TitleEffect of Leptin Deficiency on the Skeletal Response to Hindlimb Unloading in Adult Male Mice.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2019
AuthorsKeune, JA, Branscum, AJ, Wong, CP, Iwaniec, UT, Turner, RT
JournalSci Rep
Volume9
Issue1
Pagination9336
Date Published06/2019
ISSN2045-2322
Abstract

Based on body weight, morbidly obese leptin-deficient ob/ob mice have less bone than expected, suggesting that leptin plays a role in the skeletal response to weight bearing. To evaluate this possibility, we compared the skeletal response of wild type (WT) and ob/ob mice to hindlimb unloading (HU). Mice were individually housed at 32 °C (thermoneutral) from 4 weeks of age (rapidly growing) to 16 weeks of age (approaching skeletal maturity). Mice were then randomized into one of 4 groups (n = 10/group): (1) WT control, (2) WT HU, (3) ob/ob control, and (4) ob/ob HU and the results analyzed by 2-way ANOVA. ob/ob mice pair-fed to WT mice had normal cancellous bone volume fraction (BV/TV) in distal femur, lower femur length and total bone area, mineral content (BMC) and density (BMD), and higher cancellous bone volume fraction in lumbar vertebra (LV). HU resulted in lower BMC and BMD in total femur, and lower BV/TV in distal femur and LV in both genotypes. Cancellous bone loss in femur in both genotypes was associated with increases in osteoclast-lined bone perimeter. In summary, leptin deficiency did not attenuate HU-induced osteopenia in male mice, suggesting that leptin is not required for bone loss induced by unweighting.

DOI10.1038/s41598-019-45587-0
Alternate JournalSci Rep
PubMed ID31249331
PubMed Central IDPMC6597714
Grant ListAR054609 / / U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) / International