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Sano H, Kondo N, Shimakura T, Fujisawa J, Kijima Y, Kanai T, Poole KES, Yamamoto N, Takahashi HE, Endo N. Evidence for Ongoing Modeling-Based Bone Formation in Human Femoral Head Trabeculae via Forming Minimodeling Structures: A Study in Patients with Fractures and Arthritis. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2018; 9:88. [PMID: 29615973 PMCID: PMC5868326 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2017] [Accepted: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Bone modeling is a biological process of bone formation that adapts bone size and shape to mechanical loads, especially during childhood and adolescence. Bone modeling in cortical bone can be easily detected using sequential radiographic images, while its assessment in trabecular bone is challenging. Here, we performed histomorphometric analysis in 21 bone specimens from biopsies collected during hip arthroplasty, and we proposed the criteria for histologically identifying an active modeling-based bone formation, which we call a "forming minimodeling structure" (FMiS). Evidence of FMiSs was found in 9 of 20 specimens (45%). In histomorphometric analysis, bone volume was significant higher in specimens displaying FMiSs compared with the specimens without these structures (BV/TV, 31.7 ± 10.2 vs. 23.1 ± 3.9%; p < 0.05). Osteoid parameters were raised in FMiS-containing bone specimens (OV/BV, 2.1 ± 1.6 vs. 0.6 ± 0.3%; p < 0.001, OS/BS, 23.6 ± 15.5 vs. 7.6 ± 4.2%; p < 0.001, and O.Th, 7.4 µm ± 2.0 vs. 5.2 ± 1.0; p < 0.05). Our results showed that the modeling-based bone formation on trabecular bone surfaces occurs even during adulthood. As FMiSs can represent histological evidence of modeling-based bone formation, understanding of this physiology in relation to bone homeostasis is crucial.
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- Hiroshige Sano
- Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Regenerative and Transplant Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
- Niigata Bone Science Institute, Niigata, Japan
- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- *Correspondence: Hiroshige Sano,
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- Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Regenerative and Transplant Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Regenerative and Transplant Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Regenerative and Transplant Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Regenerative and Transplant Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Niigata Bone Science Institute, Niigata, Japan
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Niigata Rehabilitation Hospital, Niigata, Japan
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- Niigata Bone Science Institute, Niigata, Japan
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Niigata Rehabilitation Hospital, Niigata, Japan
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- Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Regenerative and Transplant Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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Hikata T, Hasegawa T, Horiuchi K, Fujita N, Iwanami A, Watanabe K, Ishii K, Nakamura M, Amizuka N, Matsumoto M. Histomorphometric analysis of minimodeling in the vertebrae in postmenopausal patients treated with anti-osteoporotic agents. Bone Rep 2016; 5:286-291. [PMID: 28580398 PMCID: PMC5440780 DOI: 10.1016/j.bonr.2016.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Revised: 10/06/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Minimodeling is a type of focal bone formation that is characterized by the lack of precedent bone erosion by osteoclasts. Although this form of bone formation has been described for more than a decade, how anti-osteoporotic agents that are currently used in clinical practice affect the kinetics of minimodeling is not fully understood. We performed a bone morphometric analysis using human vertebral specimens collected from postmenopausal patients who underwent spinal surgery. Patients were divided into three groups according to osteoporosis medication; non-treated, Eldecalcitol (ELD, a vitamin D derivative that has recently been approved to treat patients with osteoporosis in Japan)-treated, and bisphosphonate-treated groups. Five to six patients were enrolled in each group. There was a trend toward enhanced minimodeling in ELD-treated patients and suppressed of it in bisphosphonate-treated patients compared with untreated patients. The differences of minimodeling activity between ELD-treated and bisphosphonate-treated patients were statistically significant. The present study suggests that ELD and bisphosphonates have opposite effects on minimodeling from one another, and show that minimodeling also takes place in vertebrae as has been described for the ilium and femoral head in humans. We aimed to evaluate the potential effects of a new vitamin D3 analog, Eldecalcitol and BPs on minimodeling in humans using surgical specimens. We found that minimodeling is readily observed in the humans. We found that patients who had been treated with Eldecalcitol prior to surgery tend to have increased minimodeling activity. Our data indicate that Eldecalcitol can activate minimodeling in patients with post-menopausal osteoporosis while bisphosphonates have negative or little impact on this form of bone formation.
