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ArticlePloS one2019

Biomechanical and tomographic differences in the microarchitecture and strength of trabecular and cortical bone in the early stage of male osteoporosis.

Poh-Shiow Yeh, Yuan-Wen Lee, Wei-Hui Chang, Weu Wang, Jaw-Lin Wang, Shing-Hwa Liu, Ruei-Ming Chen

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Poh-Shiow YehDepartment of Neurology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan.
Yuan-Wen LeeDepartment of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Wei-Hui ChangGraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Weu WangDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Jaw-Lin WangInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shing-Hwa LiuInstitute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ruei-Ming ChenGraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-5728-0571
Taipei Medical University Hospital · TWNational Taiwan University · TWChi Mei Medical Center · TWTaipei Medical University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoporosis is a continuous process of loss of bone tissue. Compared to women, osteoporosis in men is associated with greater morbidity and mortality. In this study, we conducted tomographic and biomechanical evaluations of trabecular and cortical bone in the early stage of male osteoporosis. Male Wistar rats were subjected to orchiectomy and sham operation. Four weeks after being castrated, decreased levels of testosterone in plasma were found and resulted in concurrent bone loss. Separately, the orchiectomy led to significant tomographic alterations in the trabecular bone number, trabecular separation, and trabecular pattern factor. Data of a mechanistic compression test further showed that the orchiectomy diminished the maximum loading force, displacement at maximum load, energy at maximum load, and ultimate stress. Interestingly, orchiectomy-triggered changes in the maximum loading force and tomographic parameters were highly correlated. In contrast, tomographic and biomechanical analyses showed that 4 weeks after rats were orchiectomized, the thickness, area, maximum loading force, bone stiffness, energy at maximum load, and ultimate stress of the cortical bone were not changed. Taken together, this study showed specific differences in the microarchitecture and strength of trabecular bone in the early stage of male osteoporosis.

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AnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaBone and BonesBone DensityCancellous BoneCortical BoneFemurMaleOrchiectomyOsteoporosisRatsRats, WistarTestosteroneTomography, X-Ray ComputedTestosterone

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