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J Endocrinol Invest ; 28(2): 102-5, 2005 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15887853

ABSTRACT

Sex steroid hormones contribute to the physiological regulation of bone turnover in males. To address this issue, we investigated serum estradiol (E2), total testosterone (T), and DHEAS concentrations, along with serum levels of carboxy-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (sCTx), in a sample of 76 healthy men aged 23 to 87. The concentration of sCTx declined with age. Both T and DHEAS, at variance with E2, showed a significant age-related decline. T, DHEAS and sCTx significantly (p<0.01) correlated with each other. DHEAS and T were significantly associated after correcting for age (r=0.35, p=0.002) or body mass index (r=0.65, p<0.0001). DHEAS, but not T, significantly correlated with sCTx after correcting for age (r=0.26, p=0.026, and r=0.20, p=0.08, respectively). Stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that only DHEAS (but not T or E2) was a significant independent predictor of sCTx (p=0.0001). Our results show that adrenal androgens play a crucial role in regulating bone resorption in aging men.


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Bone Remodeling , Collagen/blood , Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate/blood , Peptides/blood , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Aging/blood , Body Mass Index , Collagen Type I , Estradiol/blood , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Reference Values , Testosterone/blood
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Clin Ter ; 154(1): 49-53, 2003.
Article in Italian | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12854284

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: To provide indications for currently approved treatments and future options for male osteoporosis, based on the pathogenetic mechanisms of bone loss in the male sex. DESIGN: Review of the most significant data reported in the literature. RESULTS: Unhealthy lifestyle habits should be modified. Testosterone replacement is indicated only in patients with diagnosis of hypogonadism. Based on the demonstrated pathogenetic role of estrogen lack in bone loss in men, either low doses of this hormone or selective androgen receptor modulators have been proposed for the treatment of male osteoporosis. Bisphosphonates are the only medications approved by Food and Drug Administration for idiopathic and glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis in men. As far as anabolic treatments are concerned, there is not agreement on clinical utility of sodium fluoride. Short-term treatment with parathyroid hormone (PTH) seems to be safe and effective in patients with idiopathic osteoporosis, due to its anabolic action. Therapeutic use of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor type I (IGF-I), both considered as potential anabolic agents, is still limited because of the high incidence of side effects and relatively transient efficacy, particularly of IGF-I. CONCLUSIONS: Treatments should be selected on the basis of anti-fracture efficacy of various medications, which has been demonstrated so far only for alendronate and risedronate. Although anabolic agents produce noticeable increase of bone mineral density, is still debated if they also reduce fracture incidence in males with osteoporosis.


Subject(s)
Fractures, Bone/prevention & control , Osteoporosis/complications , Osteoporosis/drug therapy , Adult , Bone Density , Diet , Diphosphonates/therapeutic use , Glucocorticoids/adverse effects , Growth Hormone/adverse effects , Growth Hormone/therapeutic use , Humans , Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/adverse effects , Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/therapeutic use , Life Style , Male , Osteoporosis/chemically induced , Osteoporosis/etiology , Parathyroid Hormone/therapeutic use , Sex Factors , Sodium Fluoride/therapeutic use
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Osteoporos Int ; 13(8): 618-23, 2002 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12181619

ABSTRACT

This investigation was undertaken to determine whether the preservation of bone mass in patients with mild primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) could be detected when measuring spine density in the lateral projection. We compared the bone mineral density (BMD) of L2-L4 utilizing the posterior-anterior (PA) and lateral projections in postmenopausal patients with PHPT and in a group of 27 postmenopausal normal women. Thirty-three consecutive postmenopausal patients with PHPT were studied; 25 were asymptomatic whereas the remaining 8 suffered complications related to the disease. Based upon the criteria established by the Consensus Conference on the Management of Asymptomatic PHPT, only 10 of the 25 asymptomatic patients could be considered affected by mild disease; the remaining patients were classified as having moderate disease. Patients with mild disease had mean lateral total BMD values (0.682 +/- 0.113 g/cm(2)) significantly higher than normal women (0.588 +/- 0.076, p<0.02) and patients with moderate disease (0.599 +/- 0.077, p<0.05). There were significant differences among the three groups in both PA L2-L4 and L1-L4 levels: patients with mild disease had significantly higher mean BMD values than patients with moderate disease and normal women, when either three or four vertebrae were considered. Interestingly, at this latter site, patients with moderate disease had significantly ( p<0.05) lower values than normal women. Our results indicate that patients with mild PHPT have a preservation of vertebral mass when compared with the other hyperparathyroid patients and normal women, when taking into account both the mainly trabecular portion and the whole vertebra. The finding that when the PA projection was assessed, BMD values of patients with moderate disease were significantly lower than those of normal women, might be attributed to the detrimental effect of raised parathyroid hormone levels on the cortical component of the vertebral body.


Subject(s)
Bone Density , Hyperparathyroidism/physiopathology , Osteoporosis/physiopathology , Postmenopause/physiology , Absorptiometry, Photon/methods , Aged , Analysis of Variance , Calcium/blood , Case-Control Studies , Female , Humans , Hyperparathyroidism/blood , Lumbar Vertebrae/physiology , Middle Aged , Osteoporosis/diagnostic imaging , Parathyroid Hormone/physiology , Postmenopause/blood
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Osteoporos Int ; 13(2): 171-5, 2002.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11905526

ABSTRACT

To assess how two different serum markers of bone resorption may reflect changes in bone turnover, we compared age- and sex-related changes in serum C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (betaCTx) and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase activity (TRAP) in 136 healthy men and 184 normal women. Serum levels of the two markers were also assessed in several groups of patients of both sexes presenting with the most common metabolic and endocrine bone diseases: established osteoporosis (n = 77), primary hyperparathyroidism (n = 44), glucocorticoid excess (n = 17), chronic renal failure (n = 39), active Paget's disease of bone (n = 5), humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy (n = 3), osteomalacia (n = 3), hyperthyroidism (n = 10), post-surgical hypoparathyroidism (n = 10), acromegaly (active disease, n = 8) and Cushing's syndrome (n = 10). In men the regression of betaCTx with age showed an initial decrease in bone resorption followed by an increase thereafter, starting from the sixth decade of life. No age-related change in serum TRAP activity was observed. In women, by contrast, a slight but significant linear correlation of both serum betaCTx and TRAP with age (r = 0.223, p<0.003 and r = 0.333, p<0.0001, respectively) was found, the two markers being positively correlated (r = 0.238, p<0.002). In each class of patients the mean Z-scores of betaCTx were significantly higher than those of TRAP activity. Moreover, compared with normal subjects, serum betaCTx seems to be characterized by a superior sensitivity relative to TRAP measurement, at least in the disorders studied.


Subject(s)
Acid Phosphatase/blood , Bone Diseases/blood , Collagen/blood , Isoenzymes/blood , Peptides/blood , Sex Characteristics , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Aging/blood , Biomarkers/blood , Bone Diseases, Endocrine/blood , Bone Diseases, Metabolic/blood , Bone Resorption/blood , Collagen Type I , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Tartrate-Resistant Acid Phosphatase
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