Asperosaponin VI Injection Enhances Orthodontic Tooth Movement in Rats.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND This study was performed to investigate the effect of local injection of asperosaponin VI (ASA VI) on the orthodontic tooth movement in rats. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 64 healthy female Sprague-Dawley rats were selected and divided into 2 groups randomly: the ASA VI group and the control group. For the ASA VI group, 10 mg/kg ASA VI solution was injected into buccal submucoperiosteal of bilaterally first maxillary molars, and the same volume of normal saline was given to the control group. The orthodontic force was applied to the maxillary first molars. All rats were sacrificed on days 3, 7, or 14. Tooth movement effects on the periodontium were analyzed through hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining, tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) staining and immunohistochemistr

SUBMITTER: Ma D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7193222 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature