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- Title
Hormonal and non-hormonal oral contraceptives given long-term to pubertal rats differently affect bone mass, quality and metabolism.
- Authors
Porwal, Konica; Sharma, Shivani; Kumar, Saroj; Tomar, Manendra Singh; Sadhukhan, Sreyanko; Rajput, Swati; Kulkarni, Chirag; Shrivastava, Ashutosh; Kumar, Navin; Chattopadhyay, Naibedya
- Abstract
Introduction: We investigated the effects of hormonal and non-hormonal oral contraceptives (OCs) on bone mass, mineralization, composition, mechanical properties, and metabolites in pubertal female SD rats. Methods: OCs were given for 3-, and 7 months at human equivalent doses. The combined hormonal contraceptive (CHC) was ethinyl estradiol and progestin, whereas the non-hormonal contraceptive (NHC) was ormeloxifene. MicroCT was used to assess bone microarchitecture and BMD. Bone formation and mineralization were assessed by static and dynamic histomorphometry. The 3- point bending test, nanoindentation, FTIR, and cyclic reference point indentation (cRPI) measured the changes in bone strength and material composition. Bone and serum metabolomes were studied to identify potential biomarkers of drug efficacy and safety and gain insight into the underlying mechanisms of action of the OCs. Results: NHC increased bone mass in the femur metaphysis after 3months, but the gain was lost after 7 months. After 7 months, both OCs decreased bone mass and deteriorated trabecularmicroarchitecture in the femurmetaphysis and lumbar spine. Also, both OCs decreased the mineral: matrix ratio and increased the unmineralized matrix after 7 months. After 3months, the OCs increased carbonate: phosphate and carbonate: amide I ratios, indicating a disordered hydroxyapatite crystal structure susceptible to resorption, but these changes mostly reversed after 7 months, indicating that the early changes contributed to demineralization at the later time. In the femur 3-point bending test, CHC reduced energy storage, resilience, and ultimate stress, indicating increased susceptibility to micro-damage and fracture, while NHC only decreased energy storage. In the cyclic loading test, both OCs decreased creep indentation distance, but CHC increased the average unloading slope, implying decreased microdamage risk and improved deformation resistance by the OCs. Thus, reduced bone mineralization by the OCs appears to affect bone mechanical properties under static loading, but not its cyclic loading ability. When compared to an age-matched control, after 7 months, CHC affected 24 metabolic pathways in bone and 9 in serum, whereas NHC altered 17 in bone and none in serum. 6 metabolites were common between the serum and bone of CHC rats, suggesting their potential as biomarkers of bone health in women taking CHC. Conclusion: Both OCs have adverse effects on various skeletal parameters, with CHC having a greater negative impact on bone strength.
- Subjects
ORAL contraceptives; BONE health; ETHINYL estradiol; BONE mechanics; LUMBAR vertebrae; DEAD loads (Mechanics); CYCLIC loads
- Publication
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023, p01
- ISSN
1664-2392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fendo.2023.1233613