title: Effect of dihydrotachysterol on bone induction in ovariectomized rats.
abstract: We have demonstrated via marrow stromal cell cultures and the osteoinductive response to demineralized bone grafts (DBM) that the cortical bone deficit in the ovariectomized (OVX) rat (6 weeks postop) is primarily due to impaired osteoprogenitor cell proliferation, and that dihydrotachysterol (DHT) treatment can be protective. In cultured marrow stromal cells from OVX rats, short-term DHT-Rx exaggerated the already subnormal pattern of marrow stromal cell proliferation. However, in DBM grafts, DHT treatment benefited the time-course of mesenchymal cell DNA synthesis as measured by tritiated thymidine incorporation and osteogenic cell maturation as measured by alkaline phosphatase concentration, and established a suggestive trend toward normalization of bone formation/mineralization (24 h 45Ca incorporation). The data from this animal model infer that DHT could moderate the bone loss normally seen in ovariectomized rats via an activation of the osteoprogenitor cell population.
authors.affiliation: Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tabuchi
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Simmons
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fausto
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Binderman
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Avioli
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000187:drug effects*; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002999:Clone Cells; D004097:Dihydrotachysterol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D010052:Ovariectomy; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000097:blood; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D010758:Phosphorus; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D004097:Dihydrotachysterol; D002118:Calcium