Administration of cinnamaldehyde promotes osteogenesis in ovariectomized rats and differentiation of osteoblast in vitro

Publication date: Available online 11 September 2018Source: Journal of Pharmacological SciencesAuthor(s): Zongyi Wu, Sheji Weng, Deyi Yan, Zhongjie Xie, Qiang Zhou, Hang Li, Bingli Bai, Viraj Boodhun, Zijian Shen, Jiahao Tang, Lingling Zhou, Zhoushan Tao, Lei YangAbstractTo explore the effect of cinnamaldehyde on the distal femur in ovariectomized rats and its influence on osteoblast in vitro.Female Sprague-Dawley rats which underwent either bilateral ovariectomy or sham operation were divided into five groups randomly:group OVX(OVX,N=10) and group sham(SHAM,N=10) received normal saline(NS) by gavage at a dose of 50 ml/Kg·d; group low dose, group middle dose and group high dose received cinnamaldehyde by gavage at a dose of 25mg/Kg·d(OLD,N=10),50mg/Kg·d(OMD,N=10),and75mg/Kg·d(OHD,N=10)respectively.Distal femurs were harvested for hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining,micro-ct scanning and immunohistochemical analysis.Murine mesenchymal stem cells were cultured and dealt with the presence of either cinnamaldehyde at a dose of 15ug/ml(OLD),30ug/ml(OMD),60ug/ml(OHD)or vehicle.ALP staining and western blot were performed to observe the influence of cinnamaldehyde on the differentiation of osteoblast.HE and micro-ct results indicated that osteogenesis were promoted with the treatment of cinnamaldehyde.Immunohistochemical results showed that cinnamaldehyde increased the number of osteoblast and decreased the number of osteoclast.In vitro studies indicated that cinnamaldehyde prom...
Source: Journal of Pharmacological Sciences - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research