Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase blocks osteoclastic bone resorption in adaptive bone modeling.
Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase blocks osteoclastic bone resorption in adaptive bone modeling.
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DOI:
10.1080/00016489850183223
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发表时间:
1998-09
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
R. Chole;S. Tinling;E. Leverentz;M. D. McGinn
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作者:
R. Chole;S. Tinling;E. Leverentz;M. D. McGinn
In this study, the auditory bulla of the gerbil was pressurized, leading to active modeling of the bone of the bulla wall with a significant increase in osteoclast surface and mineral apposition rate. Systemic infusion of L-N(G)-nitro-arginine-methyl ester (L-NAME), an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), inhibited this modeling process. The percentage osteoclast surface (Oc.S/BS) on the inner surface bulla wall was significantly reduced in the L-NAME-treated animals when compared with pressurized saline-treated bullae. Fluorescent bone surface (BSf) mineral apposition rates (MAR) and bone formation rate (BFR) were not significantly different in the pressurized bullae when the L-NAME group was compared with the control (vehicle only) group. However, L-NAME significantly suppressed BSf in the unpressurized bullae. Therefore, it is likely that nitric oxide is a mediator of osteoclastic resorption due to adaptive bone modeling through one or more of the isoforms of NOS.