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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
Volume 96, Issue 11, Pages E1848-E1851Publisher
ENDOCRINE SOC
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-1534
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- National Institutes of Health [K23-RR16310]
- Massachusetts General Hospital Clinical Research Center [RR-1066]
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Context: Animal models suggest that the osteoblast-stimulating actions of PTH are mediated by acute suppression of sclerostin, an inhibitor of the anabolic Wnt pathway. The immediate physiological changes in serum sclerostin in response to PTH infusion have not been reported in human studies. Objective: We sought to determine the acute physiological effects of PTH infusion on serum sclerostin and bone turnover markers in healthy adult men. Design, Setting, and Participants: Fifty-three healthy adult men underwent an 18-h iv infusion of human PTH(1-34) at a dose of 0.55 U/kg . h. Outcomes: Serum levels of ionized calcium, sclerostin, and markers of bone formation (osteocalcin and amino-terminal propeptide of type I procollagen) and bone resorption (C-telopeptide and N-telopeptide) were obtained at 0, 6, 12, and 18 h. Results: Serum ionized calcium, C-telopeptide, and N-telopeptide increased, and osteocalcin and amino-terminal propeptide of type I procollagen fell linearly throughout the PTH infusion (P < 0.001 for all). Average +/- SEM sclerostin levels declined from 936 +/- 65 to 813 +/- 63 pg/ml at 6 h (P < 0.001) and remained stably suppressed for the duration of the PTH infusion. There were no significant correlations between change in sclerostin and change in bone markers. Conclusions: Serum sclerostin declined in response to acute PTH infusion within 6 h in healthy adult men. The early plateau in sclerostin suppression may indicate that maximal stimulation of the Wnt pathway is achieved quickly after exposure to PTH. Our findings support the hypothesis that PTH may mediate its anabolic effects in part via suppression of sclerostin. (J Clin Endocrinol Metab 96: E1848-E1851, 2011)
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