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Role of Thyroid Hormones in Skeletal Development and Bone Maintenance

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Bassett, J. H. Duncan, Williams, Graham R.·2016·Endocrine Reviews

Abstract

The skeleton is an exquisitely sensitive and archetypal T3-target tissue that demonstrates the critical role for thyroid hormones during development, linear growth, and adult bone turnover and maintenance. Thyrotoxicosis is an established cause of secondary osteoporosis, and abnormal thyroid hormone signaling has recently been identified as a novel risk factor for osteoarthritis. Skeletal phenotypes in genetically modified mice have faithfully reproduced genetic disorders in humans, revealing the complex physiological relationship between centrally regulated thyroid status and the peripheral actions of thyroid hormones. Studies in mutant mice also established the paradigm that T3 exerts anabolic actions during growth and catabolic effects on adult bone. Thus, the skeleton represents an ideal physiological system in which to characterize thyroid hormone transport, metabolism, and action during development and adulthood and in response to injury. Future analysis of T3 action in individual skeletal cell lineages will provide new insights into cell-specific molecular mechanisms and may ultimately identify novel therapeutic targets for chronic degenerative diseases such as osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. This review provides a comprehensive analysis of the current state of the art.

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  • Thyroid hormones have profound effects on skeletal development and bone maintenance, affecting osteoclast and osteoblast function and participating in the regulation of bone metabolism.

    “Thyroid hormones have profound effects on the skeletal development and bone maintenance, affecting not only the function of osteoclasts and osteoblasts but also participating in the regulation of bone metabolism [3–5].”
  • Thyroid status at the upper end of the euthyroid reference range is associated with low bone mineral density and increased risk of osteoporotic fragility fracture.

    “Thus, thyroid status at the upper end of the euthyroid reference range is associated with low BMD and increased risk of osteoporotic fragility fracture.”

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  • Childhood hypothyroidism causes delayed skeletal development, retarded linear growth and impaired bone mineral accrual.

    “Childhood hypothyroidism causes delayed skeletal development, retarded linear growth and impaired bone mineral accrual.”

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  • TRα is the main receptor expressed in the skeleton and mediates T3 action in bone and cartilage.

    “TRα is the main receptor expressed in the skeleton and mediates T3 action in bone and cartilage [1].”

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  • T3 exerts catabolic actions in the adult skeleton and stimulates bone loss.

    “Overall, and in contrast to the effects on the juvenile skeleton in which thyroid hormones are anabolic and stimulate bone growth and mineralization, T3 exerts catabolic actions in the adult skeleton and stimulates bone loss [1].”

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Authors
Bassett, J. H. D., & Williams, G. R.
Affiliations
Imperial College London (GB)
Corresponding author
Williams, Graham R.
Venue
Endocrine Reviews
Published
2016-04-01
Volume
37
Issue
2
Pages
135-187
ISSN
  • 0163-769X (ISSN-L)
  • 1945-7189
OpenAlex
W2263803297
Cited by
540
References
565
Citations by year
2026: 58 · 2025: 66 · 2024: 54 · 2023: 51 · 2022: 47 · 2021: 68 · 2020: 62 · 2019: 36 · 2018: 49 · 2017: 31 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1
FWCI
36.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Endocrine Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (submittedVersion)
  • Spiral (Imperial College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (18292, GR076584, 19744)
  • Versus Arthritis (18292, 19744)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bone Metabolism and Diseases
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Bone health and osteoporosis research
Keywords
thyroid hormones, triiodothyronine, skeletal development, bone turnover, bone preservation, linear growth, secondary osteoporosis, thyrotoxicosis, osteoarthritis, genetically modified mice, thyroid hormone signaling, bone catabolism, bone formation, degenerative bone disease
MeSH terms
Adult, Animals, Bone and Bones, Bone Development, Humans, Mice, Transgenic, Thyroid Hormones, Bone Remodeling, Mice

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