Influence of melatonin on processes of the bone tissue physiological regeneration of young and adult rats

1Berezovskii, VA, 1Litovka, IG, 1Kostjuchenko, AS, 1Yanko, RV
1Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Kosm. nauka tehnol. 2008, 14 ;(3):075-081
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit2008.03.075
Publication Language: Ukrainian
Abstract: 
We studied the influence of 28-day administration of exogenous melatonin in a dose of 1 mg/kg on the processes of bone tissue physiological remodeling of 3- and 9-monthly rats-males. It is discovered that an initial concentration of melatonin is higher in adult rats, than in 3-monthly rats. We showed a significant increase of 50 % and 25.6 % in serum melatonin concentration for youths and adult experimental rats, respectively, a significant enhancement of alkaline phosphatase activity in bone tissue for both of the experimental groups of animals, its decline in the serum of 9-monthly rats and the tendency for a decline in 3-monthly ones. The increase of endogenous level of hormone was accompanied by a significant enhancement of acid phosphatase activity by a factor of 1.6 and 1.3 as well as of glicozamino-glikans serum concentrations by a factor of 3.1 and 1.4 for 3-and 9-monthly rats, respectively. IGF-I gene expression level for the animals in both of the groups under invesigation had a tendency for an increase. The conclusion is made that administration of melatonin in a dose of 1 mg/kg intensifies considerably the process of bone tissue physiological remodeling both for young and for adult rats.
Keywords: endogenous level, glicozamino-glikans, phosphatase
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