars illustrate the walking stress. Correlations among load-induced changes in blood levels across time points ∆COMP correlated with ∆MMP-3 from before to immediately after (T1-T0, ρ=0.514, P=0.011), from 0.5h to 1.5h (T3-T2, ρ=0.465, P=0.023), and from 1.5h to 3.5h (T4-T3, ρ=0.465, P=0.023) after the walking stress ( Figure 2 ). ∆MMP-9 correlated with ∆resistin from 0h to 0.5h (T2-T1, ρ=0.517, P=0.011), 0.5 to 1.5h (T3-T2, ρ=0.523, P=0.010), 1.5h to 3.5h (T4-T3, ρ=0.480, P=0.018) and 3.5h to 5.5h (T5-T4, ρ=0.641, P=0.001) after the walking stress ( Figure 3 ). Figure 2. Association between changes in COMP and MMP-3 from before to immediately after (-0.5h to 0h; T1-T0), and 0h to 0.5h (T2-T1), 0.5h to 1.5h (T3-T2), 1.5h to 3.5h (T4-T3), and 3.5h to 5.5h (T5-T4) after the walking stress. Figure 3. Association between changes in MMP-9 and resistin from before to immediately after (-0.5h to 0h; T1-T0), and 0h to 0.5h (T2-T1), 0.5h to 1.5h (T3-T2), 1.5h to 3.5h (T4-T3), and 3.5h to 5.5h (T5-T4) after the walking stress. Cross-correlations of change from baseline concentrations (T0) among all markers and time points (T1 to T5) are shown as correlogram in Figure 4 . ∆COMP from baseline correlated positively with ∆MMP-3, ∆C2C, ∆CPII, ∆ADAMTS-4, ∆PRG-4 and ∆C2C/CPII ratios from baseline and negatively with ∆IL-6 and ∆resistin from baseline for most time point comparisons. Several other positive and negative correlations among change from baseline among markers and time points were observed ( Figure 4 ). Figure 4. Correlogram among change from baseline (T0) to 0h (T1), 0.5h (T2), 1.5h (T3), 3.5h (T4) and 5.5h (T5) of the different blood markers. Positive correlations are displayed in blue and negative correlations in red color. Color intensity and the size of the circle are proportional to the correlation coefficients. The legend color shows the correlation coefficients and the corresponding colors. Only statistically significant correlations are shown (P<0.05). Correlation of baseline marker levels and load during each step C2C at T0 correlated negatively with the peak total joint moment (ρ=-0.51, P=0.013) and the knee medio-lateral shear force impulse (ρ=-0.52, P=0.011; Figure 5 ). C2C/CPII correlated negatively with the total joint moment impulse (ρ=-0.42, P=0.042). MMP1 at T0 correlated negatively with the knee medio-lateral shear force impulse (ρ=-0.47, P=0.023). Resistin at T0 correlated positively with the first peak knee total compressive force (ρ=0.42, P=0.045) and vertical ground reaction force (ρ=0.43, P=0.033). None of the other blood marker concentrations at T0 correlated with any parameter describing load exerted during a single step. Figure 5. Correlogram between baseline (T0) blood marker concentrations and loading parameters for a single gait cycle. Max1—first maximum of loading parameter trajectory during gait cycle; imp—impulse of loading parameter for one gait cycle (=integral of loading parameter over time); GRF—ground reaction force; PBW—per body weight; KFM—knee flexion moment; KAM—knee adduction moment; TJM—total joint moment; med—medial; lat—lateral. Color intensity and the size of the circle are proportional to the correlation coefficients. The legend color shows the correlation coefficients and the corresponding colors. Only statistically significant correlations are shown (P<0.05). Correlation of load-induced blood marker kinetics and load accumulated during the walking stress COMP T4rT0 correlated positively with accumulated peak total joint moment (ρ=0.52, P=0.014) and accumulated total joint moment impulse (ρ=0.43, P=0.047; Figure 6 ). IL6 T4rT0 correlated negatively with accumulated peak knee adduction moment (ρ=-0.49, P=0.020) and impulse (ρ=-0.43, P=0.045), with accumulated peak total joint moment (ρ=-0.47, P=0.028) and impulse (ρ=-0.46, P=0.031), and with accumulated medial compartment compressive force impulse (ρ=-0.46, P=0.030). C2C T34rT0 correlated positively with accumulated peak total joint moment (ρ=0.52, P=0.014), peak medial compartment compressive force (ρ=0.52, P=0.012) and impulse (ρ=0.45, P=0.038), peak total joint force (ρ=0.48, P=0.023), and ground reaction force impulse (ρ=0.48; P=0.024). CPII T1rT0 correlated negatively with accumulated vertical ground reaction force impulse (ρ=-0.67, P=<0.001) and lateral compartment compressive force impulse (ρ=-0.58, P=0.005), and positively with accumulated knee flexion moment impulse (ρ=0.62, P=0.002). CPII T3rT0 correlated positively with accumulated peak medial joint force (ρ=0.45, P=0.035) and impulse (ρ=0.53, P=0.011), medio-lateral shear force impulse (ρ=0.43, P=0.047) and total compressive force impulse (ρ=0.43, P=0.047). MMP1 T1rT0 correlated negatively with accumulated peak knee adduction moment (ρ=-0.44, P=0.039), peak total joint moment (ρ=-0.44, P=0.039), peak medial compartment compressive force (ρ=-0.43, P=0.043) and total compressive force impulse (ρ=-0.44, P=0.039). MMP1 T5rT0 correlated negatively with accumulated knee adduction moment impulse (ρ=-0.54, P=0.010) and knee medio-lateral shear force impulse (ρ=-0.45, P=0.036), and positively with accumulated lateral compartment compressive force impulse (ρ=0.45, P=0.036). MMP3 T4rT0 correlated positively with accumulated peak total joint moment (ρ=0.49, P=0.021), peak medial compartment compressive (ρ=0.44, P=0.043), medio-lateral shear (ρ=0.54, P=0.009) and total compressive force (ρ=0.51, P=0.015). Correlations of ADAMTS5 were not further considered because of the high number of imputed data points. Figure 6. Correlogram between relative change of blood marker concentration from baseline (T0) for all time points (T1 to T5) and accumulated load during 30-minute walking stress (loading parameters for a single gait cycle multiplied by number of steps). Max1—first maximum of loading parameter trajectory during gait cycle; imp—impulse of loading parameter for one gait cycle (=integral of loading parameter over time); GRF—ground reaction force; PBW—per body weight; KFM—knee flexion moment; KAM—knee adduction moment; TJM—total joint moment; med—medial; lat—lateral. Color intensity and the size of the circle are proportional to the correlation coefficients. The legend color shows the correlation coefficients and the corresponding colors. Only statistically significant correlations are shown (P<0.05). Correlations of load-induced blood marker kinetics with patient reported osteoarthritis outcome and QoL C2C levels before the walking stress (T0) correlated negatively with the KOOS subscales symptoms (ρ=-0.439, P=0.032), pain (ρ=-0.503, P=0.012), activities of daily living (ρ=-0.607, P=0.002), and recreation/sports (ρ=-0.677, P<0.001; extended data 2 (65)). Patients with higher C2C levels had lower osteoarthritis outcome scores (greater pain respective limitations). ∆IL-6 (T1-T0) correlated positively with the total SF36 score (ρ=0.430, P=0.036) and the SF36 category physical function (ρ=0.467, P=0.022; extended data 3 (65)). Patients with a smaller load induced change in IL-6 had lower SF36 scores. ∆MMP-3 (T1-T0) correlated positively with the KOOS subscales QoL (ρ=0.429, P=0.036), and with the SF-36 category pain (ρ=0.444, P=0.030). Patients with a smaller load induced change in MMP-3 had lower QoL scores (greater pain respective limitations). Discussion The purpose of this exploratory study was (i) to quantify the mechanoresponse of this array of potential blood markers for joint pathology (COMP, MMP-1, MMP-3, MMP-9, CPII, C2C, C2C/CPII, ADAMTS-4, PRG-4, IL-6 and resistin) to a walking stress test in patients with knee OA. We tested the hypotheses that (i) some but not all blood markers will respond to the walking stress, and that the kinetics in response to a walking stress correlates (ii) between some but not all markers, (iii) with accumulated knee load during the walking stress, and (iv) with patient reported osteoarthritis outcome and QoL. Only COMP and MMP-3 showed a consistent increase immediately after the walking stress while COMP, MMP-3, MMP-9 and resistin all showed consistent delayed decreases below pre-stress levels up to 5.5h post walking stress. COMP and MMP-3 kinetics in response to the mechanostimulus correlated as did load-induced MMP-9 and resistin kinetics. Moreover, we observed correlations of change from baseline levels among several blood markers for several time points, between baseline levels and load per gait cycle, between load-induced changes in selected blood markers and accumulated load during the walking stress, and between baseline levels and load-induced changes in selected blood markers with patient reported osteoarthritis outcome and QoL. The results are in line with previous reports of an initial increase in COMP above pre-stress levels during a 30-minute walking exercise 2 – 4 , 6 – 15 followed by – on average – a continuous decrease in COMP well below pre-stress levels in the 5.5 hours after the walking stress but with a large variability in patients with OA and in older adults. 3 , 4 Previous work including a control experiment where COMP remained stable has shown that the increase in COMP after the walking stress is clearly attributed to the walking stress. 2 The pattern of a prolonged decrease contrasts observations of the mechanoresponse of COMP in a walking stress test in young healthy adults. 2 The consistent results in patients with knee OA are particularly relevant as the delayed mechanoresponse of COMP has been shown to predict future changes in knee cartilage morphology in patients with OA 4 and in older adults. 47 Erhart-Hledik et al. 4 reported that in 17 patients with medial compartment knee OA changes in COMP levels from pre-stress levels to 3.5h and 5.5h after the walking stress varied largely among patients (ranging from 40% decrease to 40% increase) and that those with higher COMP levels 3.5h and 5.5h after the walking stress experienced a greater loss in articular cartilage five years later. Moreover, in that study neither pre-stress COMP levels nor changes in COMP levels immediately after the walking stress correlated with cartilage thickness changes over five years. In another study on 12 asymptomatic persons aged 45 years and older, changes in COMP levels from pre-stress levels to 5.5h after the walking stress varied largely among persons (ranging from 54% decrease to 22% increase) and that those with higher COMP levels 5.5h after the walking stress experienced a greater loss in articular cartilage seven to nine years later. 47 This association was not as strong as that in patients with medial compartment knee OA. 4 These results suggest that patients with knee OA and older asymptomatic adults show a large variability in load induced COMP kinetics and that those with prolonged elevated COMP levels will experience greater cartilage degeneration in subsequent years. However, the factors determining the kinetic patters are not understood and it is unknown how load induced COMP kinetics evolve throughout a person’s lifetime. In our study, baseline COMP did not correlate with joint load during one gait cycle but patients with greater accumulated load during the walking stress still had higher relative COMP levels 3.5 hours after the walking stress suggesting the relevance of the characteristics of a mechanostimulus for of the response of COMP to this stimulus. This result is in agreement with a recent study showing that the response of blood markers (i.e. type II collagen degradation and formation-degradation ratio) to exercise depends on characteristics of the exercise (impact—running versus no impact—cycling). 48 Overall, COMP kinetics in response to a walking stress appear may be determined not only by the presence of OA or the specific mechanostimulus but also influenced by age as previously suggested, 3 and relevant for degenerative processes of articular cartilage. Similar kinetics of COMP and MMP-3 and correlations with accumulated load observed here are in line with previous reports in studies on the response of blood biomarkers to extreme ambulatory exercise 49 and to immobilization during bed rest. 50 , 51 Changes in COMP were linearly related with changes in MMP-3 throughout an ultramarathon race (4486-km during 64 running days without any rest days) where in 68% of runners, ultramarathon-induced changes in MMP-3 levels explained more than 30% of ultramarathon-induced changes in COMP levels. 