Exercise and Zoledronic Acid on Lipid Profile and Bone Remodeling in Ovariectomized Rats: a Paradoxical Negative Association

• Published in: Lipids Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 337 - 344
• Main Authors: Lespessailles, E, Jaffré, C, Rochefort, G. Y, Dolléans, E, Benhamou, C. L, Courteix, D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Berlin/Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag 01.04.2010; Springer-Verlag; Springer‐Verlag; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Animals; Arteriosclerosis; Atherosclerosis; Biomarkers - blood; Biomarkers - metabolism; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Bisphosphonates; Bone Density Conservation Agents - pharmacology; Bone loss; Bone Remodeling - drug effects; Bone Remodeling - physiology; Bone remodelling; Bone resorption; Cholesterol; Data processing; Diphosphonates - pharmacology; Female; Human health and pathology; Imidazoles - pharmacology; Life Sciences; Lipid metabolism; Lipid Metabolism - drug effects; Lipid Metabolism - physiology; Lipidology; Lipids; Lipids - blood; Lipoproteins; Medical Biochemistry; Medicinal Chemistry; Menopause; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Neurochemistry; Nutrition; Original Article; Ovariectomy; Physical Conditioning, Animal - physiology; Physical training; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Running; Tissues and Organs; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - blood; Zoledronic acid; Atherosclerosis; Lipid metabolism
• ISSN: 0024-4201; 1558-9307
• DOI: 10.1007/s11745-010-3399-y

Exercise (EXE) and amino-bisphosphonates (BP) are both considered as useful strategies in the prevention of post-menopausal bone loss. Exercise reduces lipid levels, and BP may induce increase in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). We hypothesized that combined effects of BP and exercise would produce a better improvement of lipid profile. We studied the specific and combined effects of zoledronic acid (Z) and EXE on lipid profile and bone remodeling in mature ovariectomized (OVX) rats. Six-month old female rats were randomly assigned to either a sham-ovx group (n = 12) or one of four OVX groups (n = 12): vehicle-treated sedentary (OVX); OVX + EXE (OVX-E, running on a treadmill for 12 weeks); OVX + Z (20 μg/kg, i.v.), (OVX-Z); OVX + Z+EXE (OVX-ZE). Total cholesterol (TC), HDL-C and bone remodeling markers were measured at baseline and at the end of the study. We demonstrated that both Z and EXE prevented the increase in bone resorption resulting from OVX, and individually improved the atherosclerotic risk index. Therapy with Z resulted in significant increase (39.00 ± 0.03 vs. 53.6 ± 0.01 mg/dl; +37.4%, P < 0.05) in serum concentration of HDL-C and a non significant decrease in TC (135.30 ± 0.03 vs. 144.80 ± 0.05 mg/dl; −5.8%) in the OVX-Z group compared to the OVX group. Post-menopausal women have elevated risk of CVD and bone resorption, hence, these data ultimately demonstrate (except for the elevated ratio in the combined group) that exercise and zoledronic acid are useful in minimizing the impact of these two processes in women and the combination of the two may be clinically relevant.