Dietary Xylitol Retards the Ovariectomy-Induced Increase of Bone Turnover in Rats

The effects of 10% dietary xylitol supplementation in ovariectomized rats were studied on the degradation of bone organic and inorganic structures. The osseal concentrations of hydroxyproline, pyridinoline, and deoxypyridinoline were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography. Bone resorption was measured in [³H]tetracycline-prelabeled rats by urinary excretion of ³H, and by the amount of ³H preserved in bone. Bone trabeculation was measured by a computer image analyzer from sections stained by the method of von Kossa. The amount of collagen in bone organic fraction was lower in ovariectomized rats as compared with the sham-operated controls. This most likely is partly a consequence of an increased resorption, and partly a consequence of a higher proportion of immature periosteal bone in the ovariectomized animals, leading to a higher ratio of noncollagenous protein to collagen. The number of pyridinium crosslinks was lower in proportion, indicating no selective changes in the structure of collagen. Dietary xylitol significantly retarded the ovariectomy-associated decrease in the relative amount of collagen and the number of its mature crosslinks. Ovariectomy doubled the excretion of ³H and caused a significant decrease in the amount of ³H preserved in bone; both these changes were significantly retarded by the 10% dietary xylitol supplementation. Ovariectomy significantly decreased the volume of bone trabeculae, but this effect was also significantly inhibited by the xylitol supplementation in the diet. In conclusion, these findings suggest a dietary xylitol-induced normalizing effect on the rate of bone turnover in ovariectomized rats. Received: 12 February 1996 / Accepted: 20 August 1996     

Improved Bone Biomechanical Properties in Rats after Oral Xylitol Administration

The effects of 5, 10, and 20% dietary xylitol supplementations on the biomechanical properties, histological architecture, and the contents of collagen, pyridinoline, and deoxypyridinoline in long bones of rats were studied. Tibiae were used for the three-point bending test, and femurs were used for the torsion and loading test of the femoral neck. The 10 and 20% oral xylitol administrations caused a significant increase of tibial stress, femoral shear stress, and stress of the femoral neck as compared with the controls. Parallel, but not significant, effects were also seen in the 5% xylitol supplementation group. No significant differences in strain or Young's modulus of the tibiae were detected between the groups. An increased shear modulus of elasticity in femurs was detected in the 20% supplementation group as compared with the controls. The histomorphometrical data for the secondary spongiosa of the proximal tibia revealed that trabecular bone volume was significantly greater in all dietary xylitol supplementation groups as compared with the controls. The bone volume increased along with increasing xylitol content. No significant differences between the groups were detected concerning the amount of collagen per dry weight of organic matrix, the concentrations of pyridinoline or deoxypyridinoline in collagen, or the ratio of these crosslinks. This suggests no xylitol-dependent selective changes in these structures of bone collagen. In conclusion, dietary xylitol supplementation in rats improves the biomechanical properties of bone and increases the trabecular bone volume dose dependently. Received: 30 January 1997 / Accepted: 1 October 1998     

注射用木糖醇原料中细菌内毒素检查方法的研究

目的通过对供注射用木糖醇原料,作鲎试剂的干扰试验,确定用细菌内毒素检查法,检测注射用木糖醇原料中细菌内毒素方法的可行性.方法按中国药典2000年版附录中的细菌内毒素检查法进行试验操作.用不同厂家的鲎试剂对不同批号的注射用木糖醇原料分别进行干扰试验,考察确立注射用木糖醇原料的细菌内毒素检查法.结果将供注射用木糖醇用无热原水稀释制成0.1g/mL以下(10倍)浓度的溶液后,无干扰作用,结果准确可靠.结论供注射用木糖醇原料用细菌内毒素检测方法是可行的,结果安全可靠.可以替代热原检查法.     

甲磺酸培氟沙星注射液与木糖醇注射液配伍的稳定性探讨

目的:考察甲磺酸培氟沙星注射液和木糖醇注射液在室温下的配伍稳定性。方法:室温条件下,0~6h内用紫外分光光度法测定配伍后甲磺酸培氟沙星的含量变化情况,并同时观察记录配伍液的pH变化及外观变化。结果:室温条件下,0~6h内,配伍液的含量和外观无显著变化。结论:甲磺酸培氟沙星注射液和木糖醇注射液可以配伍使用。     

木糖醇注射液与两种抗生素配伍的稳定性研究

目的考察头孢他啶、甲磺酸培氟沙星在木糖醇注射液中的稳定性.方法模拟临床用法用量,对配伍溶液在6h之内的外观、pH值及含量的变化进行研究.结果配伍溶液的各项指标均无显著性变化.结论两种抗生素均可与木糖醇注射液配伍使用.     

