1. Effect of curcumin on bone tissue in the diabetic rat: repair of peri-implant and critical-sized defects.
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Cirano FR, Pimentel SP, Casati MZ, Corrêa MG, Pino DS, Messora MR, Silva PHF, and Ribeiro FV
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- Animals, Biomarkers analysis, Implants, Experimental, Male, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Skull diagnostic imaging, Tibia diagnostic imaging, X-Ray Microtomography, Bone Remodeling drug effects, Curcumin pharmacology, Dental Implants, Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental, Osseointegration drug effects, Skull surgery, Tibia surgery, Wound Healing drug effects
- Abstract
This study determined the effect of curcumin on bone healing in animals with diabetes mellitus (DM). One hundred rats were divided into five groups: DM+PLAC, DM+CURC, DM+INS, DM+CURC+INS, and non-DM (CURC, curcumin; PLAC, placebo; INS, insulin). Critical calvarial defects were created and titanium implants were inserted into the tibiae. Calvarial defects were analyzed histometrically, and BMP-2, OPN, OPG, RANKL, Runx2, Osx, β-catenin, Lrp-5, and Dkk1 mRNA levels were quantified by PCR. The implants were removed for a torque evaluation, the peri-implant tissue was collected for mRNA quantification of the same bone-related markers, and the tibiae were submitted to micro-computed tomography. The DM+CURC+INS and non-DM groups exhibited greater closure of the calvaria when compared to the DM+PLAC group (P<0.05). Increased retention of implants was observed in the DM+CURC, DM+CURC+INS, and non-DM groups when compared to the DM+PLAC group (P<0.05). CURC improved bone volume and increased bone-implant contact when compared to DM+PLAC (P<0.05). In calvarial samples, CURC favourably modulated RANKL/OPG and Dkk1 and improved β-catenin levels when compared to DM+PLAC (P<0.05). In peri-implant samples, Dkk1 and RANKL/OPG were down-regulated and BMP-2 up-regulated by CURC when compared to DM+PLAC (P<0.05). CURC reverses the harmful effects of DM in bone healing, contributing to the modulation of bone-related markers., (Copyright © 2018 International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2018
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