Affiliation:
1. Department of Spine Surgery, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050051, China
Abstract
Objectives. To establish a novel animal model of intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) in rats and to investigate the effect of 17β-estradiol (E2) intervention in this model. Methods. This study was divided into two parts: animal model (four groups: Sham, ovariectomy (OVX), Puncture, and OVX+Puncture; three-time points: 4, 8, and 12 weeks; three female rats/group/time point) and drug intervention (Sham, OVX+Puncture+corn oil, and OVX+Puncture+E2; three female rats/group). The rats were analyzed by micromagnetic resonance imaging (MRI), hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining, and safranin-O staining. Results. MRI and histological scores significantly differed among the four groups at the three-time points (all
). IVDD progressed with time in the OVX, Puncture, and OVX+Puncture groups (all
). The changes were the most obvious in the OVX+Puncture group. In the E2 intervention part, the Veh group had the worst MRI signals and histological scores (
). The MRI scores in the E2 group were less obvious compared to the Sham group (
). Also, the histological scores were significantly different between the Sham and E2 groups (
). Conclusions. The combination of ovariectomy and needle puncture can synergically induce IVDD in rat coccygeal discs. Estrogen treatment can effectively ameliorate IVDD progression in the newly established IVDD models.
Funder
Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province
Subject
General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine
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