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To clarify the local changes in bone formation and resorption during the early period after ovariectomy (OVX), 200 SD rats, 4 months of age, underwent OVX or sham surgeries and seven to nine rats from each group were terminated at 1, 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 28, 35, 63, and 91 days postsurgery after tetracycline labeling. Serum intact osteocalcin levels were measured. Undecalcified sections of the 5th lumbar body (L5) and the right proximal tibia were measured for trabecular bone area, the labeled perimeters and the interlabeling distances after Villanueva's staining. On the 4th lumbar body (L4) and the left proximal tibia, undecalcified sections were measured for the trabecular osteoclast, by tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase staining. The uterine horns were atrophied on the 3rd postovariectomy day (day 3). Serum osteocalcin levels increased on day 7 and reached the highest value on day 23. In either L5 or the metaphysis of the proximal tibia, trabecular bone volume (BV/TV) significantly decreased on day 15. The trabecular bone loss on day 28 was approximately 50% in the tibia and 15% in the L5. In either the lumbar or the tibia, osteoclast numbers significantly increased at day 3, and peaked between days 15 and 23.In the tibia, however, the bone formation rates (BFR/BS) were significantly reduced, on the 3rd and 7th postsurgical days compared with the start value for both the OVX and sham groups. The BFR/BS values in L5 did not decrease during the first 7 days in either group. The BFR/BS values were then increased for both L5 and the tibia after day 7. These data clearly demonstrated that the local bone turnover 7 days post-OVX was identical in the proximal tibia and the lumbar vertebra. In the proximal tibia, however, it may be suggested that the increased bone resorption and reduced formation within 7 days after OVX due to the combined effects of both an estrogen deficiency and the surgical intervention would possibly play a critical role in the greater magnitude of the trabecular bone loss.
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Yamaura, M., Nakamura, T., Tsurukami, H. et al. Local bone turnover in the metaphysis of the proximal tibia and the lumbar vertebra during the early periods after ovariectomy in rats. Calcif Tissue Int 58, 52–59 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02509546
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