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Estrogen receptor mRNA expression in callus during fracture healing in the rat

Calcified Tissue International volume 45, pages 324–325 (1989)Cite this article

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Estrogen has profound effects on bone metabolism, yet its precise mechanism of action remains unknown. Several recent investigations have located the estrogen receptor (ER) on osteoblast-like cells, suggesting a potential direct action of estrogen via its own receptor on bone cells. The protective role of estrogen on bone in osteoporosis is well known; however, neither the existence nor the mechanism of an estrogenic role in tracture healing has been well studied. In this investigation we used a modification of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification to detect and quantify ER messenger RNA (mRNA) levels in rat tracture callus previously undetectable by northern analysis. Verification of correctly amplified cDNA fragments was provided by restriction digestion. PCR failed to detect ER mRNA in total RNA extracts from tendon and fibrocartilage. The ER message was present in fracture callus at levels up to 70% of that found in rat uterus, and demonstrated a transient 13-fold increase in transcription by day 14 with retum to baseline by day 31 of fracture healing. These data demonstrate that the rat estrogen receptor gene is expressed in fracture callus and suggest that estrogen may play an important role in the normal fracture healing process. In addition, this work adds to the growing body of evidence which supports a possible directaction of estrogen via its receptor on osteogenic cells.

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  1. Estrogen Receptor, Orthopaedic Research Unit, NIAMS, National Institutes of Health, 20892, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    S. D. Boden, M. E. Joyce, B. Oliver, A. Heydemann & M. E. Bolander M.D.

  2. Estrogen Receptor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, George Washington University Medical Center, 20892, Washington, DC, USA

    S. D. Boden

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Boden, S.D., Joyce, M.E., Oliver, B. et al. Estrogen receptor mRNA expression in callus during fracture healing in the rat. Calcif Tissue Int 45, 324–325 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02556027

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Keywords

  • Estrogen Receptor
  • Fracture Healing
  • Fibrous Dysplasia
  • Acanthosis Nigricans
  • Fracture Callus