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Sadhukhan S, Sethi S, Rajender S, Mithal A, Chattopadhyay N. Understanding the characteristics of idiopathic osteoporosis by a systematic review and meta-analysis. Endocrine 2023; 82:513-526. [PMID: 37733181 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-023-03505-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE To understand the pathophysiology of idiopathic osteoporosis (IOP) better, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of bone mineral density (BMD), hormones, and bone turnover markers (BTMs) between IOP patients and healthy controls. METHODS Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, an appropriate search query was created, and three databases, including PubMed, ScienceDirect, and Google Scholar, were searched for screening relevant original articles. Feasible information, both qualitative and quantitative, was extracted and used to conduct meta-analyses. Publication bias and heterogeneity among studies were evaluated using appropriate statistical tools. RESULTS A total of 21 studies were included in the meta-analysis. There was reduced BMD at the lumbar spine (LS) (pooled: SDM: -2.38, p-value: 0.0001), femoral neck (FN) (pooled: SDM: -1.75 p-value: 0.0001), total hip (TH) (pooled: SDM: -1.825, p-value: 0.0001) and distal radius (DR) (pooled: SDM of -0.476, p-value: 0.0001), of which LS was the most affected site. There was no significant change in BTMs compared with healthy controls. Total estradiol (SDM: -1.357, p-value: 0.003) was reduced, and parathyroid hormone (PTH) (SDM: 1.51, p-value: 0.03) and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) (SDM: 1.454, p-value: 0.0001) were elevated in IOP patients compared with healthy controls. CONCLUSION Our meta-analysis, the first of its kind on IOP, defines it as showing BMD decline maximally at LS compared with healthy controls without any alterations in the BTMs. Further studies are required to understand gender differences and the significance of altered hormonal profiles in this condition.
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- Sreyanko Sadhukhan
- Division of Endocrinology and Centre for Research in Anabolic Skeletal Targets in Health and Illness (ASTHI), CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
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- Division of Endocrinology and Centre for Research in Anabolic Skeletal Targets in Health and Illness (ASTHI), CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
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- Division of Endocrinology and Centre for Research in Anabolic Skeletal Targets in Health and Illness (ASTHI), CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
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- Endocrinology & Diabetes, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Delhi, India.
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- Division of Endocrinology and Centre for Research in Anabolic Skeletal Targets in Health and Illness (ASTHI), CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
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De Smet S, Banica T, Zmierczak HG, Goemaere S, Verroken C, Kaufman JM, Lapauw B. Prevalence of Vertebral Fractures and Non-fracture Deformities in Healthy Adult Men: The Importance of Morphologic Criteria. Calcif Tissue Int 2023; 112:24-33. [PMID: 36180602 DOI: 10.1007/s00223-022-01029-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Vertebral fractures (VF) are common in older men but data on VF prevalence in young men is limited. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of VF and non-fracture vertebral deformities (VD) in healthy young to middle-aged men, and compare the characteristics of men with normal vertebrae, VF and VD. In this cross-sectional study, vertebral fracture assessment by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry was performed in 650 men, aged 32 to 60 years (mean 46.2), from the population-based SIBLOS-SIBEX cohort. For VF and VD assessment, both the modified algorithm-based qualitative approach (morphologic criteria) to discriminate VF from VD and the semi-quantitative (morphometric) grading system of Genant (GSQ) were used. We found 48 (0.6%) fractured vertebrae, of which 15 were classified grade 1, 29 grade 2 and 4 grade 3 VF. There were 378 (4.7%) VD, of which 296 were scored grade 1, 82 grade 2 and none grade 3 VD. Twenty-six participants (4%) had VF, 15 had one and 11 had 2 or more VF. Two hundred and twenty-eight (35.1%) men had VD. Femoral neck, total hip and lumbar spine areal bone mineral density (aBMD) were lower in men with VF than in those with normal vertebrae or VD. Men with VD, in turn, had aBMD values similar to men with normal vertebrae. Our results suggest that -even in young healthy men-using the GSQ without taking qualitative aspects into account overestimates VF prevalence, confirming the importance of morphologic criteria to correctly diagnose and distinguish VF from VD.
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- S De Smet
- Department of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9K12E, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9K12E, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9K12E, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
- Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9K12E, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
- Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9K12E, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
- Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9K12E, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
- Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9K12E, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
- Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
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Herath M, Cohen A, Ebeling PR, Milat F. Dilemmas in the Management of Osteoporosis in Younger Adults. JBMR Plus 2022; 6:e10594. [PMID: 35079682 PMCID: PMC8771004 DOI: 10.1002/jbm4.10594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Osteoporosis in premenopausal women and men younger than 50 years is challenging to diagnose and treat. There are many barriers to optimal management of osteoporosis in younger adults, further enhanced by a limited research focus on this cohort. Herein we describe dilemmas commonly encountered in diagnosis, investigation, and management of osteoporosis in younger adults. We also provide a suggested framework, based on the limited available evidence and supported by clinical experience, for the diagnosis, assessment, and management of osteoporosis in this cohort. © 2021 The Authors. JBMR Plus published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
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- Madhuni Herath
- Department of Endocrinology Monash Health Clayton Victoria Australia
- Centre for Endocrinology & Metabolism Hudson Institute of Medical Research Clayton Victoria Australia
- Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences Monash University Clayton Victoria Australia
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- Department of Medicine Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons New York NY USA
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- Department of Endocrinology Monash Health Clayton Victoria Australia
- Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences Monash University Clayton Victoria Australia
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- Department of Endocrinology Monash Health Clayton Victoria Australia
- Centre for Endocrinology & Metabolism Hudson Institute of Medical Research Clayton Victoria Australia
- Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences Monash University Clayton Victoria Australia
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Vescini F, Chiodini I, Falchetti A, Palermo A, Salcuni AS, Bonadonna S, De Geronimo V, Cesareo R, Giovanelli L, Brigo M, Bertoldo F, Scillitani A, Gennari L. Management of Osteoporosis in Men: A Narrative Review. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222413640. [PMID: 34948434 PMCID: PMC8705761 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222413640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Male osteoporosis is a still largely underdiagnosed pathological condition. As a consequence, bone fragility in men remains undertreated mainly due to the low screening frequency and to controversies in the bone mineral density (BMD) testing standards. Up to the 40% of overall osteoporotic fractures affect men, in spite of the fact that women have a significant higher prevalence of osteoporosis. In addition, in males, hip fractures are associated with increased morbidity and mortality as compared to women. Importantly, male fractures occur about 10 years later in life than women, and, therefore, due to the advanced age, men may have more comorbidities and, consequently, their mortality is about twice the rate in women. Gender differences, which begin during puberty, lead to wider bones in males as compared with females. In men, follicle-stimulating hormones, testosterone, estrogens, and sex hormone-binding levels, together with genetic factors, interact in determining the peak of bone mass, BMD maintenance, and lifetime decrease. As compared with women, men are more frequently affected by secondary osteoporosis. Therefore, in all osteoporotic men, a complete clinical history should be collected and a careful physical examination should be done, in order to find clues of a possible underlying diseases and, ultimately, to guide laboratory testing. Currently, the pharmacological therapy of male osteoporosis includes aminobisphosphonates, denosumab, and teriparatide. Hypogonadal patients may be treated with testosterone replacement therapy. Given that the fractures related to mortality are higher in men than in women, treating male subjects with osteoporosis is of the utmost importance in clinical practice, as it may impact on mortality even more than in women.
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- Fabio Vescini
- Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit, University-Hospital S. Maria della Misericordia, 33100 Udine, Italy; (F.V.); (A.S.S.)
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- Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, 20149 Milan, Italy; (A.F.); (S.B.)
- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy;
- Correspondence:
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- Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, 20149 Milan, Italy; (A.F.); (S.B.)
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- Unit of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Campus Bio-Medico University, 00128 Rome, Italy;
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit, University-Hospital S. Maria della Misericordia, 33100 Udine, Italy; (F.V.); (A.S.S.)
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- Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, 20149 Milan, Italy; (A.F.); (S.B.)
- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy;
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- Center of Metabolic Disease, S.M. Goretti Hospital, 04100 Latina, Italy;
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy;
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- Department of Medicine, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy; (M.B.); (F.B.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy; (M.B.); (F.B.)
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- Unit of Endocrinology, Ospedale “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo, 71013 Foggia, Italy;
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy;
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Turin CG, Joeng KS, Kallish S, Raper A, Asher S, Campeau PM, Khan AN, Al Mukaddam M. Heterozygous variant in WNT1 gene in two brothers with early onset osteoporosis. Bone Rep 2021; 15:101118. [PMID: 34458510 PMCID: PMC8379666 DOI: 10.1016/j.bonr.2021.101118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Osteoporosis is a multifactorial disorder characterized by low bone mass and strength, leading to increased risk of fracture. The WNT pathway plays a critical role in bone remodeling by enhancing osteoblastic differentiation, which promotes bone formation, and inhibiting osteoclastic differentiation, decreasing bone resorption. Therefore, genetic alterations of this pathway will lead to impaired bone homeostasis and could contribute to varying response to treatment. We present the case of two brothers with early osteoporosis who were found to have a heterozygous variant of unknown significance in the WNT1 gene, c.1060_1061delCAinsG (p.H354Afs*39). This finding demonstrates that frameshift variants in WNT1 may also act in a dominant fashion leading to decreased bone mass.
