Effects of bisphosphonate (pamidronate) on bone resorption resulting from metastasis of a squamous cell carcinoma: Report of an autopsy case and evaluation of bone resorbing activity in an experimental animal model

Purpose: This study evaluated the ability of bisphosphonate to prevent bone resorption induced by metastatic tumor cells. Materials and Methods: Autopsy specimens of a bone metastasis from a woman with a primary squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue who developed multiple osteolytic lesions and hype...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery 1996-11, Vol.54 (11), p.1327-1333
Hauptverfasser: Hiraga, Tooru, Takada, Masahito, Nakajima, Tamio, Ozawa, Hidehiro
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Zusammenfassung:Purpose: This study evaluated the ability of bisphosphonate to prevent bone resorption induced by metastatic tumor cells. Materials and Methods: Autopsy specimens of a bone metastasis from a woman with a primary squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue who developed multiple osteolytic lesions and hypercalcemia and was treated with pamidronate were studied histologically, histochemically, and ultrastructurally. In an animal experiment, cultured tumor cells (1 × 10 5) obtained from a metastatic submandibular lymph node in the same patient were injected in the left ventricle of nude mice, and a resulting metastatic bone lesion was studied histologically and histochemically. Results: In the autopsy specimens, despite the presence of many resorption lacunae on bone surface, only a few small tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAPase)-positive cells were observed, and most of them were stained weakly and detached from the bone surface. In the animal experiment, 1 of 10 animals (10%) formed osteolytic bone metastasis, and many TRAPasepositive cells were observed histochemically. Conclusions: Biphosphonate inhibits bone resorption induced by tumor, possibly by decreasing the number of osteoclasts and inhibiting their function.
ISSN:0278-2391
1531-5053
DOI:10.1016/S0278-2391(96)90492-9