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Title: Mineralization and bone resorption are regulated by the androgen receptor in male mice.
Austin Authors: Chiang, Cherie Ying;Chiu, Maria;Moore, Alison J;Anderson, Paul H;Ghasem-Zadeh, Ali ;McManus, Julie F;Ma, Cathy;Seeman, Ego ;Clemens, Thomas L;Morris, Howard A;Zajac, Jeffrey D ;Davey, Rachel A
Affiliation: Department of Medicine, Austin Health, The University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Issue Date: 1-Apr-2009
Publication information: Journal of Bone and Mineral Research : the Official Journal of the American Society For Bone and Mineral Research; 24(4): 621-31
Abstract: Androgens play a key role in skeletal growth and bone maintenance; however, their mechanism of action remains unclear. To address this, we selectively deleted the androgen receptor (AR) in terminally differentiated, mineralizing osteoblasts using the Cre/loxP system in mice (osteocalcin-Cre AR knockouts [mOBL-ARKOs]). Male mOBL-ARKOs had decreased femoral trabecular bone volume compared with littermate controls because of a reduction in trabecular number at 6, 12, and 24 wk of age, indicative of increased bone resorption. The effects of AR inactivation in mineralizing osteoblasts was most marked in the young mutant mice at 6 wk of age when rates of bone turnover are high, with a 35% reduction in trabecular bone volume, decreased cortical thickness, and abnormalities in the mineralization of bone matrix, characterized by increased unmineralized bone matrix and a decrease in the amount of mineralizing surface. This impairment in bone architecture in the mOBL-ARKOs persisted throughout adulthood despite an unexpected compensatory increase in osteoblast activity. Our findings show that androgens act through the AR in mineralizing osteoblasts to maintain bone by regulating bone resorption and the coordination of bone matrix synthesis and mineralization, and that this action is most important during times of bone accrual and high rates of bone remodeling.
Gov't Doc #: 19049333
URI: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/10720
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.081217
Journal: Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19049333
Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Acid Phosphatase.blood
Animals
Biological Markers.blood
Bone Density.physiology
Bone Remodeling
Bone Resorption.blood.metabolism.pathology.physiopathology
Femur.pathology
Gene Deletion
Integrases.metabolism
Isoenzymes.blood
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Knockout
Osteoblasts.metabolism
Osteocalcin.blood
Phenotype
Receptors, Androgen.metabolism
Spine.metabolism.pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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