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- Christie G Turin
- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Blvd., 4th floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Mckay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3450 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Translational Medicine and Human Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, 5100 Silverstein, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Translational Medicine and Human Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, 5100 Silverstein, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Translational Medicine and Human Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, 5100 Silverstein, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Blvd., 4th floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.,Section of Endocrinology, The Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, 3900 Woodland Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery, The Center for Research in FOP and Related Disorders, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. 3737 Market St., 3rd floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Rozenberg S, Bruyère O, Bergmann P, Cavalier E, Gielen E, Goemaere S, Kaufman JM, Lapauw B, Laurent MR, De Schepper J, Body JJ. How to manage osteoporosis before the age of 50. Maturitas 2020; 138:14-25. [PMID: 32631584 DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2020.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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This narrative review discusses several aspects of the management of osteoporosis in patients under 50 years of age. Peak bone mass is genetically determined but can also be affected by lifestyle factors. Puberty constitutes a vulnerable period. Idiopathic osteoporosis is a rare, heterogeneous condition in young adults due in part to decreased osteoblast function and deficient bone acquisition. There are no evidence-based treatment recommendations. Drugs use can be proposed to elderly patients at very high risk. Diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in the young can be challenging, in particular in the absence of a manifest secondary cause. Young adults with low bone mineral density (BMD) do not necessarily have osteoporosis and it is important to avoid unnecessary treatment. A determination of BMD is recommended for premenopausal women who have had a fragility fracture or who have secondary causes of osteoporosis: secondary causes of excessive bone loss need to be excluded and treatment should be targeted. Adequate calcium, vitamin D, and a healthy lifestyle should be recommended. In the absence of fractures, conservative management is generally sufficient, but in rare cases, such as chemotherapy-induced osteoporosis, antiresorptive medication can be used. Osteoporosis in young men is most often of secondary origin and hypogonadism is a major cause; testosterone replacement therapy will improve BMD in these patients. Diabetes is characterized by major alterations in bone quality, implying that medical therapy should be started sooner than for other causes of osteoporosis. Primary hyperparathyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Cushing's syndrome and growth hormone deficiency or excess affect cortical bone more often than trabecular bone.
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- S Rozenberg
- Department of Gynaecology-Obstetrics, CHU St Pierre, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
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- Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
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- Honorary Consulent, Nuclear Medicine CHU Brugmann CHU Brugmann, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, UnilabLg, CIRM, University of Liège, CHU de Liège, Domaine du Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Gerontology & Geriatrics, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven & Department of Geriatric Medicine, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Endocrinology and Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Endocrinology Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases, University Hospitals Leuven, Imelda Hospital, Bonheiden, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatrics, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, Belgium
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- Department of Medicine, CHU Brugmann, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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Yadav U, Kumar P, Rai V. Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene FokI, BsmI, ApaI, and TaqI polymorphisms and osteoporosis risk: a meta-analysis. EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL HUMAN GENETICS 2020. [DOI: 10.1186/s43042-020-00057-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background
Osteoporosis is a disease of the bones in which the density of the bones decreases. The prevalence of this disease greatly varies in different populations of the world. Numerous studies have been investigated VDR gene polymorphisms as osteoporosis risk in different ethnic groups. In present meta-analysis, the aim is to find out the role of VDR gene polymorphisms (FokI, BsmI, ApaI, and TaqI) in osteoporosis risk.
Methods
Suitable case-control studies for present meta-analysis were retrieved from four electronic databases. Open Meta-Analyst program was used for statistical analyses.
Results
Studies investigated BsmI (65 studies; 6880 cases/8049 controls), ApaI (31 studies; 3763 cases/3934 controls), FokI (18 studies; 1895 cases/1722 controls), and TaqI (26 studies; 2458 cases/2895 controls) polymorphisms that were included in the present meta-analysis. A significant association was found between the dominant model of FokI (ORff + Ffvs.FF = 1.19, 95% CI = 1.04–1.36, p = 0.01, I2 = 39.36%) in the overall analysis and recessive model of the Caucasian population of TaqI polymorphism (ORTT + Ttvs.tt = 1.35, 95% CI = 1.11–1.63, p = 0.002, I2 = 50.07%) with osteoporosis. On the other hand, no such effect is found in any other genetic models and in any other gene polymorphisms of the overall analyses or sub-group analyses.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the authors found that the dominant model of FokI in the overall analysis and recessive model of TaqI in the Caucasian population are significantly associated with the development of osteoporosis.
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Gennari L, Bilezikian JP. New and developing pharmacotherapy for osteoporosis in men. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2018; 19:253-264. [DOI: 10.1080/14656566.2018.1428559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Luigi Gennari
- Department Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Medicine and Pharmacology, International Education and Research, Division of Endocrinology, Emeritus, Metabolic Bone Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Willson T, Nelson SD, Newbold J, Nelson RE, LaFleur J. The clinical epidemiology of male osteoporosis: a review of the recent literature. Clin Epidemiol 2015; 7:65-76. [PMID: 25657593 PMCID: PMC4295898 DOI: 10.2147/clep.s40966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Osteoporosis, a musculoskeletal disease characterized by decreased bone mineral density (BMD) and an increased risk of fragility fractures, is now recognized as an important public health problem in men. Osteoporotic fractures, particularly of the hip, result in significant morbidity and mortality in men and lead to considerable societal costs. Many national and international organizations now address screening and treatment for men in their osteoporosis clinical guidelines. However, male osteoporosis remains largely underdiagnosed and undertreated. The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of recent findings in male osteoporosis, including pathophysiology, epidemiology, and incidence and burden of fracture, and discuss current knowledge about the evaluation and treatment of osteoporosis in males. In particular, clinical practice guidelines, fracture risk assessment, and evidence of treatment effectiveness in men are addressed.
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- Tina Willson
- University of Utah College of Pharmacy, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- University of Utah College of Pharmacy, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- University of Utah College of Pharmacy, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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Mohammadi Z, Fayyazbakhsh F, Ebrahimi M, Amoli MM, Khashayar P, Dini M, Zadeh RN, Keshtkar A, Barikani HR. Association between vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms (Fok1 and Bsm1) and osteoporosis: a systematic review. J Diabetes Metab Disord 2014; 13:98. [PMID: 25364703 PMCID: PMC4215021 DOI: 10.1186/s40200-014-0098-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Accepted: 09/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Osteoporosis is a health concern characterized by reduced bone mineral density (BMD) and increased risk of fragility fractures. Many studies have investigated the association between genetic variants and osteoporosis. Polymorphism and allelic variations in the vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) have been found to be associated with bone mineral density. However, many studies have not been able to find this association. Literature review was conducted in several databases, including MEDLINE/Pubmed, Scopus, EMBASE, Ebsco, Science Citation Index Expanded, Ovid, Google Scholar, Iran Medex, Magiran and Scientific Information Database (SID) for papers published between 2000 and 2013 describing the association between Fok1 and Bsm1 polymorphisms of the VDR gene and osteoporosis risk. The majority of the revealed papers were conducted on postmenopausal women. Also, more than 50% studies reported significant relation between Fok1, Bsm1 and osteoporosis. Larger and more rigorous analytical studies with consideration of gene-gene and gene-environment interactions are needed to further dissect the mechanisms by which VDR polymorphisms influence osteoporosis.
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- Zahra Mohammadi
- />Department of biology, Damghan branch, Islamic Azad University, Damghan, Iran
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- />Osteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- />Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- />Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- />Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- />Biomedical Engineering Department, Maziar University, Rouyan, Iran
- />EMRI, Dr Shariati Hospital, North Karegar St., Tehran, 14114 Iran
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- />Osteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- />Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- />Non-communicable Disease Department, Iran Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
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- />Department of biology, Damghan branch, Islamic Azad University, Damghan, Iran
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- />Osteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- />Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- />Dental Implant Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Cvijetic S, Baric IC, Satalic Z, Keser I, Bobic J. Influence of nutrition and lifestyle on bone mineral density in children from adoptive and biological families. J Epidemiol 2014; 24:209-15. [PMID: 24646813 PMCID: PMC4000768 DOI: 10.2188/jea.je20130094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background The precise contributions of hereditary and environmental factors to bone density are not known. We compared lifestyle predictors of bone density among adopted and biological children. Methods The study comprised 18 adopted children (mean [SD] age, 14.0 [4.1] years) with their non-biological parents and 17 children with their biological parents. Bone mineral density (BMD; g/cm2) was measured at the lumbar spine, total femur, and distal radius. Nutritional intake was assessed by food frequency questionnaire. Information on smoking and physical activity was obtained by questionnaire. Results Intakes of all nutrients, corrected for energy intake, and all lifestyle characteristics except sleep duration were similar in biological children and their parents. As compared with their parents, adopted children had significantly different energy, protein, and calcium intakes and physical activity levels. In a regression model, BMD z scores of adopted children and their parents were significantly inversely associated at the spine and total femur, whereas BMD z scores of biological children and their parents were significantly positively associated at all measurement sites. The greatest proportion of total variance in BMD was accounted for by calcium intake among adopted children and by parental BMD among biological children. Conclusions For some lifestyle characteristics and nutrient intakes, the differences between parents and children were more obvious among adoptive families than among biological families. The most important lifestyle predictor of bone density was calcium intake.
