Bone metabolism in oxalosis: a single-center study using new imaging techniques and biomarkers

Pediatr Nephrol. 2010 Jun;25(6):1081-9. doi: 10.1007/s00467-010-1453-x. Epub 2010 Mar 6.

Abstract

The deposition of calcium oxalate crystals in the kidney and bone is a hallmark of primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1). We report here an evaluation of the bone status of 12 PH1 children based on bone biomarkers [parathyroid hormone, vitamin D, fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23)] and radiological assessments (skeletal age, three-dimensional high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography, HR-pQCT) carried out within the framework of a cross-sectional single-center study. The controls consisted of healthy and children with chronic kidney disease already enrolled in local bone and mineral metabolism studies. The mean age (+ or - standard deviation) age of the patients was 99 (+ or - 63) months. Six children suffered from fracture. Bone maturation was accelerated in five patients, four of whom were <5 years. The combination of new imaging techniques and biomarkers highlighted new and unexplained features of PH1: advanced skeletal age in young PH1 patients, increased FGF23 levels and decreased total volumetric bone mineral density with bone microarchitecture alteration.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Biomarkers / analysis*
  • Bone and Bones / metabolism*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor-23
  • Fibroblast Growth Factors / blood
  • Humans
  • Hyperoxaluria, Primary / metabolism*
  • Hyperoxaluria, Primary / pathology*
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • FGF23 protein, human
  • Fibroblast Growth Factors
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor-23