Journal
DOMESTIC ANIMAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 42, Issue 4, Pages 256-264Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2012.01.003
Keywords
Cat; Intact PTH; PTH-calcium curve; Whole PTH
Funding
- Junta de Andalucia: PAIDI-Grupo [CTS-179]
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Validated assays for quantification of intact parathyroid hormone (I-PTH) are no longer available. Moreover, the third-generation PTH assay that only detects the whole PTH molecule (W-PTH) has never been tested in cats. The work presented here is aimed to validate a commercially available assay for measurement of I-PTH and W-PTH in cats and to study the dynamics of PTH secretion in healthy cats. Our results show that both assays are reliable for the measurement of feline PTH. In healthy adult cats W-PTH concentration (15.1 +/- 1.6 pg/mL) was greater (P < 0.001) than I-PTH concentration (9.1 +/- 0.7 pg/mL). The dynamics of PTH secretion in response to changes in extracellular calcium (Ca2+) were investigated in 13 cats by studying FTH-Ca2+ curves. FTH-Ca2+ curves were obtained by intravenous infusion of disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and CaCl2. PTH was measured using both I-PTH and W-PTH assays. During hypocalcemia a sigmoidal curve that was similar when measured with I-PTH or W-PTH was obtained. The maximal PTH concentration in response to hypocalcemia was greater with W-PTH (179.6 +/- 41.9 pg/mL) than with I-PTH (67.6 +/- 10.5 pg/mL; P = 0.01). However, hypercalcemia resulted in an equivalent PTH inhibition, with both assays yielding PTH concentrations as follows: W-PTH = 4.0 +/- 0.4 pg/mL and I-PTH = 4.9 +/- 0.3 pg/mL (NS). Parameters of the feline PTH-Ca2+ curve are similar to what has been previously reported in dogs. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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