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Over the last decade, the increasingly significant problem of osteoporosis in men has begun to receive much more attention than in the past. In particular, recent observations from large scale population studies in males led to an advance in the understanding of morphologic basis of growth, maintenance and loss of bone in men, as well as new insights about the pathophysiology and treatment of this disorder. While fracture risk consistently increases after age 65 in men (with up to 50 % of cases due to secondary etiologies), osteoporosis and fractures may also occur in young or middle aged males in the absence of an identifiable etiology. For this category (so called idiopathic osteoporosis), there are still major gaps in knowledge, particularly concerning the etiology and the clinical management. This article provides a summary of recent developments in the acquisition and maintenance of bone strength in men, as well as new insights about the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of idiopathic osteoporosis.
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- Luigi Gennari
- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Viale Bracci, 53100, Siena, Italy,
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Mohan S, Hu Y, Edderkaoui B. Identification of gender-specific candidate genes that influence bone microarchitecture in chromosome 1. Calcif Tissue Int 2013; 92:362-71. [PMID: 23263656 PMCID: PMC4955284 DOI: 10.1007/s00223-012-9687-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2012] [Accepted: 11/30/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Studies on the identification of the genetic basis for sexual dimorphism in peak bone mass are obviously important for providing novel therapeutic approaches to prevent or treat metabolic bone diseases. Our goal in this study was to identify the bone microstructure that could lead to differences in volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) and new candidate genes that regulate the gender effect on bone. We used a congenic line of mice that carry the BMD1-4 locus from CAST/EiJ (CAST) mice in a C57BL/6J (B6) background and show greater vBMD in female, but not male, congenics compared to age- and gender-matched B6 mice. To assess the vBMD variations between the two lines of mice, we performed μCT measurements and found no difference in cortical bone volume by tissue volume (BV/TV) between congenics and B6 mice. However, trabecular BV/TV was significantly greater in female, but not male, congenics compared to corresponding B6 mice, which was due to increased trabecular thickness but not reduced trabecular separation, suggesting that bone formation, but not bone resorption, is responsible for the trabecular bone phenotype observed in the female, but not male, congenics. To identify the gender candidate genes, we determined the polymorphisms between B6 and CAST within the BMD1-4 locus and performed gene expression profiling. We identified EF-hand calcium binding domain (Efcab2), consortin, connexin sorting protein (Cnst), and presenilin 2 (Psen2) as potential candidate genes that regulate bone mass by influencing trabecular thickness in a gender-specific manner.
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- Subburaman Mohan
- Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center, Musculoskeletal Disease Center, Loma Linda, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA
- Department of Physiology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center, Musculoskeletal Disease Center, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center, Musculoskeletal Disease Center, Loma Linda, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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Nagy H, Feyt C, Chapurlat R, Szulc P. Familial resemblance of bone turnover rate in men aged 40 and over-the MINOS study. J Bone Miner Metab 2013. [PMID: 23179229 DOI: 10.1007/s00774-012-0408-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Familial resemblance of bone mineral density (BMD) is well known in both sexes. Fewer data concern the familial resemblance of bone turnover markers (BTMs) and bone size in men. Our aim was to assess the correlation of BMD, bone size, BTM levels and hormones regulating bone turnover in 50 pairs of brothers aged ≥ 40 and 50 pairs of unrelated men matched for age, weight and height. BMD was measured at the lumbar spine, hip, forearm and whole body. We measured serum osteocalcin (OC), bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (bone ALP), N-terminal propeptide of type I procollagen (PINP) and C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (CTX-I) as well as urinary free and total deoxypyridinoline (DPD) and CTX-I. After adjustment for age, weight, bioavailable 17β-estradiol, and parathyroid hormone, all the BTMs (except bone ALP) were significantly correlated in the brothers (ICC = 0.36-0.64). Most of these correlations were significantly stronger than in the unrelated men. Bone size correlated significantly between the brothers (ICC = 0.55-0.65). These correlations were significantly stronger than in the unrelated men. BMD correlated between the brothers at most of the skeletal sites and, for some of them, more strongly than in the unrelated men. Serum levels of LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides were significantly correlated in the brothers, but not more strongly than in the unrelated men. BTM levels correlated independently in the brothers aged ≥ 40, when their shared environment was limited. These data suggest a substantial hereditary determinism of the BTM levels in men.
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- Hoda Nagy
- INSERM UMR 1033, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Pavillon F, Université de Lyon, Place d'Arsonval, 69437, Lyon, France
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Fernández-Ojeda R, Moruno RM, Miranda MJ, Giner M, Montoya MJ, Vázquez MA, Pérez-Cano R. Study of bone mass in young daughters of women with fracture of the distal end of the radius. J Clin Densitom 2013; 16:87-91. [PMID: 22980490 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2012.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2012] [Revised: 07/27/2012] [Accepted: 08/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The main aim was to assess whether young and healthy daughters of women with fractures of the distal end of the radius (DER) had less bone mass than the control group. In an observational study of cases and controls (1:1), the daughters of women with fractures of DER (96) were selected at the age of reaching the peak of bone mass and compared with a control group (91). All women underwent medical history, analytical determinations, and densitometry. In the case group, we found lower bone mass values at the spine and femoral neck than the control group. We also found a lower bone mass at the hips of daughters of women with 1 or more osteoporotic fractures associated with DER and at the lumbar spine in those whose mothers had densitometric osteoporosis. In conclusion, young daughters of women with fractures of DER had lower levels of bone mass density, with a possible "location-specific" occurrence based on the presence of 1 or more osteoporotic fractures associated with DER or on the presence of maternal densitometric osteoporosis.
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Ostertag A, Collet C, Chappard C, Fernandez S, Vicaut E, Cohen-Solal M, de Vernejoul MC. A case-control study of fractures in men with idiopathic osteoporosis: fractures are associated with older age and low cortical bone density. Bone 2013; 52:48-55. [PMID: 23010106 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2012.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2012] [Revised: 09/05/2012] [Accepted: 09/15/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine biochemical, radiological and micro-architectural bone factors related to fragility fractures in idiopathic male osteoporosis (IMO) patients. IMO is a rare disorder characterized by low areal bone mineral density (aBMD) (Z-score<-2) occurring in men after excluding secondary causes of low BMD. METHODS We conducted a case-control study in 31 patients with fragility fracture (IMO F+) that had occurred after the age of 40 years and 37 without fracture (IMO F-). We first compared IMO group to 40 age-matched disease-free men. We measured aBMD and bone micro-architectural indices at distal radius and tibia sites with a HR-pQCT scan (XtremeCT) using standard and extended cortical analysis. Urine and blood samples were collected in order to determine the levels of bone-turnover markers and the potential determinant of bone fragility. Models of analysis of covariance, including age, height and weight as adjustment factors, were used to compare the groups. RESULTS Compared to their controls, IMO patients showed marked disturbance of their micro-architectural parameters at tibia and radius affecting both trabecular and cortical parameters. IMO F+ subjects were significantly older than IMO F- subjects (58 ± 8 vs. 53 ± 9 yrs, p=0.01). BMD Z-score at the total-hip was significantly lower in IMO F+ (-1.3 ± 0.5 vs. -0.9 ± 0.8 g/cm(2), p=0.01). After adjustment, trabecular micro-architectural parameters, biochemical markers and hormonal parameters were not different in the 2 groups. At distal tibia, cortical v-BMD was significantly lower in IMO F+ patients (799 ± 73 vs. 858 ± 60 mg/cm(3), p=0.03), while cortical thickness was not different. CONCLUSION Our results show that patients with IMO display a marked disturbance of trabecular and cortical bone micro-architecture, and that age and low cortical density are determinants of the fracture occurrence.
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- Agnès Ostertag
- INSERM U606 and Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bone and Joint Laboratory, 75010 Paris, France
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Ferrari S, Bianchi ML, Eisman JA, Foldes AJ, Adami S, Wahl DA, Stepan JJ, de Vernejoul MC, Kaufman JM. Osteoporosis in young adults: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management. Osteoporos Int 2012; 23:2735-48. [PMID: 22684497 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-012-2030-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2012] [Accepted: 05/14/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Postmenopausal osteoporosis is mainly caused by increased bone remodeling resulting from estrogen deficiency. Indications for treatment are based on low areal bone mineral density (aBMD, T-score ≤ -2.5), typical fragility fractures (spine or hip), and more recently, an elevated 10-year fracture probability (by FRAX®). In contrast, there is no clear definition of osteoporosis nor intervention thresholds in younger individuals. Low aBMD in a young adult may reflect a physiologically low peak bone mass, such as in lean but otherwise healthy persons, whereas fractures commonly occur with high-impact trauma, i.e., without bone fragility. Furthermore, low aBMD associated with vitamin D deficiency may be highly prevalent in some regions of the world. Nevertheless, true osteoporosis in the young can occur, which we define as a T-score below -2.5 at spine or hip in association with a chronic disease known to affect bone metabolism. In the absence of secondary causes, the presence of fragility fractures, such as in vertebrae, may point towards genetic or idiopathic osteoporosis. In turn, treatment of the underlying condition may improve bone mass as well. In rare cases, a bone-specific treatment may be indicated, although evidence is scarce for a true benefit on fracture risk. The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) convened a working group to review pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of osteoporosis in the young, excluding children and adolescents, and provide a screening strategy including laboratory exams for a systematic approach of this condition.
