TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of estrogen therapy on bone marrow adipocytes in postmenopausal osteoporotic women
AU - Syed, F. A.
AU - Oursler, M. J.
AU - Hefferanm, T. E.
AU - Peterson, J. M.
AU - Riggs, B. L.
AU - Khosla, S.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by NIH Grants AG004875 and AG028936.
PY - 2008/9
Y1 - 2008/9
N2 - Summary: One-year treatment of osteoporotic postmenopausal women with transdermal estrogen resulted in significant decreases in bone marrow adipocyte volume and prevented increases in adipocyte number as compared to placebo-treated controls. Estrogen treatment also prevented increases in mean adipocyte size over 1 year. Introduction: Aging is associated not only with bone loss but also with increases in bone marrow adipocytes. Since osteoblasts and adipocytes are derived from a common precursor, it is possible that with aging, there is a preferential "switch" in commitment of this precursor to the adipocyte over the osteoblast lineage. We tested the hypothesis that the apparent "age-related" increase in marrow adipocytes is due, at least in part, to estrogen (E) deficiency. Methods: Reanalysis of bone biopsies from a randomized, placebo-controlled trial involving 56 postmenopausal osteoporotic women (mean age, 64 years) treated either with placebo (PL, n=27) or transdermal estradiol (0.1 mg/d, n=29) for 1 year. Results: Adipocyte volume/tissue volume (AV/TV) and adipocyte number (Ad#) increased (by ∼20%, P<0.05) in the PL group, but were unchanged (Ad#) or decreased (AV/TV, by -24%, P<0.001) in the E group. E treatment also prevented increases in mean adipocyte size over 1 year. Conclusions: These findings represent the first in vivo demonstration in humans that not only ongoing bone loss, but also the increase in bone marrow adipocyte number and size in postmenopausal osteoporotic women may be due, at least in part, to E deficiency.
AB - Summary: One-year treatment of osteoporotic postmenopausal women with transdermal estrogen resulted in significant decreases in bone marrow adipocyte volume and prevented increases in adipocyte number as compared to placebo-treated controls. Estrogen treatment also prevented increases in mean adipocyte size over 1 year. Introduction: Aging is associated not only with bone loss but also with increases in bone marrow adipocytes. Since osteoblasts and adipocytes are derived from a common precursor, it is possible that with aging, there is a preferential "switch" in commitment of this precursor to the adipocyte over the osteoblast lineage. We tested the hypothesis that the apparent "age-related" increase in marrow adipocytes is due, at least in part, to estrogen (E) deficiency. Methods: Reanalysis of bone biopsies from a randomized, placebo-controlled trial involving 56 postmenopausal osteoporotic women (mean age, 64 years) treated either with placebo (PL, n=27) or transdermal estradiol (0.1 mg/d, n=29) for 1 year. Results: Adipocyte volume/tissue volume (AV/TV) and adipocyte number (Ad#) increased (by ∼20%, P<0.05) in the PL group, but were unchanged (Ad#) or decreased (AV/TV, by -24%, P<0.001) in the E group. E treatment also prevented increases in mean adipocyte size over 1 year. Conclusions: These findings represent the first in vivo demonstration in humans that not only ongoing bone loss, but also the increase in bone marrow adipocyte number and size in postmenopausal osteoporotic women may be due, at least in part, to E deficiency.
KW - Adipocytes
KW - Bone
KW - Osteoporosis
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U2 - 10.1007/s00198-008-0574-6
DO - 10.1007/s00198-008-0574-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 18274695
AN - SCOPUS:49549089736
SN - 0937-941X
VL - 19
SP - 1323
EP - 1330
JO - Osteoporosis International
JF - Osteoporosis International
IS - 9
ER -