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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2015

Expression of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in growth plate cartilage and the impact of its local modulation on longitudinal bone growth.

Therése Cedervall, Pia Monica Lind, Lars Sävendahl

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Therése CedervallDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Q2:08, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden. therese.cedervall@ki.se.
Pia Monica LindDepartment of Medical Sciences, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Uppsala University Hospital, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden. monica.lind@medsci.uu.se.
Lars SävendahlDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Q2:08, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden. lars.savendahl@ki.se.
Karolinska University Hospital · SEUppsala University Hospital · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although dioxin has been reported to impair bone growth in both humans and animals, the underlying mechanisms have not been clarified. We conducted this study to rule out if dioxin may directly target the growth plate, via local modulation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR). Initial studies in rare tissue samples of the human growth plate confirmed that the AhR protein is widely expressed in growth plate cartilage. To explore the local role of the AhR, mechanistic studies were performed in a well-established model of cultured fetal rat metatarsal bones. The longitudinal growth of these bones was monitored while being exposed to AhR modulators. The AhR agonist, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, did not affect bone growth at any concentrations tested (1 pM-10 nM). In contrast, the AhR antagonist, alpha-naphthoflavone, suppressed bone growth and increased chondrocyte apoptosis, although only at a high, potentially cytotoxic concentration (50 µM). We conclude that although the AhR is widely expressed in the growth plate, bone growth is not modulated when locally activated, and therefore, dioxin-induced growth failure is likely mediated through systemic rather than local actions.

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AdolescentAnimalsApoptosisBenzoflavonesBone DevelopmentCartilageCells, CulturedChildChondrocytesDioxinsFemaleGrowth PlateHumansMalePolychlorinated DibenzodioxinsRatsalpha-naphthoflavoneBenzoflavonesDioxinsPolychlorinated DibenzodioxinsReceptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon

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PMCPMC4425067
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