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- S Ferrari
- Division of Bone Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Cvijetic S, Colic Baric I, Satalic Z. Influence of heredity and environment on peak bone density: a parent-offspring study. J Clin Densitom 2010; 13:301-6. [PMID: 20542459 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2010.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2009] [Revised: 03/08/2010] [Accepted: 03/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The aim of the study was to determine the relative influence of heredity and environment on peak bone density and also to estimate the risk of having low peak bone density if the bone density of parents is low. The study comprised 83 families (48 daughters and 35 sons and their parents). The children were at an age when bone density is at its peak at most skeletal sites (22.2+/-1.8 girls; 23.1+/-1.2 boys). Bone mineral density (BMD; g/cm(2)) was determined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Anthropometric measurements were made, and calcium intake and physical activity were assessed. Heredity accounted for 22-42% of the variation in BMD of the children, depending on the skeletal site. Heritability for cortical BMD of mid-radius was considerably lower than that for spinal trabecular BMD. Children whose parents had low BMDs (T-score< or =-1) were 1.1 times more likely to inherit low BMD. Child BMD depended significantly on parent BMD and also on physical activity. In our study, heredity accounted for the total BMD variation more than the environmental factors. This influence was lower in the cortical than in the trabecular parts of the skeleton. Optimal environmental factors, such as physical activity, may influence the risk of inheriting low BMD.
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- Selma Cvijetic
- Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Center for Osteoporosis, Zagreb, Croatia.
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Taes Y, Lapauw B, Griet V, De Bacquer D, Goemaere S, Zmierczak H, Kaufman JM. Prevalent fractures are related to cortical bone geometry in young healthy men at age of peak bone mass. J Bone Miner Res 2010; 25:1433-40. [PMID: 20200932 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Low areal bone mass is a risk factor for fractures in men. Limited data are available on fractures and bone geometry in men, and the relation with sex steroids is incompletely understood. We investigated prevalent fractures in relation to peak bone mass, bone geometry, and sex steroids in healthy young men. Healthy male siblings (n = 677) at the age of peak bone mass (25 to 45 years) were recruited in a cross-sectional population-based study. Trabecular and cortical bone parameters of the radius and cortical bone parameters of the tibia were assessed using peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT). Areal bone mineral density (aBMD) was determined using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Sex steroids were determined using immunoassays, and fracture prevalence was assessed using questionnaires. Fractures in young men were associated with a longer limb length, shorter trunk, lower trabecular BMD, smaller cortical bone area, and smaller cortical thickness (p < .005) but not with bone-size-adjusted volumetic BMD (vBMD). With decreasing cortical thickness [odds ratio (OR) 1.4/SD, p <or= .001] and decreasing cortical area (OR 1.5/SD, p <or= .001), fracture odds ratios increased. No association between sex steroid concentrations and prevalent fractures was observed. Childhood fractures (<or=15 years) were associated with a thinner bone cortex (-5%, p <or= .005) and smaller periosteal size (-3%, p <or= .005). Fractures occurring later than 15 years of age were associated with a thinner bone cortex (-3%, p <or= .05) and larger endosteal circumference (+3%, p <or= .05) without differences in periosteal bone size. In conclusion, prevalent fractures in healthy young men are associated with unfavorable bone geometry and not with cortical vBMD when adjusting for bone size. Moreover, the data suggest different mechanisms of childhood fractures and fractures during adult life.
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- Youri Taes
- Department of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
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Early smoking is associated with peak bone mass and prevalent fractures in young, healthy men. J Bone Miner Res 2010; 25:379-87. [PMID: 19653814 DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.090809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Smoking is associated with lower areal bone mineral density (aBMD) and higher fracture risk, although most evidence has been derived from studies in elderly subjects. This study investigates smoking habits in relation to areal and volumetric bone parameters and fracture prevalence in young, healthy males at peak bone mass. Healthy male siblings (n = 677) at the age of peak bone mass (25 to 45 years) were recruited in a cross-sectional population-based study. Trabecular and cortical bone parameters of the radius and cortical bone parameters of the tibia were assessed using peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT). Areal bone mass was determined using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Sex steroids and bone markers were determined using immunoassays. Prevalent fractures and smoking habits were assessed using questionnaires. Self-reported fractures were more prevalent in the current and early smokers than in the never smokers (p < .05), with a fracture prevalence odds ratio for early smokers of 1.96 (95% confidence interval 1.18-3.24) after adjustment for age, weight, educational level, and alcohol use and exclusion of childhood fractures. Current smoking was associated with a larger endosteal circumference (beta = 0.027 +/- 0.009, p = .016) and a decreased cortical thickness (beta = -0.034 +/- 0.01, p = .020) at the tibia. In particular, early smokers (< or =16 years) had a high fracture risk and lower areal BMD, together with a lower cortical bone area at the tibia and lower trabecular and cortical bone density at the radius. An interaction between free estradiol and current smoking was observed in statistical models predicting cortical area and thickness (beta = 0.29 +/- 0.11, p = .01). In conclusion, smoking at a young age is associated with unfavorable bone geometry and density and is associated with increased fracture prevalence, providing arguments for a disturbed acquisition of peak bone mass during puberty by smoking, possibly owing to an interaction with sex steroid action.
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Osteoporosis in males and females: Is there really a difference? Joint Bone Spine 2009; 76:595-601. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2009.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Lapauw B, Taes Y, Goemaere S, Toye K, Zmierczak HG, Kaufman JM. Anthropometric and skeletal phenotype in men with idiopathic osteoporosis and their sons is consistent with deficient estrogen action during maturation. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2009; 94:4300-8. [PMID: 19773402 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-0568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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CONTEXT Pathophysiology of deficient bone mass acquisition in male idiopathic osteoporosis (IO) remains poorly understood. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to investigate volumetric and geometric parameters of the appendicular skeleton, biochemical markers, and anthropometrics in men with IO. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Our cross-sectional study included 107 men diagnosed with idiopathic low bone mass, 23 of their adult sons, and 130 age-matched controls. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Body composition and areal bone parameters (dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry) and volumetric and geometric parameters of radius and tibia (peripheral quantitative computed tomography) were assessed. Serum levels of testosterone, estradiol (E(2)), and SHBG, and bone turnover markers were measured using immunoassays. Free hormone fractions were calculated. RESULTS Men with idiopathic low bone mass had lower weight (-9.6%), truncal height (-3.3%), and upper/lower body segment ratio (-2.7%; all P < 0.001) and presented at the radius and tibia lower trabecular (-19.0 and -23.6%, respectively; both P < 0.001) and cortical volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) (-2.4 and -1.7%; both P < 0.001) and smaller cortical areas (-9.7 and -13.6%; both P < 0.001) and thicknesses (-13.5 and -14.5%, both P < 0.001) due to larger endosteal circumferences (+11.8 and +7.4%, both P < 0.001) than controls. Furthermore, (free) E(2) was lower and SHBG higher (both P < 0.01). Their sons had lower trabecular vBMD (-10.3%, P = 0.036) and a thinner cortex (-8.3%, P = 0.024) at the radius. CONCLUSION Bone mass deficits in men with idiopathic low bone mass involve trabecular and cortical bone, resulting from lower vBMD and smaller cortical bone cross-sectional areas and thicknesses. A similar bone phenotype is present in at least part of their sons. The lower E(2), together with characteristics as lower upper/lower body segment ratio, larger endosteal circumferences and lower vBMD, may indicate an estrogen-related factor in the pathogenesis of male IO.
