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Urinary osteocalcin as a marker of bone metabolism

Ivaska, KK ; Kakonen, SM ; Gerdhem, Paul LU ; Obrant, Karl LU ; Pettersson, K and Vaananen, HK (2005) In Clinical Chemistry 51(3). p.618-628
Abstract
Background: Osteocalcin (OC) is produced by osteoblasts during bone formation, and circulating OC has been used in clinical investigations as a marker of bone metabolism. OC is excreted into urine by glomerular filtration and can be found in urine as midmolecule fragments. Methods: We developed and evaluated three immunoassays (U-MidOC, U-LongOC, and U-TotalOC) for the detection of various molecular forms of urine OC (U-OC. We evaluated the association of U-OC with other markers of bone turnover and with bone mass in 1044 elderly women and studied seasonal and circadian variation of U-OC. Results: U-OC correlated with other bone turnover markers [Spearman correlation (r), 0.30-0.57; P <0.0001], demonstrating the association between U-OC... (More)
Background: Osteocalcin (OC) is produced by osteoblasts during bone formation, and circulating OC has been used in clinical investigations as a marker of bone metabolism. OC is excreted into urine by glomerular filtration and can be found in urine as midmolecule fragments. Methods: We developed and evaluated three immunoassays (U-MidOC, U-LongOC, and U-TotalOC) for the detection of various molecular forms of urine OC (U-OC. We evaluated the association of U-OC with other markers of bone turnover and with bone mass in 1044 elderly women and studied seasonal and circadian variation of U-OC. Results: U-OC correlated with other bone turnover markers [Spearman correlation (r), 0.30-0.57; P <0.0001], demonstrating the association between U-OC and skeletal metabolism. There was also a significant association between bone metabolism assessed by U-OC quartiles and bone mass assessed by total body bone mineral content (P <0.0001). The seasonal effects appeared to be rather small, but we observed A significant circadian rhythm similar to the one reported for serum OC with high values in the morning and low values in the afternoon. Conclusions: The three immunoassays had unique specificities toward different naturally occurring U-OC fragments. U-OC concentrations measured with any of these assays correlated with bone turnover rates assessed by conventional serum markers of bone metabolism. The measurement of OC in urine samples could be used as an index of bone turnover in monitoring bone metabolism. (Less)
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51
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3
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618 - 628
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American Association for Clinical Chemistry
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0009-9147
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10.1373/clinchem.2004.043901
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The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Reconstructive Surgery (013240300), Clinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit (013242930)
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  abstract     = {{Background: Osteocalcin (OC) is produced by osteoblasts during bone formation, and circulating OC has been used in clinical investigations as a marker of bone metabolism. OC is excreted into urine by glomerular filtration and can be found in urine as midmolecule fragments. Methods: We developed and evaluated three immunoassays (U-MidOC, U-LongOC, and U-TotalOC) for the detection of various molecular forms of urine OC (U-OC. We evaluated the association of U-OC with other markers of bone turnover and with bone mass in 1044 elderly women and studied seasonal and circadian variation of U-OC. Results: U-OC correlated with other bone turnover markers [Spearman correlation (r), 0.30-0.57; P &lt;0.0001], demonstrating the association between U-OC and skeletal metabolism. There was also a significant association between bone metabolism assessed by U-OC quartiles and bone mass assessed by total body bone mineral content (P &lt;0.0001). The seasonal effects appeared to be rather small, but we observed A significant circadian rhythm similar to the one reported for serum OC with high values in the morning and low values in the afternoon. Conclusions: The three immunoassays had unique specificities toward different naturally occurring U-OC fragments. U-OC concentrations measured with any of these assays correlated with bone turnover rates assessed by conventional serum markers of bone metabolism. The measurement of OC in urine samples could be used as an index of bone turnover in monitoring bone metabolism.}},
  author       = {{Ivaska, KK and Kakonen, SM and Gerdhem, Paul and Obrant, Karl and Pettersson, K and Vaananen, HK}},
  issn         = {{0009-9147}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{618--628}},
  publisher    = {{American Association for Clinical Chemistry}},
  series       = {{Clinical Chemistry}},
  title        = {{Urinary osteocalcin as a marker of bone metabolism}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1373/clinchem.2004.043901}},
  doi          = {{10.1373/clinchem.2004.043901}},
  volume       = {{51}},
  year         = {{2005}},
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