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Iron accumulation deteriorated bone loss in estrogen-deficient rats

BACKGROUND: Postmenopausal osteoporosis is characterized by an imbalance of bone resorption exceeding bone formation, resulting in a net loss of bone mass. Whether a menopause-related excess of iron contributes to the development of postmenopausal osteoporosis has remained unresolved due to a lack o...

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Autores principales: Liu, Lu-lin, Liu, Gong-wen, Liu, Hui, Zhao, Kai, Xu, You-jia
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8383398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34429140
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-021-02663-4
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author Liu, Lu-lin
Liu, Gong-wen
Liu, Hui
Zhao, Kai
Xu, You-jia
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Liu, Gong-wen
Liu, Hui
Zhao, Kai
Xu, You-jia
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description BACKGROUND: Postmenopausal osteoporosis is characterized by an imbalance of bone resorption exceeding bone formation, resulting in a net loss of bone mass. Whether a menopause-related excess of iron contributes to the development of postmenopausal osteoporosis has remained unresolved due to a lack of an appropriate animal model. This study aimed to explore the effects of iron accumulation in bone mass in estrogen-deficient rats. METHODS: In the present study, ovariectomy (OVX) was performed in female rats and the changes of iron metabolism and some related modulated genes were detected. Ferric ammonium citrate (FAC) was used as a donor of iron for OVX rats. Moreover, micro-CT was performed to assess the bone microarchitecture in sham group, OVX, and FAC groups. Histological detection of iron in liver was assessed by Perl’s staining. The expressions of β-CTX and osteocalcin were assessed by ELISA. RESULTS: It was found that serum iron decreased after OVX. It was found that the expressions of Hepcidin in liver and Fpn, DMT-1 in duodenum significantly decreased at transcriptional level in OVX group than sham group. However, no difference existed in the expression of DMT-1. Then, ferric ammonium citrate (FAC) was used as a donor of iron for OVX rats. The FAC group manifested significant iron accumulation by increased serum iron and hepatic iron content. In addition, FAC treatment accelerated bone loss and decreased BMD and biomechanics in OVX rats. Moreover, bone biomarker β-CTX rather than osteocalcin increased significantly in FAC groups than OVX group. CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, no iron accumulation occurred in OVX rats. Furthermore, iron accumulation could further deteriorate osteopenia through enhanced bone resorption.
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spelling pubmed-83833982021-08-25 Iron accumulation deteriorated bone loss in estrogen-deficient rats Liu, Lu-lin Liu, Gong-wen Liu, Hui Zhao, Kai Xu, You-jia J Orthop Surg Res Research Article BACKGROUND: Postmenopausal osteoporosis is characterized by an imbalance of bone resorption exceeding bone formation, resulting in a net loss of bone mass. Whether a menopause-related excess of iron contributes to the development of postmenopausal osteoporosis has remained unresolved due to a lack of an appropriate animal model. This study aimed to explore the effects of iron accumulation in bone mass in estrogen-deficient rats. METHODS: In the present study, ovariectomy (OVX) was performed in female rats and the changes of iron metabolism and some related modulated genes were detected. Ferric ammonium citrate (FAC) was used as a donor of iron for OVX rats. Moreover, micro-CT was performed to assess the bone microarchitecture in sham group, OVX, and FAC groups. Histological detection of iron in liver was assessed by Perl’s staining. The expressions of β-CTX and osteocalcin were assessed by ELISA. RESULTS: It was found that serum iron decreased after OVX. It was found that the expressions of Hepcidin in liver and Fpn, DMT-1 in duodenum significantly decreased at transcriptional level in OVX group than sham group. However, no difference existed in the expression of DMT-1. Then, ferric ammonium citrate (FAC) was used as a donor of iron for OVX rats. The FAC group manifested significant iron accumulation by increased serum iron and hepatic iron content. In addition, FAC treatment accelerated bone loss and decreased BMD and biomechanics in OVX rats. Moreover, bone biomarker β-CTX rather than osteocalcin increased significantly in FAC groups than OVX group. CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, no iron accumulation occurred in OVX rats. Furthermore, iron accumulation could further deteriorate osteopenia through enhanced bone resorption. BioMed Central 2021-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8383398/ /pubmed/34429140 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-021-02663-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Liu, Lu-lin
Liu, Gong-wen
Liu, Hui
Zhao, Kai
Xu, You-jia
Iron accumulation deteriorated bone loss in estrogen-deficient rats
title Iron accumulation deteriorated bone loss in estrogen-deficient rats
title_full Iron accumulation deteriorated bone loss in estrogen-deficient rats
title_fullStr Iron accumulation deteriorated bone loss in estrogen-deficient rats
title_full_unstemmed Iron accumulation deteriorated bone loss in estrogen-deficient rats
title_short Iron accumulation deteriorated bone loss in estrogen-deficient rats
title_sort iron accumulation deteriorated bone loss in estrogen-deficient rats
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8383398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34429140
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-021-02663-4
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