scholarly journals Correlations between bone turnover markers, serum magnesium and bone mass density in postmenopausal osteoporosis

2018 ◽  
Vol Volume 13 ◽  
pp. 1383-1389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ovidiu Alexandru Mederle ◽  
Melania Balas ◽  
Sorin Dumitru Ioanoviciu ◽  
Camelia-Vidita Gurban ◽  
Anca Tudor ◽  
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2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasmina Jovčevska ◽  
Slavica Stratrova ◽  
Icko Gjorgovski ◽  
Todor Gruev ◽  
Mimoza Kotevska ◽  
...  

Bone Turnover Markers Relations to Postmenopausal OsteoporosisOsteoporosis is a systemic disease characterized by low bone mass and high bone turnover markers in postmenopausal women (PM). The relationship between biochemical bone markers C-telopeptides of type 1 collagen (CTX) and osteocalcin (OC), and bone mineral density (BMD) in the postmenopausal period was examined in 104 PM women divided into three groups according to their BMD: group A - control PM with normal bone density, group B - osteopenic PM and group C - osteoporotic PM. Mean CTX values were highest in group C (0.54±0.24 ng/mL) compared to group B (0.44±0.21 ng/mL) (p<0.0001), and group A (0.33±0.13 ng/mL) (p<0.029). Mean OC levels in group C (26.83±9.91 ng/mL) were significantly higher compared to group A (20.47±7.03 ng/mL) (p<0.011) but not significantly higher compared to group B (24.11±8.38 ng/mL) (p>0.05). Postmenopause duration was longest in group C (13.1±8.31 yrs) compared to group B (9.6±6.24 yrs), and group A (8.15±6.86 yrs). Postmenopausal women developed osteoporosis with longer menopause duration. PM osteoporotic women were characterized by increased levels of bone turnover markers indicating increased rate of bone remodeling, which resulted in excessive bone resorption, and loss of bone mass. Long-term persistence of high bone resorption marker CTX, insufficiently compensated with bone formation marker OC, enabled osteoporosis development.


2015 ◽  
Vol 227 (3) ◽  
pp. 129-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell T Turner ◽  
Michael Dube ◽  
Adam J Branscum ◽  
Carmen P Wong ◽  
Dawn A Olson ◽  
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Excessive weight gain in adults is associated with a variety of negative health outcomes. Unfortunately, dieting, exercise, and pharmacological interventions have had limited long-term success in weight control and can result in detrimental side effects, including accelerating age-related cancellous bone loss. We investigated the efficacy of using hypothalamic leptin gene therapy as an alternative method for reducing weight in skeletally-mature (9 months old) female rats and determined the impact of leptin-induced weight loss on bone mass, density, and microarchitecture, and serum biomarkers of bone turnover (CTx and osteocalcin). Rats were implanted with cannulae in the 3rd ventricle of the hypothalamus and injected with either recombinant adeno-associated virus encoding the gene for rat leptin (rAAV-Leptin,n=7) or a control vector encoding green fluorescent protein (rAAV-GFP,n=10) and sacrificed 18 weeks later. A baseline control group (n=7) was sacrificed at vector administration. rAAV-Leptin-treated rats lost weight (−4±2%) while rAAV-GFP-treated rats gained weight (14±2%) during the study. At study termination, rAAV-Leptin-treated rats weighed 17% less than rAAV-GFP-treated rats and had lower abdominal white adipose tissue weight (−80%), serum leptin (−77%), and serum IGF1 (−34%). Cancellous bone volume fraction in distal femur metaphysis and epiphysis, and in lumbar vertebra tended to be lower (P<0.1) in rAAV-GFP-treated rats (13.5 months old) compared to baseline control rats (9 months old). Significant differences in cancellous bone or biomarkers of bone turnover were not detected between rAAV-Leptin and rAAV-GFP rats. In summary, rAAV-Leptin-treated rats maintained a lower body weight compared to baseline and rAAV-GFP-treated rats with minimal effects on bone mass, density, microarchitecture, or biochemical markers of bone turnover.


2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 413
Author(s):  
M.P. Desai ◽  
K. Venkat ◽  
K. V. Bhanu Prakash ◽  
M. Khatkhatay

2002 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 457-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Braga ◽  
A. Sangalli ◽  
G. Malerba ◽  
M. Mottes ◽  
S. Mirandola ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Juan Xu ◽  
Lin Shen ◽  
Yan-Ping Yang ◽  
Rui Zhu ◽  
Bo Shuai ◽  
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Objective. To demonstrate the role of Wnt/β-catenin canonical pathway in postmenopausal osteoporosis by evaluating serumβ-catenin levels in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis and analyzing their possible relationship with serum OPG, RANKL, the ratio of RANKL/OPG, sclerostin, and bone turnover markers.Methods. 480 patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis and 170 healthy postmenopausal women were enrolled in the study. Serumβ-catenin, OPG, RANKL, and sclerostin levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Bone status was assessed by measuring bone mineral density and bone turnover markers. Estradiol levels were also detected.Results. Serumβ-catenin levels were lower in postmenopausal osteoporotic women compared to nonosteoporotic postmenopausal women (26.26±14.81versus39.33±5.47 pg/mL,P<0.001). Serumβ-catenin was positively correlated with osteoprotegerin (r=0.232,P<0.001) and negatively correlated with the ratio of RANKL/OPG, body mass index, and sclerostin (r=-0.128,P=0.005;r=-0.117,P=0.010;r=-0.400,P<0.001, resp.) in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis.Conclusion. The results indicate that lower serumβ-catenin and concomitantly higher ratio of RANKL/OPG may be involved in the pathogenesis of postmenopausal osteoporosis. Functional communication between RANKL/RANK/OPG system and Wnt pathways plays an important role in postmenopausal osteoporosis.


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