Region-specific effects of blocking estrogen receptors on longitudinal bone growth

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Lin-Yu Jin Department of spinal surgery, Peking University People’s Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Xin-Jin Su Department of spinal surgery, enji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

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Shuai Xu Department of spinal surgery, Peking University People’s Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China

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Correspondence should be addressed to H-Y Liu or X-F Li: drlhypkuph@163.com or lxfrenji@126.com
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https://doi.org/10.1530/JOE-21-0049
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Volume 250: Issue 1
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13–24
Online Publication Date:
16 Jun 2021
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Estrogen receptors (ERs) regulate the development of the growth plate (GP) by binding to estrogen, a phenomenon that determines the growth of skeletal bone. However, the exact mechanisms underlying the regulatory effects of ERs on axial and appendicular growth plates during puberty remain unclear. In the present study, the strategy of ERβ blocking resulted in increased longitudinal elongation of the appendicular bone (P < 0.01), whereas ERα blocking suppressed appendicular elongation (P < 0.05). Blocking both ERs did not have opposite effects on axial longitudinal growth. The expression of chondrocyte proliferation genes including collagen II, aggrecan, and Sox9 and hypertrophic marker genes including collagen X, MMP13, and Runx2 was significantly increased in the growth plate of female mice treated with ERβ antagonist compared with that in the GP of control mice (P < 0.05). There were no significant differences in local insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) expression among these groups (P > 0.05), and Indian hedgehog protein (Ihh) and parathyroid-related protein (PTHrP) expressions differed among these groups (P < 0.05). ERs appeared not to affect axial bone growth during puberty in female mice (P > 0.05). Our data show that the blocking of different ER subtypes might have a region-specific influence on longitudinal appendicular and axial growth.

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    • Figure supplementation 1. Effects of ERα and ERβ antagonists on vertebral growth plate length, proliferative and hypertrophic zone. HE staining of mouse femur growth plate. (A). Quantitative morphological studies showing the total growth plate height (B). The height of the proliferative zone (C). The height of hypertrophic zone (D). Ratios of proliferative/hypertrophic zones (E). n=12, Values are means±SD, *P<0.05, ***P<0.01 and **** P<0.001. Scale bar: 100μm.

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0022-0795
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1479-6805
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Article Type:
Research Article
Received Date:
05 May 2021
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20 May 2021
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01 Jul 2021
Online Publication Date:
16 Jun 2021
Keywords:
estrogen receptor; skeletal longitudinal growth; growth plate; endochondral formation

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