Abstract |
Very recent clinical research has investigated whether obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may modulate bone homeostasis but the few data available are conflicting. Here we report novel data obtained in a mouse study specifically designed to determine whether chronic intermittent hypoxia realistically mimicking OSA modifies bone mineral density (BMD). Normal male and female mice and orchidectomized mice (N=10 each group) were subjected to a pattern of high-frequency intermittent hypoxia (20s at 5% and 40s at 21%, 60 cycles/h) for 6h/day. Identical groups breathing room air (normoxia) were the controls. After 32 days of intermittent hypoxia/normoxia the trabecular bone mineral density (BMD) in the peripheral femora were measured by micro-CT scanning. When compared with normoxia (two-way ANOVA), intermittent hypoxia did not significantly modify BMD in the three animal groups tested. Data in this study suggest that the type of intermittent hypoxia characterizing OSA, applied as a single challenge, preserves bone homeostasis.
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Authors | Marta Torres, Josep M Montserrat, Javier Pavía, Mireia Dalmases, Domenec Ros, Yolanda Fernandez, Ferran Barbé, Daniel Navajas, Ramon Farré |
Journal | Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
(Respir Physiol Neurobiol)
Vol. 189
Issue 3
Pg. 646-8
(Dec 01 2013)
ISSN: 1878-1519 [Electronic] Netherlands |
PMID | 23994179
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
Topics |
- Absorptiometry, Photon
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Bone Density
- Bone Diseases
(etiology, prevention & control)
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Hypoxia
(physiopathology)
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Sex Characteristics
- Sleep Apnea Syndromes
(complications)
- Statistics, Nonparametric
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