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  • Title: Effects of lathyritic drugs and lathyritic demineralized bone matrix on induced and sustained osteogenesis.
    Author: Di Cesare PE, Nimni ME, Yazdi M, Cheung DT.
    Journal: J Orthop Res; 1994 May; 12(3):395-402. PubMed ID: 8207593.
    Abstract:
    Demineralized bone matrix was implanted in normal and lathyritic rats. At 2 weeks, the bone that formed in the lathyritic animals had an elevated alkaline phosphatase activity and a reduced calcium content compared with the controls. Four weeks after implantation, these biochemical parameters were reversed, with a decrease in alkaline phosphatase activity and an increase in calcium content to control levels. The histology of the recovered implants revealed new bone formation. Lathyritic demineralized bone matrix was prepared from bones of rats fed beta-aminopropionitrile for 2 weeks (2-week BAPN-DBM) or 4 weeks (4-week BAPN-DBM), and was implanted in normal rats. Two weeks after implantation, both preparations of lathyritic demineralized bone matrix demonstrated early bone formation, although alkaline phosphatase activity and calcium content were reduced. By 4 weeks after implantation, no biochemical or histological evidence of bone formation remained at the site of the 4-week BAPN-DBM implants; continued but reduced bone formation was observed at the site of the 2-week BAPN-DBM implants. Reconstitution of inactivated normal demineralized bone matrix with the guanidine-soluble extracts restored the osteoinductive capacity. However, reconstitution of inactivated lathyritic demineralized bone matrix (4-week BAPN-DBM) failed to restore the osteoinductive capacity. These results indicate that the degree of crosslinking of the collagen matrix that acts as a carrier for osteoinductive proteins plays a key role in inducing and sustaining osteogenesis.
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