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Zoledronic acid enhances bone-implant osseointegration more than alendronate and strontium ranelate in ovariectomized rats

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Summary

This study was designed to compare the effects of alendronate (ALN), strontium ranelate (SR), and zoledronic acid (ZOL) on bone-implant osseointegration in ovariectomized rats. Histological examination and biomechanical tests show that ZOL, ALN, and SR enhance bone-implant osseointegration; ALN and SR have similar effects, while ZOL enhances bone-implant osseointegration more than ALN and SR

Introduction

This study aims to compare the effects of ALN, SR, and ZOL on bone-implant osseointegration in ovariectomized rats.

Methods

Sixty female Sprague–Dawley rats were included in this study. Of them, 48 rats were ovariectomized (OVX) and assigned to four groups: OVX (OVX + Veh), ALN (OVX + ALN), SR (OVX + SR), and ZOL (OVX + ZOL). And another 12 rats were sham-operated as a control group (Sham). Four weeks after ovariectomy, HA-coated titanium implants were inserted into the tibias bilaterally in all rats. Then the rats in groups ALN, SR, and ZOL were systemically administrated with alendronate (7 mg/kg/week, orally), strontium ranelate (500 mg/kg/day, orally), or a single injection of zoledronic acid (0.1 mg/kg, iv), respectively. Twelve weeks after implantation, all rats were sacrificed to get the femurs and tibias. Histological examination and biomechanical tests were used to evaluate bone-implant osseointegration in all groups.

Results

ALN, SR, and ZOL significantly increased distal femoral BMD when compared with group OVX; ZOL increased BMD significantly more than ALN and SR (P < 0.05). Significant increase of bone-to-implant contact and peri-implant bone fraction were observed in groups ALN, SR, and ZOL when compared with group OVX (P < 0.05). Groups ALN and SR were inferior to groups ZOL and Sham (P < 0.05) in bone-to-implant contact and peri-implant bone fraction. Similar results were found in biomechanical testing (max pushout force).

Conclusions

In rats losing bone rapidly after ovariectomy, systemic administration of ZOL, ALN, and SR causes better bone-implant osseointegration when compared to OVX; ALN and SR have similar positive effects on osseointegration, while ZOL, that was given in a dose with more positive BMD effect than that of ALN or SR, causes better osseointegration than either ALN or SR.

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Acknowledgments

This study was funded by the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Foundation in 2007 (NO2007B312004). The histological examination of this study was finished in The Center for New Drug Function Research, School of Life Science and Biopharmacology, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University. Thanks to Prof. QingNan Li for the help of histological examination. The biomechanical testing was finished in the Orthopedic Research Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, and we thank JianWei Chen for the help of biomechanical testing.

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  1. Department of Spine Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, 58 Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou, 510080, China

    B. Chen & X Yang

  2. Department of Orthopedics, GuangZhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou, China

    Y. Li & H. Xu

  3. The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

    D. Xie

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Chen, B., Li, Y., Yang, X. et al. Zoledronic acid enhances bone-implant osseointegration more than alendronate and strontium ranelate in ovariectomized rats. Osteoporos Int 24, 2115–2121 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-013-2288-7

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