The relationship between BMD, biochemical marker parameters and fracture risk for simulated weightlessness in male and female rats
ZHANG Heng1, REN Ningtao1, LIU Ning2, LI Jie3, WANG Zheng1, MAO Keya1, and CUI Geng1
1.Department of Orthopaedic, 3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100853, China; 2. Department of Orthopaedics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an 710032, China
Abstract:Objective To analyze the changes of BMD, biochemical marker parameters, mechanical properties in male and female rat osteoporosis models in simulated weightlessness comparatively to establish relationship and predict fracture risk.Methods 40 3-months-old SD rats were selected, 20 males and 20 females. According to the gender, they were divided into 4 groups at random: experimental group and reference group. The t Tail suspended models (TS) were measured. After 4 weeks, the rats were killed, the BMD of L4 and femoral condyle by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) were measured, the osteal tissue slices were stained by the way of poncean, the marks of bone biochemical metabolism in serum were detected by ELISA and the biomechanics was tested by biomechanical testing machine.Results The BMD of L4 lumbar vertebrae and femoral condyle in the experimental groups are obviously lower than the reference groups. The bone metabolic biochemical markers (BLAP & TRAP) in TS groups were remarkably higher than in the reference groups. The correlation coefficient R values between Fmax and BMD, BLAP, TRAP in male groups were 0.985, -0.949, -0.970, and in female group were 0.908, -0.858, -0.921.Conclusions For 4 weeks simulated weightlessness, obvious osteoporosis, destruction of the microstructure, decrease of the mechanical strength are manifested. Fmax is positively correlated with BMD, and negative correlation for BLAP, TRAP. It is a precise and convenient bone metabolism index to predict fracture risk in space medicine and is a feasible, precise and convenient bone metabolism index to predict fracture risk in space medicine.
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ZHANG Heng, REN Ningtao, LIU Ning, LI Jie, WANG Zheng, MAO Keya, and CUI Geng. The relationship between BMD, biochemical marker parameters and fracture risk for simulated weightlessness in male and female rats. Med. J. Chin. Peop. Armed Poli. Forc., 2016, 27(6): 545-549.
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