49 Liphardt et al. showed in two separate studies involving 5-day 51 respective 21-day 50 bedrest under highly controlled conditions that COMP and MMP-3 decreased by 10 to more than 20% within the first 24 hours of bedrest and both returned to pre-bedrest levels within 24 hours after bedrest. Moreover, COMP and MMP-3 levels in serum respective in synovial fluid were higher in patients with diagnosed knee OA and that patients with more severe knee OA had higher COMP and MMP-3 levels than patients with less severe knee OA. 52 , 53 MMP-3 activates other MMPs such as MMP-1 and MMP-13, 54 which may lead to an initial high release of type II collagen fragments 55 and COMP cleavage. 56 The strong correlation among the load-induced kinetics of COMP and MMP-3 and with the accumulated load in our study and their metabolic relationship suggest that COMP and MMP-3 may not only be involved in the pathophysiology of OA but also that MMP-3 may play a role in regulating COMP according to mechanical demands. The latter is further supported by our finding that the load induced changes in MMP-3 correlated with patient reported osteoarthritis outcome and QoL. Interestingly, MMP-9 showed similar load-induced kinetics as resistin, and both had a tendency towards a negative correlation with accumulated load. This pattern clearly differed from that of COMP and MMP-3 without an immediate but with a delayed response. We did not observe an association of MMP-9 and resistin levels at baseline. Hence, the similar patterns in load-induced kinetics can be clearly attributed to the walking stress. In contrast, a more than twofold increase in resistin (and association with load-induced changes in MMP-3) in lean adults has been reported for marathon running. 57 Clearly, marathon running represents a much greater physiological stress than walking for 30 minutes. Resistin levels are higher in obese persons and in patients with severe knee OA. 58 Moreover, resistin may lead to an overexpression of MMPs. 28 , 29 Hence, a decrease in resistin (and MMP-9) levels elicited by daily activities such as walking may be particularly relevant in patients with OA and/or obesity. In our study, we observed a decrease in resistin and MMP-9 levels in response to walking stress. This finding may reflect stress-induced suppression of resistin and downregulation of MMP-9, which could indicate a chondroprotective function of exercise by impeding the proteolytical digestion of matrix components such as gelatin. The potential relevance of this mechanoresponse is further supported by the observation that associations of changes in response to load for COMP, ADAMTS-4, and PRG-4 levels and C2C/CPII ratios with resistin and their correlations with accumulated load only emerged 0.5h after the walking stress. In our study, the walking stress did not elicit consistent changes in kinetics for MMP-1, C2C, CPII, C2C/CPII, IL-6, PRG-4, and ADAMTS-4. Previous evidence suggested that COMP, MMP-3, MMP-9, ADAMTS-4, CPII and IL-6 could suitable for assessing in vivo cartilage mechanosensitivity. 45 It is possible that these markers may reflect individual disease progression despite of the lack of group results. Joint load assessed during gait analysis can be considered a surrogate of the typical loading of an individual’s joint. The observed negative correlations of catabolic blood markers (MMP1, C2C) with joint load during gait assessed using gait analysis may suggest that those patients who have lower joint level loads tend to have higher joint metabolism or – as indicated by C2C/CPII – a greater misbalance towards cartilage destruction. These results agree with previous evidence on the role of underloading in early knee OA after an ACL injury. 59 Interestingly, we did not observe a clear pattern of loading response of IL-6 to the walking stress nor an association with any of the other blood makers except a moderate correlation with the response to load for COMP and MMP-3 at time points after the walking stress. Almost all patients included in this experiment had mild to moderate OA with moderate symptoms. The data on IL-6 are not sufficient to rule out the possibility that inflammation played a role in the current disease process of this population or in their metabolic response to the walking stress. For instance, Atkinson et al. 60 have recently shown the presence of local inflammation using knee effusion-synovitis volume and a correlation between the change in the load-distribution and change in knee effusion-synovitis volume in patients undergoing high tibial osteotomy suggesting the phenomenon of mechano-inflammation in patients with knee OA. While such data cannot be retrospectively produced in the current study, future analyses may assess other inflammatory markers to further elucidate the role of inflammation in this population. We observed an association of load-induced kinetics among these blood markers and the association of C2C and ∆MMP-3 (both markers of tissue degradation) with patient reported osteoarthritis outcome and QoL. These associations may provide novel insights into disease activity and metabolic processes. The association of C2C with patient reported osteoarthritis outcome and QoL is consistent with previous reports of negative correlations of urine C2C levels with KOOS subscores in women with knee OA. 61 Moreover, urinary C2C was one of the markers predictive of worsening pain and radiographic OA over 2 years. 62 C2C levels also differ between patient with multijoint and those with single-joint OA 63 and correlate with disease severity as determined by magnetic resonance imaging. 64 The average C2C levels in patients with knee OA in our study were comparable to those obtained in healthy athletes. 65 The negative correlation between C2C levels and patient-reported OA outcomes suggests that patients with lower OA outcome scores have higher catabolic activity, possibly reflecting increased tissue turnover or tissue degradation. Further insight into this association could be obtained in patients undergoing treatment for knee OA, including joint-preserving procedures such as corrective osteotomy. MMP-3 consistently changes with ambulatory load and immobilization 45 , 49 – 51 and is relevant for OA. 52 , 53 Our finding of an association between ∆MMP-3 and patient reported outcome measures supports the importance of MMP-3 in the context of cartilage mechanosensitivity. MMP-3 degrades collagen types II, III, IV, IX, and X, proteoglycans, fibronectin, laminin, and elastin 21 and is thus critical for tissue turnover. MMP-3 is also involved in metabolic processes in other tissues than articular cartilage. Nevertheless, higher load-induced systemic concentrations may influence healthy or pathological cartilage metabolism. The dose-response of load-induced changes in MMP-3 was stronger than those in COMP in healthy persons. 45 Most studies on in vivo mechanosensitivity of articular cartilage in health and disease have focused on COMP. 2 – 4 , 6 – 15 Greater ambulatory load lead to a greater load-induced increase in MMP-3 in healthy persons. 45 Our result that patients with a higher QoL had a greater load-induced increase in MMP-3 suggests that metabolic processes are related to QoL. Our observations of correlations of blood marker kinetics with the accumulated load during the walking stress emphasizes the need to quantify and consider these parameters in future studies employing loading stress tests. In particular, immediate or delayed positive correlations of some blood markers (C2C, CP2, MMP3, PRG4) with accumulated load and negative correlations of others (IL6, MMP1, MMP9) point towards differential metabolic response to a walking stress. Future longitudinal studies in patients with knee OA are warranted to shed light on the relevance of this finding in the context of future disease progression. Limitations Participants were instructed to minimize their physical activity during the 24 hours prior to the experiment but their activity more than 30 minutes prior to the start of the walking stress was not monitored, and hence a potential effect of pre-stress physical activity cannot be excluded. Participants walked at their preferred speed for 30 minutes, and the speed and hence the number of steps taken during the walking stress differed among participants. We decided to prescribe the length of the physical stress rather than the number of loading cycles as to date the relevance of one over the other on the metabolic response to a mechanical stimulus is unknown and to facilitate comparison with the literature. However, we addressed this presumed limitation by estimating the load accumulated during the walking stress test and assessing the effect of the accumulated load on blood marker kinetics in response to load. These estimates may be further improved by estimating and considering compartment-specific tissue level loads using more advanced musculoskeletal models. Blood markers reflect contributions of each marker from all joints in the body, and it is thus possible that the serum biomarker kinetics presented here reflect the effects of walking stress on all joints, not just the knee affected by OA. Previous studies 4 , 47 showing a correlation of load-induced blood marker kinetics (e.g., COMP) with subsequent changes in articular cartilage thickness. Moreover, even if elevated blood markers (e.g., enzymes) in response to load may originate from other tissues, their systemic presence may still affect articular cartilage. These considerations suggest that the results reported here are relevant despite these limitations. Here, we report on selected blood markers for joint pathology using ELISAs. Applying other approaches such as untargeted or targeted metabolomics or proteomics to a controlled experiment as presented here may be useful for identifying other blood markers relevant for in vivo mechanobiology of articular cartilage in health and pathology. Conclusion This exploratory study represents a comprehensive analysis of the in vivo response of several blood markers of joint pathology to a mechanical stimulus and novel insights into associations of load-induced blood marker kinetics and accumulated load. Changes in blood marker levels in response to load correlated among COMP, MMP-1, MMP-3, MMP-9, CPII, C2C, CPII/C2C, IL-6, ADAMTS-4, PRG-4, and resistin. Similar load-induced kinetics of COMP and MMP-3 as well as those of MMP-9 and resistin, respectively, suggest the presence of distinct and differentiated metabolic responses to a walking stress. While the data presented here cannot be directly linked to pathophysiological processes, the associations with accumulated load during the walking stress and with patient reported osteoarthritis outcome and QoL emphasize the relevance of not only assessing concentrations of (single) blood biomarkers but also considering the mechanoresponse of (arrays of) blood markers in the context of OA pathomechanics. Ethical considerations The study was approved by the regional ethics board (August 19, 2015; Ethikkommission Nordwest- und Zentralschweiz EKNZ 2015-224) and conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and participants provided written informed consent prior to participation. Author contributions AM designed the study. CN recruited the participants and collected the data; EDP conducted the musculoskeletal modeling computation; CN, SH and FC prepared the data for statistical analysis; FC performed the statistical analysis; AM, SH, AML, CN and CE were involved in data interpretation; AM, SH and CN prepared the manuscript; AM, CN, AML, SH, FC, EDP and CE contributed to reviewing and revising the manuscript, and approved the final draft. Data availability Underlying data Zenodo: Patient reported outcome measures, load-induced blood marker kinetics, and ambulatory knee load in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7648802 . 66 This project contains the following underlying data: • Mastertable_all_pre.xls: Patient demographics, patient reported outcome subscores, raw concentrations for each marker (COMP, MMP-1, MMP-3, MMP-9, CPII, C2C, C2C/CPII, ADAMTS-4, PRG-4, IL-6 and resistin), parameters describing walking stress, and ambulatory knee load; metadata describing all parameters. Extended data Zenodo: Patient reported outcome measures, load-induced blood marker kinetics, and ambulatory knee load in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7648802 . 