title: The relationship between bone-loss of steroid-induced osteonecrosis and local expression of OPG/OCIF.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To probe the relationship between the osteoprotegerin/osteoclastogenesis inhibitory factor (OPG/OCIF) expression of bone and the relative bone-loss.
  
  
  METHODS
  Steroid-induced osteonecrosis-model was reproduced in thirty-one new Zealand hares, and 24 ones were alive 3 days after administration of endotoxin and methylprednisolone. The alive creatures were divided into control group and trial groups randomly. After the creatures being executed, bone-density measurement of the femurs, HE staining, Ca(+ +) staining and OPG/OCIF immunohistochemistry staining were performed, followed by image processing and statistical analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the early period of steroid-induced osteonecrosis, the local OPG/OCIF expression significantly decreased, with a large number of osteoclasts in the local medulla, followed by a progressively bone-loss.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Corticosteroid could inhibit OPG/OCIF expression in the bone, increase the activity and differentiation of osteoclast relatively, and worsen bone-loss in steroid-induced osteonecrosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic, General Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100853, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D015519:Bone Density; D006023:Glycoproteins; D010010:Osteoclasts; D010020:Osteonecrosis; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor