scholarly journals Sevelamer Restores Bone Volume and Improves Bone Microarchitecture and Strength in Aged Ovariectomized Rats

Endocrinology ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 149 (12) ◽  
pp. 6092-6102 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Kuber Sampath ◽  
Petra Simic ◽  
Sarah Moreno ◽  
Nikolay Bukanov ◽  
Natasa Draca ◽  
...  
2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying-Ju Chen ◽  
Shun-Ping Wang ◽  
Fu-Chou Cheng ◽  
Pei-Yu Hsu ◽  
Yu-Fen Li ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosmaliza Ramli ◽  
Mohd Fadhli Khamis ◽  
Ahmad Nazrun Shuid

Recent studies suggested thatEurycoma longifolia, a herbal plant, may have the potential to treat osteoporosis in elderly male. This study aimed to determine the effects ofEurycoma longifoliasupplementation on the trabecular bone microarchitecture of orchidectomised rats (androgen-deficient osteoporosis model). Forty-eight-aged (10–12 months old)Sprague Dawleyrats were divided into six groups of sham-operated (SHAM), orchidectomised control (ORX), orchidectomised + 7 mg/rat testosterone enanthate (TEN) and orchidectomised +Eurycoma longifolia30 mg/kg (EL30), orchidectomised +Eurycoma longifolia60 mg/kg (EL60), orchidectomised +Eurycoma longifolia90 mg/kg (EL90). Rats were euthanized following six weeks of treatment. The left femora were used to measure the trabecular bone microarchitecture using micro-CT. Orchidectomy significantly decreased connectivity density, trabecular bone volume, and trabecular number compared to the SHAM group. Testosterone replacement reversed all the orchidectomy-induced changes in the micro-CT parameters. EL at 30 and 60 mg/kg rat worsened the trabecular bone connectivity density and trabecular separation parameters of orchidectomised rats. EL at 90 mg/kg rat preserved the bone volume. High dose of EL (90 mg/kg) may have potential in preserving the bone microarchitecture of orchidectomised rats, but lower doses may further worsen the osteoporotic changes.


2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-15
Author(s):  
Juliana Simeão Borges ◽  
Gustavo Davi Rabelo ◽  
Milena Suemi Irie ◽  
João Lucas Carvalho Paz ◽  
Rubens Spin-Neto ◽  
...  

Abstract Aiming to evaluate cortical bone microarchitecture and osteonal morphology after irradiation, twelve male New Zealand rabbits were used. The animals were divided: control group (no radiation-NIr); and 3 irradiated groups, sacrificed after: 7 (Ir7d); 14 (Ir14d) and 21 (Ir21d) days. A single radiation dose of 30 Gy was used. Computed microtomography analyzed the cortical microarchitecture: cortical thickness (CtTh), bone volume (BV), total porosity (Ct.Po), intracortical porosity (CtPo-cl), channel/pore number (Po.N), fractal dimension (FD) and degree of anisotropy (Ct.DA). After scan, osteonal morphology was histologically assessed by means: area and perimeter of the osteons (O.Ar; O.p) and of the Haversian canals (C.Ar; C.p). Microtomographic analysis were performed by ANOVA, followed by Tukey and Dunnet tests. Osteon morphology analyses were performed by Kruskal-Wallis, and test Dunn’s. Cortical thickness was significant difference (p<0.010) between the NIr and irradiated groups, with thicker cortex at Ir7d (1.15±0.09). The intracortical porosity revealed significant difference (p<0.001) between irradiated groups and NIr, with lower value for Ir7d (0.29±0.09). Bone volume was lower in Ir14d compared to control. Area and perimeter of the osteons were statistically different (p<0.0001) between NIr and Ir7d. Haversian canals also revealed lower values (p<0.0001) in Ir7d (80.57±9.3; 31.63±6.5) compared to NIr and irradiated groups. Cortical microarchitecture was affected by radiation, and the effects appear to be time-dependent, mostly regarding the osteons morphology at the initial days. Cortex structure in Ir21d revealed similarities to control suggesting that microarchitecture resembles normal condition after a period.


