Abstract

This histomorphometry core has been in integral part of our SCOR program since its inception in 1987. In the present application, the core provides histomorphometric support for four of the five projects and for the feasibility project on assessment of 3-d structure. Over the course of the five years the core will prepare and analyze over 600 rat and mouse specimens and 200 human biopsies. Bone histomorphometry will be employed to characterize the skeletal phenotype of transgenic mice which lack the p53 tumor suppressor gene. Bone histomorphometry will be used extensively to explore the mechanism of the anabolic action of PTH and interaction between dietary calcium deficiency and PT administration. Bone histomorphometry will be employed to characterize the cellular and structural effects of parathyroidectomy in postmenopausal women with mild primary hyperparathyroidism. Bone histomorphometry will be used to explore the mechanism of the initial intense anabolic action of PTH in patients with osteoporosis. Structural variables, assessed by Micro-MRI, will be correlated with histomorphometric variables of both cancellous and cortical bone structure. This core will employ state of the art technology and will bring over 15 years of experience to the analysis of the samples and interpretation of the data.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Type
Specialized Center (P50)
Project #
5P50AR039191-13
Application #
6347258
Study Section
Project Start
2000-09-01
Project End
2001-08-31
Budget Start
1997-10-01
Budget End
1998-09-30
Support Year
13
Fiscal Year
2000
Total Cost
$139,708
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Helen Hayes Hospital
Department
Type
DUNS #
157119244
City
Menands
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
12204

  Publications

Ascenzi, Maria-Grazia; Liao, Vivian P; Lee, Brittany M et al. (2012) Parathyroid hormone treatment improves the cortical bone microstructure by improving the distribution of type I collagen in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. J Bone Miner Res 27:702-12
Zhang, Hao; Doty, Stephen B; Hughes, Christine et al. (2007) Increased resorptive activity and accompanying morphological alterations in osteoclasts derived from the oim/oim mouse model of osteogenesis imperfecta. J Cell Biochem 102:1011-20
Dempster, David W; Hughes-Begos, Christine E; Plavetic-Chee, Katarina et al. (2005) Normal human osteoclasts formed from peripheral blood monocytes express PTH type 1 receptors and are stimulated by PTH in the absence of osteoblasts. J Cell Biochem 95:139-48
Cosman, Felicia; Nieves, Jeri; Zion, Marsha et al. (2005) Daily and cyclic parathyroid hormone in women receiving alendronate. N Engl J Med 353:566-75
Iida-Klein, A; Lu, S Shou; Kapadia, R et al. (2005) Short-term continuous infusion of human parathyroid hormone 1-34 fragment is catabolic with decreased trabecular connectivity density accompanied by hypercalcemia in C57BL/J6 mice. J Endocrinol 186:549-57
Kurland, Etah S; Heller, Samantha L; Diamond, Beverly et al. (2004) The importance of bisphosphonate therapy in maintaining bone mass in men after therapy with teriparatide [human parathyroid hormone(1-34)]. Osteoporos Int 15:992-7
Kim, Chi Hyun; Takai, Erica; Zhou, Hua et al. (2003) Trabecular bone response to mechanical and parathyroid hormone stimulation: the role of mechanical microenvironment. J Bone Miner Res 18:2116-25
Rubin, Mishaela R; Bilezikian, John P (2003) New anabolic therapies in osteoporosis. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 32:285-307
Zhou, H; Iida-Klein, A; Lu, S S et al. (2003) Anabolic action of parathyroid hormone on cortical and cancellous bone differs between axial and appendicular skeletal sites in mice. Bone 32:513-20
Dempster, David W (2003) The pathophysiology of bone loss. Clin Geriatr Med 19:259-70, v-vi

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