TY - JOUR
T1 - Androgen effects on bone metabolism
T2 - Recent progress and controversies
AU - Hofbauer, Lorenz C.
AU - Khosla, Sundeep
PY - 1999/4
Y1 - 1999/4
N2 - Androgens have beneficial effects on skeletal development and maintenance in women and men. The detection and functional characterization of androgen receptors in bone cells has implicated bone tissue as a potential target tissue for androgens. Gonadal and adrenal androgens directly regulate various aspects of osteoblastic lineage cells, including proliferation, differentiation, mineralization, and gene expression. These effects may differ depending on the stage of differentiation, the number of androgen receptors, and other inherent characteristics (species, site, cell biology) of the osteoblastic cell system. In addition, recent studies have suggested that some of the anabolic and anti-resorptive effects of androgens on bone may be mediated by regulation of autocrine and paracrine factors in the bone microenvironment, including transforming growth factor-β, insulin-like growth factors (and their binding proteins), and interleukin-6. This review summarizes the recent progress made in our knowledge of androgen receptor action, local androgen metabolism in bone, and direct and indirect effects of gonadal and adrenal androgens as well as androgen receptor antagonists on bone cells.
AB - Androgens have beneficial effects on skeletal development and maintenance in women and men. The detection and functional characterization of androgen receptors in bone cells has implicated bone tissue as a potential target tissue for androgens. Gonadal and adrenal androgens directly regulate various aspects of osteoblastic lineage cells, including proliferation, differentiation, mineralization, and gene expression. These effects may differ depending on the stage of differentiation, the number of androgen receptors, and other inherent characteristics (species, site, cell biology) of the osteoblastic cell system. In addition, recent studies have suggested that some of the anabolic and anti-resorptive effects of androgens on bone may be mediated by regulation of autocrine and paracrine factors in the bone microenvironment, including transforming growth factor-β, insulin-like growth factors (and their binding proteins), and interleukin-6. This review summarizes the recent progress made in our knowledge of androgen receptor action, local androgen metabolism in bone, and direct and indirect effects of gonadal and adrenal androgens as well as androgen receptor antagonists on bone cells.
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U2 - 10.1530/eje.0.1400271
DO - 10.1530/eje.0.1400271
M3 - Review article
C2 - 10097244
AN - SCOPUS:0032963061
SN - 0804-4643
VL - 140
SP - 271
EP - 286
JO - European journal of endocrinology
JF - European journal of endocrinology
IS - 4
ER -