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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Raman Spectroscopic Analysis to Detect Reduced Bone Quality after Sciatic Neurectomy in Mice.

Yasumitsu Ishimaru, Yusuke Oshima, Yuuki Imai, Tadahiro Iimura, Sota Takanezawa, Kazunori Hino, Hiromasa Miura

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yasumitsu IshimaruDepartment of Bone and Joint Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Toon 791-0295, Ehime, Japan. marup_59@yahoo.co.jp.
Yusuke OshimaBiomedical Optics Laboratory, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering Tohoku University, Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Miyagi, Japan. oshima-ehm@umin.ac.jp.
Yuuki ImaiDivision of Integrative Pathophysiology, Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University, Shitsukawa, Toon 791-0295, Ehime, Japan. kazunori330225@yahoo.co.jp.
Tadahiro IimuraDivision of Bio-imaging, Proteo-Science Center, Ehime university graduate school of medicine, Shitsukawa, Toon 791-0295, Ehime, Japan. miura@m.ehime-u.ac.jp.
Sota TakanezawaMolecular Medicine for Pathogenesis, Ehime university graduate school of medicine, Shitsukawa, Toon 791-0295, Ehime, Japan. y-imai@m.ehime-u.ac.jp.
Kazunori HinoDepartment of Bone and Joint Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Toon 791-0295, Ehime, Japan. iimura@m.ehime-u.ac.jp.
Hiromasa MiuraDepartment of Bone and Joint Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Toon 791-0295, Ehime, Japan. s_takane@m.ehime-u.ac.jp.
Ehime University · JPOita University · JP

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 16H05912
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone mineral density (BMD) is a commonly used diagnostic indicator for bone fracture risk in osteoporosis. Along with low BMD, bone fragility accounts for reduced bone quality in addition to low BMD, but there is no diagnostic method to directly assess the bone quality. In this study, we investigated changes in bone quality using the Raman spectroscopic technique. Sciatic neurectomy (NX) was performed in male C57/BL6J mice (NX group) as a model of disuse osteoporosis, and sham surgery was used as an experimental control (Sham group). Eight months after surgery, we acquired Raman spectral data from the anterior cortical surface of the proximal tibia. We also performed a BMD measurement and micro-CT measurement to investigate the pathogenesis of osteoporosis. Quantitative analysis based on the Raman peak intensities showed that the carbonate/phosphate ratio and the mineral/matrix ratio were significantly higher in the NX group than in the Sham group. There was direct evidence of alterations in the mineral content associated with mechanical properties of bone. To fully understand the spectral changes, we performed principal component analysis of the spectral dataset, focusing on the matrix content. In conclusion, Raman spectroscopy provides reliable information on chemical changes in both mineral and matrix contents, and it also identifies possible mechanisms of disuse osteoporosis.

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DenervationSpectrum Analysis, RamanAnimalsBone and BonesBone DensityCollagenMicePrincipal Component AnalysisSciatic NerveX-Ray MicrotomographyCollagenbone matrixbone qualitycollagen crosslinkhydroxyapatitemineral maturityosteoporosisRaman spectroscopysciatic neurectomy

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PMID30477282
PMCPMC6321365
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