title: Enhancement of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2)-induced new bone formation by concurrent treatment with parathyroid hormone and a phosphodiesterase inhibitor, pentoxifylline.
abstract: We investigated the enhancement of new bone |formation elicited ectopically by recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2), using parathyroid hormone (PTH) and a phosphodiesterase inhibitor (PDEi), pentoxifylline (PTX), in an animal model. Collagen sponge sheet discs containing rhBMP were implanted onto the back muscles of mice. PTX alone (200 mg/kg body weight [BW]), PTH(1-34) (10 microg/kg BW), PTX plus PTH (200 mg/kg BW and 10 microg/kg BW, respectively), or vehicle (control) were injected subcutaneously daily for 3 weeks after implantation. At the end of this period, rhBMP-2-induced ectopic ossicles were harvested from each group of animals. Ossicles from the PTX-treated group were significantly larger in size, with unchanged bone mineral density (BMD), as compared with the ossicles from the controls. In contrast, the ossicles from the PTH-treated group had significantly higher BMD, but showed no difference in size when compared with those from the control animals. The ossicles of the PTX + PTH treatment group were significantly larger than those of the control and PTH treatment groups. In addition, the BMD of the harvested tissues from the PTX + PTH treatment group was signifi-cantly higher than that of tissues from the control and PTX treatment groups. Although the calcium content of ossicles was significantly higher in the PTX-, PTH-, and PTX + PTH-treated groups than in the control group, the Ca content of ossicles from the PTH + PTX-treated group was highest (two times that of controls), followed by the PTH- and PTX-treated groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, 390-8621, Matsumoto, Japan. horiuchi@ hsp.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Horiuchi
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wakabayashi
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsutsumimoto
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Otsuru
authors.forename: Kunio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takaoka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015519:Bone Density / Q000187:drug effects; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis; D004429:Ear Ossicles / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010431:Pentoxifylline / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011859:Radiography; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta
chemical_list: C525718:BMP2 protein, human; C525719:Bmp2 protein, mouse; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; C499469:recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2; D010431:Pentoxifylline; D002118:Calcium