Entorno inflamatorio diferencial en pacientes con osteoporosis y diabetes mellitus tipo 2 / Differential inflammatory environment in patients with osteoporosis and type 2 diabetes mellitus

Objetivo: La diabetes mellitus tipo 2 (DM2) y la osteoporosis son enfermedades asociadas con un entorno pro-inflamatorio, cuya prevención mediante nuevas estrategias terapéuticas podría evitar su desarrollo. Sin embargo, existe un escaso número de estudios que evalúen el perfil inflamatorio de la osteoporosis en pacientes con DM2.El objetivo de este estudio se centró en evaluar la respuesta inflamatoria inmunitaria mediante concentraciones séricas de nueve citocinas, dos de ellas de carácter anti-inflamatorio (IL-10, IL-5) y seis pro-inflamatorias (IL-2, IL-6, IL-12 (p70), IL-17A, TNFα e IFNɣ) en 163 individuos con DM2 y 47 controles. Una subpoblación, formada por 43 pacientes DM2 sin osteoporosis, y 33 con osteoporosis, fue analizada en más profundidad a nivel de parámetros óseos. Además, hemos evaluado las hormonas calciotropas, los marcadores de remodelado óseo, densidad mineral ósea y fracturas vertebrales en la población, y hemos analizado la relación de las citocinas ensayadas con la DM2, la osteoporosis y las fracturas vertebrales prevalentes.Los pacientes con DM2 tenían concentraciones séricas significativamente más altas de IL-10 en comparación con el grupo control (0,5±1 vs. 0,14±0,3 pg/ml; p=0,016) y los niveles de IL-12 p70 se mostraron más bajos en pacientes con DM2 respecto a los controles (2,9±1,6 vs. 3,9±3,1 pg/ml; p=0,027).En el grupo de pacientes con DM2 y osteoporosis, los niveles de la citocina IL-6 resultaron elevados respecto al grupo de DM2 sin osteoporosis (10,9±14,6 vs. 4,5±7,0; p=0,017). También se observó una asociación de IL-5, siendo sus niveles más bajos en el grupo DM2 con osteoporosis (1,7±0,2 vs. 3,8±0,6; p=0,032). Además, la IL-5 mostró una correlación directa con los niveles del biomarcador de formación ósea fosfatasa alcalina ósea (r=0,277, p=0,004) en la subpoblación de pacientes con DM2. El resto de citocinas no mostraron diferencias significativas. (AU)

SHBG levels are associated with bone loss and vertebral fractures in patients with prostate cancer.

SUMMARY: Fractures are increased among prostate cancer patients. No data have been reported in patients with prostate cancer about the relation between serum sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) and bone metabolism. We found that SHBG levels were inversely related to bone mass and vertebral fractures in this population. INTRODUCTION: Fractures are increased among prostate cancer patients, especially those on androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), but few data are available on the role of SHBG in their bone status. Our objective was to analyze the relation between serum SHBG and bone metabolism in prostate cancer patients. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study including 91 subjects with prostate cancer (54 % with ADT). We measured serum levels of SHBG and sex steroids, bone mineral density (BMD) by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and prevalent radiographic vertebral fractures. RESULTS: SHBG levels were inversely related to BMD (femoral neck: r = -0.299, p = 0.00; total hip: r = -0.259, p = 0.019). Subjects with osteoporosis had higher SHBG concentrations than patients without osteoporosis (60.97 ± 39.56 vs 44.45 ± 23.32 nmol/l, p = 0.022). Patients with SHBG levels in the first quartile (>57.6 nmol/l) had an odds ratio (OR) for osteoporosis of 2.59 (95 % CI, 1.30-5.12; p = 0.009) compared with patients with lower SHBG levels. In patients with SHBG >57.6 nmol/l, the OR for vertebral fractures was 2.34 (95 % CI, 1.15-4.78; p = 0.034). The calculated OR was higher after adjustment for age (OR, 5.16; 95 % CI, 1.09-24.49; p = 0.039), estrogens (OR, 6.45; 95 % CI, 1.44-28.95; p = 0.023), and androgens (OR, 5.51; 95 % CI, 1.36-22.37; p = 0.017). CONCLUSIONS: In prostate cancer patients, SHBG levels were inversely related to bone mass and vertebral fractures. Determination of the serum SHBG level may constitute a useful and straightforward marker for predicting the severity of osteoporosis in these patients.

[Treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma with retinoid receptor X-selective ligands: endocrine and metabolic disorders]. / Tratamiento del linfoma cutáneo de células T con ligandos selectivos del receptor retinoide X: alteraciones endocrinológicas y metabólicas.

The retinoid X receptor-selective ligands has been used for advanced stages of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma refractory to previous systemic therapy, being bexarotene the first drug in this group approved in Europe. Multiple drug-related adverse events has been reported such as endocrine-metabolic disorders. We report 2 patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, treated with bexarotene, that developed central hypothyroidism and dislipidaemia inmediately after the begining of this treatment. We also showed the successfully treatment response of these alterations and the total clinical remission after discontinuing the drug.