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ArticleAnatomy & cell biology2024

Diabetes disrupts osteometric and trabecular morphometric parameters in the Zucker Diabetic Sprague-Dawley rat femur.

Robert Ndou, Vaughan Perry, Gcwalisile Frances Dlamini

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Robert NdouDepartment of Human Anatomy and Histology, School of Medicine, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2387-9324
Vaughan PerryDepartment of Human Anatomy and Histology, School of Medicine, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6801-1457
Gcwalisile Frances DlaminiSchool of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Parktown, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9731-7327
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University · ZAUniversity of the Witwatersrand · ZA

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Abstract

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is increasingly becoming more prevalent worldwide together with hospital care costs from secondary complications such as bone fractures. Femoral fracture risk is higher in diabetes. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the osteometric and microarchitecture of the femur of Zucker Diabetic Sprague-Dawley (ZDSD) femur. Ten-week-old male rats (n=38) consisting of 16 control Sprague-Dawley (SD) and 22 ZDSD rats were used. The rats were terminated at 20 weeks and others at 28 weeks of age to assess age, diabetes duration effects and its severity. Bilateral femora were taken for osteometry, bone mass measurements and micro-focus X-ray computed tomography scanning to assess the trabecular number (TbN), thickness (TbTh), spaces (TbSp), bone tissue volume to total volume (BV/TV) and volume (BV). Diabetic rats had shorter (except for 20-weeks-old), lighter, narrower, and less robust bones than SD controls that wered more robust. Although cortical area was similar in all diabatic and control rats, medullary canal area was the largest in ZDSD rats. This means that the diabetic rats bones were short, light and hollow. Diabetic rats aged 20 weeks had reduced BV, BV/TV, TbN with more spacing (TbSp). In contrast, the 28 weeks old diabetic rats only showed reduced BV and TbN. Discriminant function analysis revealed, for the first time, that osteometric parameters and TbTh, TbN, and TbSp were affected by diabetes. This knowledge is valuable in the management of diabetic complications.

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Bone fractureCortical boneDiabetes mellitusFemurHyperglycemia

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