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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jcm11010205
Keywords
osteoporosis; metabolic bone disorders; Clostridium perfringens; gastrointestinal; microflora; short-term infection
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- National Centre for Research and Development in Poland [BIO-STRATEG1/267659/7/NCBR/2015]
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Infection with Clostridium perfringens can disrupt the gastrointestinal microbiota balance, leading to changes in bone mineralization and metabolism, which may contribute to the early development of osteoporosis.
There is no information regarding whether changes in the microbiological balance of the gastrointestinal tract as a result of an infection with Clostridium perfringens influence the development of metabolic bone disorders. The experiment was carried out on male broiler chickens divided into two groups: control (n = 10) and experimental (n = 10). The experimental animals were infected with Clostridium perfringens between 17 and 20 days of age. The animals were euthanized at 42 days of age. The structural parameters of the trabecular bone, cortical bone, and hyaline cartilage as well as the mineralization of the bone were determined. The metabolism of the skeletal system was assessed by determining the levels of bone turnover markers, hormones, and minerals in the blood serum. The results confirm that the disturbed composition of the gastrointestinal microflora has an impact on the mineralization and metabolism of bone tissue, leading to the structural changes in cortical bone, trabecular bone, and hyaline cartilage. On the basis of the obtained results, it can be concluded that changes in the microenvironment of the gastrointestinal tract by infection with C. perfringens may have an impact on the earlier development of osteoporosis.
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