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- Bruno Lapauw
- Department of Endocrinology and Unit for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Ophoff J, Venken K, Callewaert F, Boonen S, Bouillon R, Vanderschueren D. Sex steroids during bone growth: a comparative study between mouse models for hypogonadal and senile osteoporosis. Osteoporos Int 2009; 20:1749-57. [PMID: 19238307 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-009-0851-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2008] [Accepted: 01/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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SUMMARY In this study, the role of disturbed bone mineral acquisition during puberty in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis was studied. To this end, a mouse model for senile and hypogonadal osteoporosis was used. Longitudinal follow-up showed that bone fragility in both models results from deficient bone build-up during early puberty. INTRODUCTION Male osteoporosis may result from impaired bone growth. This study characterizes the mechanisms of deficient peak bone mass acquisition in models for senile (SAMP6) and hypogonadal (orchidectomized SAMR1) osteoporosis. METHODS Bone mineral acquisition was investigated longitudinally in SAMP6 and orchidectomized SAMR1 mice (eight to ten animals per group) using peripheral quantitative computed tomography and histomorphometry. Additionally, the effects of long-term 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and 17beta-estradiol (E2) replacement were studied. Statistical analysis was performed using ANOVA and Student's t test. RESULTS SAMP6 mice showed an early (4 weeks) medullary expansion of the cortex due to impaired endocortical bone formation (-43%). Despite compensatory periosteal bone formation (+47%), cortical thickness was severely reduced in 20-week-old SAMP6 versus SAMR1. Orchidectomy reduced periosteal apposition between 4 and 8 weeks of age and resulted in high bone turnover and less trabecular bone gain in SAMP6 and SAMR1. DHT and E2 stimulated periosteal expansion and trabecular bone in orchidectomized SAMP6 and SAMR1. E2 stimulated endocortical apposition in SAMP6. Moreover, sex steroid action occurred between 4 and 8 weeks of age. CONCLUSION Bone fragility in both models resulted from deficient bone build-up during early puberty. DHT and E2 improved bone mass acquisition in orchidectomized animals, suggesting a role for AR and ER in male skeletal development.
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- J Ophoff
- Bone Research Unit, Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Endocrinology, Department of Experimental Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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Peacock M, Koller DL, Lai D, Hui S, Foroud T, Econs MJ. Bone mineral density variation in men is influenced by sex-specific and non sex-specific quantitative trait loci. Bone 2009; 45:443-8. [PMID: 19427925 PMCID: PMC2725190 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2009.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2009] [Revised: 05/01/2009] [Accepted: 05/05/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION A major predictor of age-related osteoporotic fracture is peak areal bone mineral density (aBMD) which is a highly heritable trait. However, few linkage and association studies have been performed in men to identify the genes contributing to normal variation in aBMD. The aim of this study was to perform a genome wide scan in healthy men to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) that were significantly linked to aBMD and to test whether any of these might be sex-specific. METHODS aBMD at the spine and hip were measured in 515 pairs of brothers, aged 18-61 (405 white pairs, 110 black pairs). Linkage analysis in the brother sample was compared with results in a previously published sample of 774 sister pairs to identify sex-specific quantitative trait loci (QTL). RESULTS A genome wide scan identified significant QTL (LOD>3.6) for aBMD on chromosomes 4q21 (hip), 7q34 (spine), 14q32 (hip), 19p13 (hip), 21q21 (hip), and 22q13 (hip). Analysis suggested that the QTL on chromosomes 7q34, 14q32, and 21q21 were male-specific whereas the others were not sex-specific. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that six QTL were significantly linked with aBMD in men. One was linked to the spine and five were linked to the hip. When compared to published data in women from the same geographical region, the QTL on chromosomes 7, 14 and 21 were male-specific. The occurrence of sex-specific genes in humans for aBMD has important implications for the pathogenesis and treatment of osteoporosis.
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- Munro Peacock
- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine
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A family history of hip fracture carries a twofold increased risk of fracture among descendants. Genetic factors indeed play a major role in the determination of bone mineral density (BMD) and osteoporosis risk. Multiple chromosomal loci have been mapped by linkage approaches which potentially carry hundreds of genes involved in the determination of bone mass and quality. Association studies based on candidate gene polymorphisms and subsequent meta-analyses, and the more recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS), have clearly identified a handful of genes associated with BMD and/or fragility fractures. Among them are genes coding for the LDL-receptor related protein 5 (LRP5), estrogen receptor alpha (ESR1) and osteoprotegerin, OPG (TNFRSf11b). However, the percentage of osteoporosis risk explained by any of these polymorphisms is small, indicating that most genetic risk factors remain to be discovered and/or that interaction with environmental factors needs further consideration.
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- Serge Ferrari
- Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, WHO Collaborating Center for Osteoporosis Prevention, Geneva University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Genève 14, Switzerland.
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About one in three osteoporotic fractures occur in men, and the consequences of fractures are more severe in men. However, only too few men at high risk of fracture are detected and treated. There is no consensus definition of osteoporosis in men based on bone mineral density (BMD), and therapeutic decisions should be based on absolute fracture risk as estimated from age, BMD, fracture history, and additional clinical risk factors. In men, secondary osteoporosis deserves particular attention. Genetically determined alterations of bone mass acquisition during growth are involved in idiopathic osteoporosis in the young, whereas senile osteoporosis involves progressive bone loss throughout adult life. Estradiol appears to be the predominant sex steroid involved in regulation of bone maturation and metabolism. The evidence base for the long-term efficacy and safety of therapies for osteoporosis in men, including the bone-active agents (i.e. bisphosphonates and teriparatide), is limited, so that they should be applied with discernment based on clinical judgement and careful estimation of fracture risk.
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- Jean M Kaufman
- Ghent University Hospital, Department of Endocrinology, Gent, Belgium.
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Sun Q, Alam I, Liu L, Koller DL, Carr LG, Econs MJ, Foroud T, Turner CH. Genetic loci affecting bone structure and strength in inbred COP and DA rats. Bone 2008; 42:547-53. [PMID: 18158281 PMCID: PMC2288735 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2007.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2007] [Revised: 11/02/2007] [Accepted: 11/07/2007] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Previous studies have shown that the Copenhagen 2331 (COP) and Dark Agouti (DA) rats have significant differences in bone structure and strength despite their similar body mass. Thus, these inbred rat strains may provide a unique resource to identify the genetics underlying the phenotypic variation in bone fragility. A sample of 828 (405 males and 423 females) COPxDA F2 progeny had extensive phenotyping for bone structure measures including cortical bone area and polar moment of inertia at the femur midshaft and total, cortical and trabecular bone areas, for the lumbar vertebra 5 (L5). Bone strength phenotypes included ultimate force, stiffness and work to failure of femur and L5. These skeletal phenotypes were measured using peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) and mechanical testing. A whole-genome screen was conducted in the F2 rats, using microsatellite markers spaced at approximately 20 cM intervals. Genetic marker maps were generated from the F2 data and used for genome-wide linkage analyses to detect linkage to the bone structure and strength phenotypes. Permutation testing was employed to obtain the thresholds for genome-wide significance (p<0.01). Significant QTL for femur structure and strength were identified on chromosome (Chr) 1 with a maximum LOD score of 33.5; evidence of linkage was found in both the male and female rats. In addition, Chrs 6, 7, 10, 13, 15 and 18 were linked to femur midshaft structure. QTL linked to femur strength were identified on Chrs 5 and 10. For L5 vertebrae, Chrs 2, 16, and 18 harbored QTL for cortical structure and trabecular structure for L5 was linked to Chrs 1, 7, 12, and 18. One female-specific QTL for femur ultimate force was identified on Chr 5, and two male-specific QTL for L5 cortical area were found on Chrs 2 and 18. Our study demonstrates strong evidence of linkage for bone structure and strength to multiple rat chromosomes.
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- Qiwei Sun
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
- Biomechanics and Biomaterials Research Center, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
- *Corresponding author: Charles H. Turner, IUPUI, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1120 South Drive, Fesler Hall 115, Indianapolis, IN 46202, Phone (317) 274-3226, Fax (317) 278-9568, E-mail address:
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Willaert A, Van Pottelbergh I, Zmierczak H, Goemaere S, Kaufman JM, De Paepe A, Coucke P. A genome-wide linkage scan for low spinal bone mineral density in a single extended family confirms linkage to 1p36.3. Eur J Hum Genet 2008; 16:970-6. [PMID: 18285824 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Osteoporotic fractures are an increasing cause of mortality and morbidity in ageing populations. A major risk determinant for these fractures is bone mineral density (BMD). Variation on BMD is thought, on the basis of twin and family studies, to be subject to a large amount of genetic variation and it has been hypothesised that this may be due to the influence of multiple genes. However, in families showing segregation of low or high BMD, single major genes have been shown to play a crucial role. We performed a genome-wide screen using 380 microsatellite markers in a single extended family (n=34) in which early-onset low spinal areal BMD segregates in an autosomal dominant-like fashion. A two-point linkage analysis was performed, revealing a maximum LOD score of 3.07 on 1p36.3 (D1S468), confirming results of previous linkage studies of BMD, while no other suggestive linkage peaks (LOD>2.2) were detected elsewhere in the genome. Microsatellite markers were subsequently genotyped for a +/-6.9 Mb region surrounding D1S468. This revealed critical recombination events restricting the candidate region to 1.2 Mb and 19 genes. Sequencing analysis of the coding region of candidate genes WDR8 and EGFL3 revealed no mutations or disease-associated polymorphisms. Our results provide some evidence supporting the hypothesis that there are genetic determinants for spinal BMD on 1p36.3. Although no specific disease causing mutation has yet been found, the delineation of a relatively small candidate region in a single extended family opens perspectives to identify a major gene for spinal BMD.
