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Title: Correlations between uptake of technetium, calcium, phosphate, and mineralization in rat tibial bone repair

Journal Article · · Journal of Nuclear Medicine; (USA)
OSTI ID:6210050
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  1. Hebrew Univ.-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem (Israel)

Technetium-99m-({sup 99m}Tc) phosphates are extensively used for detection of bone formation and resorption. The present is a study of {sup 99m}Tc incorporation during bone remodeling. Uptake of {sup 99m}Tc-labeled phosphate was studied in an animal model of primary osteogenesis following tibial marrow injury and incorporation was correlated to that of calcium-47 ({sup 47}Ca), phosphorus-32 ({sup 32}P), and with matrix vesicle calcification. Isotope uptake on Day 6 in the whole bone was increased compared to controls. On this day, an increase in vesicular diameter and distance from the calcified front was previously observed. Technetium-99m-labeled phosphates were detected only in the organic phase. Phosphorus-32 and {sup 47}Ca were detected in both organic and inorganic phases. It is suggested that {sup 99m}Tc serves as a specific marker to the anabolic phase of remodeling. Increased incorporation of {sup 99m}Tc during bone healing indicates enhanced organic matrix formation and not calcification.

OSTI ID:
6210050
Journal Information:
Journal of Nuclear Medicine; (USA), Vol. 31:12; ISSN 0161-5505
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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