Abstract
Summary
Administration of intermittent parathyroid hormone (PTH) promoted healing of tibial osseous defects and tooth extraction wounds and prevented the development of necrotic lesions in rats on a combined bisphosphonate and steroid regimen.
Introduction
Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) has emerged in association with antiresorptive therapies. The pathophysiology of ONJ is unknown and no established cure currently exists. Our objective was to determine the effect of intermittent PTH administration on early osseous healing in the jaw and long bones of rats receiving bisphosphonate and steroid treatment.
Methods
Ovariectomized rats received the combination therapy of alendronate and dexamethasone (ALN/DEX) for 12 weeks. Osseous wounds were created in the jaw and tibia. PTH was administered intermittently and healing at 2 weeks post-op was compared between the jaw and tibia by microcomputed tomography and histomorphometric analyses.
Results
ALN/DEX treatment was associated with necrotic open wounds in the jaw but had no negative effects on healing and promoted bone fill in tibial defects. PTH therapy prevented the development of necrotic lesions in the jaw and promoted healing of the tibial defects. PTH therapy was associated with the promotion of osteocyte survival in osseous wounds both in the jaw and tibia.
Conclusions
Wound healing was impaired in the jaw in rats on a combined bisphosphonate and steroid regimen, and PTH therapy rescued necrotic lesions. These findings suggest that PTH therapy could be utilized to prevent ONJ from occurring in patients on combination antiresorptive and steroid therapy.
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Introduction
Bone fracture and osteotomy cause osteocyte death which attracts osteoclasts for repair [1]. Osteoclasts are specialized cells responsible for bone resorption. During osseous wound healing, osteoclasts play an essential role in removing damaged bone and reshaping newly formed bone. Osteoclasts emerge in the early phase of osseous wound healing in long bones not only to resorb damaged bone but to also contribute to the orchestration of the entire repair process [2, 3]. In the jaw soon after a tooth extraction, osteoclasts appear on the crestal bone area to resorb damaged bone [4, 5].
Nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates (N-BP), such as zoledronic acid and alendronate (ALN), are potent antiresorptives widely used for the management of bone metastatic diseases and osteoporosis. Recent reports have shown that antiresorptive therapy is associated with the development of osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) [6]. ONJ is a rare and site-specific complication related to potent antiresorptive therapy that uniquely occurs in the jaw [7]. The exact mechanism of this site specificity is not yet known. ONJ typically develops after invasive dental procedures such as tooth extractions in a small percent of patients with bone metastatic diseases receiving intravenous antiresorptive therapy [8]. These patients frequently have a history of steroid treatment and multiple chemotherapies. ONJ also occurs in patients taking oral antiresorptives for the management of osteoporosis; however, the incidence in this population is very low [9]. In the majority of patients taking oral antiresorptives, mucosal healing of tooth extraction sockets is uneventful even though osteoclastic bone resorption is hindered [10]. This may imply that osteoclast suppression alone is not sufficient to induce ONJ. Indeed, studies which investigated the effect of bisphosphonates on long bone fracture healing generally show increased callus formation, delayed callus remodeling, with no negative overall clinical impact on healing [11–13].
Parathyroid hormone (PTH) administered intermittently stimulates bone turnover and increases bone mass [14]. Teriparatide (rhPTH 1–34) is approved for the treatment of osteoporosis owing to its bone anabolic action [15]. Teriparatide has been reported to be associated with resolution of ONJ in several case reports [16] and shown to promote osseous healing in conjunction with oral surgery in humans [17]. Considering that N-BPs suppress, while PTH stimulates bone turnover, the resolution of ONJ and promotion of osseous healing by PTH therapy may be attributed to osteoclast activity.
Considering the number of patients taking bisphosphonates who may require a tooth extraction, a better understanding of the actions of bisphosphonates and PTH on extraction socket healing would lead to improved patient care. The goals of the present study were; (1) to determine the effect of the combination therapy of bisphosphonate and steroid prior to bone injuries on osseous healing, (2) to compare healing between tooth extraction sockets and tibial bony defects in bisphosphonate/steroid-treated rats, and (3) to investigate the effects of PTH therapy on early wound healing in bisphosphonate/steroid-affected bones. To achieve the study goals, ovariectomized-rats were treated with N-BP (ALN) and steroid (dexamethasone (DEX)), after which, bone injuries were created in the jaw and tibia. Early osseous wound healing with and without daily PTH was assessed using micro-computed tomography (microCT) and histology and results compared.