66 This project contains the following extended data: • Extended_data.pdf: Median (interquartile range) serum concentrations for all time points; cross-correlations between baseline blood marker levels and patient reported outcome measures; and cross-correlations between load-induced change in blood marker levels and patient reported outcome measures. Data are available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC-BY 4.0). Reporting guidelines TREND checklist for ‘Load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient reported outcome measures’, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7648802 . 66 Acknowledgements The authors express their gratitude to Prof. G. 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Publisher Full Text Comments on this article Comments (0) Version 2 VERSION 2 PUBLISHED 17 Mar 2023 ADD YOUR COMMENT Comment Author details Author details 1 Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel, Basel, 4031, Switzerland 2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Allschwil, 4123, Switzerland 3 Department of Orthopaedics and Trauamtology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, 4031, Switzerland 4 Department of Spine Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Basel, 4031, Switzerland 5 Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Erlangen, 91054, Germany 6 Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen & Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, 91054, Germany 7 Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen & FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, 91054, Germany Annegret Mündermann Roles: Conceptualization, Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Funding Acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project Administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – Original Draft Preparation, Writing – Review & Editing Corina Nüesch Roles: Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project Administration, Validation, Writing – Review & Editing Simon Herger Roles: Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – Review & Editing Anna-Maria Liphardt Roles: Investigation, Methodology, Writing – Review & Editing Frédérique Chammartin Roles: Formal Analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – Review & Editing Enrico De Pieri Roles: Formal Analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – Review & Editing Christian Egloff Roles: Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – Review & Editing Competing interests No competing interests were disclosed. 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The experimental design is concise and the statistical method is accurate. This article provides new clinical evidence for the filed of mechanical force and osteoarthritis. However, some revisions would prove this article. 1. It would be better to draw the fit curve in the figure 2 and figure 3. 2. In the section of “Correlations of load-induced blood marker kinetics with patient reported osteoarthritis outcome and QoL”, the author did not clarify the relationship between other markers with osteoarthritis estimated systems. It is unclear whether the non-mentioned markers have an insignificant relationship with osteoarthritis estimated systems, like SF36. 3. In the section of “Correlations among load-induced changes in blood levels across time points”, it would be better to explain why only ΔCOMP/ΔMMP-3 and ΔMMP-9/Δresistin was presented in the article. 4. This article has a deep discussion of medial knee compartment osteoarthritis. All the conclusions and results need to be confined to “medial knee compartment osteoarthritis”. It not appropriate to expand the conclusions and results to “osteoarthritis”. 5. Here are some articles that are related to author`s article. Hoping they could provide some references for the author.[1],[2] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo7868 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362046540_Biomaterials_Translational_-_The_New_Vehicle_for_Translational_Medicine https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/cell-reports-medicine/vol/4/issue/10 Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? Yes Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? Yes Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others? Yes If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? Yes Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility? Yes Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? Yes References 1. Wang Y, Chen Y, Wei Y: Osteoarthritis animal models for biomaterial-assisted osteochondral regeneration. Biomater Transl . 2022; 3 (4): 264-279 PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text 2. Zhou D, Wei Y, Sheng S, Wang M, et al.: MMP13-targeted siRNA-loaded micelles for diagnosis and treatment of posttraumatic osteoarthritis. Bioact Mater . 2024; 37 : 378-392 PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text Competing Interests: No competing interests were disclosed. Reviewer Expertise: Osteoarthritis、Osteoporosis、Fracture、Biomaterials I confirm that I have read this submission and believe that I have an appropriate level of expertise to confirm that it is of an acceptable scientific standard, however I have significant reservations, as outlined above. Close READ LESS CITE CITE HOW TO CITE THIS REPORT Su J. Reviewer Report For: Load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient reported outcome measures [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] . F1000Research 2024, 12 :299 ( https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.161249.r289957 ) The direct URL for this report is: https://f1000research.com/articles/12-299/v2#referee-response-289957 NOTE: it is important to ensure the information in square brackets after the title is included in all citations of this article. COPY CITATION DETAILS Report a concern Respond or Comment COMMENT ON THIS REPORT Views 0 Cite How to cite this report: Cornish S. Reviewer Report For: Load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient reported outcome measures [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] . F1000Research 2024, 12 :299 ( https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.161249.r237602 ) The direct URL for this report is: https://f1000research.com/articles/12-299/v2#referee-response-237602 NOTE: it is important to ensure the information in square brackets after the title is included in this citation. Close Copy Citation Details Reviewer Report 25 Jan 2024 Stephen Cornish , Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Approved VIEWS 0 https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.161249.r237602 Thank you for addressing my previous comments and queries. ... Continue reading READ ALL Thank you for addressing my previous comments and queries. This is a well written and thought out manuscript. Competing Interests: No competing interests were disclosed. Reviewer Expertise: Biomarkers, skeletal muscle, aging, sarcopenia, osteoarthritis I confirm that I have read this submission and believe that I have an appropriate level of expertise to confirm that it is of an acceptable scientific standard. Close READ LESS CITE CITE HOW TO CITE THIS REPORT Cornish S. Reviewer Report For: Load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient reported outcome measures [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] . F1000Research 2024, 12 :299 ( https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.161249.r237602 ) The direct URL for this report is: https://f1000research.com/articles/12-299/v2#referee-response-237602 NOTE: it is important to ensure the information in square brackets after the title is included in all citations of this article. 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Close Copy Citation Details Reviewer Report 17 Oct 2023 Amelie M Lutz , Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, USA Approved with Reservations VIEWS 0 https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.144570.r206343 This is a well-written manuscript on the an explorative study of load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient-reported outcome measures. The authors measured six blood serum ... Continue reading READ ALL This is a well-written manuscript on the an explorative study of load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient-reported outcome measures. The authors measured six blood serum biomarkers of cartilage synthesis, cartilage degradation, joint lubrication, or inflammation after a walking test for an extended period up to 5.5 h after the walking test. Of these six blood biomarker, only COMP and MMP-3 showed a consistent increase immediately after the walking test, and COMP and MMP-3 kinetics in response to the mechanostimulus correlated as did load-induced MMP-9 and resistin kinetics. The main limitation of the study is the low patient number. The authors list additional limitations. Specific comments for the authors : In the introduction, please change the listing fot he evaluated blood biomarkers according to their category, meaning list which ones belong to the cartilage synthesis, cartilage degradation groupds and so on. This will make it a much more valuable manuscript also to more general physician readers. Materials and Methods: How long was the walking activity? I did not see a defined time period of walking in this section, only briefly mentioned in a subsentence in the discussion (30 minutes?). Was the time duration the same for everybody? How were the time intervals for blood draws chosen? Please explain. How accurate do the authors think their estimates are of the load accumulated during the walking stress test and assessing the effect of the accumulated load on blood marker kinetics in response to load? Can this really correct for the variability of stress at a self-paced walking exercise? Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? Yes Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? Yes Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others? Partly If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? I cannot comment. A qualified statistician is required. Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility? Yes Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? Partly Competing Interests: No competing interests were disclosed. Reviewer Expertise: MSK Radiology, peripheral nerve imaging I confirm that I have read this submission and believe that I have an appropriate level of expertise to confirm that it is of an acceptable scientific standard, however I have significant reservations, as outlined above. Close READ LESS CITE CITE HOW TO CITE THIS REPORT Lutz AM. Reviewer Report For: Load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient reported outcome measures [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] . F1000Research 2024, 12 :299 ( https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.144570.r206343 ) The direct URL for this report is: https://f1000research.com/articles/12-299/v1#referee-response-206343 NOTE: it is important to ensure the information in square brackets after the title is included in all citations of this article. COPY CITATION DETAILS Report a concern Author Response 12 Jan 2024 Annegret Mündermann , Department of Orthopaedics and Trauamtology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, 4031, Switzerland 12 Jan 2024 Author Response “This is a well-written manuscript on an explorative study of load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient-reported outcome measures. ... Continue reading “This is a well-written manuscript on an explorative study of load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient-reported outcome measures. The authors measured six blood serum biomarkers of cartilage synthesis, cartilage degradation, joint lubrication, or inflammation after a walking test for an extended period up to 5.5 h after the walking test. Of these six blood biomarkers, only COMP and MMP-3 showed a consistent increase immediately after the walking test, and COMP and MMP-3 kinetics in response to the mechanostimulus correlated as did load-induced MMP-9 and resistin kinetics.” Thank you. “The main limitation of the study is the low patient number. The authors list additional limitations.” Thank you. We have focused our discussion on limitations that are potentially relevant to the interpretation of our data. Specific comments for the authors: “In the introduction, please change the listing of the evaluated blood biomarkers according to their category, meaning list which ones belong to