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Partial Protection by Dietary Antioxidants Against Ethanol-Induced Osteopenia and Changes in Bone Morphology in Female Mice.
- Source :
- Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research; Jan2017, Vol. 41 Issue 1, p46-56, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Background Chronic alcohol consumption leads to increased fracture risk and an elevated risk of osteoporosis by decreasing bone accrual through increasing osteoclast activity and decreasing osteoblast activity. We have shown that this mechanism involves the generation of reactive oxygen species ( ROS) produced by NADPH oxidases. It was hypothesized that different dietary antioxidants, N-acetyl cysteine ( NAC; 1.2 mg/kg/d), and α-tocopherol (Vit.E; 60 mg/kg/d) would be able to attenuate the NADPH oxidase-mediated ROS effects on bone due to chronic alcohol intake. Methods To study the effects of these antioxidants, female mice received a Lieber-DeCarli liquid diet containing ethanol (Et OH) with or without additional antioxidant for 8 weeks. Results Tibias displayed decreased cortical bone mineral density in both the Et OH and Et OH + antioxidant groups compared to pair-fed ( PF) and PF + antioxidant groups ( p < 0.05). However, there was significant protection from trabecular bone loss in mice fed either antioxidant ( p < 0.05). Microcomputed tomography analysis demonstrated a significant decrease in bone volume (bone volume/tissue volume) and trabecular number ( p < 0.05), along with a significant increase in trabecular separation in the Et OH compared to PF ( p < 0.05). In contrast, the Et OH + NAC and Et OH + Vit.E did not statistically differ from their respective PF controls. Ex vivo histologic sections of tibias were stained for nitrotyrosine, an indicator of intracellular damage by ROS, and tibias from mice fed Et OH exhibited significantly more staining than PF controls. Et OH treatment significantly increased the number of marrow adipocytes per mm as well as mRNA expression of aP2, an adipocyte marker in bone. Only NAC was able to reduce the number of marrow adipocytes to PF levels. Et OH-fed mice exhibited reduced bone length ( p < 0.05) and had a reduced number of proliferating chondrocytes within the growth plate. NAC and Vit.E prevented this ( p < 0.05). Conclusions These data show that alcohol's pathological effects on bone extend beyond decreasing bone mass and suggest a partial protective effect of the dietary antioxidants NAC and Vit.E at these doses with regard to alcohol effects on bone turnover and bone morphology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- COMPLICATIONS of alcoholism
RNA analysis
BONE remodeling
REACTIVE oxygen species
ADIPOSE tissues
ANALYSIS of variance
ANIMAL experimentation
ANTHROPOMETRY
ANTIOXIDANTS
BONE marrow
BONE resorption
BONES
CARTILAGE cells
COMPUTED tomography
ETHANOL
FAT cells
IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY
RESEARCH methodology
MICE
MICROSCOPY
OSTEOPENIA
OXIDOREDUCTASES
POLYMERASE chain reaction
PROBABILITY theory
RESEARCH funding
STAINS & staining (Microscopy)
STATISTICS
TIBIA
TISSUE culture
VITAMIN E
DATA analysis
BONE density
REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
DATA analysis software
ACETYLCYSTEINE
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
PREVENTION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 120505940
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.13284