期刊
BONE
卷 120, 期 -, 页码 487-494出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2018.12.017
关键词
Sciatic neurectomy; Axial loading; Bone adaptation; Histomorphometry
资金
- Northeastern University
The uniaxial tibial loading model is commonly used to promote bone formation through mechanoadaptation in mice. Sciatic neurectomy on the other hand recruits osteoclasts, which results in bone loss. Previous studies have shown that combining sciatic neurectomy with high magnitude loading increases the amount of bone formed. Here we determine whether low-intensity loading (low magnitude and few cycles) is sufficient to maintain bone mass after sciatic neurectomy, either by promoting bone formation (balance between concurrent resorption and formation), or by preventing bone resorption altogether. We examined bone adaptation in 4 groups of female C57BL/6J mice, 19-22 weeks old: (1) sham surgery + 10 N loading; (2) sham surgery + 5 N loading; (3) sciatic neurectomy; (4) sciatic neurectomy + 5 N loading. Left legs were kept intact as internal controls. We examined changes in bone cross sectional properties and marrow area with micro-CT images, and histomorphometric measures with histological sections at the midpoint between tibiofibular junctions. Loading at 10 N caused a significant increase in the amount of bone, but bone formation after 5 N of loading was not detectable in micro-CT images. There was significant bone loss in mice with sciatic neurectomy alone, but when combined with loading there was no significant bone loss. Histomorphometric analyses showed that loading at 5 N augmented bone formation periosteally on the lateral and posterior-medial surfaces, and reduced the number of endosteal osteoclasts on the posterior-medial surface compared to the contralateral leg. Combining sciatic neurectomy and loading at 5N promoted faster mineral apposition on the periosteal lateral surface and augmented bone resorption on the endosteal posterior surface compared to the contralateral leg. These data demonstrate that low-intensity loading is sufficient to maintain bone mass after sciatic neurectomy, both by preventing recruitment of osteoclasts on the endosteal surface and by compensating endosteal resorption caused by disuse with periosteal formation promoted by loading. This has implications for the loading required to maintain bone mass after injury or prolonged bedrest.
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