TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of parathyroid hormone treatment on circulating sclerostin levels in postmenopausal women
AU - Drake, Matthew T.
AU - Srinivasan, Bhuma
AU - Mödder, Ulrike I.
AU - Peterson, James M.
AU - McCready, Louise K.
AU - Riggs, B. Lawrence
AU - Dwyer, Denise
AU - Stolina, Marina
AU - Kostenuik, Paul
AU - Khosla, Sundeep
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants AG004875 and UL1-RR24150 (Center for Translational Science Activities), U.S. Public Health Service.
PY - 2010/11
Y1 - 2010/11
N2 - Context: Intermittent PTH treatment stimulates bone formation, but the mechanism(s) of this effect remain unclear. Sclerostin is an inhibitor of Wnt signaling, and animal studies have demonstrated that PTH suppresses sclerostin production. Objective: The objective of the study was to test whether intermittent PTH treatment of postmenopausal women alters circulating sclerostin levels. Design: Prospective study. Setting: The study was conducted at a clinical research unit. Participants and Interventions: Participants included 27 postmenopausal women treated with PTH (1-34) for 14 d and 28 control women. Main Outcome Measures: Serum sclerostin levels were measured. Results: Circulating sclerostin levels decreased significantly in the PTH-treated subjects, from (mean ± SEM) 551 ± 32 to 482 ± 31 pg/ml (-12.7%, P < 0.0001) but did not change in the control women (baseline, 559 ± 34 pg/ml; end point, 537 ± 40 pg/ml, P = 0.207; P = 0.017 for difference in changes between groups). Bone marrow plasma was obtained in a subset of the control and PTH-treated subjects (n = 19 each) at the end of the treatment period, and marrow plasma and peripheral serum sclerostin levels were significantly correlated (R = 0.64, P < 0.0001). Marrow plasma sclerostin levels were 24% lower in PTH-treated compared with control women, but perhaps due to the smaller sample size, this difference was not statistically significant (P = 0.173). Conclusions: Circulating sclerostin levels correlate with bone marrow plasma levels and are reduced by intermittent PTH therapy in postmenopausal women. Further studies are needed to assess the extent to which decreases in sclerostin production contribute to the anabolic skeletal response to PTH.
AB - Context: Intermittent PTH treatment stimulates bone formation, but the mechanism(s) of this effect remain unclear. Sclerostin is an inhibitor of Wnt signaling, and animal studies have demonstrated that PTH suppresses sclerostin production. Objective: The objective of the study was to test whether intermittent PTH treatment of postmenopausal women alters circulating sclerostin levels. Design: Prospective study. Setting: The study was conducted at a clinical research unit. Participants and Interventions: Participants included 27 postmenopausal women treated with PTH (1-34) for 14 d and 28 control women. Main Outcome Measures: Serum sclerostin levels were measured. Results: Circulating sclerostin levels decreased significantly in the PTH-treated subjects, from (mean ± SEM) 551 ± 32 to 482 ± 31 pg/ml (-12.7%, P < 0.0001) but did not change in the control women (baseline, 559 ± 34 pg/ml; end point, 537 ± 40 pg/ml, P = 0.207; P = 0.017 for difference in changes between groups). Bone marrow plasma was obtained in a subset of the control and PTH-treated subjects (n = 19 each) at the end of the treatment period, and marrow plasma and peripheral serum sclerostin levels were significantly correlated (R = 0.64, P < 0.0001). Marrow plasma sclerostin levels were 24% lower in PTH-treated compared with control women, but perhaps due to the smaller sample size, this difference was not statistically significant (P = 0.173). Conclusions: Circulating sclerostin levels correlate with bone marrow plasma levels and are reduced by intermittent PTH therapy in postmenopausal women. Further studies are needed to assess the extent to which decreases in sclerostin production contribute to the anabolic skeletal response to PTH.
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U2 - 10.1210/jc.2010-0720
DO - 10.1210/jc.2010-0720
M3 - Article
C2 - 20631014
AN - SCOPUS:77957853500
SN - 0021-972X
VL - 95
SP - 5056
EP - 5062
JO - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
JF - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
IS - 11
ER -