Contribution of dietary and loading changes to the effects of suspension on mouse femora
- 1 July 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Experimental Zoology
- Vol. 269 (3) , 277-285
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.1402690312
Abstract
The present study assessed the contributions of feeding changes and unloading to the overall measured effects of 2‐wk hindlimb (Tail) suspension on the mouse femora. Feeding changes were addressed by considering the effects of matched feeding among suspended and control mice. The effects of hind limb unloading were considered by comparing suspended mice to mice equipped identically (though not suspended) and matched‐fed. The feeding and unloading aspects of suspension appear to cause distinctly differing effects on the stereotypic modeling of the femora. Matched‐feeding was accompanied by increased resorption surface in comparison to suspended mice, while unloading led to reduced bone formation at the mid‐diaphysis of the femora. Reduced mineral content was observed in the bones of suspended mice when compared to the other mice groups, but without increased resorption surface. Thus, the unloading aspects of the antiorthostatic suspension protocol apparently causes reduced formation and mineralization in the femur.Keywords
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