Decreased Bone Mass and Strength in Ovariectomized Cynomolgus Monkeys (Macaca fascicularis)

Agents for prevention or treatment of osteoporosis must now be tested in a large animal species that exhibits bone remodeling. Ovariectomized, nonhuman primates provide one such model, and they consistently develop osteopenia accompanied by high bone turnover rates. The goal of this study was to further characterize this model, and particularly to determine the effect of ovariectomy on bone strength in vertebrae and femoral necks. Longitudinal evaluations of spinal bone mass and serum markers of bone turnover were performed in 19 sham-ovariectomized (SHAM) and 18 ovariectomized (OVX), domestically reared cynomolgus monkeys, aged >9 years. OVX monkeys lost bone relative to both baseline values and SHAM controls. Serum markers of bone turnover were increased by OVX. After 72 weeks, both vertebral bone compressive strength and femoral neck breaking strength were significantly decreased in OVX animals compared with SHAM. Ovariectomized cynomolgus monkeys, like postmenopausal women, develop accelerated bone loss, increased bone turnover, and reduced bone strength, and provide a suitable large animal model for efficacy studies with agents for prevention or treatment of osteoporosis. Received: 24 June 1996 / Accepted: 3 September 1996     

Specific Changes of Urinary Excretion of Cross-Linked N-Telopeptides of Type I Collagen in Pre- and Postmenopausal Women: Correlation with Other Markers of Bone Turnover

Urinary excretion of cross-linked N-telopeptide of type I collagen (NTx) has been reported to be a specific marker of bone resorption [18]. We assessed a new immunoassay for NTx as an indicator of changes in bone resorption caused by spontaneous menopause and compared cross-sectionally the levels of urinary NTx, hydroxylysylpyridinoline (HP), lysylpyridinoline (LP), hydroxyproline (OH-Pr), other serum biochemical indices, and lumbar spine and proximal femur bone mineral density (BMD). Eighty-one Japanese women aged 22–77 participated in this study; 36 were premenopausal and 45 were postmenopausal. Urinary HP, LP, and NTx stayed at low levels in the premenopausal period and rose 21%, 30%, and 67% in the postmenopausal period, respectively. The rise in LP and NTx was statistically significant (P < 0.01), suggesting that NTx is mostly released from bone matrix when bone resorption is accelerated. When premenopausal women were divided into two age groups and postmenopausal women were divided into two groups according to years since menopause (YSM) there were significant differences in LP and NTx between women <4 YSM and women aged <40 and those women aged 41+ (P < 0.01 and P < 0.05, respectively). A significant 110% increase in urinary NTx and a 48% increase in urinary LP were observed in postmenopausal women compared with age-matched premenopausal women aged 45–55. All biochemical markers other than serum PTH correlated significantly with each other (r = 0.243–0.858, P < 0.05–0.0001). Urinary NTx inversely correlated with lumbar spine BMD. When postmenopausal women were divided into three groups, the correlation between bone resorption and formation markers in women 0-1 YSM was greater than in women 2–10 YSM and in women 11 + YSM, indicating that resorption and formation are coupled at the early postmenopausal period. We conclude that urinary NTx is responsive to changes in bone metabolism caused by estrogen deficiency and may be a more sensitive and specific marker than HP, LP, or OH-Pr in the early postmenopausal years. Received: 15 February 1995 / Accepted: 18 October 1996     

骨与关节肿瘤和瘤样病变1084例统计分析

目的：分析青海高原地区骨与关节肿瘤及瘤样病变的发病情况。方法：对１９６３～１９９５年１０月的１０８４例骨与关节肿瘤及瘤样病变进行了统计分析。结果：良性骨肿瘤７２２例（６６．６１％），恶性骨与关节肿瘤２４９例（２２．９７％），瘤样病变１１３例（１０．４２％），良、恶性肿瘤之比为２．９∶１，男女之比为１．２２∶１，好发年龄为１１～３０岁，好发部位为胫骨（２７．３％），其次为股骨（２１．８％）。良性骨肿瘤以骨软骨瘤（５４．４３％）、软骨瘤（２１．１９％）、骨巨细胞瘤（９．９７％）多见。原发恶性骨肿瘤以骨肉瘤（３３．３％）、软骨肉瘤（１０．８５％）、骨髓瘤（１０．０５％）多见。瘤样病变则以孤立性骨囊肿（４６．０１％）和骨纤维结构不良（３０．９７％）多见。结论：本组结果与国内文献对比有许多相似之处，但良性骨肿瘤与恶性骨肿瘤之比与国内文献有较大不同，可能与高原环境有关。     

人骨髓间充质干细胞体外分化为雪旺样细胞的方法

目的 :建立人骨髓间充质干细胞体外向雪旺样细胞定向诱导分化的方法。方法 :取健康人骨髓血标本 ,利用percoll(密度为 1.0 73 g·ml-1)分离骨髓单个核细胞 ,在DMEM LG + 10 % (体积分数 )FBS中培养 ,通过流式细胞术对培养细胞进行表型测定 ,对第 2、3、5、8代间充质干细胞进行定向诱导分化 ,用单抗S 10 0、神经胶质纤维酸性蛋白 (glialfibrillargacidicprotein ,GFAP) ,通过免疫组化方法对诱导的细胞进行鉴定。 结果 :经 percoll分离的间充质干细胞可传 16代 ,细胞数增加了大约 6× 10 7倍。流式细胞术结果显示 :percoll分离出来的未经培养的细胞 ,其CD2 9+CD4 4 +CD3 4 -CD4 5 -细胞数为 3 2 .4 7%± 3 .4 9% ,而培养后贴壁细胞中CD2 9+CD4 4 +CD3 4 -CD4 5 -细胞数为 94 .3 8%± 1.5 0 %。诱导后免疫组化染色结果显示 :由 β ME +bFGF预诱导、β ME +bFGF诱导的S 10 0阳性细胞最多 ,可达 90 %± 4 % ,GFAP阳性细胞为 2 1%± 5 %。结论 :人骨髓中间充质干细胞能定向诱导分化成雪旺样细胞。     