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- Tomohiro Hikata
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.,Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kitasato Institute Hospital, Tokyo 108-8642, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Biology of Hard Tissue, Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido 060-8586, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Biology of Hard Tissue, Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido 060-8586, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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Birkhold AI, Razi H, Weinkamer R, Duda GN, Checa S, Willie BM. Monitoring in vivo (re)modeling: a computational approach using 4D microCT data to quantify bone surface movements. Bone 2015; 75:210-21. [PMID: 25746796 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2015.02.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Revised: 02/06/2015] [Accepted: 02/25/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Bone undergoes continual damage repair and structural adaptation to changing external loads with the aim of maintaining skeletal integrity throughout life. The ability to monitor bone (re)modeling would allow for a better understanding in how various pathologies and interventions affect bone turnover and subsequent bone strength. To date, however, current methods to monitor bone (re)modeling over time and in space are limited. We propose a novel method to visualize and quantify bone turnover, based on in vivo microCT imaging and a 4D computational approach. By in vivo tracking of spatially correlated formation and resorption sites over time it classifies bone restructuring into (re)modeling sequences, the spatially and temporally linked sequences of formation, resorption and quiescent periods on the bone surface. The microCT based method was validated using experimental data from an in vivo mouse tibial loading model and ex vivo data of the mouse tibia. In this application, the method allows the visualization of time-resolved cortical (re)modeling and the quantification of short-term and long-term modeling on the endocortical and periosteal surface at the mid-diaphysis of loaded and control mice tibiae. Both short-term and long-term modeling processes, independent formation and resorption events, could be monitored and modeling (spatially not correlated formation and resorption) and remodeling (resorption followed by new formation at the same site) could be distinguished on the bone surface. This novel method that combines in vivo microCT with a computational approach is a powerful tool to monitor bone turnover in animal models now and is waiting to be applied to human patients in the near future.
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- Annette I Birkhold
- Julius Wolff Institute, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies, Berlin, Germany.
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- Julius Wolff Institute, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies, Berlin, Germany.
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Science Park Potsdam-Golm, 14424 Potsdam, Germany.
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- Julius Wolff Institute, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany; Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies, Berlin, Germany.
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- Julius Wolff Institute, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
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- Julius Wolff Institute, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
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Saito H, Takeda S, Amizuka N. Eldecalcitol and calcitriol stimulates 'bone minimodeling,' focal bone formation without prior bone resorption, in rat trabecular bone. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2013; 136:178-82. [PMID: 23069645 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2012.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2012] [Revised: 10/02/2012] [Accepted: 10/04/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Vitamin D is known as a potent stimulator of bone resorption. The active form of vitamin D3, calcitriol (1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3), stimulates release of calcium (Ca) from bone in ex vivo organ culture, and treatment with large amounts of an active vitamin D3 analog induces hypercalcemia and bone resorption in mice in vivo. Calcitriol strongly induces both receptor activator of NF-κB ligand (RANKL) and macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) in osteoblasts in vitro. On the other hand, it has been reported that active vitamin D3 inhibits bone resorption in various experimental animal models. We previously showed that eldecalcitol [1α,25-dihydroxy-2β-(3-hydroxy-propyloxy)vitamin D3; ED-71] suppresses bone resorption and increases bone mineral density (BMD) to a greater extent than alfacalcidol (1α-hydroxyvitamin D3) in ovariectomized (OVX) rats in vivo. To elucidate the histological events that follow administration of eldecalcitol compared to calcitriol, OVX rats were given either vehicle, eldecalcitol (10, 30, or 90ng/kg), or calcitriol (33.3, 100, 300, or 900ng/kg), and sham-operated control animals were given vehicle, 5-times per week for 12 weeks. The lumbar spine and femur were removed and processed for bone mineral density (BMD) assessments and the femur for histomorphometrical analyzes. Both eldecalcitol and calcitriol increased the lumbar and femoral BMD in a dose dependent manner. Bone histomorphometry revealed that osteoclast surface (Oc.S/BS) and eroded surface (ES/BS) were dose-dependently suppressed in the trabecular region of the femur. Both calcitriol and eldecalcitol dose-dependently stimulated focal bone formation that started without prior bone resorption, a process known as bone minimodeling. Both reduction of bone resorption and stimulation of focal bone formation were more clearly observed in the eldecalcitol-treated rats than in the calcitriol-treated rats. Taken together, these findings suggest that eldecalcitol is a more potent vitamin D3 analog that stimulates focal bone formation (minimodeling) and suppresses bone resorption more strongly than does calcitriol. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled 'Vitamin D Workshop'.
