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To reduplicate the intraosseous environment seen in glucocorticoid-induced osteonecrosis, dexamethasone (Dex) was added to MLO-Y4 cultured in 1% hypoxia (H-D stress environment). An in vitro study was conducted in which changes in mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM), a marker of mitochondrial function, and ATP5A produced by mitochondria, induced by the presence\/absence of taurine addition were measured. To confirm the effect of taurine in vivo, 15 Japanese White rabbits were administered methylprednisolone (MP) 20 mg\/kg as a single injection into the gluteus muscle (MP+\/TAU\u2212 group), while for 5 consecutive days from the day of MP administration, taurine 100 mg\/kg was administered to 15 animals (MP+\/TAU+ group). As a control 15 untreated rabbits were also studied. The rabbits in each of the groups were sacrificed on the 14th day after glucocorticoid administration, and the bilateral femora were harvested. Histopathologically, the incidence of osteonecrosis was quantified immunohistochemically by quantifying TFAM and ATP5A expression. In the rabbits exposed to an H-D stress environment and in MP+\/TAU\u2212 group, TFAM and ATP5A expression markedly decreased. With addition of taurine in the in vitro and in vivo studies, the expression of TFAM and ATP5A was somewhat decreased as compared with Dex\u2212\/hypoxia\u2212 or MP\u2212\/TAU\u2212 group, while improvement was noted as compared with Dex+\/hypoxia+ or MP+\/TAU\u2212 group. In rabbits, the incidence of osteonecrosis was 80% in MP+\/TAU\u2212 group, in contrast to 20% in the taurine administered group (MP+\/TAU+), representing a significant decrease. Since taurine was documented to exert a protective effect on mitochondrial function by inhibiting the mitochondrial dysfunction associated with glucocorticoid administration, we speculated that it might also indirectly help to prevent the development of osteonecrosis in this context. 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