Evidence supporting a role of glucocorticoids in short-term bone loss in burned children

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作者
Klein, GL
Bi, LX
Sherrard, DJ
Beavan, SR
Ireland, D
Compston, JE
Williams, WG
Herndon, DN
机构
[1] Univ Texas, Med Branch, Childrens Hosp, Dept Pediat, Galveston, TX 77555 USA
[2] Univ Texas, Med Branch, Dept Orthoped Surg, Galveston, TX 77550 USA
[3] Univ Texas, Med Branch, Dept Plast & Reconstruct Surg, Galveston, TX 77550 USA
[4] Univ Texas, Med Branch, Dept Surg, Galveston, TX 77550 USA
[5] Shriners Burns Hosp, Galveston, TX USA
[6] Univ Cambridge, Sch Med, Dept Med, Cambridge, England
[7] Vet Affairs Med Ctr, Seattle, WA 98108 USA
[8] Univ Washington, Sch Med, Seattle, WA USA
关键词
bone formation; burn; glucocorticoid receptors; glucocorticoids; osteoblast differentiation; type-I collagen;
D O I
10.1007/s00198-003-1572-3
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 [临床医学]; 100201 [内科学];
摘要
Children burned greater than or equal to40% total body surface area suffer acute bone loss. The reason(s) for this is uncertain. In order to determine whether high endogenous glucocorticoid production can contribute to the bone loss, we sequentially studied a total of 14 pediatric burn patients for bone histomorphometry; 7 of these patients and 4 controls were studied for characteristics of corticosteroid-induced bone loss, including decreased osteoblasts and down-regulation of the glucocorticoid receptor in bone. We then studied 4 of the burn patients and three controls for a decrease in markers of osteoblast differentiation, another feature of glucocorticoid toxicity. Bone biopsies were taken from each of the 14 burn patients a mean of 3 weeks post-burn. Histomorphometry was performed on one specimen (n=7) and either glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptor, collagen and alkaline phosphatase expression by RT-PCR (n=7) or marrow stromal cell culture (n=4) on the other. Patients were permitted a maximum of two biopsies for study. One biopsy was obtained intra-operatively from normal subjects during elective iliac crest alveolar bone grafting and compared with burn specimens for glucocorticoid receptors and marrow stromal cell culture. A 24-h urine specimen was obtained for free cortisol (n=7). Histomorphometry revealed low osteoblast and osteoid surfaces and few detectable osteoblasts. Resorptive surfaces were also reduced. Glucocorticoid receptor alpha mRNA (GRalpha) was not decreased; however, there was a trend toward inverse relationships between urine free cortisol and GRalpha and type-1 collagen mRNA, r=-0.61 and -0.64, respectively, and a significantly lower mRNA for type-1 collagen in bone in burn vs control patients by the median test, lambda(2)=7.6 (p<0.01). Markers of osteoblast differentiation, core-binding factor (cbf)a1, bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-2, type-I collagen, and alkaline phosphatase were reduced in burn cell cultures compared with controls (p<0.05). The eightfold elevation of urinary free cortisol excretion, low osteoblast number, decreased resorptive surface, and reduced markers of osteoblast differentiation are all consistent with an acute glucocorticoid effect on bone.
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