Yang Mei,Xiang Xuerong,Ye Guo,Pan Lanlan,Fan Xiaoping,Yan Ying.Changes of COX-2 and PGE2 in rat alveolar bone remodeling stimulated by low-intensity pulsed ultrasound[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2016,38(08):829-834.
Yang Mei,Xiang Xuerong,Ye Guo,Pan Lanlan,Fan Xiaoping,Yan Ying.Changes of COX-2 and PGE2 in rat alveolar bone remodeling stimulated by low-intensity pulsed ultrasound[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2016,38(08):829-834.DOI:
Objective To investigate the effect of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) therapy on the tooth movement and the change of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)/prostaglandin E
2
(PEG
2
) in the process of alveolar bone remodeling in rats. Methods Twenty-five male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into orthodontic
s group (control group) and LIPUS+orthodontics group (experimental group). Since the second day following animal models of orthodontic tooth movement
the right maxillary took LIPUS (frequency 1.5 MHz
intensity 30 mW/cm
2
pulse width 200 μs
repetition frequency 1 kHz) for 20 min per day
and the left maxillary took sham LIPUS treatment. The samples were collected on the 1st
3rd
5th
7th and 14th days
respectively. General measurement analysis and histological sections at each time point were performed to evaluate the effects of LIPUS on the tooth movement. Results The tooth movement of the experimental group was significantly faster than that of the control group on the 5th
7th and 14th days (P0.01). The expression levels of COX-2 and PGE
2
in the experimental group were significantly higher than those in the control group on the 5th and 7th days
and the peaks appeared on the 7th day (P0.05). Conclusion LIPUS can effectively increase the expression of COX-2 and PGE
2
to promote alveolar bone remodeling. It indicates that LIPUS can accelerate the orthodontic tooth movement by increasing expression of COX-2 and PEG