@article{APS8200,
author = {Liao CUI and Tie WU and Yu-yu LIU and Yi-feng DENG and Chun-mei AI and Huai-qing CHEN},
title = {Tanshinone prevents cancellous bone loss induced by ovariectomy in rats},
journal = {Acta Pharmacologica Sinica},
volume = {25},
number = {5},
year = {2016},
keywords = {},
abstract = {AIM:
To investigate the skeletal effects of total tanshinone in ovariectomized rats by analyzing cancellous bone histomorphometry of fourth lumbar vertebrae (LV4) and proximal tibial metaphyses (PTM).
METHODS:
Four-month-old Sprague-Dawley female rats were sham-operated and treated with vehicle or ovariectomized and treated with either vehicle, total tanshinone (200 mg x kg(-1) x d(-1), equivalent to 35 microg x kg(-1) x d(-1) of tanshinone II A and 16 microg x kg(-1) x d(-1) of cryptotanshinone), or 17alpha-ethynylestradiol (30 microg x kg(-1) x d(-1) as positive treatment group) starting one day post-surgery for 10 weeks. Double in vivo fluorochrome labeling was administered to all rats. The undecalcified longitudinal LV4 and PTM sections were cut and stained with Goldner's Trichrome (4-microm thickness) or unstained (8-microm thickness) for the bone histomorphometric analysis.
RESULTS:
A significant decrease in trabecular bone volume (BV/TV) and trabecular number (Tb.N) and a significant increase in osteoclast surface (OCS/BS) and mineralizing surface (MS/BS) were found in both LV and PTM of vehicle-treated OVX rats compared with sham controls. Tanshinone completely prevented the decreases in BV/TV and Tb.N and the increase in OCS/BS in the LV4, and partially prevented the decreases in BV/TV and Tb.N in the PTM of OVX rats. In addition, tanshinone increased trabecular thickness (Tb.Th) whereas it did not alter MS/BS. Moreover, tanshinone had no effect on uterine weight and body weight of OVX rats. Estrogen treatment increased BV/TV and Tb.N and decreased OCS/BS, but, also markedly decreased MS/BS and increased uterine weight in OVX rats.
CONCLUSION:
The current study demonstrated that the adequate supply of tanshinone prevented OVX-induced cancellous bone loss in rats through inhibition of elevated bone resorption.},
issn = {1745-7254}, url = {http://www.chinaphar.com/article/view/8200}
}