Parâmetros mecânicos, físicos e químicos na avaliação de mandíbulas de ratos deficientes em esteróides sexuais / Mechanical, physical and chemical parameters in mandible evaluation of sex steroid deficiency rats

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

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The increase in the life expectancy has been raising the occurrence of common degenerative alterations in aging population, as osteoporosis. This systemic disease is also frequent in hypogonadism and affects the bone metabolism, included mandibular bone. The aim of this study was to evaluate how sex steroid deficiency, induced by orchiectomy (ORX) or ovariectomy (OVX), influences on mandible bone remodeling of rats, in groups of chronic experimental periods. Wistar rats, 3 mouths, had been divided in three groups: controls (C), castrated (ORX; OVX) and castrated with hormonal treatment (ORX+TP testosterone propionate, 0,4 mg/100g BW/day; OVX+EB - estradiol benzoate, 0.7 g/100g BW/day). Females were previously evaluated by vaginal cytology and only rats with regular estrous cycle were used. The corporal mass was weekly verified and after experimental periods (90, 120 and 150 days), the animals were sacrificed. The blood was collected and serum stored for posterior analysis. Mandibles, femurs and columns were excised, measured and prepared to analyses of bone mineral density and physical and biomechanical properties. After castration, males presented low gain in body mass (90d: 12%, 120d: 24% and 150d: 13% lower than C, p<0,05), in contrast of females (90d: 38% and 120d: 41% upper than C, p<0,05). The measures of all bones were lower in males and in females (♂ - 90d: vertebrae 11.8%, femur 4.4%, mandibular condyle MD 9.4%, mandibular condyle VL 16.6%; 120d: vertebrae 13.6%, femur 4%, mandibular condyle MD 9%, mandibular condyle VL 22.2%; 150d: vertebrae 16.8%, femur 6% , mandibular condyle MD 21.6%, mandibular condyle VL 29.1% and ♀ - 90d: vertebrae 7.7%, femur 5.6%, mandibular condyle MD 29.1 %, mandibular condyle VL 11.8%; 120d: vertebrae 15.9 %, femur 6.1%, mandibular condyle MD 33.6%, mandibular condyle VL 14.8% and 150d: vertebrae 21.6%, femur 5.42%, mandibular condyle MD 29.1%, mandibular condyle VL 15.1% lower than C, p<0,05), in all experimental periods. Males and females presented serum concentration of sex steroid hormones, phosphate and alkaline phosphatase lower than control group, p<0,05 (Testosterone - 90d: 87%,120d: 87.5%,150d: 90.4%; Estradiol - 90d: 85.8%, 120d: 80.8%, 150d: 71.5%; Phosphate - ORX - 120d: 7.5%, 150d: 9.2% and OVX 90d: 17.2%, 120d: 16%, 150d: 24%; Alkaline phosphatase - ORX - 90d: 7%, 120d: 6.8%, 150d: 9.5% and OVX 90d: 21.2%, 120d: 26.1%, 150d: 43.3%). No significant differences were found in the males calcium concentration, but it was lower in castrated females (90d: 13.1%, 120d: 11.7%, 150d: 26.2%, p<0,05).The bone mineral density and biomechanical properties of vertebrae and femur were reduced earlier in females than in males (♀ - vertebrae from 90d and femur from 120d; ♂ - vertebrae from 120d and femur from 150d, p<0,05). However, mandibles were affected only in 150d males. There werent significant alterations on the physical properties. In conclusion, gonadal function loss caused low bone mass, preferentially in trabecular bone, affected females earliest than males and its decreases more with aging. Mandibular bone is affected in chronic periods principally when associated with masticatory activities alterations. Bones alterations resulted from Hypogonadism were minimized, by estradiol benzoate or testosterone propionate treatment, in female and male, respectively.

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sex steroids deficiency deficiência de esteróides sexuais perda Óssea mandible osteoporosis bone loss osteoporose em mandíbula aging fisiologia de orgaos e sistemas envelhecimento

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