title: Effect of parathyroidectomy on aluminum toxicity and azotemic bone disease in the rat.
abstract: In maintenance dialysis patients, low-turnover osteomalacia and aplastic bone disease are generally attributed to aluminum toxicity. Both groups of patients have a relative deficiency of PTH. The reason for the development of osteomalacia versus aplastic bone disease is unclear. The present study was performed to evaluate whether parathyroidectomy (PTX) modifies the effect of aluminum administration on bone histology in renal failure. Seven groups of pair-fed rats were studied: normals (N); renal failure (RF); RF + PTX; PTX; RF + aluminum (AL); RF + PTX + AL; and PTX + AL. Aluminum was administered intraperitoneally 5 days/week for 6 weeks. All groups were sacrificed at 6 weeks. Renal failure increased the serum calcium in both the parathyroid intact (RF versus N, 11 +/- 0.1 versus 10 +/- 0.3 mg/dl, X +/- SEM, P less than 0.05) and calcium-supplemented PTX groups (PTX + RF versus PTX, 9.7 +/- 0.2 versus 9.2 +/- 0.2 mg/dl, P less than 0.05). After PTX, aluminum administration increased the serum calcium (PTX + AL versus PTX, 9.8 +/- 0.3 versus 9.2 +/- 0.2, P less than 0.05, and PTX + RF + AL versus PTX + RF, 10.8 +/- 0.1 versus 9.7 +/- 0.2 mg/dl, P less than 0.05). In rats with renal failure receiving aluminum, PTX decreased osteoid volume and surface but not osteoid thickness. Rats receiving aluminum did not mineralize bone. Additionally, in PTX rats receiving aluminum, renal failure per se increased osteoblast surface, osteoid surface, osteoid volume, and osteoclast number.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Wadsworth VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lorenzo
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Felsenfeld
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Llach
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D012080:Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010018:Osteomalacia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014511:Uremia / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D000535:Aluminum