Cited by 69Bone health and osteoporosis researchBone Metabolism and DiseasesInflammatory Bowel Disease

Effect of systemic glucocorticoid therapy on bone metabolism and the osteoprotegerin system in patients with active Crohn’s disease.

von Tirpitz, Christian, Epp, Sonja, Klaus, Jochen, Mason, Richard, Hawa, Gerhard, Brinskelle-Schmal, Natascha, Hofbauer, Lorenz C, Adler, Guido +2 more·2003·European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Osteoporosis may occur in 25-30% of patients with Crohn's disease. Its pathogenesis is not completely understood. Both systemic inflammation in acute disease and treatment with systemic glucocorticoids have been implicated. The aim of the present study was to investigate changes in bone density and biochemical markers of bone metabolism before and during a 3-month period of high-dose glucocorticoid treatment for acute flare-up of Crohn's disease. METHODS: Twenty-five patients with active Crohn's disease requiring systemic glucocorticoid treatment (prednisolone, 60 mg/day) were investigated. Lumbar spine and femoral neck bone mineral densitometry was performed at baseline and again after 3 months. Clinical examinations including evaluation of the Crohn's disease activity index and measurement of the biochemical markers osteocalcin, deoxypyridinoline, osteoprotegerin and the soluble receptor activator of NF-kappaB ligand were performed prior to, and at 1, 2 and 12 weeks following steroid administration. RESULTS Median lumbar bone mineral density decreased significantly during the observation period by 1.04% from -0.84 (t score; range, -2.8 to +0.57) to -0.95 (range, -3.1 to +0.40; P = 0.022), while bone density of the total femur decreased by 2.9% from -0.83 (range, -2.61 to +1.86) to -0.90 (range, -2.65 to +0.19; P = 0.01). Serum levels of osteocalcin, a bone formation marker, and osteoprotegerin, an anti-resorptive cytokine produced by osteoblasts, decreased after the first 2 weeks of treatment and reached baseline levels after 3 months. No significant change was found for the bone resorption marker deoxypyridinoline, while soluble receptor activator of NF-kappaB ligand, a cytokine promoting bone resorption, tended to increase during steroid treatment. CONCLUSION: A decrease in bone mineral density in patients with Crohn's disease appears to result, at least in part, from a short-term effect of systemic glucocorticoid. Modulation of osteoclastogenesis by the receptor activator of NF-kappaB ligand/osteoprotegerin cytokine system and decreased osteoblastic function may be the underlying molecular basis.

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von Tirpitz, C., Epp, S., Klaus, J., Mason, R., Hawa, G., Brinskelle-Schmal, N., Hofbauer, L. C., Adler, G., Kratzer, W., & Reinshagen, M.
Affiliations
  • Universität Ulm (DE)
  • Philipps University of Marburg (DE)
Venue
European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Published
2003-11
Volume
15
Issue
11
Pages
1165-1170
ISSN
0954-691X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2049696732
Cited by
69
References
40
Citations by year
2024: 1 · 2023: 16 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 4
FWCI
4.56
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bone Metabolism and Diseases
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Keywords
Crohn's disease, glucocorticoid therapy, prednisolone, osteoporosis, bone mineral density, osteoprotegerin, RANKL, bone metabolism, osteocalcin, deoxypyridinoline, bone resorption, bone formation, osteoclastogenesis, lumbar spine, femoral neck, CDAI, steroid-induced bone loss
MeSH terms
Acute Disease, Adult, Alkaline Phosphatase, Bone and Bones, Crohn Disease, Drug Administration Schedule, Female, Glucocorticoids, Glycoproteins, Humans, Male, Pilot Projects, Prednisolone, Prospective Studies, Biomarkers, Bone Density, Osteocalcin, Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, Osteoprotegerin

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