Affiliation:
1. Royal Veterinary College (L.K.S., L.E.L.), London NW10TU, United Kingdom
2. School of Veterinary Sciences (G.G., L.M., J.P.), University of Bristol, Bristol BS40 5DU, United Kingdom
Abstract
To determine the effect of estrogen receptors (ER) α and β on bones' adaptive response to loading, we subjected the right tibiae of mice lacking ERα or ERβ activity to either axial loading or to disuse. Adaptive changes in architecture were assessed by comparing differences between the right (treated) and left (control) tibiae in these genotypes as assessed by microcomputed tomography. In female ERα−/− mice, the net-osteogenic response to loading was lower in cortical bone compared with their wild-type littermates (11.2 vs. 20.9% in ERα+/+), but it was higher in both cortical and cancellous bone of male ERα−/− mice (cortical 20.0 vs. 4.6% in ERα+/+; cancellous 30.0 vs. 5.3% in ERα+/+, P < 0.05). In ERβ−/− male and female mice, the net-osteogenic response to loading was higher in cortical bone (males 10.9 vs. 3.9% in ERβ+/+; females 18.5 vs. 15.8% in ERβ+/+, P < 0.05) but no different from controls in cancellous bone. The bone loss in response to disuse was less in cancellous bone of ERα−/− mice than in controls (−15.9 vs. −21.3%, respectively, P < 0.05) but no different at any other site or between any other groups. Our conclusion is that functional ERα enhances the net-osteogenic response to loading in cortical but not cancellous bone in female mice but reduces it in males. ERβ decreases the response to loading in cortical bone of males and females but has no effect in cancellous bone. Bone loss due to disuse in cortical bone is unaffected by ER status, but in cancellous bone, functional ERα contributes to greater disuse-related bone loss.
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