Immunohistochemical analysis of epidermal growth factor receptor in cyclosporin A-induced gingival overgrowth

Cyclosporin A (CsA)-induced gingival overgrowth represents a tissue of fibrosis and epidermal growth factor (EGF) has been shown to induce extracellular matrix synthesis by fibroblasts. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the expression of EGF-receptor (EGF-r) in frozen sections of CsA-induced overgrown gingival tissue using immunohistochemical and semiquantitative techniques. Gingival biopsies were obtained from 12 renal transplant patients receiving CsA as well as 9 systemically and periodontally healthy individuals. Immunohistochemical staining procedures were carried out in frozen sections of gingival tissue and the expression of EGF-r was compared between the two study groups. The expression of EGF-r was more pronounced in the oral gingival epithelium of CsA-induced overgrown gingiva as compared to those of the clinically healthy gingival specimens. The reactivity in the inflammatory infiltrate and connective tissue cells of both of the study groups was similar. In conclusion, the results of the present study may suggest that CsA affects EGF-r metabolism in gingival keratinocytes resulting in an increased number of cell surface receptors, which may eventually play a role in the pathogenesis of gingival tissue alterations.     

Studies on the mechanism of xylitol-induced insulin secretion in dogs

Summary The effect of infusion of small doses of xylitol into the pancreatic artery upon insulin release was studied in anaesthetized dogs, in order to decide whether the strong insulin-releasing effect of xylitol in dogs is mediated by a direct action of xylitol upon the islets or indirectly by some of its metabolites. Xylitol or glucose was infused at 0.5–1.0 mg/kg · min either into the femoral vein or into the superior pancreaticoduodenal artery, and the changes in plasma insulin were measured in the superior pancreaticoduodenal vein. Infusion into the pancreatic artery always resulted in a sharp increase in insulin release, whereas intravenous infusion caused no or little increase. Infusion of xylitol into the superior pancreaticoduodenal artery produced a prompt increase in plasma insulin in the superior pancreaticoduodenal vein but not in the splenic vein. These data suggest that xylitol has a direct stimulatory effect upon islet cells. — During intravenous infusion of epinephrine (1.0 g/kg. min), plasma insulin did not increase despite intravenous administration of glucose or xylitol (0.4 g/kg). There was a rebound rise of plasma insulin after cessation of epinephrine infusion. Plasma insulin responses to intravenous injection of glucose or xylitol (0.4 g/kg) were inhibited also by the intravenous infusion of diazoxide (0.2 mg/kg · min), but this was somewhat variable among individual dogs. The suppression by epinephrine or diazoxide of both glucose and xylitol-induced hyperinsulinaemia may suggest that there is some common mechanism between the insulin-releasing effects of glucose and xylitol.

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Untersuchungen zum Mechanismus der verstärkten Insulinsekretion unter Xylit

Zusammenfassung An anaesthesierten Hunden wurde die Wirkung der Infusion kleiner Xylit-Mengen in die Pankreasarterie auf die Insulinfreisetzung untersucht, um zu klären, ob das Xylit direkt oder über einen seiner Metabolite auf die Insulinausschüttung wirkt. Xylit oder Glucose wurde in Mengen von 0.5–1.0 mg/kg/min entweder in die Femoralvene oder in die A.pankreaticoduodenalis sup. infundiert und die Änderung des PlasmaInsulins in der V.pankreatico-duodenalis sup. gemessen. Zufuhr über die Pankreasarterie löste immer eine abrupte Steigerung der Insulinfreisetzung aus, während intravenöse Gaben zu keinem oder nur einem geringen Anstieg führten. Die Xylit-Infusion in die A.pankreaticoduodenalis sup.bewirkte zwar eine prompte Steigerung der Plasma-Insulinspiegel in der V.pankreatico duodenalis sup., nicht aber in der Milzvene. — Diese Befunde sprechen dafür, daß Xylit die Inselzellen direkt stimuliert. Während einer i.v.Infusion von 1.0 g/kg/min Adrenalin stieg das Plasma-Insulin trotz intravenöser Zufuhr von 0.4 g/kg Glucose oder Xylit nicht an. Nach Beendigung der Adrenalin-Infusion wurde ein verstärkter Wiederanstieg des Plasma-Insulins beobachtet. Auch durch i.v.Gaben von 0.2 mg/kg/min Diazoxid ließ sich die Wirkung der Infusion von 0.4 g/kg Glucose oder Xylit unterdrükken, wobei sich jedoch Unterschiede zwischen den einzelnen Tieren ergaben. Die Aufhebung des Xylit- u. Glucose-Effektes auf die Insulinsekretion durch Adrenalin und Diazoxid könnte darauf hinweisen, daß die Steigerung der Insulinfreisetzung durch Glucose und Xylit auf einem gemeinsamen Mechanismus beruht.

