Bone Abstracts

Overall cure rates for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have improved allowing the cure of over 85% of patients. At least 70% of survivors of childhood ALL cancers have substantial morbidities as a result of their treatment. There is evidence that survivors of ALL have increased rates of long-term skeletal muscle dysfunction and weakness. Our objective was to determine the percentage of patients with muscle dysfunctions (muscle force, power, endurance, and % of fit...

Strontium ranelate (SrR) is now widely used for the prevention of osteoporotic fractures. The mechanisms by which this occurs, however, remain unclear. We investigated the actions of Sr2+ salts in bone-forming cultures of primary osteoblasts from rat calvariae. Osteoblasts were treated continuously with either SrR or SrCl2 for 14 days. Abundant, discretely mineralised ‘trabecular’ bone structures formed in alizarin red-stained control cultures. ...

Young transsexuals at a minimum age of 12 years are treated with GnRH-analogues (GnRHa) to suspend pubertal development until the addition of hormones of the desired sex is started at a minimum age of 16 years. The effect of this treatment on adult bone mineral density (BMD) is still unknown. We aimed to assess BMD at the age of 22, as this is near its peak in healthy individuals.In this prospective observational study 19 female to male (FtM) and 16 male...

Objectives: A role for glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) in controlling bone mass and strength has previously been reported. However, the rapid degradation of GIP in the bloodstream by the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 enzyme precludes therapeutic use. To circumvent this problem, a series of N-terminally modified GIP agonists have been developed. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of 28-day treatment with N-AcGIP on bone microarchitecture and...

Objective: Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy (MIP) has become a frequently used strategy but it requires a precise preoperative localization and the use of intraoperative PTH to fulfill its benefits. The current localization techniques (ultrasonography, MIBI scan) have shortcomings and intraoperative PTH is not available in our country.Case presentation: We report the cases of two patients, females (63 and 55 years old), with clinical and biochemical ...

Backround: Usually, skeletal development and bone age in children are still examined by x-ray. In obstetrics the use of fetal ultrasonography (US) of the distal femoral epiphyseal (DFE) and proximal tibial epiphyseal (PTE) ossification centers helps to identify intrauterine growth retardation. And US has been shown to be an excellent tool to assess the mineralization of bones. First ultrasound studies were following the mineralization of bones in young infants.<p class="ab...

Bone density (BMD) loss is a consequence of aromatase inhibitors (AI) treatment of breast cancer. B-ABLE cohort includes 391 postmenopausal women with early breast cancer starting AI therapy. Participants experienced a 1.98% (95% CI 1.54–2.42% P<0.0001) bone loss at lumbar spine (LS) and 1.24% (95% CI 0.81–1.67% P<0.0001) bone loss at femoral neck (FN) after 1 year on AI therapy and a 3.51% (95% CI 3.00–4.03% P<0.0001) bone...

Objectives: Glucagon-like peptide 1 is secreted by intestinal L-cells into the blood supply in response to nutrients in the intestine. Although osteoblasts express the GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R), the main action of the GLP-1/GLP-1R pathway in bone physiology and bone quality is unknown. The aim of the present study was to investigate bone strength and quality in a mouse model of GLP-1R deficiency.Materials/methods: Eight 16 weeks-old GLP-1R knock-out male m...

Objectives: Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) is secreted by intestinal K-cells into the blood supply in response to nutrient ingestion and absorption. Although osteoblasts and osteoclasts express the GIP receptor (GIPR), the main action of the GIP/GIPR pathway in bone physiology and bone quality is unknown. The aim of the present study was to investigate bone quality in a mouse model of GIPR deficiency.Materials/methods: Eleven 16 weeks...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of anabolic PTH on periodontal repair and mandibular bone defect in rats. Fenestration defects were created unilaterally of lower first molars in Wistar rats (n=32), and both periodontal ligament and cementum were removed. Animals were treated 3 times a week and then assigned to four groups (n=8): i) C14 – placebo administration for 14 days; ii) P14 – PTH administration for 14 days; iii) C21 – pl...