Estrogen receptor-alpha and -beta are expressed throughout postnatal development in the rat and rabbit growth plate

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O Nilsson
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V Abad
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D Chrysis
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EM Ritzen
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L Savendahl
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J Baron
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1677/joe.0.1730407
Volume/Issue:
Volume 173: Issue 3
Article Type:
Other
Page Range:
407–414
Online Publication Date:
01 Jun 2002
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Estrogen regulates skeletal growth and promotes epiphyseal fusion. To explore the mechanisms underlying these effects we investigated the expression of estrogen receptor-alpha (ERalpha) and -beta (ERbeta) in rat and rabbit growth plates during postnatal development, using immunohistochemistry. Immunoreactivity for ERalpha and ERbeta was observed in resting zone and proliferative zone chondrocytes at all ages studied for both rat (7, 14, 28 and 70 days of age) and rabbit (1, 7, 28 and 120 days of age). In the rat distal humerus and the rabbit proximal tibia, expression of both receptors in the hypertrophic zone was minimal at early ages, increasing only at the last time point prior to epiphyseal fusion. Expression was rarely seen in the hypertrophic zone of the rat proximal tibia, a growth plate that does not fuse until late in life. Therefore, we conclude that ERalpha and ERbeta are both expressed in the mammalian growth plate. The temporal and anatomical pattern suggests that ER expression in the hypertrophic zone in particular may play a role in epiphyseal fusion.

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Print ISSN:
0022-0795
Online ISSN:
1479-6805
Page(s):
8
Article Type:
Other
Print Publication Date:
01 Jun 2002
Online Publication Date:
01 Jun 2002