The effects of intermittent administration of human parathyroid hormone (1–34) on streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats |
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Authors: | Takeshi Sato Kozo Sato |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, 010 Akita, Japan |
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Abstract: | Intermittent administration of low doses of human parathyroid hormone (h-PTH) has been reported to exhibit an anabolic effect
on bone, increasing its mass. We investigated the effects of intermittent administration of h-PTH on bone changes in streptozotocin-
(STZ-) induced diabetes mellitus (DM) rats by measuring bone mineral density and bone mineral contents and by bone histomorphometry.
Wistar rats, 7–8 months old, were used. Osteoporosis was induced by diabetes mellitus, which was established by an intraperitoneal
injection of STZ. Rats were separated into five groups: sham-injected, baseline control, vehicle-only-administered, and low-dose
(6.0μg/kg) or high-dose (60.0μg/kg) h-PTH-administered groups. h-PTH or vehicle was injected subcutaneously six times a week
for 4 weeks beginning 9 weeks after STZ administration. Bone mineral density and mineral contents were significantly lower
in the baseline control and vehicle groups than in the control group. The PTH-administered groups showed higher values compared
with both vehicle and baseline control groups. In bone histomorphometry, both bone volume and bone formation in the STZ group
were markedly reduced. The h-PTH-administered rats showed increase in both bone volume and bone formation, which are related
parameters, but administration of h-PTH did not alter the extent of eroded surface. Our results suggest that intermittent
administration of h-PTH is effective in activating bone formation and in preventing further bone loss in osteoporosis developed
by STZ-induced DM. |
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Keywords: | experimental osteoporosis diabetes mellitus human parathyroid hormone intermittent administration bone changes |
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