the cartilage synthesis, cartilage degradation groups and so on. This will make it a much more valuable manuscript also to more general physician readers.” Thank you for this suggestion. We have restructured this section accordingly. Materials and Methods: “How long was the walking activity? I did not see a defined time period of walking in this section, only briefly mentioned in a subsentence in the discussion (30 minutes?). Was the time duration the same for everybody?” Thank you for noting this oversight. The walking stress test include a 30-minute walking activity. We have added this information to the Abstract and Methods section for clarity. “How were the time intervals for blood draws chosen? Please explain.” The time intervals were chosen based on the literature described and cited in the Introduction section. We have added this information to the Methods section accordingly. “How accurate do the authors think their estimates are of the load accumulated during the walking stress test and assessing the effect of the accumulated load on blood marker kinetics in response to load? Can this really correct for the variability of stress at a self-paced walking exercise?” In this study, we assessed accumulated load using two different approaches. In approach 1, the maximum, rate of increase and impulse of the vertical ground reaction force during treadmill walking were multiplied by the number of steps taken during the walking stress. In the more advanced approach 2, the maximum and impulse of the knee adduction moment, knee flexion moment, total knee compressive force, medial and lateral compartment compressive force as well as medio-lateral shear force were calculated from musculoskeletal modeling for the affected knee during overground walking multiplied by the number of steps taken during the walking stress. The number of steps taken during the walking stress and hence the number of load cycles was counted and hence are an accurate measure. Ideally, one would measure the load directly at the tissue level, but this is not possible in vivo in humans for obvious reasons. Any musculoskeletal model used to estimate joint level load is based on some assumptions. In our models, we scaled the generic model to patient-specific anthropometrics and adjusted the varus/valgus alignment estimated from the marker position as described in the cited articles. The accuracy of these models can be further improved by increasing the personalization of the models (i.e., person-specific morphology taken from medical imaging such as magnetic resonance imaging vs. scaled based on anthropometrics) and estimating compartment-specific tissue level pressures. The latter was beyond the scope of this study but will be considered in future projects. We have added this potential limitation to the Limitations section. The reviewer is correct that there may be some variability in tissue level stress during a self-paced walking exercise within an individual. In this study, we measured blood marker kinetics after the walking stress and not during the stress, and we were primarily interested in the variability in blood marker kinetics in response to the walking stress and the variability in accumulated load between participants, which we found to be related. Overall, while the accuracy of the estimates depends on the underlying assumptions, but the observed correlations of blood marker kinetics and accumulated load supports our hypothesis. “Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? – Yes” Thank you. “Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? – Yes” Thank you. “Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others? – Partly” We have added information on the methods and analysis as requested that is important for allowing replication by others. “If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? – I cannot comment. A qualified statistician is required.” All statistical analyses were performed by an experienced biostatistician. “Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility? – Yes” Thank you. “Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? – Partly” We hope that with the revisions made, the reviewer agrees that our conclusions are supported by the results. “This is a well-written manuscript on an explorative study of load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient-reported outcome measures. The authors measured six blood serum biomarkers of cartilage synthesis, cartilage degradation, joint lubrication, or inflammation after a walking test for an extended period up to 5.5 h after the walking test. Of these six blood biomarkers, only COMP and MMP-3 showed a consistent increase immediately after the walking test, and COMP and MMP-3 kinetics in response to the mechanostimulus correlated as did load-induced MMP-9 and resistin kinetics.” Thank you. “The main limitation of the study is the low patient number. The authors list additional limitations.” Thank you. We have focused our discussion on limitations that are potentially relevant to the interpretation of our data. Specific comments for the authors: “In the introduction, please change the listing of the evaluated blood biomarkers according to their category, meaning list which ones belong to the cartilage synthesis, cartilage degradation groups and so on. This will make it a much more valuable manuscript also to more general physician readers.” Thank you for this suggestion. We have restructured this section accordingly. Materials and Methods: “How long was the walking activity? I did not see a defined time period of walking in this section, only briefly mentioned in a subsentence in the discussion (30 minutes?). Was the time duration the same for everybody?” Thank you for noting this oversight. The walking stress test include a 30-minute walking activity. We have added this information to the Abstract and Methods section for clarity. “How were the time intervals for blood draws chosen? Please explain.” The time intervals were chosen based on the literature described and cited in the Introduction section. We have added this information to the Methods section accordingly. “How accurate do the authors think their estimates are of the load accumulated during the walking stress test and assessing the effect of the accumulated load on blood marker kinetics in response to load? Can this really correct for the variability of stress at a self-paced walking exercise?” In this study, we assessed accumulated load using two different approaches. In approach 1, the maximum, rate of increase and impulse of the vertical ground reaction force during treadmill walking were multiplied by the number of steps taken during the walking stress. In the more advanced approach 2, the maximum and impulse of the knee adduction moment, knee flexion moment, total knee compressive force, medial and lateral compartment compressive force as well as medio-lateral shear force were calculated from musculoskeletal modeling for the affected knee during overground walking multiplied by the number of steps taken during the walking stress. The number of steps taken during the walking stress and hence the number of load cycles was counted and hence are an accurate measure. Ideally, one would measure the load directly at the tissue level, but this is not possible in vivo in humans for obvious reasons. Any musculoskeletal model used to estimate joint level load is based on some assumptions. In our models, we scaled the generic model to patient-specific anthropometrics and adjusted the varus/valgus alignment estimated from the marker position as described in the cited articles. The accuracy of these models can be further improved by increasing the personalization of the models (i.e., person-specific morphology taken from medical imaging such as magnetic resonance imaging vs. scaled based on anthropometrics) and estimating compartment-specific tissue level pressures. The latter was beyond the scope of this study but will be considered in future projects. We have added this potential limitation to the Limitations section. The reviewer is correct that there may be some variability in tissue level stress during a self-paced walking exercise within an individual. In this study, we measured blood marker kinetics after the walking stress and not during the stress, and we were primarily interested in the variability in blood marker kinetics in response to the walking stress and the variability in accumulated load between participants, which we found to be related. Overall, while the accuracy of the estimates depends on the underlying assumptions, but the observed correlations of blood marker kinetics and accumulated load supports our hypothesis. “Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? – Yes” Thank you. “Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? – Yes” Thank you. “Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others? – Partly” We have added information on the methods and analysis as requested that is important for allowing replication by others. “If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? – I cannot comment. A qualified statistician is required.” All statistical analyses were performed by an experienced biostatistician. “Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility? – Yes” Thank you. “Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? – Partly” We hope that with the revisions made, the reviewer agrees that our conclusions are supported by the results. Competing Interests: None to declare. Close Report a concern Respond or Comment COMMENTS ON THIS REPORT Author Response 12 Jan 2024 Annegret Mündermann , Department of Orthopaedics and Trauamtology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, 4031, Switzerland 12 Jan 2024 Author Response “This is a well-written manuscript on an explorative study of load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient-reported outcome measures. ... Continue reading “This is a well-written manuscript on an explorative study of load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient-reported outcome measures. The authors measured six blood serum biomarkers of cartilage synthesis, cartilage degradation, joint lubrication, or inflammation after a walking test for an extended period up to 5.5 h after the walking test. Of these six blood biomarkers, only COMP and MMP-3 showed a consistent increase immediately after the walking test, and COMP and MMP-3 kinetics in response to the mechanostimulus correlated as did load-induced MMP-9 and resistin kinetics.” Thank you. “The main limitation of the study is the low patient number. The authors list additional limitations.” Thank you. We have focused our discussion on limitations that are potentially relevant to the interpretation of our data. Specific comments for the authors: “In the introduction, please change the listing of the evaluated blood biomarkers according to their category, meaning list which ones belong to the cartilage synthesis, cartilage degradation groups and so on. This will make it a much more valuable manuscript also to more general physician readers.” Thank you for this suggestion. We have restructured this section accordingly. Materials and Methods: “How long was the walking activity? I did not see a defined time period of walking in this section, only briefly mentioned in a subsentence in the discussion (30 minutes?). Was the time duration the same for everybody?” Thank you for noting this oversight. The walking stress test include a 30-minute walking activity. We have added this information to the Abstract and Methods section for clarity. “How were the time intervals for blood draws chosen? Please explain.” The time intervals were chosen based on the literature described and cited in the Introduction section. We have added this information to the Methods section accordingly. “How accurate do the authors think their estimates are of the load accumulated during the walking stress test and assessing the effect of the accumulated load on blood marker kinetics in response to load? Can this really correct for the variability of stress at a self-paced walking exercise?” In this study, we assessed accumulated load using two different approaches. In approach 1, the maximum, rate of increase and impulse of the vertical ground reaction force during treadmill walking were multiplied by the number of steps taken during the walking stress. In the more advanced approach 2, the maximum and impulse of the knee adduction