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Accumulating evidence indicates that estrogen receptors (ERs) are involved in the mechano-adaptive mechanisms by which loading influences the mass and architecture of bones to establish and maintain their structural load-bearing competence. In the present study, we assessed the effects of the ER modulators tamoxifen and fulvestrant (ICI 182,780) on loading-related changes in the volume and structure of trabecular and cortical bone in the tibiae of female mice. Ten days after actual or sham ovariectomy, 17-wk-old female C57BL/6 mice were treated with vehicle (peanut oil), tamoxifen (0.02, 0.2, or 2 mg/kg · d), fulvestrant (4 mg/kg · d), or their combination and the right tibiae subjected to a short period of noninvasive axial loading (40 cycles/d) on 5 d during the subsequent 2 wk. In the left control tibiae, ovariectomy, tamoxifen, or fulvestrant did not have any significant effect on cortical bone volume, whereas trabecular bone volume was decreased by ovariectomy, increased by tamoxifen, and unaffected by fulvestrant. In the right tibiae, loading was associated with increases in both trabecular and cortical bone volume. Notably, the medium dose of tamoxifen synergistically enhanced loading-related gain in trabecular bone volume through an increase in trabecular thickness. Fulvestrant had no influence on the effects of loading but abrogated the enhancement of loading-related bone gain by tamoxifen. These data demonstrate that, at least in female mice, the adaptive response to mechanical loading of trabecular bone can be enhanced by ER modulators, in this case by tamoxifen.

Mechanical Loading-Related Bone Gain Is Enhanced by Tamoxifen but Unaffected by Fulvestrant in Female Mice