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- Andy Willaert
- Department of Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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Macdonald JH, Evans SF, Davie MWJ, Sharp CA. Muscle mass deficits are associated with bone mineral density in men with idiopathic vertebral fracture. Osteoporos Int 2007; 18:1371-8. [PMID: 17103082 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-006-0223-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2006] [Accepted: 08/28/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS The causes of idiopathic vertebral fractures (IVF) in men are poorly understood. We hypothesised that in IVF, areal bone mineral density (aBMD) deficits would be associated with reduced muscle mass. METHODS In this case-control study, 48 men (61.5 +/- 12.1 years old) presenting with symptomatic IVF were compared with 48 healthy controls matched for age (+/-5 years) and stature (+/-5 cm). The aBMD and soft-tissue body composition were determined by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Muscle mass was defined as the ratio of appendicular lean mass to the square of height (ALMI). Sex hormones, IGF-I and its binding protein IGFBP-3 were measured by immunoassay. RESULTS ALMI was significantly lower in IVF patients (8.27 +/- 0.90 vs 8.65 +/- 0.88 kg/m(2), t = 2.193, df = 47, P = 0.033 by paired sample t-test). Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that for IVF patients, ALMI explained the greatest proportion of variance in BMD at the lumbar spine, femoral neck and total hip (R (2) (change) = 16.4-22.7%, P = 0.012-0.002) and only IGFBP-3 explained variance in ALMI (R (2) (change) = 19.9%, P = 0.006). CONCLUSIONS In men with IVF, ALMI was reduced and associated with IGFBP-3. ALMI was identified as a novel factor that explained a greater proportion of variance in BMD than either fat mass or serum biochemistry.
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- J H Macdonald
- School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, University of Wales, George Building, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2PZ, UK.
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Edderkaoui B, Baylink DJ, Beamer WG, Shultz KL, Wergedal JE, Mohan S. Genetic regulation of femoral bone mineral density: complexity of sex effect in chromosome 1 revealed by congenic sublines of mice. Bone 2007; 41:340-5. [PMID: 17618849 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2007.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2007] [Revised: 05/22/2007] [Accepted: 05/31/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The findings that sex-specific effects on femoral structure and peak bone mineral density (BMD) are linked to quantitative trait loci (QTL) provide evidence for the involvement of specific genes that contribute to gender variation in skeletal phenotype. Based on previous findings that the BMD QTL in chromosome 1 (Chr 1) exerts a sex-specific effect on femoral structure, we predicted that congenic sublines of mice that carry one or more of the Chr 1 BMD loci would exhibit gender difference in the volumetric BMD (vBMD) phenotype. To test this hypothesis, we compared skeletal parameters of male and female of five C57BL/6J (B6).CAST/EiJ (CAST)-1 congenic sublines of mice that carry overlapping CAST chromosomal segments from the vBMD loci in Chr 1. Femur vBMD measurements were performed by the peripheral quantitative computed tomography in male and female mice at 16 weeks of age. The skeletal phenotype of the C175-185 and C178-185 congenic sublines of mice provided evidence for the presence of the BMD1-4 locus at 178-180 Mb from the centromere. This QTL affects femur vBMD only in female mice. In contrast, CAST chromosomal region carrying BMD1-1 locus increased femur vBMD both in male and female mice. Furthermore, a gender specific effect on BMD of femur mid-shaft region (mid-BMD) was identified at 168-176 Mb in Chr 1 (F=16.49, P=0.0002), while no significant effect was found on total femur BMD (F=2.67, P=0.11). Moreover, this study allowed us to locate a body weight QTL at 168-172 Mb of Chr 1, the effect of this locus was altered in female mice that carry CAST chromosomal segment 168-176 Mb of Chr 1. Based on this study, we conclude that Chr 1 carries at least two vBMD gender-dependent loci; one genetic locus at 178-180 Mb (BMD1-4 locus) which affects both mid-shaft and total femur vBMD in female mice only, and another gender-dependent locus at 168-176 Mb (BMD1-2 locus) which affects femur mid-shaft vBMD in female but not male mice.
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- B Edderkaoui
- Musculoskeletal Disease Center, Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center, 11201 Benton Street, and Department of Biochemistry, Loma Linda University, CA 92357, USA
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Balemans W, Van Hul W. The genetics of low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 in bone: a story of extremes. Endocrinology 2007; 148:2622-9. [PMID: 17395706 DOI: 10.1210/en.2006-1352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A few years ago, human genetic studies provided compelling evidence that the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5) is involved in the regulation of bone homeostasis because pathogenic LRP5 mutations were found in monogenic conditions with abnormal bone density. On the one hand, the osteoporosis pseudoglioma syndrome results from loss of function of LRP5, whereas on the other hand, gain-of-function mutations in LRP5 cause conditions with an increased bone density. On the molecular level, these types of mutations result in disturbed (respectively, decreased and increased) canonical Wnt signaling, an important metabolic pathway in osteoblasts during embryonic and postnatal osteogenesis. This signaling cascade is activated by binding of Wnt ligand to the Frizzled/LRP5 receptor complex. In addition to the involvement of LRP5 in conditions with extreme bone phenotypes, the genetic profile of this gene has also been shown to contribute to the determination of bone density in the general population. Quite a number of studies already demonstrated that common polymorphic variants in LRP5 are associated with bone mineral density and consequently osteoporosis, a multifactorial trait with low bone mass and porous bone structure. These genetic studies together with results obtained from in vitro and in vivo studies emphasize the importance of LRP5 and canonical Wnt signaling in the regulation of bone homeostasis. Therefore, unraveling the exact mechanisms of this signaling cascade has become an important area in bone research. This review focuses on the genetics of LRP5 and summarizes the findings on monogenic bone conditions as well as the current knowledge of its involvement in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis.
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- Wendy Balemans
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium
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Normally there is a gradual continual loss of cortical and trabecular bone in both men and women as they age. Osteopenia and osteoporosis are conditions in which the loss results in brittle bones that fracture easily. Males with low testosterone and hypogonadism are predisposed to osteoporosis and prevention tends to be overshadowed by the greater problem in postmenopausal women. The ability of the skeleton to resist external forces depends partly upon the amount of bone present and partly upon other factors including cancellous bone microarchitecture. This is examined in iliac crest bone biopsies from idiopathic osteoporotic men, mean age 60+/-12 SD years [n=16]. These were compared with a healthy control group (autopsy samples), mean age 30+/-8.9 years [n=28] with the aim of examining the pattern of cancellous atrophy in male idiopathic osteoporosis. Undecalcified specimens were embedded in methylmethacrylate and prepared for histomorphometry. Sections were analysed using an automated trabecular analysis system (TAS), whereby a binary image was created. Area measurements including the trabecular surface and distance measurements including the trabecular width were made. The binary image was thinned to its medial framework and the node and terminus number as indices of trabecular interconnection were recorded, together with the strut length. Results (median (range)) showed a lower percentage bone volume in the elderly osteoporotic male, 10.2% (5.4-23.1) compared to young normals 25.2% (14.6-43.9), p<0.001. The trabeculae tended to be thinner, 95.7 microm (66.7-170.7) c.f. 120.8 microm (75.8-208.6) and considerably fewer in number, 11.1 (2.1-31.4) c.f. 48.3 (25.4-66.9), p<0.001 per field and in particular the number of nodes, 2.1 (0.15-14) c.f. 40.6 (10.3-74.1) per field and the node: terminus ratio fell to 0.13 (0.01-1.19) c.f. controls 0.98 (0.24-6.69), p<0.001. It was concluded that the pattern of cancellous atrophy in male idiopathic osteoporosis differs from normal aging and resembles that in postmenopausal women. Results using the automated TAS confirm previous observations made manually.
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Pelat C, Van Pottelbergh I, Cohen-Solal M, Ostertag A, Kaufman JM, Martinez M, de Vernejoul MC. Complex segregation analysis accounting for GxE of bone mineral density in European pedigrees selected through a male proband with low BMD. Ann Hum Genet 2007; 71:29-42. [PMID: 17227475 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2006.00295.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Osteoporosis is a common multifactorial disorder characterized by low bone mass (BMD) and high susceptibility to low-trauma fractures. Family and twin studies have found a strong genetic component in the determination of BMD, but the mode of inheritance of this trait is not yet fully understood. BMD is a complex trait whose expression is confounded by environmental influences and polygenic inheritance. Detection of potential gene-environment interactions is of great interest in the determination of bone health status. Here we have conducted segregation analyses, using the regressive class D models, in a sample of 100 European pedigrees (NEMO) with 713 subjects (524 measured for phenotypes) identified via a male with low BMD values at either the Lumbar Spine or the Femoral Neck. Segregation analyses were conducted on the residuals of LS-BMD and FN-BMD adjusted for gender, age and BMI. We tested for gene-covariate (GxE) interactions, and investigated the impact of significant GxE interactions on segregation results. Without GxE a major effect was found to be marginally significant in LS-BMD and highly significant in FN-BMD. For both traits the Mendelian hypothesis was rejected. Significant Age x gene and BMI x gene interactions were revealed. Accounting for GxE increased statistical evidence for a major factor in LS-BMD, and improved the fit of the data to the Mendelian transmission model for both traits. The best fitting models suggested a codominant major gene accounting for 45% (LS-BMD) and 44% (FN-BMD) of the adjusted BMDs. However, substantial residual correlations were also found, and these remained highly significant after accounting for the major gene.