2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 232-237
Author(s):  
Mayra Cristina Yamasaki ◽  
Rocharles CavalcanteFontenele ◽  
Yuri Nejaim ◽  
Deborah Queiroz Freitas

Abstract The purpose of this study was to test the radioprotective effect of selenium in the bone microarchitecture of irradiated rats mandibles. Forty rats were separated into 4 groups with 10 animals: control group (CG), irradiated group (IG), sodium selenite group (SSG) and sodium selenite irradiated group (SSIG). A single dose of 0.8 mg/kg sodium selenite was administered intraperitoneally in the SSG and SSIG groups. One hour later, animals of IG and SSIG groups were irradiated with 15 Gy of x-rays. Forty days after radiation a bilateral extraction of the mandibular first molars was performed. After the extraction procedure, five rats were killed after fifteen days and others five after thirty days. Micro- computed tomography was used to evaluate cortical and trabecular bone of each rat. The mean and standard deviation of each bone microarchitecture parameter were analyzed using the statistical test of two-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). At 15 days, the bone volume presented higher values in the CG and SSG groups (p=0.001). The same groups presented statistically significant higher values when bone volume fraction (p<0.001) and trabecular thickness (p<0.001) were analyzed. At 30 days, it was observed that in relation to the bone volume fraction, SSG group presented the highest value while SSIG group had the lowest value, with statistically significant difference (p=0.016). Sodium selenite demonstrated a median radioprotective effect in the bone microarchitecture of irradiated mandibles, which indicates the substance may be a potential radioprotective agent against chronic effects of high doses of ionizing radiation.


Bone ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 455-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.A. Sims ◽  
H.A. Morris ◽  
R.J. Moore ◽  
T.C. Durbridge

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Wei ◽  
Chengshuo Huang ◽  
Mingyan Zhao ◽  
Peng Li ◽  
Xiang Gao ◽  
...  

We evaluated the efficacy of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in combination with allogeneic bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) for the treatment of osteoporotic bone defects in an ovariectomized rat model. By day 42 after injury, in vivo microcomputed tomography (micro-CT) imaging revealed that bone defects of control rats and ovariectomized rats treated with PRP and BMSCs were completely repaired, whereas those of ovariectomized rats treated with PRP or BMSCs alone exhibited slower healing. Histological data were consistent with these results. We also assessed changes to bone trabeculae in the proximal tibial growth plate. In ovariectomized rats treated with PRP or with a combination of PRP and BMSCs, the trabecular connectivity densities (Conn.D), bone volume ratios (BV/TV), and numbers (Tb.N) in the defect areas increased significantly from day 7 to day 42. These results indicate that PRP treatment enhances bone microarchitecture in osteoporosis. Moreover, expression levels of osteogenesis-specific marker genes including RUNX2, OSX, and OPN were significantly upregulated in rats treated with PRP and BMSCs compared to those of other groups. Thus, we conclude that treatment with PRP combined with BMSCs significantly promotes healing of osteoporotic bone defects. This study provides an alternative strategy for the treatment of osteoporotic bone loss.


1994 ◽  
Vol 267 (6) ◽  
pp. E853-E859 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Tobias ◽  
A. Gallagher ◽  
T. J. Chambers

Although androgens are thought to be important for skeletal maintenance in females and males, little is known about the mechanisms involved. To investigate this question further, we examined the effects of administering 0.01, 0.1, or 1.0 mg/kg 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) for 60 days on the skeleton of ovariectomized rats. Treatment was delayed until 90 days after ovariectomy to enable bone loss to stabilize. We found that ovariectomy markedly reduced cancellous bone volume of the proximal tibial metaphysis due to a combination of loss and thinning of trabeculae. Cancellous bone volume was partially restored by all doses of DHT, with trabecular thickness, but not number, returning to that of sham-operated animals. DHT also stimulated longitudinal bone growth and endosteal and periosteal bone formation and suppressed histomorphometric indexes of cancellous bone resorption. This suggests that DHT influences skeletal metabolism in osteopenic ovariectomized rats both by stimulating bone formation and suppressing resorption, although it is unclear which, if any, of these actions predominate at cancellous sites.


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