Material and methods
Animals and in vivo injections
The experimental protocol was approved by the University Committee on Use and Care of Animals. Female Sprague Dawley rats (9 weeks, n = 28) were maintained at 22 °C in 12-h light/12-h dark cycles and allowed free access to water and standard rodent diet. All rats underwent bilateral ovariectomy (OVX) at 10 weeks of age to induce estrogen-deficient bone loss experimentally. A bisphosphonate (ALN) and DEX were subcutaneously administered to induce necrotic lesions in tooth extraction wounds [18, 19]. The ALN (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO) treatment was initiated at the time of OVX. ALN was administered (0.8 mg/kg), twice a week for 12 weeks to half of the rats as well as daily DEX treatment (Tocris, Ellisville, MO) at 1 mg/kg for the last 2 weeks. The other half of rats received vehicle (saline) as control. The subcutaneous DEX and ALN dosages were calculated based on the body surface area normalization method [20] and correspond to the human systemic DEX dose (10 mg/day) and approximately 20 % of the human oral ALN dose (70 mg/week). At the end of the ALN and DEX (or vehicle) administration, maxillary right second molars (M2) were extracted and osseous defects created in the tibia and jaw. Post tooth extractions, half of ALN/DEX-treated rats and VC-rats further received daily PTH injections (Bachem, Torrance, CA) at 80 μg/kg for 2 weeks and the other half daily saline injections. Hence, a total of four groups (n = 7/group) was established (A/D-VC, A/D-PTH, VC-VC, and VC-PTH; Fig. 1a). All rats were euthanized 2 weeks post-extractions of tooth.
Tibial bone defects and tooth extractions
The osseous defects were created in the tibia and jaw (Fig. 1b, c) under ketamine/xylazine general anesthesia. An ∼10-mm incision was made below the knee joint. The periosteum was reflected to expose the bone surface distal to the proximal metaphysis. A hole (1 mm in diameter) was drilled at 4.5 mm distal to the growth plate using a round bur <2,000 rpm under copious irrigation. Primary closures were achieved using surgical staples. Next, the maxillary right second molar was extracted using dental instruments. The extraction sites were left as open wounds as clinically performed in human tooth extractions.
Microcomputed tomography
At killing, the maxillae and tibiae were dissected, fixed in 10 % formalin, and analyzed using microCT (μCT-100; Scanco Medical AG, Bruttisellen, Switzerland) to assess bone parameters in extraction sockets and tibial defects as well as in intact bone. The maxillae and tibiae were scanned at 10-μm voxel resolution with an energy level of 70 kV. The extraction sockets were segmented by the semi-manual contouring method [21]. The tibial defects were scanned from 3.7 to 5.9 mm distal to the growth plate (Fig. 1b). To establish baseline bone responses to the treatment, the metaphyseal bone of the proximal tibiae from 1.2 to 3.5 mm distal to the growth plate and the interradicular bone between the mesial and distal roots of the maxillary first molars (Fig. 1c) were assessed as well [22]. Data were analyzed using the built-in Scanco software.
