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12110438

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-7-11
pubmed:abstractText
Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis is characterized by decreased osteoblast numbers and a marked impairment of new bone formation. We found that, in vitro, dexamethasone inhibits both preosteoblast proliferation and mitogenic kinase activity in response to mitogens, and that inhibition of protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) using sodium orthovanadate prevents this. Therefore, dexamethasone may act by either upregulating antiproliferative PTPs or downregulating promitogenic tyrosine-phosphorylated substrates. In this study, osteoporosis was induced in 3.5-month-old rats by subcutaneous injection with methylprednisolone 3.5 mg/kg per day for 9 weeks. Rats were treated with steroid alone or in combination with 0.5 mg/mL sodium orthovanadate, administered continuously in drinking water. Steroid-treated bones were significantly (p < 0.005) osteopenic (according to dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) and physically weaker (p < 0.05) than controls. Quantitative bone histology confirmed a significant decrease in osteoid surfaces (p < 0.001), osteoblast numbers (p < 0.05), and rate of bone formation (p < 0.001). Concomitant treatment with vanadate largely prevented the densitometric, histologic, and physical abnormalities induced by prednisolone. This study supports our finding that PTPs are central to the negative regulation of osteoblast proliferation by glucocorticoids and, furthermore, suggests that PTP inhibitors such as sodium orthovanadate should be considered as novel anabolic agents for the treatment of steroid-induced osteoporosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
8756-3282
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
220-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis in the rat is prevented by the tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor, sodium orthovanadate.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Stellenbosch Medical School, Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa. phul@sun.ac.za
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't