Recovery of the maternal skeleton after lactation is impaired by advanced maternal age but not by reduced IGF availability in the mouse

BACKGROUND: Lactation results in substantial maternal bone loss that is recovered following weaning. However, the mechanisms underlying this recovery, and in particular the role of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-I), is not clear. Furthermore, there is little data regarding whether recovery is affected by advanced maternal age.

METHODS: Using micro-computed tomography, we studied bone recovery following lactation in mice at 2, 5 and 7 months of age. We also investigated the effects of reduced IGF-I availability using mice lacking PAPP-A2, a protease of insulin-like growth factor binding protein 5 (IGFBP-5).

RESULTS: In 2 month old mice, lactation affected femoral trabecular and cortical bone, but only cortical bone showed recovery 3 weeks after weaning. This recovery was not affected by deletion of the Pappa2 gene. The amount of trabecular bone was reduced in 5 and 7 month old mice, and was not further reduced by lactation. However, the recovery of cortical bone was impaired at 5 and 7 months compared with at 2 months.

CONCLUSIONS: Recovery of the maternal skeleton after lactation is impaired in moderately-aged mice compared with younger mice. Our results may be relevant to the long-term effects of breastfeeding on the maternal skeleton in humans, particularly given the increasing median maternal age at childbearing.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

PloS one - 16(2021), 9 vom: 01., Seite e0256906

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rogowska, Monika D [VerfasserIn]
Pena, Uriel N V [VerfasserIn]
Binning, Nimrat [VerfasserIn]
Christians, Julian K [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

67763-96-6
Carrier Proteins
EC 3.4.24.-
IGFBP5-interacting protein, mouse
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
Insulin-like growth factor-1, mouse
Journal Article
PAPPA2 protein, mouse
Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 16.11.2021

Date Revised 16.11.2021

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1371/journal.pone.0256906

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM330120298