TY - JOUR
T1 - Bone growth and turnover in progesterone receptor knockout mice
AU - Rickard, David J.
AU - Iwaniec, Urszula T.
AU - Evans, Glenda
AU - Hefferan, Theresa E.
AU - Hunter, Jamie C.
AU - Waters, Katrina M.
AU - Lydon, John P.
AU - O'Malley, Bert W.
AU - Khosla, Sundeep
AU - Spelsberg, Thomas C.
AU - Turner, Russell T.
PY - 2008/5
Y1 - 2008/5
N2 - The role of progesterone receptor (PR) signaling in skeletal metabolism is controversial. To address whether signaling through thePRis necessary for normal bone growth and turnover, we performed histomorphometric and microcomputed tomography analyses of bone from homozygous female PR knockout (PRKO) mice at 6, 12, and 26 wk of age. These mice possess a null mutation of the PR locus, which blocks the gene expression of A and B isoforms of PR. Body weight gain, uterine weight gain, and tibia longitudinal bone growth were normal in PRKO mice. In contrast, total, cancellous, and cortical bone mass were increased in the humerus of 12-wk-old PRKO mice, whereas cortical and cancellous bone mass in the tibia was normal. At 26 wk of age, cancellous bone area in the proximal tibia metaphysis of PRKO mice was 153% greater than age matched wild-type mice. The improved cancellous bone balance in 6-month-old PRKO mice was associated with elevated bone formation and a tendency toward reduced osteoclast perimeter. Taken together, these findings suggest that PR signaling in mice is not essential for bone growth and turnover. However, at some skeletal sites, PR signaling attenuates the accumulation of cortical and cancellous bone mass during adolescence.
AB - The role of progesterone receptor (PR) signaling in skeletal metabolism is controversial. To address whether signaling through thePRis necessary for normal bone growth and turnover, we performed histomorphometric and microcomputed tomography analyses of bone from homozygous female PR knockout (PRKO) mice at 6, 12, and 26 wk of age. These mice possess a null mutation of the PR locus, which blocks the gene expression of A and B isoforms of PR. Body weight gain, uterine weight gain, and tibia longitudinal bone growth were normal in PRKO mice. In contrast, total, cancellous, and cortical bone mass were increased in the humerus of 12-wk-old PRKO mice, whereas cortical and cancellous bone mass in the tibia was normal. At 26 wk of age, cancellous bone area in the proximal tibia metaphysis of PRKO mice was 153% greater than age matched wild-type mice. The improved cancellous bone balance in 6-month-old PRKO mice was associated with elevated bone formation and a tendency toward reduced osteoclast perimeter. Taken together, these findings suggest that PR signaling in mice is not essential for bone growth and turnover. However, at some skeletal sites, PR signaling attenuates the accumulation of cortical and cancellous bone mass during adolescence.
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U2 - 10.1210/en.2007-1247
DO - 10.1210/en.2007-1247
M3 - Article
C2 - 18276762
AN - SCOPUS:42449154300
SN - 0013-7227
VL - 149
SP - 2383
EP - 2390
JO - Endocrinology
JF - Endocrinology
IS - 5
ER -