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Etudes sur le mécanisme de la sécrétion d'insuline provoquée par le xylitol chez des chiens

Résumé L'effet sur la sécrétion d'insuline de l'infusion de petites doses de xylitol dans l'artère pancréatique a été étudié chez des chiens anesthésiés, afin de savoir si l'effet fortement insulino-sécréteur du xylitol chez les chiens est dû à une action directe du xylitol sur les îlots ou à une action indirecte par l'intermédiaire de certains de ses métabolites. Le xylitol ou le glucose était infusé la dose de 0.5–1.0 mg/kg. min, soit dans la veine fémorale, soit dans l'artère pancréatico-duodénale supérieure, et les variations de l'insuline plasmatique étaient mesurées dans la veine pancréatico-duodénale supérieure. L'infusion dans l'artère pancréatique provoquait toujours une rapide augmentation de la sécrétion d'insuline, tandis que l'infusion intraveineuse ne causait pas ou peu d'augmentation. L'infusion de xylitol dans l'artère pancréaticoduodénale supérieure provoquait une augmentation prompte de l'insuline plasmatique dans la veine pancréatico-duodénale supérieure, mais pas dans la veine splénique. Ces données suggèrent que le xylitol a un effet stimulateur direct sur les cellules des îlots. — Pendant l'infusion intraveineuse d'adrénaline (1.0 g/kg. min), l'insuline plasmatique n'augmentait pas malgré l'administration intraveineuse de glucose ou de xylitol (0.4 g/kg). Après l'arrêt de l'infusion d'adrénaline, l'insuline plasmatique présentait un phénomène de rebound. Les réponses de l'insuline plasmatique l'injection intraveineuse de glucose ou de xylitol (0.4 g/kg) étaient également inhibées par l'infusion intraveineuse de diazoxide (0.2 mg/ kg. min), mais ceci était un peu variable selon les chiens. La suppression par l'adrénaline ou le diazoxide de l'hyperinsulinémie provoquée par le glucose et le xylitol peut suggérer qu'il existe un mécanisme commun entre les effets insulino-sécréteurs du glucose et du xylitol.

     

Turku sugar studies V: Final report on the effect of sucrose,fructose and xylitol diets on the caries incidence in man

The purpose was to study differences in the caries increment rate as influenced by various sugars. The trial involved almost complete substitution of sucrose (S) by fructose (F) or xylitol (X) during a period of 2 years. There were no significant initial differences as to caries status between the prospective sugar groups; 35 subjects in the S-group, 38 in the F-group, and 52 in the X-group. During the entire study 10 subjects discontinued or were excluded. The clinical and radiographical observer error was reported and discussed. After 2 years the mean increment of decayed, missed and tilled tooth surfaces was 7.2 in the S-group, 3.8 in the F-group, and 0.0 in the X-group. The weakness of the DMFS-index in not showing the development of new secondary caries and the increase in size of the lesions was overcome by expressing the caries activity in terms of indices showing the total quantitative and qualitative development. The results showed a massive reduction of the caries increment in relation to xylitol consumption. Fructose was found to be less cariogenic than sucrose. It was suggested that the non- and anticariogenic properties of xylitol principally depend on its lack of suitability for microbial metabolism and physico-chemical effects in plaque and saliva.     

Effects of xylitol and fluoride on the response to glucose pulses of Streptococcus mutans T8 growing in continuous culture

Streptococcus mutans T8 was grown glucose-limited at pH 7.0 in a chemostat and pulsed, under pH free-fall conditions, with glucose, xylitol or a mixture of the two. Experiments were conducted in the absence or continual presence of low levels (1 mmol.l-1) of fluoride. Culture filtrates of samples taken at frequent intervals were assayed for carbohydrate and fermentation end-products. Fluoride had little effect on the organism's response to glucose until the culture pH fell to ca. 5.0, at which point the rate of lactate production was reduced some 3-fold. Xylitol affected the response to glucose but its effect was most marked in the presence of fluoride. Under these conditions, the rate of lactate production was reduced at least 3-fold, the pH did not fall to 5.0 and only about 50% of the added glucose was consumed. This suggests that xylitol can augment the metabolic effects on S. mutans of low levels of fluoride.