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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-2-6
pubmed:abstractText
To evaluate the effects of tiludronate on the mass, structure, and turnover of cancellous bone regions in immobilized rat tibiae, we performed a 4 week dosing experiment. The right hindlimbs of 84 Sprague-Dawley rats (5 weeks old) wee neurectomized or sham operated. Animals were assigned to seven groups (n = 12 each); group 1 was sham operated, and groups 2-7 were neurectomized. Groups 1 and 2 were given vehicle only (distilled water), and groups 3, 4, and 5 were given tiludronate orally at doses of 25, 50, and 100 mg/kg body weight (BW)/day, respectively, throughout the experimental period. Group 6 was given 100 mg/kg BW/day of the agent for the first 2 weeks only, and group 7 received vehicle only for the first 2 weeks and then 100 mg/kg BW/day of the agent for the last 2 weeks. After tetracycline labeling was performed, the right tibiae were removed from the animals and processed to yield undecalcified sections. Histomorphometry was performed in the epiphyseal, primary, and secondary spongiosa of the proximal tibia. In group 2, trabecular bone volume (BV/TV) and trabecular number (Tb.N) were significantly decreased in the primary and secondary spongiosae, but this did not occur in the epiphyseal spongiosa. Osteoid surface (OS/BS) was decreased and osteoclast surface (Oc.S/BS) was increased in the secondary spongiosa. Tiludronate increased BV/TV and Tb.N in the primary spongiosa by reducing the values for the parameters of osteoclast surface (Oc.S/BS) and osteoclast number (Oc.N/BS). Osteoid surface in this region was not decreased by the agent. In groups 4 and 5, tiludronate prevented bone loss in the secondary spongiosa by reducing both OS/BS and Oc.S/BS. In group 6, BV/TV in the primary spongiosa was maintained at the level of group 1, but Oc.S/BS and Oc.N/BS were elevated. In the secondary spongiosa, bone mass was preserved and the reduction in these parameters was maintained. In group 7, however, BV/TV was increased in the primary spongiosa as a result of a reduction in osteoclastic resorption; in the secondary spongiosa, however, BV/TV was decreased and trabecular turnover was not reduced at the end of the experiment in these growing animals. Mineral apposition rates were not reduced by tiludronate. This study clearly demonstrated that this agent prevented immobilization bone loss by inhibiting resorption.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0884-0431
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1355-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7529459-Administration, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:7529459-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7529459-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:7529459-Bone Density, pubmed-meshheading:7529459-Bone Diseases, Metabolic, pubmed-meshheading:7529459-Bone Resorption, pubmed-meshheading:7529459-Denervation, pubmed-meshheading:7529459-Diphosphonates, pubmed-meshheading:7529459-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:7529459-Immobilization, pubmed-meshheading:7529459-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7529459-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:7529459-Osteoclasts, pubmed-meshheading:7529459-Random Allocation, pubmed-meshheading:7529459-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:7529459-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:7529459-Sciatic Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:7529459-Staining and Labeling, pubmed-meshheading:7529459-Tibia, pubmed-meshheading:7529459-Tissue Embedding
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of tiludronate on bone mass, structure, and turnover at the epiphyseal, primary, and secondary spongiosa in the proximal tibia of growing rats after sciatic neurectomy.
pubmed:affiliation
Pharmaceutical Research Center, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., Yokohama, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't