Histomorphometry
The maxillae and tibiae were demineralized in 10 % ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid at 4 °C, paraffin embedded, and sectioned at 5 μm. Hematoxylin and eosin, tartrate resistant acid phosphatase, and Masson’s trichrome staining was performed following standard protocols and/or manufacturer’s instructions (386A, HT15, Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO) [23]. Blood vessels in the extraction wounds were immunohistochemically stained. Briefly, sections were deparaffinized, nonspecific protein blocked, and incubated overnight with a rabbit von Willebrand factor (vWF) antibody (ab6999, Abcam, Cambridge, MA). Goat anti-rabbit IgG (AP307, Millipore) was used as a secondary antibody and proteins developed with 3,3-diaminobenzidine (Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, CA). Sections were counterstained with hematoxylin. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) staining was performed to assess apoptotic cells in the tibial defects (FragEL™ DNA Fragmentation Detection Kit, EMD Chemicals, Gibbstown, NJ). Empty osteocyte lacunae were quantified within 100 μm depth of bone surface. Necrotic bone area, defined as the portion of bone with greater than or equal to 10 adjacent empty osteocyte lacunae, was measured [24]. Polymorphonuclear cell (PMN) infiltration was assessed by quantifying inflammatory cell numbers in soft tissue within 100 μm of the bone surface (area of interest (AOI), 0.1 × 2.5 mm). Collagen deposition and vWF+ blood vessels were assessed in the soft tissue next to the bone surface (AOI, 0.4 × 2.5 mm). All histomorphometric analyses were performed using Image-Pro (Media Cyberrnetics, Bethesda, MD).
Statistics
Statistical analysis was conducted with SYSTAT 12 (Systat Software, Chicago, IL) and InStat (GraphPad Software, San Diego, CA). Analysis of variance was performed for multiple groups with a Tukey’s post hoc test. For comparisons within the group, paired t test was conducted. The PTH effect on the mucosal wound closure was assessed using Fisher’s exact test. An α-level of 0.05 was used for statistical significance. Results are presented as mean ± SEM unless specified.
Results
PTH actions in intact tibiae were greatest in rats treated with ALN/DEX
Bone volume and bone mineral density (BMD) in the intact tibial metaphysis were significantly higher in the ALN/DEX treatment groups vs. vehicle control (Fig. 2a–f). PTH following ALN/DEX showed a non-significant trend toward higher bone volume and BMD versus ALN/DEX-VC. PTH had little bone anabolic effect in the group without the ALN/DEX treatment. However, trabecular thickness was significantly higher in the VC-PTH vs. control (Fig. 2d). Interestingly, the bone anabolic effect of PTH was more pronounced after ALN/DEX than after VC treatment in the intact tibial metaphysis (Fig. 2g).
PTH actions in wounded tibiae were blunted in rats treated with ALN/DEX
In the tibial wounds, bone fill and BMD were significantly higher in the ALN/DEX treatment groups vs. vehicle control (Fig. 3a–f). PTH significantly enhanced bone fill, trabecular thickness, and BMD regardless of the presence or absence of the ALN/DEX treatment. The PTH effect observed in wounded controls was very different from that observed in the intact tibiae (Figs. 3b vs. 2b). The bone anabolic effect of PTH was significantly more robust after the VC than after ALN/DEX treatment (Fig. 3g), suggesting that the ALN/DEX treatment had a restrictive impact on the PTH anabolic effect in the tibial osseous wounds.
PTH promoted osteocyte and bone marrow cell survival in tibial wounds
Healing of the tibial wounds was further assessed in histologic sections. Tissue area (TA) was defined as the area surrounded by the cortical bone (Fig. 4a). Bone fill (bone area (BA)/TA) was significantly higher in the ALN/DEX treatment groups versus vehicle control (Fig. 4b). Significantly higher bone fill was noted in the PTH-treated groups irrespective of the presence or absence of the ALN/DEX treatment. These results were consistent with those of the microCT assessment (Fig. 3b). Periosteal callus formation was observed in the ALN/DEX-PTH group but statistical significance was not reached (Fig. 4c). The ALN/DEX treatment significantly reduced osteoclast surface compared with control with a substantial reduction by PTH following ALN/DEX (Fig. 4d). Osteoblast surface was not affected by the ALN/DEX treatment but PTH resulted in significantly higher osteoblast surface than VC following ALN/DEX (Fig. 4e). The incidence of empty osteocyte lacunae and necrotic bone were significantly lower in PTH-treated groups regardless of the presence or absence of the ALN/DEX treatment (Fig. 4f, g), suggesting that PTH promoted osteocyte survival. Apoptotic bone marrow cells in the defects were visualized with TUNEL staining and histomorphometrically assessed. PTH significantly reduced numbers of TUNEL-positive apoptotic bone marrow cells compared with control irrespective of the presence or absence of the ALN/DEX treatment (Fig. 4h).
