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Despite its complex etiology and multi-tissue involvement, the molecular mechanisms underlying OA remain poorly understood. This study aimed to identify tissue-specific diagnostic biomarkers using an integrative framework combining multiple machine learning (ML) algorithms and SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP). Gene expression profiles from cartilage, synovium, and peripheral blood were retrieved from the GEO database. DEGs were identified across tissues, followed by feature selection using Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator(LASSO), Support Vector Machine Recursive Feature Elimination (SVM-RFE), and Random Forest(RF). Functional enrichment, gene set variation analysis (GSVA), and immune infiltration analyses were conducted. 10 ML models were constructed to evaluate diagnostic performance. A total of 8, 28, and 61 DEGs were identified in cartilage, synovium, and blood, respectively. Enrichment analysis revealed the key roles in inflammatory signaling, metabolism, and immune pathways. Biomarkers identified included CSN1S1, ABCA6, RARRES1, NPTX2 (cartilage); SCRG1, CXCL2, PTGDS, CCL19, BGN, KLF9 (synovium); and GNL3L, C6orf111, NT5C3, ZNF148 (blood). Immune analysis indicated shifts in mast cells and CD8\u2009+\u2009T cells in cartilage and dendritic cells in synovium, while no significant immune alterations were found in blood. Diagnostic models demonstrated strong performance, with AUCs of 0.839 (cartilage), 0.934 (synovium), and 0.892 (blood). SHAP analysis was employed to interpret each model by quantifying the contribution of individual genes to predict outcomes. In the optimal cartilage model, CSN1S1 and ABCA6 were the most influential features, with mean absolute SHAP values of 0.146 and 0.122, respectively. 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