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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
卷 112, 期 4, 页码 1391-1397出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-011-2097-7
关键词
Hepcidin; Erythropoietin; Iron; Pharmacokinetic; Healthy volunteers
资金
- Comite de la Recherche Clinique, CHU de Rennes
Hepcidin regulates plasma iron bioavailability and subsequently iron availability for erythropoiesis. rHuEPO has been reported to decrease hepcidin expression in case of repeated subcutaneous injections. Thus, hepcidin level measurement could be a candidate marker for detection of rHuEPO abuse. However, when used for doping, rHuEPO can be injected intravenously and the scheme of injection is unknown. Our aim was to evaluate the early effects of a single intravenous rHuEPO injection on serum hepcidin levels. Fourteen male healthy volunteers received one intravenous injection of 50 U/Kg of rHuEPO during a placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind, cross-over study. Serum hepcidin, quantified by a competitive ELISA method and iron parameters was then evaluated for 24 h. Serum levels of hepcidin were significantly increased 4 h after rHuEPO injection when compared with placebo injection (78.3 +/- A 55.5 vs. 57.5 +/- A 34.6 ng/ml, respectively; +36%, p < 0.05), whereas iron and transferrin saturation dramatically decreased 12 h after rHuEPO injection when compared with placebo injection (9.2 +/- A 3.5 vs. 15.8 +/- A 4.2 mu g/l, respectively; -42%, p < 0.05 and 14.8 +/- A 5.0 vs. 26.3 +/- A 6.4%, respectively; -44%, p < 0.05). In addition, 12 and 24 h after rHuEPO injection serum hepcidin levels were lower compared with placebo injection (41.6 +/- A 27.4 vs. 56.6 +/- A 28.1 ng/ml after 12 h; -27%, p < 0.05 and 26.0 +/- A 29.6 vs. 81.2 +/- A 29.4 ng/ml after 24 h; -68%, p < 0.05). Intravenous injection of recombinant EPO induces a precocious and transient increase of serum hepcidin leading to a transient decrease of iron bioavailability. The transitory increase and dynamics of its concentration make difficult the practical use of hepcidin to detect rHuEPO doping.
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