J. Rouffet et al., PRESERVED BONE MASS IN OVARIECTOMIZED RATS TREATED WITH PARATHYROID-HORMONE-RELATED PEPTIDE(1-34) AND PEPTIDE(107-111) FRAGMENTS, Reproduction, nutrition, development, 34(5), 1994, pp. 473-481
The effect of synthetic human PTHrP (1-34) or (107-111) fragments on b
one loss was studied in rats, one month after ovariectomy (OVX). Four
groups of 7-8-month-old rats were treated sc daily for 13 d with PTHrP
(1-34) or (107-111) at the dose of 1 or 3 nmol/100 g body weight. Sha
m-operated (SHO) and control OVX rats received solvent alone. In our c
onditions, at the lowest dose, neither (1-34) nor (107-111) fragments
had any significant effect. However, at the dose of 3 nmol/100 g daily
for 13 d both treatments significantly increased femoral dry weight,
ash weight, Ca content and densitometry of the femur. The effect of PT
HrP (1-34) mainly resulted from increased cortical and trabecular bone
(% recovery: 98.25 and 105.23%, respectively). For the PTHrP (107-111
) fragment, a positive effect was only demonstrated on the cortical bo
ne (98.25% recovery). The results of this study demonstrate that both
hPTHrP (1-34) and (107-111, osteostatin) fragments are positive for bo
ne when administered at the dose of 3 nmol/100 g body weight/d for 13
d to adult OVX rats.