TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparative appraisal of clodronate, aspirin and dexamethasone as agents reducing alendronate-induced inflammation in a murine model
AU - Yu, Zhiqian
AU - Funayama, Hiromi
AU - Deng, Xue
AU - Kuroishi, Toshinobu
AU - Sasano, Takashi
AU - Sugawara, Shunji
AU - Endo, Yasuo
PY - 2005/10/1
Y1 - 2005/10/1
N2 - Among the bisphosphonates, the nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates have much stronger anti-bone-resorptive activities than bisphosphonates containing no nitrogen, but nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates mostly have inflammatory side effects. Our previous murine-model experiments with a single intraperitoneal bisphosphonate injection demonstrated that (i) nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates induce various inflammatory reactions via an IL-1-dependent mechanism, (ii) alendronate (an nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate) produces a clear sclerotic line in the tibia that is easily detectable by radiography a few weeks later (tentatively called the bisphosphonate line, a useful marker for the antibone-resorptive activities of bisphosphonates), and (iii) clodronate (a non-nitrogen-containg bisphosphonate) reduces the inflammatory reactions induced by alendronate but does not reduce the bisphosphonate line formation induced by alendronate. We compared the effects of clodronate, aspirin and dexamethasone on the inflammatory reactions induced by alendronate (40 μmol/kg) (induction of the histamine-forming enzyme, accumulation of pleural exudate and splenomegaly) and on the bisphosphonate line formation induced by alendronate (0.1 μmol/kg). The effects of aspirin (833 μmol/kg) were weak. However, like clodronate, dexamethasone (10 μmol/kg, injected 5 min. after alendronate), strongly inhibited the alendronate-induced inflammatory reactions but did not reduce the alendronate-induced bisphosphonate line formation. Alendronate produced normal bisphosphonate lines in IL-1-deficient mice, too. These results suggest that clodronate and/or dexamethasone may be suitable for preventing or reducing the inflammatory side effects of nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates while preserving their powerful anti-bone-resorptive activities (although in practice the known side effects of dexamethasone may limit its use), and that the anti-bone resorptive activities of nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates are not influenced by IL-1.
AB - Among the bisphosphonates, the nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates have much stronger anti-bone-resorptive activities than bisphosphonates containing no nitrogen, but nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates mostly have inflammatory side effects. Our previous murine-model experiments with a single intraperitoneal bisphosphonate injection demonstrated that (i) nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates induce various inflammatory reactions via an IL-1-dependent mechanism, (ii) alendronate (an nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate) produces a clear sclerotic line in the tibia that is easily detectable by radiography a few weeks later (tentatively called the bisphosphonate line, a useful marker for the antibone-resorptive activities of bisphosphonates), and (iii) clodronate (a non-nitrogen-containg bisphosphonate) reduces the inflammatory reactions induced by alendronate but does not reduce the bisphosphonate line formation induced by alendronate. We compared the effects of clodronate, aspirin and dexamethasone on the inflammatory reactions induced by alendronate (40 μmol/kg) (induction of the histamine-forming enzyme, accumulation of pleural exudate and splenomegaly) and on the bisphosphonate line formation induced by alendronate (0.1 μmol/kg). The effects of aspirin (833 μmol/kg) were weak. However, like clodronate, dexamethasone (10 μmol/kg, injected 5 min. after alendronate), strongly inhibited the alendronate-induced inflammatory reactions but did not reduce the alendronate-induced bisphosphonate line formation. Alendronate produced normal bisphosphonate lines in IL-1-deficient mice, too. These results suggest that clodronate and/or dexamethasone may be suitable for preventing or reducing the inflammatory side effects of nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates while preserving their powerful anti-bone-resorptive activities (although in practice the known side effects of dexamethasone may limit its use), and that the anti-bone resorptive activities of nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates are not influenced by IL-1.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2005.pto_138.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2005.pto_138.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 16176557
AN - SCOPUS:26444611791
VL - 97
SP - 222
EP - 229
JO - Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
JF - Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
SN - 1742-7835
IS - 4
ER -