PTH promoted tooth extraction wound healing after ALN/DEX treatment
Next, treatment effects were assessed in the jaw. In the interradicular bone near the tooth extraction site (Fig. 1c), the ALN/DEX treatment resulted in significantly higher bone volume and BMD than control (Fig. 5a). The average bone anabolic effect of PTH was significantly higher in the VC than ALN/DEX treatment group. In the tooth extraction sockets, bone fill and BMD were significantly higher in the ALN/DEX treatment groups than controls (Fig. 5b). PTH significantly enhanced bone fill and BMD regardless of the presence or absence of the ALN/DEX treatment. However, the average PTH bone anabolic effect was significantly less in the ALN/DEX vs. VC treatment group, again indicating that the ALN/DEX treatment suppressed bone anabolism by PTH in the tooth extraction wounds.
PTH rescued ALN/DEX-associated deterred tooth extraction wound healing
Tooth extraction wound healing was assessed histomorphometrically. Representative photomicrographs of the trichrome-stained sections of the tooth extraction wounds at 2 weeks post-extractions are shown in Fig. 6a. Open wounds with exposed bone were noted in six rats in the ALN/DEX-VC group and 1 rat in the ALN/DEX-PTH group. In vehicle control (VC-VC), three rats showed open wounds, while no open wound was noted in the VC-PTH group. PTH administration after tooth extractions promoted healing regardless of the presence or absence of the ALN/DEX treatment with significant improvement after the ALN/DEX treatment. TA was defined as the portion of the maxilla surrounding the roots of M2 (Fig. 1d) and bone area (BA/TA) was assessed. The histomorphometric assessment revealed significantly higher bone area in the ALN/DEX-VC, ALN/DEX-PTH and VC-PTH groups vs. control (Fig. 6b), which was consistent with the microCT findings (Fig. 5b). The ALN/DEX treatment significantly suppressed osteoclast surface compared with control (Fig. 6c). PTH resulted in significantly higher osteoclast surface after the VC treatment but not after the ALN/DEX treatment. Likewise, significantly higher osteoblast surface by PTH was noted after the VC treatment but not after the ALN/DEX treatment (Fig. 6d). The ALN/DEX treatment had no apparent effect on osteoblast surface. The numbers of empty osteocyte lacunae and necrotic bone were significantly higher in the ALN/DEX-VC group versus control (Fig. 6e, f). PTH significantly reduced the numbers of empty osteocyte lacunae and presence of necrotic bone. Similarly, PTH significantly reduced the numbers of empty lacunae and necrotic bone when the VC-VC and VC-PTH groups were compared, suggesting that PTH promoted osteocyte survival. PMN infiltration was also significantly higher in the ALN/DEX-VC group and PTH significantly reduced PMNs in the ALN/DEX-PTH group (Fig. 6g). Connective tissue maturation as measured by collagen apposition was lower in the ALN/DEX-VC group vs. control (Fig. 6h); however, PTH significantly enhanced the collagen apposition regardless of presence or absence of the ALN/DEX treatment. There were no differences noted in the numbers of blood vessels between groups (Fig. 6i).
Discussion
The ALN/DEX treatment resulted in high bone mass in both the tibia and jaw as anticipated [26]. However, its effect on osseous wound healing was distinct; the ALN/DEX treatment enhanced early osseous healing in the tibial wounds by increasing bone fill, while it impaired tooth extraction wound healing with exposed bone. The effect of bisphosphonate therapy on osseous healing in rat long bones has previously been reported in the literature [26, 27]. Those reports agree that bisphosphonate therapy promotes osseous repair by enhancing formation, mineralization, and mechanical strength of callus, but also slows callus remodeling. Hence, our result of high bone fill by ALN/DEX is consistent with the literature. Despite the positive impact on tibial wound healing, in contrast, ALN/DEX impaired tooth extraction wound healing in the jaw and resulted in a greater incidence of exposed bone. The combined use of bisphosphonates and steroid has been demonstrated to be associated with the development of necrotic lesions in rats [18, 19]. The impaired extraction wound healing by ALN/DEX observed in our study is consistent with these reports. It should be mentioned that although the bisphosphonate/steroid treatment impaired tooth extraction wound healing in rats, such a drug combination does not always hinder wound healing in other animals [28].
