Systemic melatonin application increases bone formation in mandibular distraction osteogenesis
Braz. oral res. (Online)
; 32: e85, 2018. tab, graf
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ABSTRACT
Abstract This study aimed to investigate the effects of different doses of systemic melatonin application on new bone formation during mandibular distraction osteogenesis (DO) in rats. Mandibular DO was performed on 30 adult female Sprague-Dawley rats, which were randomly divided into three groups control group (CNT), melatonin dose 1 (MLT-D1), and melatonin dose 2 (MLT-D2). A five-day latent waiting period and a ten-day distraction phase followed the surgery. After the surgery, rats from the MLT-D1 and MLT-D2 groups received 25 and 50 mg/kg melatonin, respectively, at 7, 14, 21, 28, and 35 days. The animals were euthanised 28 days after distraction, i.e. at 43 days after surgery. Histological and histomorphometric analyses revealed that the distracted bone area was completely filled with new bone formation in all three groups. The MLT-D2 group exhibited the most new bone formation, followed by MLT-D1 and CNT. The melatonin groups had more osteoclasts than the CNT (p < 0.05). The number of osteoblasts was higher in the melatonin groups than in the CNT group, and the MLT-D2 had more osteoclasts than the MLT-D1 group (p < 0.05). Finally, the osteopontin (OPN) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels were higher in the melatonin groups than in the CNT group, and the MLT-D2 had higher OPN and VEGF levels than the MLT-D1 (p < 0.05). This study suggests that systemic melatonin application could increase new bone formation in DO.
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Main subject:
Osteogenesis
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Bone Regeneration
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Osteogenesis, Distraction
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Melatonin
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Antioxidants
Type of study:
Evaluation study
Limits:
Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. oral res. (Online)
Journal subject:
Dentistry
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Canada
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Turkey
Institution/Affiliation country:
Firat University/TR
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Harran University/TR
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Private Practice, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon/CA
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Private Practice, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon/TR
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Sutcu Imam University/TR