Histomorphometric analysis and immunolocalization of RANKL and OPG during the alveolar healing process in female ovariectomized rats treated with oestrogen or raloxifene

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• 作者：Eloá ; Rodrigues LUVIZUTO ; Thallita Pereira QUEIROZ ; Sheila Mô ; nica Damá ; sio DIAS ; Tetuo OKAMOTO ; Rita Cá ; ssia Menegati DORNELLES ; Idelmo Rangel GARCIA JR. ; Roberta OKAMOTO
• 关键词：Alveolar process ; Osteoblasts ; RANKL ; Osteoprotegerin ; Ovariectomy ; Raloxifene ; Estradiol
• 刊名：Archives of Oral Biology
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：January 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：55
• 期：1
• 页码：52-59
• 全文大小：4074 K

文摘

Objective

To investigate the effects of bone-resorption inhibitors (oestrogen and raloxifene) on the RANKL/OPG balance during the chronology of the alveolar healing process in ovariectomized (OVX) rats by means of immunocolocalization and histomorphometric analysis.

Materials and methods

One hundred sixty female Wistar rats at 70 days of age were either OVX or sham-operated and divided into four groups: sham, OVX/Oil, OVX with E₂ replacement (17β-estradiol, 400 μg/month), OVX with RLX treatment (1 mg/kg bw/day). The 60-day treatment started 8 days after ovariectomy. The incisors were extracted to allow analysis of 7, 14, 21, 28 and 42 days of wound healing. After obtaining the histological samples, slides were stained with hematoxylin and eosin or subjected to immunocolocalization reaction for RANKL and OPG. Results were quantitatively evaluated.

Results

Histomorphometric analysis showed that the sham group presented the highest and OVX/Oil group the lowest mean bone formation value in the post-extraction period. The immunocolocalization analysis showed a larger increase in bone turnover at 7 postoperative days in OVX/Oil and sham groups and decreasing bone turnover in the other periods. The OVX/Oil group showed a large decrease in bone turnover at 14 postoperative days, a period demonstrated by mild cellular activity. OVX/E₂ and sham groups showed a decreased bone turnover at 28 postoperative days while OVX/RLX group showed a decreased bone turnover at 21 postoperative days. On the 42nd postoperative day, sham and OVX/RLX groups showed an established alveolar bone healing process.

Conclusions

Ovariectomy delays the alveolar healing process and interferes with bone turnover through the balance between RANKL and OPG. Oestrogen replacement or raloxifene treatment did not totally recover the oestrogen-deficient state. However raloxifene treatment showed more satisfactory results than oestrogen replacement.