Abstract
The influence of mechanical stability on fracture healing has previously been studied in adult mice, but is poorly understood in aged animals. Therefore, we herein studied the effect of stabilization on the healing process of femur fractures in aged mice. Twenty-four 18-month-old CD-1 mice were stabilized after midshaft fracture of the femur with an intramedullary screw. In another 24 18-month-old mice, the femur fractures were left unstabilized. Bone healing was studied by radiological, biomechanical, histomorphometric, and protein expression analyses. After 2 and 5 weeks of healing, the callus of nonstabilized fractures compared to stabilized fractures was significantly larger, containing a significantly smaller amount of osseous tissue and a higher amount of cartilaginous tissue. This was associated with a significantly lower biomechanical stiffness during the early phase of healing. However, during the late phase of fracture healing both nonstabilized and stabilized fractures showed a biomechanical stiffness of ∼40%. Of interest, Western blot analyses of callus tissue demonstrated that the expression of proteins related to angiogenesis, bone formation and remodeling, i.e. VEGF, CYR61, BMP-2, BMP-4, Col-2, Col-10, RANKL, OPG...Continue Reading
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