The difference in osseous healing between the tibia and jaw may be similar to what is seen in patients on antiresorptive therapy. ONJ uniquely occurs in the jaw but not in long bones [29]. Tooth extraction wounds are different from tibial osseous wounds in that (1) they are open wounds exposed to the oral cavity where numerous oral pathogens inhabit and dense bacterial colonization occurs [30], (2) the extraction wounds are subjected to repeated mechanical trauma from chewing, (3) the extraction sockets are surrounded by dense bundle bone while the tibial wounds are exposed to the abundance of the bone marrow milieu, (4) the embryologic origin of the maxillae and mandibles (pharyngeal arch 1) is distinct from long bones [31], and (5) the bone formation pattern of the alveolar bone is different from that of long bones (intramembranous vs. endochondral bone formation) [32]. Considering these differences, tooth extraction wound healing appears to be distinct from long bone wound healing. However, the exact mechanism of the different healing responses between the tibia and jaw is unclear. The etiopathological role of oral bacteria in ONJ has been proposed; when bacterial infection, such as periodontitis, was experimentally induced in rats receiving bisphosphonates, necrotic lesions developed, however, no such lesions occurred in rats without bisphosphonate therapy [33, 34]. In support of this hypothesis, Lopez-Jornet et al. reported that antibiotic administration prior to tooth extractions in rats on the combination of bisphosphonates and DEX significantly reduced the incidence of necrotic lesions [35]. Whether bisphosphonate treatment exacerbates bacterial infection or not was studied using a rat model of infectious osteomyelitis [36]. In this study gentamycin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus-treated implants were placed in rat tibiae with or without ALN treatment. High-grade infection and necrotic bone formation were found with ALN treatment, while neither infection nor necrotic bone was noted with placebo. Gentamycin therapy ameliorated the infection and resulted in no necrotic bone formation. Although the study was osteomyelitis focused, the findings support the etiopathological role of bacteria in ONJ.
In the current study, intermittent PTH administration for 2 weeks after VC treatment resulted in significantly higher bone mass in intact maxillae but not in intact tibiae. The difference in bone responses to PTH is likely due to the presence or absence of trabecular bone. In this study, the metaphyseal trabecular bone area between 1.2 and 3.5 mm distal to the growth plate was assessed to establish baseline bone responses to PTH. As the assessed bone site corresponds to the distal end of the metaphyseal trabecular bone in the proximal tibiae, the trabecular bone at this site would be resorbed because of OVX in the VC-treated rats. Accordingly, the trabeculation was scarce when PTH therapy was initiated. The relatively high BMD values of the maxillae in the VC-VC group suggests the trabecular structure was maintained after OVX, while in the tibiae the low BMD values in the VC-VC group points to significant trabecular bone loss. Therefore, in the intact tibiae that the PTH anabolic effect was not observed was likely due to a trabeculation deficit. Rats in which ALN/DEX treatment was initiated immediately after OVX had greater trabecular bone as evidenced by the high BV/TV and BMD values in the ALN/DEX-VC group. In the ALN/DEX-treated rats, PTH therapy augmented BV/TV and BMD. In fact, when the PTH anabolic effect was compared between ALN/DEX and VC treatment, significantly higher bone volume was found in the ALN/DEX-treated rats. These findings may suggest that the amount of existing trabecular bone is a determinant of the degree of PTH anabolic effect in the metaphysis. It is also possible that the short duration (2 weeks) of PTH treatment was not long enough to support significant anabolism at this site. The tibial bone defects were made at the edge of the diaphysis where little trabecular bone, if any, existed. Even the defects were created in such a sparse trabecular bone area in the VC-treated rats, PTH significantly promoted bone fill. PTH also enhanced bone fill in the defects significantly after the ALN/DEX treatment. When the PTH anabolic effect was compared between the osseous defects and undisturbed bone, more powerful PTH anabolic effect was noted in the osseous defect than in undisturbed bone in this study (approximately 47 vs. 6 %). PTH has been shown to promote osseous healing in osteoporotic women [37]. The PTH anabolic effect has also been shown to be pronounced in rapidly growing animals [38]. Nakajima et al. reported that low doses of PTH, which did not increase systemic bone mass, was sufficient to promote osseous healing in rats [39]. These reports together with our findings suggest that PTH’s anabolic actions are greatly enhanced in bone with a high metabolic state. It should be mentioned that although PTH significantly augmented bone fill in the defects after ALN/DEX, this increase was smaller than that after VC treatment, suggesting a possible blunting effect of ALN/DEX treatment on the PTH anabolic effect [40].
