Department of Bone and Joint Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Toon 791-0295, Ehime, Japan.
Biomedical Optics Laboratory, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering Tohoku University, Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Miyagi, Japan.
Molecules. 2018 Nov 25;23(12):3081. doi: 10.3390/molecules23123081.
Bone mineral density (BMD) is a commonly used diagnostic indicator for bone fracture risk in osteoporosis. Along with low BMD, bone fragility accounts for reduced bone quality in addition to low BMD, but there is no diagnostic method to directly assess the bone quality. In this study, we investigated changes in bone quality using the Raman spectroscopic technique. Sciatic neurectomy (NX) was performed in male C57/BL6J mice (NX group) as a model of disuse osteoporosis, and sham surgery was used as an experimental control (Sham group). Eight months after surgery, we acquired Raman spectral data from the anterior cortical surface of the proximal tibia. We also performed a BMD measurement and micro-CT measurement to investigate the pathogenesis of osteoporosis. Quantitative analysis based on the Raman peak intensities showed that the carbonate/phosphate ratio and the mineral/matrix ratio were significantly higher in the NX group than in the Sham group. There was direct evidence of alterations in the mineral content associated with mechanical properties of bone. To fully understand the spectral changes, we performed principal component analysis of the spectral dataset, focusing on the matrix content. In conclusion, Raman spectroscopy provides reliable information on chemical changes in both mineral and matrix contents, and it also identifies possible mechanisms of disuse osteoporosis.
骨密度(BMD)是骨质疏松症骨折风险的常用诊断指标。除了低 BMD 外,骨脆性还会导致骨质量降低,但其没有直接评估骨质量的诊断方法。本研究采用拉曼光谱技术来研究骨质量的变化。在雄性 C57/BL6J 小鼠中进行坐骨神经切断术(NX)作为废用性骨质疏松症的模型,假手术作为实验对照(Sham 组)。术后 8 个月,我们从胫骨近端前皮质表面采集拉曼光谱数据。我们还进行了 BMD 测量和 micro-CT 测量,以研究骨质疏松症的发病机制。基于拉曼峰强度的定量分析表明,NX 组的碳酸盐/磷酸盐比和矿物质/基质比均显著高于 Sham 组。这直接证明了与骨力学性能相关的矿物质含量的变化。为了全面了解光谱变化,我们对光谱数据集进行了主成分分析,重点分析了基质含量。总之,拉曼光谱技术提供了有关矿物质和基质含量化学变化的可靠信息,并确定了废用性骨质疏松症的可能机制。
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