Evaluation of bone markers in hypophosphatemic rickets/osteomalacia

Endocrine. 2011 Oct;40(2):315-7. doi: 10.1007/s12020-011-9512-z. Epub 2011 Aug 6.

Abstract

N-terminal propeptide of type I procollagen (PINP) is a marker of newly formed type I collagen. However, its role in hypophosphatemic rickets/osteomalacia has not yet been established. Metabolic bone markers were examined in patients with oncogenic osteomalacia (OOM) and X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets (XLH), and in healthy controls. OOM and XLH patients were found to have hypophosphatemia secondary to elevated levels of serum fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23). OOM patients had reduced levels of 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D (1,25D) compared with XLH patients and healthy controls, despite attenuation of the reduction in these levels in the XLH patients secondary to active vitamin D supplementation. In contrast to patients with XLH, OOM patients showed a significant increase in serum PINP, which is suggestive of accelerated bone matrix formation. Bone alkaline phosphatase (BAP) and the BAP/PINP ratio were also increased in OOM but not in XLH patients, suggesting the presence of a disturbance in bone mineralization in OOM. Long-term supplementation of active form vitamin D and inorganic phosphate (IP) may have attenuated the defect in bone mineralization in the XLH patients, resulting in the normalization of PINP, BAP, and the BAP/PINP ratio. The present results suggest that, as with BAP, PINP is an appropriate metabolic bone marker in the assessment of hypophosphatemic rickets/osteomalacia.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alkaline Phosphatase / blood
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / blood
  • Bone and Bones / metabolism*
  • Calcitriol / blood
  • Ergocalciferols / blood
  • Familial Hypophosphatemic Rickets / blood*
  • Female
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor-23
  • Fibroblast Growth Factors / blood
  • Genetic Diseases, X-Linked*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Connective Tissue / blood*
  • Osteomalacia / blood
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes
  • Peptide Fragments / blood*
  • Procollagen / blood*

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Ergocalciferols
  • FGF23 protein, human
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Procollagen
  • procollagen Type I N-terminal peptide
  • 1,25-dihydroxyergocalciferol
  • Fibroblast Growth Factors
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor-23
  • Alkaline Phosphatase
  • Calcitriol

Supplementary concepts

  • Oncogenic osteomalacia