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Daly A, Högler W, Crabtree N, Shaw N, Evans S, Pinto A, Jackson R, Ashmore C, Rocha JC, Strauss BJ, Wilcox G, Fraser WD, Tang JCY, MacDonald A. A Three-Year Longitudinal Study Comparing Bone Mass, Density, and Geometry Measured by DXA, pQCT, and Bone Turnover Markers in Children with PKU Taking L-Amino Acid or Glycomacropeptide Protein Substitutes. Nutrients 2021; 13:nu13062075. [PMID: 34204378 PMCID: PMC8233747 DOI: 10.3390/nu13062075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
In patients with phenylketonuria (PKU), treated by diet therapy only, evidence suggests that areal bone mineral density (BMDa) is within the normal clinical reference range but is below the population norm. Aims: To study longitudinal bone density, mass, and geometry over 36 months in children with PKU taking either amino acid (L-AA) or casein glycomacropeptide substitutes (CGMP-AA) as their main protein source. Methodology: A total of 48 subjects completed the study, 19 subjects in the L-AA group (median age 11.1, range 5–16 years) and 29 subjects in the CGMP-AA group (median age 8.3, range 5–16 years). The CGMP-AA was further divided into two groups, CGMP100 (median age 9.2, range 5–16 years) (n = 13), children taking CGMP-AA only and CGMP50 (median age 7.3, range 5–15 years) (n = 16), children taking a combination of CGMP-AA and L-AA. Dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) was measured at enrolment and 36 months, peripheral quantitative computer tomography (pQCT) at 36 months only, and serum blood and urine bone turnover markers (BTM) and blood bone biochemistry at enrolment, 6, 12, and 36 months. Results: No statistically significant differences were found between the three groups for DXA outcome parameters, i.e., BMDa (L2–L4 BMDa g/cm2), bone mineral apparent density (L2–L4 BMAD g/cm3) and total body less head BMDa (TBLH g/cm2). All blood biochemistry markers were within the reference ranges, and BTM showed active bone turnover with a trend for BTM to decrease with increasing age. Conclusions: Bone density was clinically normal, although the median z scores were below the population mean. BTM showed active bone turnover and blood biochemistry was within the reference ranges. There appeared to be no advantage to bone density, mass, or geometry from taking a macropeptide-based protein substitute as compared with L-AAs.
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- Anne Daly
- Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK; (N.C.); (N.S.); (S.E.); (A.P.); (C.A.); (A.M.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Johannes Kepler University, Kepler University Hospital, Krankenhausstraße 26-30, 4020 Linz, Austria;
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- Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK; (N.C.); (N.S.); (S.E.); (A.P.); (C.A.); (A.M.)
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- Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK; (N.C.); (N.S.); (S.E.); (A.P.); (C.A.); (A.M.)
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- Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK; (N.C.); (N.S.); (S.E.); (A.P.); (C.A.); (A.M.)
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- Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK; (N.C.); (N.S.); (S.E.); (A.P.); (C.A.); (A.M.)
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- Liverpool Clinical Trials Centre, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 3GL, UK;
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- Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK; (N.C.); (N.S.); (S.E.); (A.P.); (C.A.); (A.M.)
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- Nutrition and Metabolism, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal;
- Centre for Health and Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), 4200-450 Porto, Portugal
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- School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; (B.J.S.); (G.W.)
- School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne 3800, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; (B.J.S.); (G.W.)
- The Mark Holland Metabolic Unit, Salford Royal Foundation NHS Trust, Ladywell NW2, Salford, Manchester M6 8HD, UK
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- BioAnalytical Facility, BCRE Builiding University or East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK; (W.D.F.); (J.C.Y.T.)
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- BioAnalytical Facility, BCRE Builiding University or East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK; (W.D.F.); (J.C.Y.T.)
- Departments of Clinical Biochemistry and Endocrinology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Trust, Norwich NR4 7UY, UK
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- Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK; (N.C.); (N.S.); (S.E.); (A.P.); (C.A.); (A.M.)
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Zhou L, He J, Sun S, Yu Y, Zhang T, Wang M. Cryptochrome 1 Regulates Osteoblast Differentiation via the AKT Kinase and Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Signaling Pathways. Cell Reprogram 2019; 21:141-151. [PMID: 30985214 DOI: 10.1089/cell.2018.0054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The many circadian clock genes build up a network structure that controls physiological processes, such as the sleep cycle, metabolism, and hormone secretion. Cryptochrome 1 (CRY1), as one of the critical circadian proteins, is closely related to bone formation. However, the regulatory function of CRY1 in osteogenic differentiation remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the role of CRY1 in regulating proliferation and osteoblast differentiation in C3H10 and C2C12 cells after silencing Cry1 using short hairpin RNA interference. In vitro experiments confirmed that the expression level of CRY1 gradually increased during the osteogenic differentiation process, and Cry1 knockdown inhibited the proliferation and differentiation of osteoblastic cells. In addition, Cry1 knockdown inhibited the phosphorylation of AKT kinase (AKT) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), which suppressed the phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase (PI3K)-AKT and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)-ERK signaling pathways. Taken together, these findings show that CRY1 regulates the proliferation and differentiation of osteoblastic cells in an AKT and ERK-dependent manner.
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- Lei Zhou
- Department of Orthopedics, The Fifth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Fifth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Fifth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Fifth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Fifth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Fifth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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Cameriere R, Velandia Palacio LA, Pinares J, Bestetti F, Paba R, Coccia E, Ferrante L. Assessment of second (I2M) and third (I3M) molar indices for establishing 14 and 16 legal ages and validation of the Cameriere’s I3M cut-off for 18 years old in Chilean population. Forensic Sci Int 2018; 285:205.e1-205.e5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.12.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Revised: 11/29/2017] [Accepted: 12/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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