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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol 74, 24-27, Copyright © 1992 by Endocrine Society

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The 24/25-kDa serum insulin-like growth factor-binding protein is increased in elderly women with hip and spine fractures

C Rosen, LR Donahue, S Hunter, M Holick, H Kavookjian, A Kirschenbaum, S Mohan and DJ Baylink
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, St. Joseph Hospital, Bangor, Maine 04401.

Fractures of the hip in elderly women represent a clinical syndrome (age-related osteoporosis) often marked by decreased calcium absorption and secondary hyperparathyroidism. We studied 13 elderly women with fractures of the hip and spine and 18 healthy similarly aged control women to determine whether serum insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) or its carrier binding proteins (IGFBPs) were altered in this syndrome. Serum IGF-I concentrations were not different in the two groups (P = 0.50), but immunoreactive PTH was significantly higher in the fracture group (58.50 +/- 8.20 vs. 13.50 +/- 2.70 ng/L; P less than 0.003). Binding of [125I]IGF-I to IGFBP-3, IGFBP-2, and IGFBP-1, measured by ligand blotting, was not statistically different in the 2 groups, but binding intensities for the serum 24/25-kDa IGFBP were approximately 2.5 times greater in fracture women than control women (P less than 0.0005). In data pooled from both groups, PTH correlated strongly (r = 0.70; P less than 0.0001) with the relative binding intensities for the 24/25-kDa IGFBP. Based on previous work, we speculate that production of the 24/25-kDa IGFBP, which in vitro is known to inhibit IGF-I- and IGF-II-mediated osteoblast function, may be stimulated by PTH in patients with the syndrome of age-related osteoporosis.


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