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  • Biomarkers
  • Inflammation

Background:

  • Modic changes (MC) are common MRI findings in low back pain patients, with subtypes suggesting distinct pathological stages.
  • MC2 specifically exhibits signs of inflammation, including granulation tissue and fibrosis, but with unique inflammatory infiltrates and fatty marrow composition.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess bony (BEP) and cartilage endplate (CEP) degeneration in MC2.
  • To identify the inflammatory mechanisms underlying MC2.
  • To correlate these marrow changes with the severity of endplate degeneration.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of 58 human cadaveric vertebral biopsies with MC2, including bone marrow adjacent to CEPs.
  • Proteomic analysis using mass spectrometry to identify differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) in MC2 compared to controls.
  • Histological scoring of BEP/CEP degeneration and correlation with identified DEPs.

Main Results:

  • MC2 vertebrae showed significantly greater endplate degeneration.
  • Proteomic analysis revealed complement system activation, increased extracellular matrix proteins, and angiogenic and neurogenic factors in MC2 marrow.
  • Endplate degeneration severity correlated with upregulated complement and neurogenic proteins.

Conclusions:

  • MC2 represents a chronic fibroinflammatory condition involving complement system activation.
  • The findings suggest a link between complement system activation, neoinnervation, and endplate damage in MC2.
  • MC2 occurs in areas of pre-existing endplate degeneration, highlighting the endplate-adjacent marrow as the key pathomechanistic site.