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Background: Prenatal dexamethasone exposure (PDE) induces low birth weight and retardation of fetal bone development which are associated with lower peak bone mass in adult offspring. Here we evaluated whether and how PDE affects postnatal long bone growth in mice offspring.
Methods: Pregnant mice were injected subcutaneously with dexamethasone (1.2 mg/kg/day) every morning from gestational day (GD) 12-14. Femurs and tibias of 2-, 4-, 6-, and 12-week-old female offspring were harvested for histological, immunofluorescence, flow cytometric analysis, or microcomputed tomography (μCT) measurement.
Results: PDE leads to impaired bone remodeling as well as decreased bone mass in the long bone of female mice offspring. During postnatal bone growth, significant decrease of CD45-CD29+CD105+Sca-1+ bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) and CD45-Nestin+ cells, loss of type H vessels as well as increment of cellular senescence were found in metaphysis of long bone in mice offspring after PDE. We further show that eliminating the excessive senescent cells with dasatinib (5 mg/kg/day) and quercetin (50 mg/kg/day) during GD 12-14 rescues the above toxic effect of PDE on the postnatal long bone growth in female mice offspring.
Conclusion: Cellular senescence mediates the toxic effect of PDE on postnatal long bone growth in mice offspring, and inhibition of cellular senescence may be proposed for treating the retardation of bone growth caused by PDE.
Keywords
Dexamethasone, bone development, bone mesenchymal stem cells, cellular senescence
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Xianrong Zhang
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Received 20 May, 2020
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Received 20 May, 2020
Reviewer #3 agreed
On 15 May, 2020
Reviewer #2 agreed
On 13 May, 2020
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Reviewer #1 agreed
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Review #2 received
Received 29 Mar, 2020
Review #1 received
Received 25 Mar, 2020
Reviewers invited
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Reviewer #1 agreed
On 17 Mar, 2020
Reviewer #2 agreed
On 17 Mar, 2020
Reviewer #3 agreed
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Background: Prenatal dexamethasone exposure (PDE) induces low birth weight and retardation of fetal bone development which are associated with lower peak bone mass in adult offspring. Here we evaluated whether and how PDE affects postnatal long bone growth in mice offspring.
Methods: Pregnant mice were injected subcutaneously with dexamethasone (1.2 mg/kg/day) every morning from gestational day (GD) 12-14. Femurs and tibias of 2-, 4-, 6-, and 12-week-old female offspring were harvested for histological, immunofluorescence, flow cytometric analysis, or microcomputed tomography (μCT) measurement.
Results: PDE leads to impaired bone remodeling as well as decreased bone mass in the long bone of female mice offspring. During postnatal bone growth, significant decrease of CD45-CD29+CD105+Sca-1+ bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) and CD45-Nestin+ cells, loss of type H vessels as well as increment of cellular senescence were found in metaphysis of long bone in mice offspring after PDE. We further show that eliminating the excessive senescent cells with dasatinib (5 mg/kg/day) and quercetin (50 mg/kg/day) during GD 12-14 rescues the above toxic effect of PDE on the postnatal long bone growth in female mice offspring.
Conclusion: Cellular senescence mediates the toxic effect of PDE on postnatal long bone growth in mice offspring, and inhibition of cellular senescence may be proposed for treating the retardation of bone growth caused by PDE.
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