The impact of microgravity environment in space on osteoporosis
10.16289/j.cnki.1002-0837.2025.01013
- VernacularTitle:空间微重力环境对骨质疏松的影响
- Author:
Jun MA
1
;
Zichao LIU
;
Lantao ZHANG
;
Qiao ZHANG
;
Shuai SHANG
;
Qian ZHANG
Author Information
1. 北京空间飞行器总体设计部,北京 100094
- Keywords:
microgravity;
osteoporosis;
bone remodeling;
simulated microgravity
- From:Space Medicine & Medical Engineering
2025;36(1):75-80
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
As space stations steadily progress into the application and development stage,astronauts will be regularly rotated for space missions,and the impact of the space environment on human health will become an important research topic.Under microgravity,astronauts lose 1%～2%bone mass per month.Astronauts'health phenotype,as well as animal experiments conducted in space,have shown that microgravity leads to significant loss of weight-bearing bone and reduction of ultimate loading in bones.Due to the limited conditions,it is not easy to conduct experiments in space,so various animal models have been used for simulated microgravity experiments to study the mechanisms of bone loss.This review summarizes many studies on osteoporosis under space microgravity and simulated microgravity on the ground,describing different types of bone loss and underlying molecular mechanisms caused by microgravity,as well as the similarities and differences of current conclusions.In addition,this review summarizes the effects of non-bone tissues such as muscles on bone loss under microgravity,and the current measures adopted in the space station to prevent osteoporosis.