moment, knee flexion moment, total knee compressive force, medial and lateral compartment compressive force as well as medio-lateral shear force were calculated from musculoskeletal modeling for the affected knee during overground walking multiplied by the number of steps taken during the walking stress. The number of steps taken during the walking stress and hence the number of load cycles was counted and hence are an accurate measure. Ideally, one would measure the load directly at the tissue level, but this is not possible in vivo in humans for obvious reasons. Any musculoskeletal model used to estimate joint level load is based on some assumptions. In our models, we scaled the generic model to patient-specific anthropometrics and adjusted the varus/valgus alignment estimated from the marker position as described in the cited articles. The accuracy of these models can be further improved by increasing the personalization of the models (i.e., person-specific morphology taken from medical imaging such as magnetic resonance imaging vs. scaled based on anthropometrics) and estimating compartment-specific tissue level pressures. The latter was beyond the scope of this study but will be considered in future projects. We have added this potential limitation to the Limitations section. The reviewer is correct that there may be some variability in tissue level stress during a self-paced walking exercise within an individual. In this study, we measured blood marker kinetics after the walking stress and not during the stress, and we were primarily interested in the variability in blood marker kinetics in response to the walking stress and the variability in accumulated load between participants, which we found to be related. Overall, while the accuracy of the estimates depends on the underlying assumptions, but the observed correlations of blood marker kinetics and accumulated load supports our hypothesis. “Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? – Yes” Thank you. “Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? – Yes” Thank you. “Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others? – Partly” We have added information on the methods and analysis as requested that is important for allowing replication by others. “If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? – I cannot comment. A qualified statistician is required.” All statistical analyses were performed by an experienced biostatistician. “Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility? – Yes” Thank you. “Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? – Partly” We hope that with the revisions made, the reviewer agrees that our conclusions are supported by the results. “This is a well-written manuscript on an explorative study of load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient-reported outcome measures. The authors measured six blood serum biomarkers of cartilage synthesis, cartilage degradation, joint lubrication, or inflammation after a walking test for an extended period up to 5.5 h after the walking test. Of these six blood biomarkers, only COMP and MMP-3 showed a consistent increase immediately after the walking test, and COMP and MMP-3 kinetics in response to the mechanostimulus correlated as did load-induced MMP-9 and resistin kinetics.” Thank you. “The main limitation of the study is the low patient number. The authors list additional limitations.” Thank you. We have focused our discussion on limitations that are potentially relevant to the interpretation of our data. Specific comments for the authors: “In the introduction, please change the listing of the evaluated blood biomarkers according to their category, meaning list which ones belong to the cartilage synthesis, cartilage degradation groups and so on. This will make it a much more valuable manuscript also to more general physician readers.” Thank you for this suggestion. We have restructured this section accordingly. Materials and Methods: “How long was the walking activity? I did not see a defined time period of walking in this section, only briefly mentioned in a subsentence in the discussion (30 minutes?). Was the time duration the same for everybody?” Thank you for noting this oversight. The walking stress test include a 30-minute walking activity. We have added this information to the Abstract and Methods section for clarity. “How were the time intervals for blood draws chosen? Please explain.” The time intervals were chosen based on the literature described and cited in the Introduction section. We have added this information to the Methods section accordingly. “How accurate do the authors think their estimates are of the load accumulated during the walking stress test and assessing the effect of the accumulated load on blood marker kinetics in response to load? Can this really correct for the variability of stress at a self-paced walking exercise?” In this study, we assessed accumulated load using two different approaches. In approach 1, the maximum, rate of increase and impulse of the vertical ground reaction force during treadmill walking were multiplied by the number of steps taken during the walking stress. In the more advanced approach 2, the maximum and impulse of the knee adduction moment, knee flexion moment, total knee compressive force, medial and lateral compartment compressive force as well as medio-lateral shear force were calculated from musculoskeletal modeling for the affected knee during overground walking multiplied by the number of steps taken during the walking stress. The number of steps taken during the walking stress and hence the number of load cycles was counted and hence are an accurate measure. Ideally, one would measure the load directly at the tissue level, but this is not possible in vivo in humans for obvious reasons. Any musculoskeletal model used to estimate joint level load is based on some assumptions. In our models, we scaled the generic model to patient-specific anthropometrics and adjusted the varus/valgus alignment estimated from the marker position as described in the cited articles. The accuracy of these models can be further improved by increasing the personalization of the models (i.e., person-specific morphology taken from medical imaging such as magnetic resonance imaging vs. scaled based on anthropometrics) and estimating compartment-specific tissue level pressures. The latter was beyond the scope of this study but will be considered in future projects. We have added this potential limitation to the Limitations section. The reviewer is correct that there may be some variability in tissue level stress during a self-paced walking exercise within an individual. In this study, we measured blood marker kinetics after the walking stress and not during the stress, and we were primarily interested in the variability in blood marker kinetics in response to the walking stress and the variability in accumulated load between participants, which we found to be related. Overall, while the accuracy of the estimates depends on the underlying assumptions, but the observed correlations of blood marker kinetics and accumulated load supports our hypothesis. “Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? – Yes” Thank you. “Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? – Yes” Thank you. “Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others? – Partly” We have added information on the methods and analysis as requested that is important for allowing replication by others. “If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? – I cannot comment. A qualified statistician is required.” All statistical analyses were performed by an experienced biostatistician. “Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility? – Yes” Thank you. “Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? – Partly” We hope that with the revisions made, the reviewer agrees that our conclusions are supported by the results. Competing Interests: None to declare. Close Report a concern COMMENT ON THIS REPORT Views 0 Cite How to cite this report: Cornish S. Reviewer Report For: Load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient reported outcome measures [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] . F1000Research 2024, 12 :299 ( https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.144570.r195180 ) The direct URL for this report is: https://f1000research.com/articles/12-299/v1#referee-response-195180 NOTE: it is important to ensure the information in square brackets after the title is included in this citation. Close Copy Citation Details Reviewer Report 08 Sep 2023 Stephen Cornish , Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Approved with Reservations VIEWS 0 https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.144570.r195180 This research study evaluated the correlations between a number of blood based biomarkers and patient reported outcomes as well as accumulated loads during a 30-minute walking protocol in patients with knee OA. The number of biomarkers assessed is a strength ... Continue reading READ ALL This research study evaluated the correlations between a number of blood based biomarkers and patient reported outcomes as well as accumulated loads during a 30-minute walking protocol in patients with knee OA. The number of biomarkers assessed is a strength in the study design. I only have a few comments for the authors to consider in making revisions to the manuscript: I realize this was an exploratory study; however, it would be appropriate to include a hypothesis statement in the introduction. In the methodology it is mentioned that the patients were asked to refrain from physical activity for 24 hours prior to testing. I believe this would be nearly impossible, so should be rephrased or eliminated from the methodology. Figure 1 is very difficult to see in its present form. Could this be enlarged to show where the significant differences are located more clearly in the 11 biomarkers? In the methodology a more thorough explanation of how the ELISAs were completed should be included. Minor comment - sentence 2 of the conclusion should read:"... CPII/C2C, IL-6..." not 'C3C' I believe. Overall, this is a well written manuscript with some interesting and novel data. Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? Yes Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? Yes Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others? No If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? Yes Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility? Yes Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? Yes Competing Interests: No competing interests were disclosed. Reviewer Expertise: Biomarkers, skeletal muscle, aging, sarcopenia, osteoarthritis I confirm that I have read this submission and believe that I have an appropriate level of expertise to confirm that it is of an acceptable scientific standard, however I have significant reservations, as outlined above. Close READ LESS CITE CITE HOW TO CITE THIS REPORT Cornish S. Reviewer Report For: Load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient reported outcome measures [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] . F1000Research 2024, 12 :299 ( https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.144570.r195180 ) The direct URL for this report is: https://f1000research.com/articles/12-299/v1#referee-response-195180 NOTE: it is important to ensure the information in square brackets after the title is included in all citations of this article. COPY CITATION DETAILS Report a concern Author Response 12 Jan 2024 Annegret Mündermann , Department of Orthopaedics and Trauamtology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, 4031, Switzerland 12 Jan 2024 Author Response “This research study evaluated the correlations between a number of blood based biomarkers and patient reported outcomes as well as accumulated loads during a 30-minute walking protocol in patients with ... Continue reading “This research study evaluated the correlations between a number of blood based biomarkers and patient reported outcomes as well as accumulated loads during a 30-minute walking protocol in patients with knee OA. The number of biomarkers assessed is a strength in the study design. I only have a few comments for the authors to consider in making revisions to the manuscript.” We have carefully considered your comments and hope to have addressed these to your satisfaction. “I realize this was an exploratory study; however, it would be appropriate to include a hypothesis statement in the introduction.” We rephrased our study aims to include hypotheses that are in line with the published study protocol (reference 33). Specifically, we tested the hypotheses that (i) some but not all blood markers will respond to the walking stress, and that the kinetics in response to a walking stress correlates (ii) between some but not all markers, (iii) with accumulated knee load during the walking stress, and (iv) with patient reported osteoarthritis outcome and QoL. “In the methodology it is mentioned that the patients were asked to refrain from physical activity for 24 hours prior to testing. I believe this would be nearly impossible, so should be rephrased or eliminated from the methodology.” It is correct that patients were not asked to refrain from physical activity as this would be nearly impossible. We have corrected this statement to the actual instructions given, which were to minimize their physical activity for 24 hours prior to testing. “Figure 1 is very difficult to see in its present form. Could this be enlarged to show where the significant differences are located more clearly in the 11 biomarkers?” We agree that the figure is compact in its printed form. To enlarge the individual graphs, the figure would have to be split into three separate figures which would have the disadvantage of losing the difference in mechanoresponse to the walking stress between the different blood markers. Since the figure can be enlarged as desired in the online and pdf versions, we prefer to leave the figure as it is. “In the methodology a more thorough explanation of how the ELISAs were completed should be included.” All ELISAs were performed according to the manufacturers’ instructions. We have included this information in the Methods section. All manufacturers are listed in Table 2, and the instructions are available on the manufacturers’ websites. Therefore, we do not believe that describing the ELISA for each blood marker in detail is necessary or indicated. However, if the reviewer or the editor would prefer to include this information in the article, we would be happy to do so. “Minor comment - sentence 2 of the conclusion should read:"... CPII/C2C, IL-6..." not 'C3C' I believe.” Thank you for noting this oversight. We have corrected this typo. “Overall, this is a well written manuscript with some interesting and novel data.” Thank you. “Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? – Yes” Thank you. “Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? – Yes” Thank you. “Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others? – No” We assume that this comment referred to the information on the pre-stress test activity, the duration of the stress test and the ELISAs. We have included this information as requested. “If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? – Yes” Thank you. “Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility? – Yes” Thank you. “Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? – Yes” Thank you. “This research study evaluated the correlations between a number of blood based biomarkers and patient reported outcomes as well as accumulated loads during a 30-minute walking protocol in patients with knee OA. The number of biomarkers assessed is a strength in the study design. I only have a few comments for the authors to consider in making revisions to the manuscript.” We have carefully considered your comments and hope to have addressed these to your satisfaction. “I realize this was an exploratory study; however, it would be appropriate to include a hypothesis statement in the introduction.” We rephrased our study aims to include hypotheses that are in line with the published study protocol (reference 33). Specifically, we tested the hypotheses that (i) some but not all blood markers will respond to the walking stress, and that the kinetics in response to a walking stress correlates (ii) between some but not all markers, (iii) with accumulated knee load during the walking stress, and (iv) with patient reported osteoarthritis outcome and QoL. “In the methodology it is mentioned that the patients were asked to refrain from physical activity for 24 hours prior to testing. I believe this would be nearly impossible, so should be rephrased or eliminated from the methodology.” It is correct that patients were not asked to refrain from physical activity as this would be nearly impossible. We have corrected this statement to the actual instructions given, which were to minimize their physical activity for 24 hours prior to testing. “Figure 1 is very difficult to see in its present form. Could this be enlarged to show where the significant differences are located more clearly in the 11 biomarkers?” We agree that the figure is compact in its printed form. To enlarge the individual graphs, the figure would have to be split into three separate figures which would have the disadvantage of losing the difference in mechanoresponse to the walking stress between the different blood markers. Since the figure can be enlarged as desired in the online and pdf versions, we prefer to leave the figure as it is. “In the methodology a more thorough explanation of how the ELISAs were completed should be included.” All ELISAs were performed according to the manufacturers’ instructions. We have included this information in the Methods section. All manufacturers are listed in Table 2, and the instructions are available on the manufacturers’ websites. Therefore, we do not believe that describing the ELISA for each blood marker in detail is necessary or indicated. However, if the reviewer or the editor would prefer to include this information in the article, we would be happy to do so. “Minor comment - sentence 2 of the conclusion should read:"... CPII/C2C, IL-6..." not 'C3C' I believe.” Thank you for noting this oversight. We have corrected this typo. “Overall, this is a well written manuscript with some interesting and novel data.” Thank you. “Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? – Yes” Thank you. “Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? – Yes” Thank you. “Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others? – No” We assume that this comment referred to the information on the pre-stress test activity, the duration of the stress test and the ELISAs. We have included this information as requested. “If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? – Yes” Thank you. “Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility? – Yes” Thank you. “Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? – Yes” Thank you. Competing Interests: None to declare. Close Report a concern Respond or Comment COMMENTS ON THIS REPORT Author Response 12 Jan 2024 Annegret Mündermann , Department of Orthopaedics and Trauamtology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, 4031, Switzerland 12 Jan 2024 Author Response “This research study evaluated the correlations between a number of blood based biomarkers and patient reported outcomes as well as accumulated loads during a 30-minute walking protocol in patients with ... Continue reading “This research study evaluated the correlations between a number of blood based biomarkers and patient reported outcomes as well as accumulated loads during a 30-minute walking protocol in patients with knee OA. The number of biomarkers assessed is a strength in the study design. I only have a few comments for the authors to consider in making revisions to the manuscript.” We have carefully considered your comments and hope to have addressed these to your satisfaction. “I realize this was an exploratory study; however, it would be appropriate to include a hypothesis statement in the introduction.” We rephrased our study aims to include hypotheses that are in line with the published study protocol (reference 33). Specifically, we tested the hypotheses that (i) some but not all blood markers will respond to the walking stress, and that the kinetics in response to a walking stress correlates (ii) between some but not all markers, (iii) with accumulated knee load during the walking stress, and (iv) with patient reported osteoarthritis outcome and QoL. “In the methodology it is mentioned that the patients were asked to refrain from physical activity for 24 hours prior to testing. I believe this would be nearly impossible, so should be rephrased or eliminated from the methodology.” It is correct that patients were not asked to refrain from physical activity as this would be nearly impossible. We have corrected this statement to the actual instructions given, which were to minimize their physical activity for 24 hours prior to testing. “Figure 1 is very difficult to see in its present form. Could this be enlarged to show where the significant differences are located more clearly in the 11 biomarkers?” We agree that the figure is compact in its printed form. To enlarge the individual graphs, the figure would have to be split into three separate figures which would have the disadvantage of losing the difference in mechanoresponse to the walking stress between the different blood markers. Since the figure can be enlarged as desired in the online and pdf versions, we prefer to leave the figure as it is. “In the methodology a more thorough explanation of how the ELISAs were completed should be included.” All ELISAs were performed according to the manufacturers’ instructions. We have included this information in the Methods section. All manufacturers are listed in Table 2, and the instructions are available on the manufacturers’ websites. Therefore, we do not believe that describing the ELISA for each blood marker in detail is necessary or indicated. However, if the reviewer or the editor would prefer to include this information in the article, we would be happy to do so. “Minor comment - sentence 2 of the conclusion should read:"... CPII/C2C, IL-6..." not 'C3C' I believe.” Thank you for noting this oversight. We have corrected this typo. “Overall, this is a well written manuscript with some interesting and novel data.” Thank you. “Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? – Yes” Thank you. “Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? – Yes” Thank you. “Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others? – No” We assume that this comment referred to the information on the pre-stress test activity, the duration of the stress test and the ELISAs. We have included this information as requested. “If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? – Yes” Thank you. “Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility? – Yes” Thank you. “Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? – Yes” Thank you. “This research study evaluated the correlations between a number of blood based biomarkers and patient reported outcomes as well as accumulated loads during a 30-minute walking protocol in patients with knee OA. The number of biomarkers assessed is a strength in the study design. I only have a few comments for the authors to consider in making revisions to the manuscript.” We have carefully considered your comments and hope to have addressed these to your satisfaction. “I realize this was an exploratory study; however, it would be appropriate to include a hypothesis statement in the introduction.” We rephrased our study aims to include hypotheses that are in line with the published study protocol (reference 33). Specifically, we tested the hypotheses that (i) some but not all blood markers will respond to the walking stress, and that the kinetics in response to a walking stress correlates (ii) between some but not all markers, (iii) with accumulated knee load during the walking stress, and (iv) with patient reported osteoarthritis outcome and QoL. “In the methodology it is mentioned that the patients were asked to refrain from physical activity for 24 hours prior to testing. I believe this would be nearly impossible, so should be rephrased or eliminated from the methodology.” It is correct that patients were not asked to refrain from physical activity as this would be nearly impossible. We have corrected this statement to the actual instructions given, which were to minimize their physical activity for 24 hours prior to testing. “Figure 1 is very difficult to see in its present form. Could this be enlarged to show where the significant differences are located more clearly in the 