ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2015
Nitric oxide content and apoptosis rate in steroid-induced avascular necrosis of the femoral head.
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- Animal Models of Steroid-Induced Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head Established by Different Doses of Lipopolysaccharide Combined with Glucocorticoids: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Pooled it
- Advances in experimental models of osteonecrosis of the femoral head.Journal of orthopaedic translation · 2023Review
- Identification and Validation of Potential Ferroptosis-Related Genes in Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Upregulation of microRNA-576-5p protects from steroid-induced avascular necrosis of the femoral head by suppressing ANXA2.Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) · 2022Article
- Atorvastatin Upregulates microRNA-186 and Inhibits the TLR4-Mediated MAPKs/NF-κB Pathway to Relieve Steroid-Induced Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Article
- ARG2, MAP4K5 and TSTA3 as Diagnostic Markers of Steroid-Induced Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head and Their Correlation With Immune Infiltration.Frontiers in genetics · 2021Article
- The protective effects of microRNA-26a in steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head by repressing EZH2.Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) · 2020Article
- CORR Insights®: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Events Are Associated With Nontraumatic Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2018Article
- Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Events Are Associated With Nontraumatic Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2018Article
- 3D-printed porous titanium changed femoral head repair growth patterns: osteogenesis and vascularisation in porous titanium.Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine · 2017Article
- Aerobic training and l-arginine supplementation promotes rat heart and hindleg muscles arteriogenesis after myocardial infarction.Journal of physiology and biochemistry · 2016Article
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Abstract
The aim of the present study was to explore the effect on nitric oxide (NO) content and osteocyte apoptosis of steroid-induced avascular necrosis of the femoral head (SANFH) in an animal model of SANFH. A total of 40 Japanese white rabbits, 5 months of age and weighing 2.5±0.5 kg, were randomly divided into groups A (hormone + endotoxin group), B (endotoxin + normal saline group), C (normal saline + hormone group) and D (control group). Following the establishment of the model, a blood sample was taken from the heart of each animal and centrifuged; the levels of NO in the serum were detected. The bilateral femoral heads were conventionally dissected, fixed, decalcified and stained with hematoxylin and eosin. Subsequently, the empty bone lacunae were counted under an optical microscope. Changes in osteocyte morphology were observed using electron microscopy and osteocyte apoptosis was detected with a terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling assay. The percentage of empty bone lacunae in group A was significantly higher compared with that in groups B, C and D (P<0.01); however, there was no significant difference in percentage among groups B, C and D. The NO content in group A was significantly higher compared with that in groups B, C and D (P<0.01); however, there was no significant difference in NO content among groups B, C and D. The osteocyte apoptosis index in group A was significantly higher compared with that in the other groups (P<0.01); there was no significant difference among groups B, C and D. NO content was positively correlated with osteocyte apoptosis index (r=0.707). Thus, the present study found that NO content and the osteocyte apoptosis index were increased in SANFH, and that they play an important role in SANFH. The content of NO was positively correlated with the osteocyte apoptosis index, indicating that NO induces apoptosis.
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