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To verify whether this could explain the estrogen-dependent blockade of osteoporosis, we investigated the effect of ovariectomy in mice in which iNOS activity had been blunted by genetic or pharmacological manipulation. The consequences of iNOS blockade were evaluated initially on bone formation and resorption by histomorphometric analysis. The proximal tibiae of mice with iNOS genotypes revealed that 32 d after ovariectomy bone volume and bone formation rate were significantly decreased, and osteoclast surface was increased. Conversely, in iNOS knockout (iNOSKO) and wild-type (WT) mice treated with a specific inhibitor of iNOS, N-iminoethyl-l-lysine, ovariectomy did not result in bone depletion. In WT mice, ovariectomy also affected bone formation, as shown by a decreased mineral apposition rate. Also in this case, iNOS inactivation prevented the effect of ovariectomy. Immunocytochemical analysis showed that after ovariectomy iNOS protein accumulates in chondrocytes, and a significant increase in nitrotyrosine and poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase staining was observed in the femur metaphyses. The increase in nitrotyrosine and poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase formation induced by ovariectomy was significantly reduced in sections from iNOSKO mice. These data indicate that in WT mice the observed induction of iNOS has functional relevance, because it leads to overproduction of nitric oxide and accumulation of highly reactive molecules, triggering a local inflammatory reaction. These inflammatory foci attract cytokines, well known actors in the mechanism of osteoclastogenesis. In iNOSKO mice the measurements of IL-1\u03b2, IL-6, and TNF\u03b1 plasma levels showed that ovariectomy fails to elicit the increase observed in WT animals and suggests that iNOS plays a primary role in the protective effects of estrogens. 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