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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 274: E146-E154, 1998;
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Vol. 274, Issue 1, E146-E154, January 1998

Role for parathyroid hormone in mechanical responsiveness of rat bone

J. W. M. Chow, S. Fox, C. J. Jagger, and T. J. Chambers

Department of Histopathology, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 ORE, United Kingdom

We investigated the relationship between parathyroid hormone (PTH) and mechanical stimulation in mechanically induced osteogenesis. In normal rats, mechanical stimulation of the eighth caudal vertebra induced an osteogenic response. This was augmented by a single injection of human PTH-(1---34) 30-45 min before loading. No osteogenic response was seen in thyroparathyroidectomized (TPTX) rats; the osteogenic response was restored by a single injection of PTH before stimulation, suggesting that physiological levels of PTH are necessary for the mechanical responsiveness of bone. c-fos expression was detected only in the osteocytes of those rats that were both mechanically stimulated and given PTH. This suggests that PTH supports mechanically induced osteogenesis by sensitizing either the strain-sensing mechanism itself or early responses of bone to strain-generated signals. The osteogenic response was not augmented by two further daily injections of PTH and was not seen in TPTX rats in which PTH administration was started 3 days after loading. These results reveal a major role for PTH in the mechanical responsiveness of rat bone.

osteocyte; strain; thyroparathyroidectomy; mechanical stimulation


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