An evaluation of several biochemical markers for bone formation and resorption in a protocol utilizing cyclical parathyroid hormone and calcitonin therapy for osteoporosis
Autor: | Truls Østbye, Anthony B. Hodsman, B M Steer, Jonathan D. Adachi, L. J. Fraher |
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Rok vydání: | 1993 |
Předmět: |
Calcitonin
medicine.medical_specialty Deoxypyridinoline Injections Subcutaneous Osteocalcin Osteoporosis Parathyroid hormone Drug Administration Schedule Bone resorption chemistry.chemical_compound Internal medicine medicine Humans Amino Acids Bone Resorption Infusions Intravenous Aged Bone Development biology business.industry General Medicine Alkaline Phosphatase medicine.disease Urinary calcium Resorption Hydroxyproline Endocrinology chemistry Parathyroid Hormone biology.protein Calcium Female business Biomarkers Research Article |
Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Investigation. 91:1138-1148 |
ISSN: | 0021-9738 |
Popis: | Female patients (n = 20) with osteoporosis, aged 66 +/- 5 yr were studied during a 24-h infusion of parathyroid hormone (PTH [1-34]) at a rate of 0.5 IU equivalents/kg.h, and then during a 28-d period of subcutaneous injections, at a dose of 800 IU equivalents per day. Thereafter half the patients received subcutaneous injections of calcitonin, 75 U/d for 42 d, and all patients were followed to the end of a 90-d cycle. Biochemical markers of bone formation (serum alkaline phosphatase, osteocalcin, and the carboxy-terminal extension peptide of pro-collagen 1) and bone resorption (fasting urine calcium, hydroxyproline, and deoxypyridinoline) were compared during treatment by the intravenous and subcutaneous route of PTH administration, and subsequently during calcitonin therapy. During intravenous PTH infusion there were significant reductions in all three bone formation markers, despite expected rises in urinary calcium and hydroxyproline. By contrast, the circulating markers of bone formation increased rapidly by > 100% of baseline values during daily PTH injections (P < 0.001). Significant increases in bone resorption markers were only seen at the end of the 28 d of injections, but were < 100% over baseline values, (P < 0.05). Quantitative bone histomorphometry from biopsies obtained after 28 d of PTH treatment confirmed that bone formation at both the cellular and tissue levels were two to five times higher than similar indices measured in a control group of biopsies from untreated osteoporotic women. Subsequent treatment of these patients with calcitonin showed no significant changes in the biochemical markers of bone formation and only a modest attenuation of bone resorption. Thus, PTH infusion may inhibit bone formation, as judged by circulating biochemical markers, whereas daily injections confirm the potent anabolic actions of the hormone. Sequential calcitonin therapy does not appear to act synergistically with PTH in cyclical therapeutic protocols. |
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