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- Hitoshi Saito
- Medical Science Department, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
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Shiraki M, Saito H, Matsumoto T. Eldecalcitol normalizes bone turnover markers regardless of their pre-treatment levels. Curr Med Res Opin 2012; 28:1547-52. [PMID: 22794117 DOI: 10.1185/03007995.2012.712506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Three-year treatment with eldecalcitol has been shown to improve lumbar and total hip bone mineral density (BMD), decrease bone turnover markers, and lower the incidences of vertebral and wrist fractures in patients with osteoporosis more than with treatment with alfacalcidol under vitamin D repletion. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a risk of eldecalcitol causing severely suppressed bone turnover in osteoporosis patients with low pre-treatment levels of bone turnover markers. METHODS AND RESULTS Post-hoc analysis was conducted on the data from a 3-year, randomized, double-blind, active-comparator, clinical trial of eldecalcitol versus alfacalcidol under vitamin D repletion conducted in Japan. Enrolled patients with baseline measurements of bone turnover markers were stratified into tertiles according to their pre-treatment levels of serum bone-specific alkaline phosphatase, serum procollagen type I N-terminal propeptide, or urinary collagen-N-telopeptide. Eldecalcitol treatment rapidly reduced bone turnover markers, and kept them within the normal range. However, in the patients whose baseline values for bone turnover were low, eldecalcitol treatment did not further reduce bone turnover markers during the 3-year treatment period. Further long-term observation may be required to reach the conclusion. CLINICALTRIALS.GOV NUMBER: NCT00144456. CONCLUSIONS Eldecalcitol normalizes, but does not overly suppress, bone turnover regardless of baseline levels of bone turnover markers. Thus, it is unlikely that eldecalcitol treatment will increase the risk of severely suppressed bone turnover and therefore deterioration of bone quality, at least for a treatment duration of 3 years.
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- Masataka Shiraki
- Research Institute and Practice for Involutional Diseases, Nagano, Japan.
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de Freitas PHL, Hasegawa T, Takeda S, Sasaki M, Tabata C, Oda K, Li M, Saito H, Amizuka N. Eldecalcitol, a second-generation vitamin D analog, drives bone minimodeling and reduces osteoclastic number in trabecular bone of ovariectomized rats. Bone 2011; 49:335-42. [PMID: 21664310 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2011.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2011] [Revised: 05/18/2011] [Accepted: 05/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
To elucidate the histological events that follow administration of eldecalcitol, a second-generation of vitamin D analog currently awaiting approval as a drug for treatment of osteoporosis, we employed the ovariectomy (OVX) rat model. OVX rats received vehicle or 30ng/kg of eldecalcitol, and sham-operated animals received vehicle only. Rats were sacrificed after 12weeks and had their femora and tibiae removed and processed for histochemical and histomorphometrical analyses. When compared with OVX group, osteoclastic number and bone resorption parameters were significantly reduced in eldecalcitol-treated rats, accompanied by decreased bone formation parameters. The preosteoblastic layer, with which osteoclastic precursors interact for mutual differentiation, was poorly developed in the eldecalcitol group, indicating less cell-to-cell contact between preosteoblasts and osteoclast precursors. Interestingly, eldecalcitol did promote a type of focal bone formation that is independent of bone resorption, a process known as bone minimodeling. While the number of ED-1-positive macrophages was higher in the bone marrow of treated rats, though osteoclastic number was deceased. Taken together, our findings suggest that eldecalcitol stimulates preosteoblastic differentiation rather than their proliferation, which in turn may prevent or diminish cell-to-cell contact between preosteoblasts and osteoclastic precursors, and therefore, lead to lower osteoclast numbers and decreased bone resorption.
