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ArticleZeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie2020

Administration of alpha-lipoic acid could maintain bone mass and bone strength in senile female rats with alcohol consumption.

Junfeng Zhan, Ya Jiang, Nan Zhu, Wang Fang, Gang Wang

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Article in Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Junfeng ZhanDepartment of orthopaedics Surgery, The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Ya JiangDepartment of Orthopaedics, Hefei Third People's Hospital, Hefei, China.
Nan ZhuDepartment of orthopaedics Surgery, The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Wang FangDepartment of orthopaedics Surgery, The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Gang WangDepartment of orthopaedics Surgery, Nanfang Hospital Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. tzs2081094@126.com.
Anhui Medical University · CNNanfang Hospital · CNThird People's Hospital of Hefei · CN

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Abstract

Previous studies have demonstrated the damaging effect of alcohol (ALH) consumption on bone tissue and bone metabolism. Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) promotes osteoblast proliferation and inhibits osteoclast proliferation, and positively affects bone regeneration; however, reports about effects of ALA on bone loss for aged female rats with ALH consumption are limited. This study was designed to investigate the impact of treatment with ALA on bone loss for aged female rats with ALH consumption. In this study 30 female Sprague-Dawley rats (22 months old), weighing approximately 520 g, were incorporated. The animals were randomly divided into three groups: group CON, group ALH and group ALH + ALA and received saline, ALH, ALH plus ALA treatment until death at 16 weeks, respectively. The results of maintaining bone mass and bone strength in senile female rats with ALH consumption were evaluated by histology, microcomputerized tomography, gene expression analysis and biomechanical tests. Results from this study indicated that ALH + ALA had stronger effects on the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in senile female rats with ALH consumption. The ALH + ALA produced stronger effects on the bone volume ratio (BV/TV), trabecular thickness (Tb.Th), trabecular number (Tb.N) and trabecular separation (Tb.Sp), BMD and strength of distal femurs, and regulation of osteogenesis and bone resorption-related gene expression. These results seem to indicate that ALA intervention prevents bone loss in senile female rats with ALH consumption.

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Bone DensityAlcohol DrinkingAnimalsBone and BonesFemaleRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyThioctic AcidThioctic AcidAlcoholAlpha-lipoic acidBone mineral densityDistal femurs

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