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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-3-22
pubmed:abstractText
We tested the hypothesis that ovarian androgens play a role in protecting against cancellous bone loss in oestrogen-deficient states and that conversion of androgens to oestrogens is not catalysed by aromatase P450 in the bone or bone-marrow microenvironment. We did this by administering the anti-oestrogen, ICI 182,780, alone and in combination with the anti-androgen, Casodex, and compared the effects on the skeleton with those of ovariectomy. We found that rats subjected to ovariectomy lost significantly greater cancellous bone volume compared with those treated with ICI 182,780, but that combination anti-oestrogen and anti-androgen therapy resulted in bone loss equivalent to that in ovariectomised animals. The skeletal-protective effect of preserving the ovaries in animals which had been chemically ovariectomised was attributed to suppression of osteoclast parameters. Taken together, these data suggest that a reduction in ovarian androgens accentuates the increase in osteoclast number and the reduction in cancellous bone volume which occurs in oestrogen-deficient states. Failure to detect transcripts for aromatase cytochrome P450 in the bone and bone-marrow of rats provides supportive evidence that androgens mediate their skeletal-protective effect directly and not by peripheral conversion to oestradiol.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-0795
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
160
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
111-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9858876-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:9858876-Androgen Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:9858876-Anilides, pubmed-meshheading:9858876-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9858876-Aromatase, pubmed-meshheading:9858876-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:9858876-Bone Remodeling, pubmed-meshheading:9858876-Bone and Bones, pubmed-meshheading:9858876-Estradiol, pubmed-meshheading:9858876-Estrogen Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:9858876-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9858876-Interleukin-6, pubmed-meshheading:9858876-Nitriles, pubmed-meshheading:9858876-Organ Size, pubmed-meshheading:9858876-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9858876-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9858876-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:9858876-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:9858876-Tosyl Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:9858876-Uterus
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Ovarian androgens protect against bone loss in rats made oestrogen deficient by treatment with ICI 182,780.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Histopathology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine at St Mary's, Norfolk Place, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't