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Kempen DH, Creemers LB, Alblas J, Lu L, Verbout AJ, Yaszemski MJ, Dhert WJ. Growth Factor Interactions in Bone Regeneration. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART B-REVIEWS 2010; 16:551-66. [DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2010.0176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Department of Orthopedics, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Orthopedics, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials Laboratory, Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Orthopedics, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials Laboratory, Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Orthopedics, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Wu Y, Tai HH, Cho H. Synthesis and SAR of thiazolidinedione derivatives as 15-PGDH inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem 2010; 18:1428-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2010.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2009] [Revised: 01/06/2010] [Accepted: 01/07/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Tian XY, Zhang Q, Zhao R, Setterberg RB, Zeng QQ, Iturria SJ, Ma YF, Jee WSS. Continuous PGE2 leads to net bone loss while intermittent PGE2 leads to net bone gain in lumbar vertebral bodies of adult female rats. Bone 2008; 42:914-20. [PMID: 18316259 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2007.12.228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2007] [Revised: 11/19/2007] [Accepted: 12/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The present study examined the effects of continuous and intermittent PGE2 administration on the cancellous and cortical bone of lumbar vertebral bodies (LVB) in female rats. Six-month-old Sprague-Dawley female rats were divided into 6 groups with 2 control groups and 1 or 3 mg PGE2/kg given either continuously or intermittently for 21 days. Histomorphometric analyses were performed on the cancellous and cortical bone of the fourth and fifth LVBs. Continuous PGE2 exposure led to bone catabolism while intermittent administration led to bone anabolism. Both routes of administration stimulated bone remodeling, but the continuous PGE2 stimulated more than the intermittent route to expose more basic multicellular units (BMUs) to the negative bone balance. The continuous PGE2 caused cancellous bone loss by stimulating bone resorption greater than formation (i.e., negative bone balance) and shortening the formation period. It caused more cortical bone loss than gain, the magnitude of the negative endocortical bone balance and increased intracortical porosity bone loss was greater than for periosteal bone gain. The anabolic effects of intermittent PGE2 resulted from cancellous bone gain by positive bone balance from stimulated bone formation and shortened resorption period; while cortical bone gain occurred from endocortical bone gain exceeding the decrease in periosteal bone and increased intracortical bone loss. Lastly, a scheme to take advantage of the marked PGE2 stimulation of lumbar periosteal apposition in strengthening bone by converting it to an anabolic agent was proposed.
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- X Y Tian
- Division of Radiobiology, Department of Radiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, 729 Arapeen Dr., Suite 2338, Salt Lake City, UT, 84108-1218, USA
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Kabasawa Y, Asahina I, Gunji A, Omura K. Administration of Parathyroid Hormone, Prostaglandin E2, or 1-alpha,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Restores the Bone Inductive Activity of rhBMP-2 in Aged Rats. DNA Cell Biol 2003; 22:541-6. [PMID: 14577906 DOI: 10.1089/104454903322405428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) induces bone formation in young rodents, but aging causes a reduction in the bone-forming ability of BMP. Most patients who require bone reconstruction are relatively old. Accordingly, we examined whether anabolic hormones could restore the bone inductive activity of rhBMP-2 in aged rats. rhBMP-2 in a carrier pellet was implanted subcutaneously in both 4- and 50-week-old female Wistar rats. PTH, PGE2, or 1,25(OH)2D3 was injected every day during the period of BMP implantation. The pellets were harvested, and were examined both histologically and biochemically 2 weeks after implantation. Bone-forming ability was measured by alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity and calcium (Ca) content. Pellets in 50-week-old rats showed a significant reduction in bone formation compared to pellets in 4-week-old rats. However, daily injections of PTH into 50-week-old rats restored both ALP activity (103 +/- 4.6%) and Ca content (105 +/- 2.6%). 1,25(OH)2D3 and PGE2 also restored Ca content (103 +/- 4.5% and 98 +/- 3.8%, respectively) and stimulated ALP activity (142 +/- 2.3% and 133 +/- 3.6%). These results show that the administration of these hormones restores bone-forming ability in aged rats. A combination treatment of these hormones with rhBMP-2 might be applicable to the reconstruction of bone defects in elderly patients.