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- C Pelat
- INSERM EMI00-06, Evry, France
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Erbas B, Ristevski S, Poon C, Yeung S, Ebeling PR. Decreased spinal and femoral neck volumetric bone mineral density (BMD) in men with primary osteoporosis and their first-degree male relatives: familial effect on BMD in men. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2007; 66:78-84. [PMID: 17201805 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2006.02690.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Low bone mass may be caused by a reduction in the amount of bone or density of bone or both. The purpose of this study was to examine differences in bone volume and volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) in men with primary osteoporosis and their first-degree male relatives (FDMR). DESIGN We used dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) to measure areal density, then calculated bone volume and volumetric density in 121 men with primary osteoporosis, 73 FDMR and 66 normal men. We used regression methods adjusting for age, height and weight to determine deficits in bone volume and vBMD at the spine and femoral neck between men with spinal fractures due to primary osteoporosis, FDMR and normal men. RESULTS Men with osteoporosis had a tendency to smaller bone volume in the spine and femoral neck (P = 0.08 and P = 0.09, respectively) and lower volumetric bone density at the spine (by about 50%) and femoral neck (by about 30%) compared with healthy controls (P < 0.0001). FDMR had no deficit in bone volume but did have lower volumetric density at the spine (by 10.2%) compared with healthy controls (P < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS A deficit in bone mineral accrual may underlie the pathogenesis of primary osteoporosis in men, resulting in low vBMD. This is likely to be determined by genetic factors, although shared common environmental factors may also be important.
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- Bircan Erbas
- Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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Bone geometry is a major determinant of the mechanical resistance of bone. Mechanical strength of the vertebrae depends on the cross-sectional area of the vertebral body and on the size of the posterior arch. Smaller bone width is associated with higher risk of stress fracture. A longer femoral neck axis and a more open neck-shaft angle are associated with higher risk of cervical hip fracture. No consistent association between the femoral neck width and the cervical fracture risk was found. Areal bone mineral density (aBMD) is not a good tool for the identification of elderly men with high fracture risk. Fracture risk increases with decreasing aBMD, but only a minority of men who will sustain an osteoporotic fracture are identified by a given threshold of baseline aBMD. Bone width seems to be an independent predictor of the fracture risk in elderly men, and its assessment can improve the prediction of fractures in this population.
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- Pawel Szulc
- INSERM 403 Research Unit, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Pavillon F, Place d'Arsonval, 69437 Lyon, France.
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Ferrari SL, Deutsch S, Baudoin C, Cohen-Solal M, Ostertag A, Antonarakis SE, Rizzoli R, de Vernejoul MC. LRP5 gene polymorphisms and idiopathic osteoporosis in men. Bone 2005; 37:770-5. [PMID: 16168727 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2005.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2005] [Revised: 06/29/2005] [Accepted: 06/30/2005] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Mutations in the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 gene (LRP5) have demonstrated the role of LRP5 in bone mass acquisition. LRP5 variants were recently reported to contribute to the population-based variance in vertebral bone mass and size in males. To investigate whether LRP5 variants are implicated in idiopathic male osteoporosis, we studied 78 men with low BMD (<2.5 T score or < -2 Z score) aged less than 70 years (mean +/- SD: 50 +/- 16 years) in whom secondary causes of osteoporosis had been excluded and 86 controls (51 +/- 10 years). Genotypes and haplotypes were based on LRP5 missense substitutions in exons 9 (c.2047G > A, p.V667M) and 18 (c.4037C > T, p.A1330V), and their association with osteoporosis evaluated after adjustment for multiple clinical and environmental variables using logistic regression. The presence of osteoporosis was significantly associated with LRP5 haplotypes (P = 0.0036) independent of age (P = 0.006), weight (P = 0.004), calcium intake (P = 0.002), alcohol (P = 0.005) and tobacco (P = 0.004) consumption. Accordingly, the odds ratio for osteoporosis was 3.78 (95% CI 1.27-11.26, P < 0.001) in male carriers of haplotype 3 (c.2047A-4037T, n = 20 cases and 12 controls) versus homozygous carriers of haplotype 1 (c.2047G-4037C, n = 42 cases and 61 controls). In conclusion, these data indicate beyond a significant role for environmental factors, an association between LRP5 variants and idiopathic osteoporosis in males, pointing to a role of LRP5 in this disease.
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- S L Ferrari
- Service of Bone Diseases, Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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Crabbe P, Balemans W, Willaert A, van Pottelbergh I, Cleiren E, Coucke PJ, Ai M, Goemaere S, van Hul W, de Paepe A, Kaufman JM. Missense mutations in LRP5 are not a common cause of idiopathic osteoporosis in adult men. J Bone Miner Res 2005; 20:1951-9. [PMID: 16234968 DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.050705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2005] [Revised: 06/21/2005] [Accepted: 07/05/2005] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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UNLABELLED We studied whether the LRP5 gene contributes to the clinical phenotype of IO in men. Mutation analysis in 66 IO men revealed a range of sequence variants, of which two missense variants were shown to be of functional relevance. INTRODUCTION Mutations in the LDL receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5) gene have been associated with extreme bone phenotypes, which makes LRP5 a plausible candidate gene for idiopathic osteoporosis (IO). MATERIALS AND METHODS In 66 men with IO, all 23 exons and exon-intron boundaries of the LRP5 gene were screened for mutations, and functional analyses were performed for those that were putatively involved in the phenotype. RESULTS Mutation analysis in the IO probands revealed five missense mutations, of which 1067C>T (S356L), 1364C>T (S455L), and 4609G>A (A1537T) were of potential functional significance because they were located in highly conserved regions of LRP5 and not found in a control panel. Segregation analysis in the respective families could not exclude their possible causality for IO. Furthermore, functional analyses clearly showed an inhibitory effect of mutations 1067C>T and 1364C>T on Wnt signal transduction. These effects are most likely caused by impaired LRP5 synthesis in the case of 1067C>T and failure of protein trafficking to the cell surface for 1364C>T. CONCLUSIONS For 2 of 66 IO probands, a mutation in the LRP5 gene with proven functionality was found. The findings indicate that carrying an LRP5 mutation is a risk factor for IO, but that overall, IO in men is infrequently underlied by such a mutation.
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- Patricia Crabbe
- Department of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
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Peacock M, Koller DL, Lai D, Hui S, Foroud T, Econs MJ. Sex-specific quantitative trait loci contribute to normal variation in bone structure at the proximal femur in men. Bone 2005; 37:467-73. [PMID: 16046210 PMCID: PMC1513190 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2005.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2005] [Revised: 04/19/2005] [Accepted: 05/06/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bone structure is an important determinant of osteoporotic fracture. In women, bone structure is highly heritable, and several quantitative trait loci (QTL) have been reported. There are few comparable data in men. This study in men aimed at establishing the heritability of bone structure at the proximal femur, identifying QTL contributing to normal variation in bone structure, and determining which QTL might be sex-specific. Bone structure at the proximal femur was measured in 205 pairs of brothers age 18-61. Heritability was calculated, and linkage analysis performed on phenotypes at the proximal femur. Heritability estimates ranged from 0.99 to 0.39. A genome wide scan identified suggestive QTL (LOD>2.2) for femoral shaft width on chromosome 14q (LOD=2.69 at position 99 cM), calcar femorale at chromosome 2p (LOD=3.97 at position 194 cM) and at the X chromosome (LOD=3.01 at position 77 cM), femoral neck width on chromosome 5p (LOD=2.28 at position 0 cM), femoral head width on chromosome 11q (LOD=2.30 at position 131 cM) and 15q (LOD=3.11 at position 90 cM), and pelvic axis length on chromosome 4q (LOD=4.16 at position 99 cM) and 17q (LOD=2.80 at position 112 cM). Comparison with published data in 437 pairs of premenopausal sisters from the same geographical region suggested that 3 of the 7 autosomal QTL were male-specific. This study demonstrates that bone structure at the proximal femur in healthy men is highly heritable. The occurrence of sex-specific genes in humans for bone structure has important implications for the pathogenesis and treatment of osteoporosis.
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- Munro Peacock
- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, University Hospital and Out Patient Center, 550 N. University Boulevard, Room 5595, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5250, USA.