应力松弛接骨板对骨几何形态和力学性能影响的实验观察

作者采用粘弹性材料制成垫圈置于接骨板螺孔与螺丝钉之间，构成应力松弛接骨板系统。实验证实，有垫与无垫接骨板在固定早期对模拟骨的应力遮挡作用相同，固定８周后垫圈出现明显变形和破坏，使有垫接骨板的应力遮挡率从第１０周起明显低于无垫接骨板。有垫接骨板固定的胫骨骨质疏松明显轻于无垫组，固定２０周后，有垫组的胫骨髓腔径明显小于无垫组，骨皮质厚度和胫骨抗弯强度均明显大于无垫组（Ｐ＜０．０５～０．０１）。说明应力松弛接骨板系统早期具有与坚强接骨板相同的固定作用，后期其应力遮挡效应可逐渐减小，避免严重的骨质疏松和骨力学性能下降。     

山西省卫Ⅳ项目地区农民因病致贫研究

目的 研究项目地区农民因病致贫严重程度及预防措施。方法 利用扩展线性支出系统界定贫困标准，观察因病致贫率并研究因病致贫人群特点。结果 农民因病致贫率3．44％，因病致贫人群收入低，健康状况差，馒性病患病率高。2周就诊和年住院率高，年家庭医疗费用支出远高于对照人群。结论 通过住院医疗保险和慢性病防治措施缓解农民因病致贫。     

Can bone metabolism markers be adopted as an alternative to scintigraphic imaging in monitoring bone metastases from breast cancer?

Bone scintigraphy plays a major role in the diagnosis of bone metastases. The clinical utility of new biochemical markers of bone metabolism has recently been investigated in various bone diseases. This study evaluated the role of some bone metabolism markers in comparison with bone scan in the follow-up of breast cancer patients. We studied 149 patients with breast cancer, 33 (22%) of whom had bone metastases. IRMAs were used for the evaluation of blood levels of osteocalcin, bone alkaline phosphatase (BAP), the C-terminal propeptide of type I procollagen and the C-terminal cross-linked telopeptide of type I collagen (ICTP). Multivariate regression analysis showed that menopausal status (P=0.007) and metastatic bone lesions (P=0.001) affected bone marker levels. When considering post-menopausal women, the only subset in which bone metabolism marker behaviour could be reliably investigated, we found a high degree of overlap in marker distribution for scan-positive and scan-negative patients. Discrimination between scan-negative and scan-positive patients based on the above markers, taken singly or jointly, was assessed by means of logistic discriminant analysis. The best discrimination was achieved with BAP, closely followed by ICTP. BAP and ICTP together gave a slight improvement over the use of the two markers separately. However, even in this case the degree of discrimination was poor and its clinical utility was limited. In fact, to achieve a specificity of 95%, the sensitivity of the test was about 20%; conversely, with a sensitivity of 95%, the specificity was below 10%. In conclusion, based on our findings, we believe that blood levels of the investigated markers cannot replace bone scintigraphy in the follow-up of breast cancer patients for the early detection of bone metastases. Received 14 April and in revised form 5 July 1997     

国产4环／7层PET仪初试

对我国１９９６年研制成功的４环／７层ＰＥＴ仪（轴向视野８ｃｍ）进行试用。先进行模型试验和动物实验，然后对１例正常志愿者和７例患者进行１８Ｆ脱氧葡萄糖（ＦＤＧ）ＰＥＴ显像。静脉注射１８ＦＦＤＧ３７０ＭＢｑ后约１５小时显像，成人全身显像行１１个床位采集，约１５小时，心脑局部显像行２～３个床位采集，约半小时。直径１～３ｃｍ的阴模和阳模皆可显示。８例全身冠状和矢状断层影像清晰，正常志愿者（正常进食）可见脑和心肌显影，膀胱内放射性较多。２例恶性肿瘤患者的６处病变浓聚１８ＦＦＤＧ。２例恶性肿瘤患者手术和化疗后无复发征，显像阴性。２例良性病变处未见１８ＦＦＤＧ浓集。１例陈旧性心肌梗塞患者１８ＦＦＤＧ心肌断层显像与９９ｍＴｃ甲氧基异丁基异腈心肌血流灌注显像匹配良好。正常心肌显影与否受葡萄糖负荷的影响。８例脑皮质横断影像良好，基底节和丘脑影像有时尚欠清晰。初试结果表明，该ＰＥＴ仪相当于至今尚在国外广泛使用的８０年代中期４环／７层ＰＥＴ仪水平，但具有９０年代ＰＥＴ仪全身整体冠状和矢状断层显像的功能，可用于全身肿瘤显像、心肌活性判断和功能性癫痫灶术前定位，但仪器操作性能和软件功能尚需进一步完善。     

Cavernous sinus thrombosis following odontogenic and cervicofacial infection

Summary Cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST) is rarely seen clinically as a complication of infectious processes since the discovery of penicillin. At the present time, dental abscess is an uncommon cause of CST. We now report our experiences with a 60-year-old diabetic male, who developed CST 38 days after extraction of an infected upper third molar tooth. The importance of eradicating regional cervicofacial foci of infection is stressed.