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Effects of sodium fluoride treatment in vitro on cell proliferation, apoptosis and caspase-3 and caspase-9 mRNA expression by neonatal rat osteoblasts

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Long-term excessive fluoride intake is linked to skeletal disease. Skeletal health is influenced by the balance between bone formation and resorption of which osteoblast function is critical. The objectives of this study were to determine the effect of fluoride treatment on osteoblast proliferation, apoptosis and caspase-3 and caspase-9 mRNA expression in vitro. Neonatal rat osteoblasts were cultured in the presence of varying concentrations (0.5–30 mg/l) of sodium fluoride and effects of treatments were determined. Treatment with sodium fluoride inhibited osteoblast proliferation in a dose-dependent fashion and effects were maximal after 120 h incubation. A significant increase in osteoblast apoptosis was observed (after 24 and 72-h treatment) in response to the lowest dose of sodium fluoride (0.5 mg/l) and osteoblast apoptosis was further increased in response to higher doses. Increased-osteoblast caspase-3 and caspase-9 mRNA was also observed in response to sodium fluoride treatment (5 mg/l) for 72 h. Results indicate that negative effects of excess fluoride on skeletal health may be mediated in part by inhibition of osteoblast survival.

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This research was sponsored by the China National Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 30471303). (Grant No. 30671545), the Shanxi Province Returnee’s Science Foundation (Grant No. 2004043), and the Shanxi Province Science and Technology Bureau Program (Grant No. 2006031065).

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  1. Shanxi Key Laboratory of Ecological Animal Science and Environmental Medicine, 030801, Taigu, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaoyan Yan, Cuiping Feng, Qinglin Chen, Wentao Li, Hongwei Wang, Lihua Lv & Jundong Wang

  2. Shanxi Agricultural University, 030801, Taigu, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaoyan Yan, Cuiping Feng, Qinglin Chen, Hongwei Wang, Lihua Lv, George W. Smith & Jundong Wang

  3. Laboratory of Mammalian Reproductive Biology and Genomics, Departments of Animal Science and Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

    George W. Smith

  4. High Vocational Technique College, Heilongjiang August First Land Reclamation University, 163319, Daqing, Heilongjiang, People’s Republic of China

    Wentao Li

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Yan, X., Feng, C., Chen, Q. et al. Effects of sodium fluoride treatment in vitro on cell proliferation, apoptosis and caspase-3 and caspase-9 mRNA expression by neonatal rat osteoblasts. Arch Toxicol 83, 451–458 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-008-0365-z

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