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Influence of aging on cortical and trabecular bone response to estradiol treatment in ovariectomized rats.

Abstract
Three groups (n = 15/group) of 6-, 12- and 30-month-old (mature, old and senescent animals, respectively) female Wistar rats on a diet (6 g/100 g BW/ day) containing 0.8% calcium and 0.8% inorganic phosphorus were studied. Within each group, 10 rats were ovariectomized surgically and 5 injected s.c. with 17 beta-estradiol (E rats, 10 micrograms/kg BW/48 h) and 5 with solvent alone (OVX rats) from day 2 until day 60 after ovariectomy. Five other rats were sham-operated (SH rats) and received solvent only. All rats were killed by exsanguination 60 days after ovariectomy. Neither ovariectomy nor estradiol treatment had a significant effect upon tibial mechanical properties in 6-, 12- and 30-month-old animals. Bone mineral density (BMD) and bone mineral content (BMC) of the distal femur and BMC of the whole femur were decreased by ovariectomy in 6- and 12-month-old rats, but were not different in the SH and E groups. In senescent animals, in which the lowest BMD and BMC were measured, estradiol treatment was more effective in increasing these parameters than in adult and old rats. Image analysis of the distal femoral diaphysis showed that estradiol treatment prevented trabecular bone loss induced by senescence and/or ovariectomy. In each group, urinary deoxypyridinoline excretion and plasma osteocalcin concentration were higher in the OVX animals than in the controls, consistent with increased bone turnover in the estrogen-deficient state. Both biochemical turnover markers were reduced in the estrogen-treated groups. These results indicate that 17 beta-estradiol is particularly effective at preventing high-turnover-induced osteopenia in 30-month-old animals.
AuthorsN Gaumet, P Braillon, M J Seibel, A Pointillart, V Coxam, M J Davicco
JournalGerontology (Gerontology) Vol. 44 Issue 3 Pg. 132-9 ( 1998) ISSN: 0304-324X [Print] Switzerland
PMID9592683 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Amino Acids
  • Osteocalcin
  • Estradiol
  • deoxypyridinoline
Topics
  • Aging (physiology)
  • Amino Acids (urine)
  • Animals
  • Biomechanical Phenomena
  • Body Weight (drug effects)
  • Bone Density (drug effects)
  • Bone Resorption (metabolism)
  • Bone and Bones (drug effects)
  • Estradiol (pharmacology)
  • Female
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Organ Size (drug effects)
  • Osteocalcin (blood)
  • Osteogenesis (physiology)
  • Ovariectomy
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Tibia (anatomy & histology, drug effects, physiology)
  • Uterus (anatomy & histology)

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