title: Effects of prostaglandin E1 on callus formation in rabbits.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Recent research has focused on identifying chemical modulators of osteogenesis. We present initial findings on the osteoinductive properties of prostaglandin Е1 (Vasaprostan), using a rabbit model.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected on callus formation in 14 male rabbits. These were divided into two groups (control and treatment) with 7 animals in each group. In all animals, the right tibia was fractured using a standardized protocol and stabilized by an intramedullary nail. Treatment group received a 5 μg/kg subcutaneous injection of PGE1/day during 10 postoperative days. Visual and radiological evaluation of callus formation was prospectively collected. After 30 days, all animals were killed and the tibia specimens were examined histologically.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In all the treatment group animals, fractures were consolidated radiologically by day 30. No treatment group animals and two control group animals were excluded form the experiment. In the control group, 4 animals demonstrated slower callus formation than the main group. Two control group animals were excluded from the experiment on the 20th day due to wound infection; one developed a nonunion. The mean coefficient of bone callus thickening in the main group was 2.08 (±0, 16) and 1.77 (±0.05) (p < 0.05) in the control group. Calculation of mean quantity of neogenic vessels in 10 random visual fields of the bone callus revealed 78 (±9.82) in the main group and 40 (±4.68) in the control group (p < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study demonstrates an increased rate and amount of bone callus formation in the group treated with prostaglandin E1 compared to the control group. Prospective radiological analysis was corroborated by histologic evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Traumatology, Orthopaedics Department, 64 Clinical City Hospital, Russian State Medical University, Vavilova 61, 117292, Moscow, Russia. lipper@inbox.ru.
authors.forename: Pawel V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Lipinsky
authors.affiliation: Traumatology, Orthopaedics Department, 64 Clinical City Hospital, Russian State Medical University, Vavilova 61, 117292, Moscow, Russia. ivsir@mail.ru.
authors.forename: Ivan V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Sirotin
authors.affiliation: Traumatology, Orthopaedics Department, 64 Clinical City Hospital, Russian State Medical University, Vavilova 61, 117292, Moscow, Russia. pskor@bk.ru.
authors.forename: Alexandr V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Skoroglyadov
authors.affiliation: Traumatology, Orthopaedics Department, 64 Clinical City Hospital, Russian State Medical University, Vavilova 61, 117292, Moscow, Russia. drdefiler@mail.ru.
authors.forename: Alexey V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Ivkov
authors.affiliation: Traumatology, Orthopaedics Department, 64 Clinical City Hospital, Russian State Medical University, Vavilova 61, 117292, Moscow, Russia. iio@rsmu.ru.
authors.forename: Alexandr P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Oettinger
authors.affiliation: Joint Implant Surgeons of Florida 7331 College Pkwy, Suite #300, Fort Myers, FL, 33907, USA. evkryn@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Evgeny E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Krynetskiy
authors.affiliation: Traumatology, Orthopaedics Department, 64 Clinical City Hospital, Russian State Medical University, Vavilova 61, 117292, Moscow, Russia. alex-ortoped@mail.ru.
authors.forename: Alexandr B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: But-Gusaim
authors.affiliation: Division for Total Joint Replacement/Orthopedics, Department of Orthopedics, University Hospital Leipzig, Traumatology and Plastic Surgery, Liebig Street 20, 04103, Leipzig, Germany. andreas.roth@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.
authors.forename: Andreas J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Roth
mesh_terms: D000527:Alprostadil / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000818:Animals; D002146:Bony Callus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000187:drug effects; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D011859:Radiography; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000527:Alprostadil