11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 activity predicts the effects of glucocorticoids on bone
11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 activity predicts the effects of glucocorticoids on bone
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DOI:
10.1210/jc.2003-022025
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发表时间:
2003-08-01
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Stewart, PM
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作者:
Cooper, MS;Blumsohn, A;Stewart, PM
Individual susceptibility to glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis is difficult to predict clinically. We recently characterized expression of 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11beta-HSD1) in human osteoblasts. This enzyme generates active cortisol ( or prednisolone) from inactive cortisone ( or prednisone) and regulates glucocorticoid action in vitro. We, thus, hypothesized that osteoblastic 11beta-HSD1 mediates susceptibility to glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis. Twenty healthy males ingested 5 mg prednisolone twice daily for 7 d, and relationships between changes in bone turnover markers and urinary measures of corticosteroid metabolism were examined. The bone formation markers osteocalcin and N-terminal propeptide of type I collagen decreased in all subjects ( P < 0.001), but resorption markers were unchanged. The extent of fall in formation markers correlated with baseline 11 beta-HSD1 activity with high activity predicting the greatest fall [ for osteocalcin d 4 and 7, r = -0.58 and -0.56 ( P < 0.01); for N-terminal propeptide of type I collagen d 4, r = - 0.51 ( P < 0.05)]. There was no correlation with measures of glucocorticoid inactivation or total corticosteroid metabolite production. Urinary measures of 11 beta-HSD1 activity predict the response of bone formation markers to glucocorticoids, and this appears to reflect increased generation of active glucocorticoids within osteoblasts. Measures of 11 beta-HSD1 activity may predict individual susceptibility to glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, and these data should facilitate the development of bone-sparing glucocorticoids.