VITAMIN K-INDUCED CHANGES IN MARKERS FOR OSTEOBLAST ACTIVITY AND URINARY CALCIUM LOSS
VITAMIN K-INDUCED CHANGES IN MARKERS FOR OSTEOBLAST ACTIVITY AND URINARY CALCIUM LOSS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf01321883
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发表时间:
1993-08-01
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
VERMEER, C
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作者:
KNAPEN, MHJ;JIE, KSG;VERMEER, C
The objective of this study was to identify subjects in whom vitamin K has an effect on markers for calcium and bone metabolism and to detect hitherto-unnoticed correlations between vitamin K-induced changes in these markers. Participants in our studies were apparently healthy women, in whom we measured serum-immunoreactive osteocalcin (irOC) before and after adsorption to hydroxylapatite; total serum alkaline phosphatase (T-AP) and bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (B-AP); and fasting urinary calcium and creatinine. We describe a trial among 145 women who were treated with vitamin K (1 mg/day) for 2 weeks, and a prospective placebo-controlled trial among two groups each of 70 postmenopausal women with a treatment period of 3 months. It turned out that in elderly women vitamin K induced increased levels of serum irOC with a high affinity for hydroxylapatite (irOC(bound)), whereas that with low affinity (irOC(free)) remained unaffected. In placebo-treated women the ratio irOC(free)/irOC(bound) shifted from 0.38 to 0.65 around the 50th year of age. This shift was not found in vitamin K-treated women. After 3 months of treatment the vitamin K-induced changes in irOC(bound) were correlated with changes in B-AP, whereas irOC(free) was correlated to urinary calcium excretion. In fast losers of urinary calcium vitamin K induced a 30% decrease of calcium excretion. The hypothesis is put forward that irOC(bound) may be a marker for bone formation, that serum irOC(free) may be a marker for bone resorption, and that the serum irOC(free)/irOC(bound) ratio may become a marker for skeletal remodeling. It is concluded that vitamin K administration may help to reduce urinary calcium loss in postmenopausal women, notably in the fast losers of calcium. The ratio irOC(free)/irOC(bound) provides more information than total irOC and may become a practical marker for bone metabolism.