The Changes of Serum Growth Factors after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Impact on Bone Mineral Metabolism.
- Author:
Ki Hyun BAEK
1
;
Eun Sook OH
;
Ki Won OH
;
Won Young LEE
;
Hye Soo KIM
;
Soon Yong KWON
;
Je Ho HAN
;
Moo Il KANG
;
Bong Yun CHA
;
Kwang Woo LEE
;
Ho Young SON
;
Sung Koo KANG
;
Choon Choo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Bone marrow transplantation;
Osteoporosis;
Growth factor;
Bone mineral density
- MeSH:
Biomarkers;
Bone Density;
Bone Development;
Bone Marrow;
Bone Marrow Transplantation;
Bone Resorption;
Colony-Stimulating Factors;
Femur;
Fibroblast Growth Factor 2;
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation*;
Hematopoietic Stem Cells*;
Humans;
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I;
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins*;
Interleukin-6;
Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor;
Macrophages;
Male;
Metabolism*;
Osteocalcin;
Osteogenesis;
Osteoporosis;
Prospective Studies;
Spine
- From:Journal of Korean Society of Endocrinology
2002;17(5):664-674
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: A loss of bone mass is usually detected after a bone marrow transplantation (BMT), especially during the early post-transplant period. We recently reported that enhanced bone resorption following a BMT was related to both the steroid dose and the increase in IL-6. We also suggested damage to the marrow stromal microenvironment, by myoablation, partly explains the impaired bone formation following a BMT. It is well known that some growth factors play important role in bone growth and osteogenesis. However, the pathogenetic role of bone growth factors in post-BMT bone loss is unknown and data on the changes in the growth factors, in accordance with bone turnover markers and bone mineral density (BMD) changes are scarce. We investigated changes in bone growth factors such as IGF-I (Insulin-like growth factor-I), fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) and Macrophage colony stimulating factor (M-CSF), during the post-BMT period, and assessed whether the growth factor changes influenced the bone turnover and post-BMT bone loss. The present study is the first prospective study to describe the changes in bone growth factors following a BMT. METHODS: We prospectively investigated 110 patients undergoing a BMT, and analyzed 36 patients (32.4+/-1.3 years, 17 men and 19 women) whose BMDs were measured before, and 1 year after, the BMT. The serum biochemical markers of bone turnover were measured before, 1, 2, 3 and 4 weeks, 3 and 6 months, and 1 year, after the BMT. The serum FGF-2, IGF-I and M-CSF levels were measured before and 1 and 3 weeks, and 3 months after the BMT. The correlation between the changes of growth factors and various bone parameters was analyzed. RESULTS: The mean bone losses in the lumbar spine and total proximal femur, calculated as the percentage change from the baseline to the level at 1 year, were 5.2 (p<0.05) and 11.6% (p<0.01), respectively. The serum type I carboxyterminal telopeptide (ICTP), a bone resorption marker, increased progressively until 6 months after the BMT, but thereafter decreased, to the base value after 1 year. Serum osteocalcin, a bone formation marker, decreased progressively, until 3 weeks after the BMT but then increased transiently, and finally returned to the base level at 1 year. The serum IGF-I and FGF-2 also decreased progressively until 3 weeks and 1 week after the BMT, respectively, then increased to the base values at 3 months. The serum M-CSF increased briskly at 1 week post-BMT, then decreased to the base level. There were positive correlations between the percentage changes from the baseline proximal femur BMD and the IGF-I levels 3 weeks and 3 months (r=0.52, p<0.01, r=0.41, p<0.05) post BMT. A Significant correlation was found between the IGF-I and osteocalcin levels pre-BMT, and 3 weeks after the BMT. Another positive correlation was found between the M-CSF and the ICTP levels at 3 weeks post BMT (r=0.54, p<0.05). CONCLUSION: In conclusion, there were significant changes in the serum IGF-I, FGF-2 and M-CSF levels in the immediate post-BMT period, which were related to a decrease in bone formation and loss in the proximal femoral BMD during the year following the BMT
