The Effectiveness of Fresh Anchovies Diet and Calcitriol Supplementation to Prevent Osteoporosis in Ovariectomized Rats
This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of a diet contained fresh anchovies and calcitriol supplementation for 6 weeks to prevent osteoporosis in ovariectomized rats. Fifteen Wistar rats aged 8 weeks were divided randomly into 3 groups (normal/K, ovariectomized/Ov, andovariectomized + calcitriol/OVD), 5 mice each. Group K and Ov rats were fed with fresh anchovies, while the OVD group was fed with freshanchovies + calcitriol. At the age of 15 weeks, all mice were done for euthanasia, then left femur was collected for immunohistochemistryexamination of tartrate resistant acid phosphatase5b (TRAP5b). The detection of (TRAP5b) was conducted using a monoclonal ant ibody antiTRAP5b, and detected using a streptavidin-biotin. The results showed that the metaphysis part of distal femur bone of mice group K, Ov, andOVD were positive TRAP5b stained with brown color on trabecular bone in bone marrow cavity and trabecular spiculum surface, but rats ingroup K and Ov had extensive bone marrow cavity and normal trabecular spiculum, whereas OVD group showed bone marrow cavity dilation,accumulation of adipocytes in the bone marrow cavity, and shorter the spiculum of trabeculae. It can be concluded that fresh anchovies diet andcalcitriol supplementation for 6 weeks are not effective in preventing osteoporosis in ovariectomized rats.Key words: calcitriol, femur, ovariohisterectomy