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Kolta S, Le Bras A, Mitton D, Bousson V, de Guise JA, Fechtenbaum J, Laredo JD, Roux C, Skalli W. Three-dimensional X-ray absorptiometry (3D-XA): a method for reconstruction of human bones using a dual X-ray absorptiometry device. Osteoporos Int 2005; 16:969-76. [PMID: 15599494 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-004-1782-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2004] [Accepted: 09/22/2004] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Three-dimensional accurate evaluation of the geometry of the proximal femur may be helpful for hip fracture risk evaluation. The purpose of this study was to apply and validate a stereo-radiographic 3D reconstruction method of the proximal femur, using contours identification from biplanar DXA images. Twenty-five excised human proximal femurs were investigated using a standard DXA unit. Three-dimensional personalized models were reconstructed using a dedicated non-stereo corresponding contours (NSCC) algorithm. Three-dimensional CT-scan reconstructions obtained on a clinical CT-scan unit were defined as geometric references for the comparison protocol, in order to assess accuracy and reproducibility of the 3D stereo-radiographic reconstructions. The precision of a set of 3D geometric parameters (femoral-neck axis length, mid-neck cross-section area, neck-shaft angle), obtained from stereo-radiographic models was also evaluated. This study shows that the NSCC method may be applied to obtain 3D reconstruction from biplanar DXA acquisitions. Applied to the proximal femur, this method showed good accuracy as compared with high-resolution personalized CT-scan models (mean error = 0.8 mm). Moreover, precision study for the set of 3D parameters yielded coefficients of variation lower than 5%. This is the first study providing 3D geometric parameters from standard 2D DXA images using the NSCC method. It has good accuracy and reproducibility in the present study on cadaveric femurs. In vivo prospective studies are needed to evaluate its discriminating potential on hip fracture risk prediction.
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- S Kolta
- Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris-Université René Descartes, Paris, France.
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The prevalence of osteoporosis is raising worldwide as improving conditions of living and treatment of other common diseases continuously increases life expectancy. Thus, osteoporosis affects most women above 80 years of age and, at the age of 50, the lifetime risk of suffering an osteoporosis-related fracture approaches 50% in women and 20% in men. Numerous genetic, hormonal, nutritional and life-style factors contribute to the acquisition and maintenance of bone mass. Among them, genetic variations explain as much as 70% of the variance for bone mineral density (BMD) in the population. Dozens of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for BMD have been identified by genome screening and linkage approaches in humans and mice, and more than 100 candidate gene polymorphisms tested for association with BMD and/or fracture. Sequence variants in the vitamin D receptor (VDR), collagen 1 alpha 1 chain (Col1A1), estrogen receptor alpha (ESR1), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and LDL receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5) genes were all found to be significantly associated with differences in BMD and/or fracture risk in multiple replication studies. Moreover, some genes, such as VDR and IL-6, were shown to interact with non-genetic factors, i.e. calcium intake and estrogens, to modulate BMD. Since these gene variants have also been associated with other complex disorders, including cancer and coronary heart disease, they may represent common genetic susceptibility factors exerting pleiotropic effects during the aging process.
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- Serge L Ferrari
- Service of Bone Diseases, WHO Collaborating Center for Osteoporosis Prevention, Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland.
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Osteoporosis is a multifactorial disease involving genetic component and several environmental factors. Some rare diseases that are associated with osteoporosis such as Lobstein disease or the "pseudoglial osteoporosis" syndrom are monogenetic. Nevertheless common osteoporosis is a polygenic affection resulting from the interaction between the polymorphism of different genes and the environmental factors. The genetic component of osteoporosis encompasses roughly 60 to 70% of bone mineral density, whereas the effect on fracture risk seems lower because of the importance of other environmental factors as falls. Many polymorphisms of candidate genes involved in the regulation of bone mass have been correlated to bone density. It is likely that many genes participate to the regulation of bone density although the existence of a major gene is highly suspected. Moreover linkage analysis after genome-wide search in populations with severe osteoporosis has focused on some regions of interest (QTL) on the chromosomes. This will allow to localize one or more specific genes. The current genetic studies on different populations affected by osteoporosis or not will be useful in order to better predict the fracture risk in association with bone density and biochemical markers of bone turnover. Moreover, this will lead to the development of new treatments of osfeoporosis and will help to adapt the therapy for individual patients.
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- M Cohen-Solal
- Inserm U 606, centre Viggo-Petersen, hôpital Lariboisière, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75010 Paris, France.
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Seeman E. The growth and age-related origins of bone fragility in men. Calcif Tissue Int 2004; 75:100-9. [PMID: 15383923 DOI: 10.1007/s00223-004-0289-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2003] [Accepted: 01/05/2004] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- E Seeman
- Austin Hospital, Heidelberg 3084, Melbourne, Australia.
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Econs MJ, Koller DL, Hui SL, Fishburn T, Conneally PM, Johnston CC, Peacock M, Foroud TM. Confirmation of linkage to chromosome 1q for peak vertebral bone mineral density in premenopausal white women. Am J Hum Genet 2004; 74:223-8. [PMID: 14730478 PMCID: PMC1181920 DOI: 10.1086/381401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2003] [Accepted: 11/13/2003] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Peak bone mineral density (BMD) is a highly heritable trait and is a good predictor of the risk of osteoporosis and fracture in later life. Recent studies have sought to identify the genes underlying peak BMD. Linkage analysis in a sample of 464 premenopausal white sister pairs detected linkage of spine BMD to chromosome 1q (LOD 3.6). An independent sample of 254 white sister pairs has now been genotyped, and it also provides evidence of linkage to chromosome 1q (LOD 2.5) for spine BMD. Microsatellite markers were subsequently genotyped for a 4-cM map in the chromosome 1q region in all available white sister pairs (n=938), and a LOD score of 4.3 was obtained near the marker D1S445. Studies in the mouse have also detected evidence of linkage to BMD phenotypes in the region syntenic to our linkage finding on chromosome 1q. Thus, we have replicated a locus on 1q contributing to BMD at the spine and have found further support for the region in analyses employing an enlarged sample. Studies are now ongoing to identify the gene(s) contributing to peak spine BMD in women.
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- Michael J Econs
- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
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Duan Y, Beck TJ, Wang XF, Seeman E. Structural and biomechanical basis of sexual dimorphism in femoral neck fragility has its origins in growth and aging. J Bone Miner Res 2003; 18:1766-74. [PMID: 14584886 DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.2003.18.10.1766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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UNLABELLED The structural basis for sex differences in femoral neck (FN) fragility was studied in 1196 subjects and 307 patients with hip fracture. The absolute and relative patterns of modeling and remodeling on the periosteal and endocortical envelopes during growth and aging produce changes in FN geometry and structure that results in FN fragility in both sexes and sexual dimorphism in hip fracture risk in old age. INTRODUCTION Femoral neck (FN) fragility in old age is usually attributed to age-related bone loss, while the sex differences in hip fracture rate are attributed to less bone loss in men than in women. The purpose of this study was to define the structural and biomechanical basis underlying the increase in FN fragility in elderly men and women and the structural basis of sex differences in hip fracture incidence in old age. MATERIALS AND METHODS We measured FN dimensions and areal bone mineral density in 1196 healthy subjects (801 females) 18-92 years of age and 307 patients (180 females) with hip fracture using DXA. We then used the DXA-derived FN areal bone mineral density (BMD) and measured periosteal diameter to estimate endocortical diameter, cortical thickness, section modulus (a measure of bending strength), and buckling ratio (indices for structural stability). RESULTS Neither FN cortical thickness nor volumetric density differed in young adult women and men after height and weight adjustment. The sex differences in geometry were confined to the further displacement of the cortex from the FN neutral axis in young men, which produced 13.4% greater bending strength than in young women. Aging amplified this geometric difference; widening of the periosteal and endocortical diameters continued in both sexes but was greater in men, shifting the cortex even further from the neutral axis maintaining bending strength in men, not in women. In both sexes, less age-related periosteal than endocortical widening produced cortical thinning increasing the risk for structural failure by local buckling of the enlarged thin walled FN. Relative to age-matched controls, women and men with hip fractures had reduced cortical thickness, but FN periosteal diameter was increased in women and reduced in men, differences are likely to be originated in growth. CONCLUSIONS The absolute and relative patterns of modeling and remodeling on the periosteal and endocortical envelopes during growth and aging produce changes in FN diameters, cortical thickness, and geometry that results in FN fragility in both sexes and sexual dimorphism in hip fracture risk in old age.
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- Yunbo Duan
- Department of Endocrinology, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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McHugh NA, Vercesi HM, Egan RW, Hey JA. Receptor activator of NF-[kappa]B ligand arrests bone growth and promotes cortical bone resorption in growing rats. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2003; 95:672-6. [PMID: 12692138 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00056.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Receptor activator of NF-kappaB ligand (RANKL), produced by osteoblastic lineage cells and activated T cells, is an essential factor for osteoclast differentiation, activation, and survival. Therefore, RANKL is a focal point of therapies targeting bone diseases where there is an imbalance of bone metabolism in favor of bone resorption. The present study assesses the effects of exogenous RANKL on growing bone. RANKL (100 microg x kg-1x day-1 for 7 days) administered to Sprague-Dawley weanling rats caused major deficits in growth, appearance, and bone mineral densities (BMD). Urinary deoxypyridinoline crosslinks, a measure of bone turnover, were higher in the RANKL-treated rats (P = 0.031), and the bone mineral content was lower (P < 0.001). The final BMD in the RANKL-treated rats was lower (P = 0.039) than in the control rats (19 +/- 7 vs. 38 +/- 5 mg/cm3). Moreover, calculated cortical bone density in each bone slice (total BMD - trabecular BMD) indicated there was only 5% cortical bone remaining in RANKL-treated rats. We conclude that therapies targeting RANKL are likely to have effects on cortical as well as trabecular bone density.
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- Nansie A McHugh
- Allergy Department, Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA.
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