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- Yuhji Kabasawa
- Oral Surgery, Department of Oral Restitution, Division of Oral Health Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan
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Abboud SL, Ghosh-Choudhury N, Liu LC, Shen V, Woodruff K. Osteoblast-specific targeting of soluble colony-stimulating factor-1 increases cortical bone thickness in mice. J Bone Miner Res 2003; 18:1386-94. [PMID: 12929928 DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.2003.18.8.1386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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UNLABELLED The soluble and membrane-bound forms of CSF-1 are synthesized by osteoblasts and stromal cells in the bone microenvironment. Transgenic mice, generated to selectively express sCSF-1 in bone, showed increased cortical thickness in the femoral diaphysis caused by new bone formation along the endosteal surface. The ability of sCSF-1 to enhance bone cell activity in vivo is potentially relevant for increasing cortical bone in a variety of disorders. INTRODUCTION The soluble form of colony-stimulating factor-1 (sCSF-1) and the membrane-bound form of CSF-1 (mCSF-1) have been shown to support osteoclastogenesis in vitro; however, the effect of each peptide on bone remodeling in vivo is unclear. To determine the effect of sCSF-1, selectively expressed in bone, the skeletal phenotype of transgenic mice harboring the human sCSF-1 cDNA under the control of the osteocalcin promoter was assessed. METHODS At 5 and 14 weeks, mice were analyzed for CSF-1 protein levels, weighed, and X-rayed, and femurs were removed for peripheral quantitative computed tomography, histology, and histomorphometry. RESULTS High levels of human sCSF-1 were detected in bone extracts and, to a lesser extent, in plasma. Adult transgenic mice showed normal body weight and increased circulating monocytic cells. At 5 weeks, the femoral diaphysis was similar in CSF-1T and wt/wt littermates. However, by 14 weeks, the femoral diaphysis in CSF-1T mice showed increased cortical thickness and bone mineral density. In contrast to the diaphysis, the femoral metaphysis of CSF-1T mice showed normal cancellous bone comparable with wt/wt littermates at each time point. Histological sections demonstrated increased woven bone along the endosteal surface of the diaphysis and intracortical remodeling. Fluorochrome-labeling analysis confirmed endocortical bone formation in CSF-1T, with a 3.1-fold increase in the percentage of double-labeled surfaces and a 3.6-fold increase in the bone formation rate compared with wt/wt mice. Although remodeling resulted in a slightly porous cortex, sCSF-1 preferentially stimulated endocortical bone formation, leading to increased cortical thickness. CONCLUSIONS These findings indicate that sCSF-1 is a key determinant of bone cell activity in the corticoendosteal envelope.
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- S L Abboud
- Audie L. Murphy Division, The South Texas Veteran's Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
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Bellows CG, Pei W, Jia Y, Heersche JNM. Proliferation, differentiation and self-renewal of osteoprogenitors in vertebral cell populations from aged and young female rats. Mech Ageing Dev 2003; 124:747-57. [PMID: 12782418 DOI: 10.1016/s0047-6374(03)00088-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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A significant contribution to the bone loss associated with aging is likely to be a decline in bone formation. We have characterized and compared the number, capacity for proliferation and differentiation and the self-renewal ability of osteoprogenitors of aged (17-26-month-old) and young (1.5-month-old) female Wistar rats using limiting dilution analyses and continuous subculture experiments. Cells were obtained from outgrowths of explants of lumbar vertebrae (L1-L6) and grown in alpha-minimal essential medium (alpha-MEM), 10% FBS and 50 microg/ml ascorbic acid with or without dexamethasone (Dex; 0.3-300 nM) or progesterone (Prog; 0.01-10 microM). Growth curves for cell populations of both age groups were similar with population doubling times of 27.1 and 26.7 h for the aged and young animals, respectively. Osteoprogenitors from both age groups formed bone nodules when cultured in the presence of either Dex or Prog. Limiting dilution analysis in the presence of 10 nM Dex showed no difference between the aged and young rats in the number of colony forming units-fibroblast (CFU-F), alkaline phosphatase-positive colony forming units-fibroblast (AP+ CFU-F) or colony forming units-osteoblast (CFU-O). No differences were also found for any progenitor within the aged group. Limiting dilution analysis in the presence of 3 microM Prog showed no differences in the numbers of CFU-F, AP+ CFU-F or CFU-O between the aged and young groups or within the aged group. Continuous subculture of cells in the presence of 10 nM Dex revealed that the number of nodules per 10(4) plated cells increased in second subculture over first subculture cells in the young group but decreased in the aged group. Also, in third to fifth subculture cells, the number of nodules was lower in the aged group than in the young group. A similar pattern was observed in the presence of 3 microM Prog. Results indicate that the cell population doubling times, growth characteristics, and the number of CFU-F and osteoprogenitors in vertebral bone cell populations from aged rats and young rats are similar. This suggests that the bone loss associated with aging is not caused by a decrease in osteoprogenitor cell number. However, cell populations from the aged rats showed a reduced capacity for self-renewal in vitro, which would ultimately translate into a reduced number of osteoblasts and might be partly responsible for a decrease in bone formation in aged animals.
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- C G Bellows
- Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Room 403, 124 Edward Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1G6
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