title: Effects of eldecalcitol on cortical bone response to mechanical loading in rats.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Mechanical loading of bones activates modeling and suppresses remodeling by promoting bone formation. Eldecalcitol is approved for the treatment of osteoporosis in Japan and is often used in patients undergoing exercise therapy. However, the effects of eldecalcitol on bone formation during mechanical loading are unknown. The aim of this study was to clarify the influence of eldecalcitol administration on bone response to mechanical loading using a four-point bending device.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty six-month-old female Wistar rats were randomized into four groups based on eldecalcitol dose (vehicle administration (VEH), low dose (ED-L), medium dose (ED-M), and high dose (ED-H)). Loads of 38 N were applied in vivo to the right tibia for 36 cycles at 2 Hz, by four-point bending, 3 days per week for 3 weeks. After calcein double-labeling, rats were sacrificed and tibial cross sections were prepared from the region with maximal bending at the central diaphysis. Histomorphometry was performed on the entire periosteal and endocortical surface of the tibiae, dividing the periosteum into lateral and medial surfaces.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The effects of external loading on bone formation parameters were significant at all three surfaces. Bone formation parameters were highest in the ED-H group, and the effects of eldecalcitol on bone formation rate were significant at the endocortical surface. In addition, the interaction between loading and eldecalcitol dose significantly affected bone formation rate at the endocortical surface.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Eldecalcitol enhanced the cortical bone response to mechanical loading and a synergistic effect was observed in a rat model.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan. y_yamasaki@hiroshimaymca.org.|YMCA College of Medical & Human Services in Yonago, Yonago, Japan. y_yamasaki@hiroshimaymca.org.
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan. keitanagira@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Keita
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagira
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Division of Tottori University Hospital, Yonago, Japan. osakim@med.tottori-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Osaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan. hidekin@med.tottori-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagashima
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Division of Tottori University Hospital, Yonago, Japan. hagino@med.tottori-u.ac.jp.|School of Health Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan. hagino@med.tottori-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hagino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015519:Bone Density / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D016474:Weight-Bearing / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D; C547512:eldecalcitol