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Taurine May Modulate Bone in Cholesterol Fed Estrogen Deficiency-Induced Rats

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Taurine 10

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 975))

Abstract

Taurine is thought to affect bone in rats favorably. However, studies on the actions of this estrogen deficiency and high cholesterol diet factors on the bone metabolism are limited. In this study, the protective effect of taurine on bone was determined. Thirty-two 42 days old female SD rats were placed in individual stainless cages. Given to rats was fed to chow (Samyang Corporation, South Korea) and deionized water for a 4 days adaptation period. After the period of adaptation, Half of the rats were induced estrogen deficiency model by ovariectomy (OVX), and the left rats with sham-operated were used control (SHAM). For six weeks, the OVX and SHAM rats had separately a 2% taurine supplemented diet with ad libitum in both the water and the food. DEXA for small animals (PIXImus, GE Lunar co, Wisconsin) was used to determine spinal and femoral bone. The concentrations of serum calcium and phosphorus were also measured. The monitoring of bone formation was done by determining the serum ALP and osteocalcin. Urinary DPD the values were determined as index of bone resorption. Statistical measure was done with SAS (version 9.3). A lower overall intake of the daily food was observed in non-ovariectomized rats than in the OVX rats. At sacrifice, a much greater body weight was observed in ovariectomized group compare to non-operated group. That difference was absent in both fed taurine SHAM and OVX rats. Serum calcium and phosphorus were not statistically different by taurine supplementation. Urinary excretion of calcium was not effected by taurine supplementation. Serum ALP and was significantly decreased by taurine in OVX rats (p < 0.05). For the spine BMD and BMC, there was no difference among SHAM and OVX rats by taurine. Spine BMC per body weight of taurine groups were higher than control groups (p < 0.1). No significant difference was observed after taurine supplementation in femur BMD and BMC. The analysis of the results suggest that taurine supplementation modulates the bone mineral contents in postmenopausal model rats fed with high cholesterol diet.

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Abbreviations

ALP:

Alkaline phosphatase

BMC:

Bone mineral contents

BMD:

Bone mineral density

DPD:

Deoxypyridinoline

OVX:

Ovariectomized

SHAM:

Sham operated

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Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co donated taurine, Maeil dairies Co. donated casein.

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  1. Department of Food and Nutrition, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea

    Mi-Ja Choi

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  2. College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA

    Stephen W. Schaffer

  3. Department of Developmental Neurobiology, NY State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, New York, USA

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Choi, MJ. (2017). Taurine May Modulate Bone in Cholesterol Fed Estrogen Deficiency-Induced Rats. In: Lee, DH., Schaffer, S.W., Park, E., Kim, H.W. (eds) Taurine 10. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 975. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1079-2_87

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