In extraction wounds, PTH rescued ALN/DEX-induced impaired healing evidenced by high bone fill and promotion of soft tissue coverage. PTH’s ability to promote healing of ONJ in osteoporotic patients has been reported in case studies [16], however, its mechanisms are unknown. Our study may provide a biological explanation. In the current study, the ALN/DEX treatment significantly suppressed osteoclasts in the extraction wounds. Osteoclast recovery, however, appeared to not be critical for healing since osteoclast surface was significantly suppressed in the healed wounds of the ALN/DEX-PTH group. Rather, the reduction of empty osteocyte lacunae appeared to be associated with healing. PTH significantly reduced the empty lacunae in both the ALN/DEX- and VC-treated rats, suggesting that PTH may promote osteocyte survival in extraction wounds. The significant reduction in empty osteocyte lacunae was observed not only in the extraction wounds but also in the tibial defects. In the tibial defects, it is likely that the surgical drill created damage in the bone and induced osteocyte death. PTH significantly promoted osteocyte survival in both the ALN/DEX and VC-treated groups. Furthermore, PTH appeared to promote the survival of bone marrow cells as suggested by the numbers of TUNEL+ bone marrow cells that were significantly suppressed by PTH in the tibial defects. Intermittent PTH is known to have antiapoptotic effects in mature osteoblasts [41], but our findings suggest that PTH might have antiapoptotic effects on other cell types including osteocytes in osseous wounds. In this study, PTH suppressed PMN infiltration and promoted collagen apposition significantly in the extraction wounds. Although unclear, we speculate that the suppression of osteocyte death by PTH reduced inflammatory responses and therefore suppressed PMN infiltration, and such a diminution in inflammatory responses promoted soft tissue healing by increasing collagen apposition.
Abtahi et al. compared the incidence of necrotic lesions with and without wound coverage post-extractions in rats on ALN/DEX and found that all extraction wounds developed necrotic lesions when the wounds were left open, but with the wound coverage, no necrotic lesions occurred [42]. In the present study, the tooth extraction wounds were left open, while the tibial defects were closed. Extraction wounds are typically left open in humans, so it is possible that if the oral wounds were closed in this study, they could have healed in a similar manner to the tibial wounds. The observed differences in this study could be, therefore, to a small extent attributed to the presence or absence of wound closure. Rats heal rapidly after tooth extraction; epithelial coverage occurs in approximately 8 days and bone fill happens in approximately 3 weeks [5]. Assessment of healing at 2 weeks was chosen since a primary goal for this study was to evaluate short-term actions of PTH during the course of wound healing. However, this time period could fall short and the outcome of this study may be different if PTH therapy had been extended.
This study shows that ALN and DEX treatment restricted tooth extraction wound healing in the jaw. Intermittent PTH rescued bisphosphonate/dexamethasone-induced necrotic lesions by promoting soft tissue healing. The findings of this study suggest that intermittent PTH therapy could be considered to prevent ONJ in osteoporosis patients receiving ALN and steroid therapies.
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This work was supported by a 2012 Award from the Delta Dental Foundation, the NIH/NIDCR R01DE023538, and R01DE022327. The MicroCT core is funded in part by NIH/NCRR S10RR026475.
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Dr. McCauley is a co-investigator on a human clinical trial where Eli Lilly provided study drug.
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Kuroshima, S., Entezami, P., McCauley, L.K. et al. Early effects of parathyroid hormone on bisphosphonate/steroid-associated compromised osseous wound healing. Osteoporos Int 25, 1141–1150 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-013-2570-8
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