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Polymorphic variants of alkaline phosphatase gene correlate with clinical signs of adult hypophosphatasia?
Masi, L; Marini, F; Franceschelli, F; Leoncini, G; Cianferotti, L; Cioppi, F; Giusti, F; Marcucci, G; Gronchi, G; Brandi, M L.
Afiliação
  • Masi L; University Hospital of Florence, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), Florence, Italy.
  • Marini F; Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Franceschelli F; Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Leoncini G; Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Cianferotti L; Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Cioppi F; University Hospital of Florence, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), Florence, Italy.
  • Giusti F; Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Marcucci G; Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Gronchi G; Deparment of Neuroscience, Psychology Drug Research and Child's Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Brandi ML; Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. marialuisa.brandi@unifi.it.
Osteoporos Int ; 32(12): 2461-2472, 2021 Dec.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34097127
ABSTRACT
We analyzed polymorphism of the ALPL gene in patients with low serum levels of tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (TNAP). The presence of three or more of the less frequent alleles of ALPL polymorphisms was associated with significantly lower TNAP serum level and higher frequencies of metatarsal fractures, which may help confirm a clinical suspicion of adult hypophosphatasia.

INTRODUCTION:

Alkaline phosphatases (ALPs) are membrane-bound enzymes that hydrolyze monophosphate esters at a high pH (pH 8-10). Inorganic pyrophosphate, pyridoxal 5-phosphate, the activated form of vitamin B6 (PLP), and phosphoethanolamine (PEA), are natural substrates of ALPs. Hypophosphatasia (HPP, OMIM 146300, 241500, 241510) is a heterogeneous rare metabolic bone disease caused by loss-of-function mutations in the tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase gene (ALPL; MIM 171760) with a deficiency of TNAP. Clinical presentation of HPP in adults demonstrated a wide range of manifestations, many of which are nonspecific. In the present study, we screened the polymorphic genetic variants of ALPL in 56 subjects presenting low serum levels of TNAP and/or other clinical signs of adult HPP in order to evaluate a possible role of polymorphic variants in the diagnosis and management of HPP in adults.

METHODS:

Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood and ALPL gene was sequenced by PCR-based Sanger technique.

RESULTS:

Fourteen different polymorphic variants were found in the study population. A lower serum level of TNAP and higher frequencies of metatarsal fractures were observed in patients bearing three or more of the minor frequency alleles (MFAs) of the ALPL polymorphic variants. The presence of some MFAs, mostly as a contemporary presence of three or more of them, was found to be mainly represented in patients having both a significantly lower level of TNAP and a higher level of vitamin B6.

CONCLUSION:

The genetic analysis and presence of some polymorphic variants may be an instrument to confirm clinical and biochemical data, consider adult HPP, and help clinicians be cautious in the administration of anti-reabsorption drugs.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Hipofosfatasia Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies Limite: Adult / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Osteoporos Int Assunto da revista: METABOLISMO / ORTOPEDIA Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Itália

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Hipofosfatasia Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies Limite: Adult / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Osteoporos Int Assunto da revista: METABOLISMO / ORTOPEDIA Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Itália