11 biomarkers?” We agree that the figure is compact in its printed form. To enlarge the individual graphs, the figure would have to be split into three separate figures which would have the disadvantage of losing the difference in mechanoresponse to the walking stress between the different blood markers. Since the figure can be enlarged as desired in the online and pdf versions, we prefer to leave the figure as it is. “In the methodology a more thorough explanation of how the ELISAs were completed should be included.” All ELISAs were performed according to the manufacturers’ instructions. We have included this information in the Methods section. All manufacturers are listed in Table 2, and the instructions are available on the manufacturers’ websites. Therefore, we do not believe that describing the ELISA for each blood marker in detail is necessary or indicated. However, if the reviewer or the editor would prefer to include this information in the article, we would be happy to do so. “Minor comment - sentence 2 of the conclusion should read:"... CPII/C2C, IL-6..." not 'C3C' I believe.” Thank you for noting this oversight. We have corrected this typo. “Overall, this is a well written manuscript with some interesting and novel data.” Thank you. “Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? – Yes” Thank you. “Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? – Yes” Thank you. “Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others? – No” We assume that this comment referred to the information on the pre-stress test activity, the duration of the stress test and the ELISAs. We have included this information as requested. “If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? – Yes” Thank you. “Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility? – Yes” Thank you. “Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? – Yes” Thank you. Competing Interests: None to declare. 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Not approved Fundamental flaws in the paper seriously undermine the findings and conclusions Reviewer Reports Invited Reviewers 1 2 3 Version 2 (revision) 12 Jan 24 read read Version 1 17 Mar 23 read read Stephen Cornish , University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Amelie M Lutz , Stanford University, Stanford, USA Jiacan Su , Shanghai University, Shanghai, China Comments on this article All Comments (0) Add a comment Sign up for content alerts Sign Up You are now signed up to receive this alert Browse by related subjects keyboard_arrow_left Back to all reports Reviewer Report 0 Views copyright © 2024 Su J. This is an open access peer review report distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 14 Jun 2024 | for Version 2 Jiacan Su , Shanghai University, Shanghai, China 0 Views copyright © 2024 Su J. This is an open access peer review report distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. format_quote Cite this report speaker_notes Responses (0) Approved With Reservations info_outline Alongside their report, reviewers assign a status to the article: Approved The paper is scientifically sound in its current form and only minor, if any, improvements are suggested Approved with reservations A number of small changes, sometimes more significant revisions are required to address specific details and improve the papers academic merit. Not approved Fundamental flaws in the paper seriously undermine the findings and conclusions This article has a comprehensive discussion in the field of Load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis. The experimental design is concise and the statistical method is accurate. This article provides new clinical evidence for the filed of mechanical force and osteoarthritis. However, some revisions would prove this article. 1. It would be better to draw the fit curve in the figure 2 and figure 3. 2. In the section of “Correlations of load-induced blood marker kinetics with patient reported osteoarthritis outcome and QoL”, the author did not clarify the relationship between other markers with osteoarthritis estimated systems. It is unclear whether the non-mentioned markers have an insignificant relationship with osteoarthritis estimated systems, like SF36. 3. In the section of “Correlations among load-induced changes in blood levels across time points”, it would be better to explain why only ΔCOMP/ΔMMP-3 and ΔMMP-9/Δresistin was presented in the article. 4. This article has a deep discussion of medial knee compartment osteoarthritis. All the conclusions and results need to be confined to “medial knee compartment osteoarthritis”. It not appropriate to expand the conclusions and results to “osteoarthritis”. 5. Here are some articles that are related to author`s article. Hoping they could provide some references for the author.[1],[2] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo7868 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362046540_Biomaterials_Translational_-_The_New_Vehicle_for_Translational_Medicine https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/cell-reports-medicine/vol/4/issue/10 Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? Yes Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? Yes Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others? Yes If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? Yes Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility? Yes Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? Yes References 1. Wang Y, Chen Y, Wei Y: Osteoarthritis animal models for biomaterial-assisted osteochondral regeneration. Biomater Transl . 2022; 3 (4): 264-279 PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text 2. Zhou D, Wei Y, Sheng S, Wang M, et al.: MMP13-targeted siRNA-loaded micelles for diagnosis and treatment of posttraumatic osteoarthritis. Bioact Mater . 2024; 37 : 378-392 PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text Competing Interests No competing interests were disclosed. Reviewer Expertise Osteoarthritis、Osteoporosis、Fracture、Biomaterials I confirm that I have read this submission and believe that I have an appropriate level of expertise to confirm that it is of an acceptable scientific standard, however I have significant reservations, as outlined above. reply Respond to this report Responses (0) Su J. Peer Review Report For: Load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient reported outcome measures [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] . F1000Research 2024, 12 :299 ( https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.161249.r289957) NOTE: it is important to ensure the information in square brackets after the title is included in this citation. The direct URL for this report is: https://f1000research.com/articles/12-299/v2#referee-response-289957 keyboard_arrow_left Back to all reports Reviewer Report 0 Views copyright © 2024 Cornish S. This is an open access peer review report distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 25 Jan 2024 | for Version 2 Stephen Cornish , Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 0 Views copyright © 2024 Cornish S. This is an open access peer review report distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. format_quote Cite this report speaker_notes Responses (0) Approved info_outline Alongside their report, reviewers assign a status to the article: Approved The paper is scientifically sound in its current form and only minor, if any, improvements are suggested Approved with reservations A number of small changes, sometimes more significant revisions are required to address specific details and improve the papers academic merit. Not approved Fundamental flaws in the paper seriously undermine the findings and conclusions Thank you for addressing my previous comments and queries. This is a well written and thought out manuscript. Competing Interests No competing interests were disclosed. Reviewer Expertise Biomarkers, skeletal muscle, aging, sarcopenia, osteoarthritis I confirm that I have read this submission and believe that I have an appropriate level of expertise to confirm that it is of an acceptable scientific standard. reply Respond to this report Responses (0) Cornish S. Peer Review Report For: Load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient reported outcome measures [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] . F1000Research 2024, 12 :299 ( https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.161249.r237602) NOTE: it is important to ensure the information in square brackets after the title is included in this citation. The direct URL for this report is: https://f1000research.com/articles/12-299/v2#referee-response-237602 keyboard_arrow_left Back to all reports Reviewer Report 0 Views copyright © 2023 Lutz A. This is an open access peer review report distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 17 Oct 2023 | for Version 1 Amelie M Lutz , Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, USA 0 Views copyright © 2023 Lutz A. This is an open access peer review report distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. format_quote Cite this report speaker_notes Responses (1) Approved With Reservations info_outline Alongside their report, reviewers assign a status to the article: Approved The paper is scientifically sound in its current form and only minor, if any, improvements are suggested Approved with reservations A number of small changes, sometimes more significant revisions are required to address specific details and improve the papers academic merit. Not approved Fundamental flaws in the paper seriously undermine the findings and conclusions This is a well-written manuscript on the an explorative study of load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient-reported outcome measures. The authors measured six blood serum biomarkers of cartilage synthesis, cartilage degradation, joint lubrication, or inflammation after a walking test for an extended period up to 5.5 h after the walking test. Of these six blood biomarker, only COMP and MMP-3 showed a consistent increase immediately after the walking test, and COMP and MMP-3 kinetics in response to the mechanostimulus correlated as did load-induced MMP-9 and resistin kinetics. The main limitation of the study is the low patient number. The authors list additional limitations. Specific comments for the authors : In the introduction, please change the listing fot he evaluated blood biomarkers according to their category, meaning list which ones belong to the cartilage synthesis, cartilage degradation groupds and so on. This will make it a much more valuable manuscript also to more general physician readers. Materials and Methods: How long was the walking activity? I did not see a defined time period of walking in this section, only briefly mentioned in a subsentence in the discussion (30 minutes?). Was the time duration the same for everybody? How were the time intervals for blood draws chosen? Please explain. How accurate do the authors think their estimates are of the load accumulated during the walking stress test and assessing the effect of the accumulated load on blood marker kinetics in response to load? Can this really correct for the variability of stress at a self-paced walking exercise? Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? Yes Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? Yes Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others? Partly If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? I cannot comment. A qualified statistician is required. Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility? Yes Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? Partly Competing Interests No competing interests were disclosed. Reviewer Expertise MSK Radiology, peripheral nerve imaging I confirm that I have read this submission and believe that I have an appropriate level of expertise to confirm that it is of an acceptable scientific standard, however I have significant reservations, as outlined above. reply Respond to this report Responses (1) Author Response 12 Jan 2024 Annegret Mündermann, Department of Orthopaedics and Trauamtology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, 4031, Switzerland “This is a well-written manuscript on an explorative study of load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient-reported outcome measures. The authors measured six blood serum biomarkers of cartilage synthesis, cartilage degradation, joint lubrication, or inflammation after a walking test for an extended period up to 5.5 h after the walking test. Of these six blood biomarkers, only COMP and MMP-3 showed a consistent increase immediately after the walking test, and COMP and MMP-3 kinetics in response to the mechanostimulus correlated as did load-induced MMP-9 and resistin kinetics.” Thank you. “The main limitation of the study is the low patient number. The authors list additional limitations.” Thank you. We have focused our discussion on limitations that are potentially relevant to the interpretation of our data. Specific comments for the authors: “In the introduction, please change the listing of the evaluated blood biomarkers according to their category, meaning list which ones belong to the cartilage synthesis, cartilage degradation groups and so on. This will make it a much more valuable manuscript also to more general physician readers.” Thank you for this suggestion. We have restructured this section accordingly. Materials and Methods: “How long was the walking activity? I did not see a defined time period of walking in this section, only briefly mentioned in a subsentence in the discussion (30 minutes?). Was the time duration the same for everybody?” Thank you for noting this oversight. The walking stress test include a 30-minute walking activity. We have added this information to the Abstract and Methods section for clarity. “How were the time intervals for blood draws chosen? Please explain.” The time intervals were chosen based on the literature described and cited in the Introduction section. We have added this information to the Methods section accordingly. “How accurate do the authors think their estimates are of the load accumulated during the walking stress test and assessing the effect of the accumulated load on blood marker kinetics in response to load? Can this really correct for the variability of stress at a self-paced walking exercise?” In this study, we assessed accumulated load using two different approaches. In approach 1, the maximum, rate of increase and impulse of the vertical ground reaction force during treadmill walking were multiplied by the number of steps taken during the walking stress. In the more advanced approach 2, the maximum and impulse of the knee adduction moment, knee flexion moment, total knee compressive force, medial and lateral compartment compressive force as well as medio-lateral shear force were calculated from musculoskeletal modeling for the affected knee during overground walking multiplied by the number of steps taken during the walking stress. The number of steps taken during the walking stress and hence the number of load cycles was counted and hence are an accurate measure. Ideally, one would measure the load directly at the tissue level, but this is not possible in vivo in humans for obvious reasons. Any musculoskeletal model used to estimate joint level load is based on some assumptions. In our models, we scaled the generic model to patient-specific anthropometrics and adjusted the varus/valgus alignment estimated from the marker position as described in the cited articles. The accuracy of these models can be further improved by increasing the personalization of the models (i.e., person-specific morphology taken from medical imaging such as magnetic resonance imaging vs. scaled based on anthropometrics) and estimating compartment-specific tissue level pressures. The latter was beyond the scope of this study but will be considered in future projects. We have added this potential limitation to the Limitations section. The reviewer is correct that there may be some variability in tissue level stress during a self-paced walking exercise within an individual. In this study, we measured blood marker kinetics after the walking stress and not during the stress, and we were primarily interested in the variability in blood marker kinetics in response to the walking stress and the variability in accumulated load between participants, which we found to be related. Overall, while the accuracy of the estimates depends on the underlying assumptions, but the observed correlations of blood marker kinetics and accumulated load supports our hypothesis. “Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? – Yes” Thank you. “Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? – Yes” Thank you. “Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others? – Partly” We have added information on the methods and analysis as requested that is important for allowing replication by others. “If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? – I cannot comment. A qualified statistician is required.” All statistical analyses were performed by an experienced biostatistician. “Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility? – Yes” Thank you. “Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? – Partly” We hope that with the revisions made, the reviewer agrees that our conclusions are supported by the results. View more View less Competing Interests None to declare. reply Respond Report a concern Lutz AM. Peer Review Report For: Load-induced blood marker kinetics in patients with medial knee compartment osteoarthritis are associated with accumulated load and patient reported outcome measures [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] . F1000Research 2024, 12 :299 ( https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.144570.r206343) NOTE: it is important to ensure the information in square brackets after the title is included in this citation. The direct URL for this report is: https://f1000research.com/articles/12-299/v1#referee-response-206343 keyboard_arrow_left Back to all reports Reviewer Report 0 Views copyright © 2023 Cornish S. This is an open access peer review report distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 08 Sep 2023 | for Version 1 Stephen Cornish , Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 0 Views copyright © 2023 Cornish S. This is an open access peer review report distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. format_quote Cite this report speaker_notes Responses (1) Approved With Reservations info_outline Alongside their report, reviewers assign a status to the article: Approved The paper is scientifically sound in its current form and only minor, if any, improvements are suggested Approved with reservations A number of small changes, sometimes more significant revisions are required to address specific details and improve the papers academic merit. Not approved Fundamental flaws in the paper seriously undermine the findings and conclusions This research study evaluated the correlations between a number of blood based biomarkers and patient reported outcomes as well as accumulated loads during a 30-minute walking protocol in patients with knee OA. The number of biomarkers assessed is a strength in the study design. I only have a few comments for the authors to consider in making revisions to the manuscript: I realize this was an exploratory study; however, it would be appropriate to include a hypothesis statement in the introduction. In the methodology it is mentioned that the patients were asked to refrain from physical activity for 24 hours prior to testing. I believe this would be nearly impossible, so should be rephrased or eliminated from the methodology. Figure 1 is very difficult to see in its present form. Could this be enlarged to show where the significant differences are located more clearly in the 11 biomarkers? In the methodology a more thorough explanation of how the ELISAs were completed should be included. Minor comment - sentence 2 of the conclusion should read:"... CPII/C2C, IL-6..." not 'C3C' I believe. Overall, this is a well written manuscript with some interesting and novel data. Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? Yes Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? Yes Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others? No If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? Yes Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility? Yes Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? Yes Competing Interests No competing interests were disclosed. Reviewer Expertise Biomarkers, skeletal muscle, aging, sarcopenia, osteoarthritis I confirm that I have read this submission and believe that I have an appropriate level of expertise to confirm that it is of an acceptable scientific standard, however I have significant reservations, as outlined above. reply Respond to this report Responses (1) Author Response 12 Jan 2024 Annegret Mündermann, Department of Orthopaedics and Trauamtology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, 4031, Switzerland “This research study evaluated the correlations between a number of blood based biomarkers and patient reported outcomes as well as accumulated loads during a 30-minute walking protocol in patients with knee OA. The number of biomarkers assessed is a strength in the study design. I only have a few comments for the authors to consider in making revisions to the manuscript.” We have carefully considered your comments and hope to have addressed these to your satisfaction. “I realize this was an exploratory study; however, it would be appropriate to include a hypothesis statement in the introduction.” We rephrased our study aims to include hypotheses that are in line with the published study protocol (reference 33). Specifically, we tested the hypotheses that (i) some but not all blood markers will respond to the walking stress, and that the kinetics in response to a walking stress correlates (ii) between some but not all markers, (iii) with accumulated knee load during the walking stress, and (iv) with patient reported osteoarthritis outcome and QoL. “In the methodology it is mentioned that the patients were asked to refrain from physical activity for 24 hours prior to testing. I believe this would be nearly impossible, so should be rephrased or eliminated from the methodology.” It is correct that patients were not asked to refrain from physical activity as this would be nearly impossible. We have corrected this statement to the actual instructions given, which were to minimize their physical activity for 24 hours prior to testing. “Figure 1 is very difficult to see in its present form. Could this be enlarged to show where the significant differences are located more clearly in the 11 biomarkers?” We agree that the figure is compact in its printed form. To enlarge the individual graphs, the figure would have to be split into three separate figures which would have the disadvantage of losing the difference in mechanoresponse to the walking stress between the different blood markers. Since the figure can be enlarged as desired in the online and pdf versions, we prefer to leave the figure as it is. “In the methodology a more thorough explanation of how the ELISAs were completed should be included.” All ELISAs were performed according to the manufacturers’ instructions. We have included this information in the Methods section. All manufacturers are listed in Table 2, and the instructions are available on the manufacturers’ websites. Therefore, we do not believe that describing the ELISA for each blood marker in detail is necessary or indicated. However, if the reviewer or the editor would prefer to include this information in the article, we would be happy to do so. “Minor comment - sentence 2 of the conclusion should read:"... CPII/C2C, IL-6..." not 'C3C' I believe.” Thank you for noting this oversight. We have corrected this typo. “Overall, this is a well written manuscript with some interesting and novel data.” Thank you. “Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature? – Yes” Thank you. “Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound? – Yes” Thank you. “Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others? – No” We assume that this comment referred to the information on the pre-stress test activity, the duration of the stress test and the ELISAs. We have included this information as requested. “If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? – Yes” Thank you. “Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility? – Yes” Thank you. “Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? – Yes” Thank you. View more View less Competing Interests None to declare. reply Respond Report a concern Cornish S. 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