Pouneh K Fazeli1, Alexander T Faje2, Ela J Cross2, Hang Lee3, Clifford J Rosen4, Mary L Bouxsein5, Anne Klibanski2. 1. Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: pkfazeli@partners.org. 2. Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. 3. Biostatistics Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. 4. Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, ME, USA. 5. Center for Advanced Orthopaedic Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a psychiatric disorder characterized by self-induced starvation and low body weight. Women with AN have impaired bone formation, low bone mass and an increased risk of fracture. FGF-21 is a hormone secreted by the liver in starvation and FGF-21 transgenic mice have significant bone loss due to an uncoupling of bone resorption and bone formation. We hypothesized that FGF-21 may contribute to the low bone mass state of AN. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: We studied 46 women: 20 with AN (median age [interquartile range]: 27.5 [25, 30.75] years) and 26 normal-weight controls (NWC) of similar age (25 [24, 28.5] years). We investigated associations between serum FGF-21 and 1) aBMD measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, 2) parameters of bone microarchitecture in the distal radius and tibia measured by high-resolution peripheral quantitative CT and 3) bone strength, estimated by microfinite element analysis. RESULTS: FGF-21 levels were similar in AN and NWC (AN: 33.1 [18.1, 117.0] pg/ml vs. NWC: 57.4 [23.8, 107.1] pg/ml; p = 0.54). There was a significant inverse association between log FGF-21 and trabecular number in the radius in both AN (R = -0.57, p < 0.01) and NWC (R=-0.53, p < 0.01) and a significant positive association between log FGF-21 and trabecular separation in the radius in AN (R = 0.50, p < 0.03) and NWC (R = 0.52, p < 0.01). Estimates of radial bone strength were inversely associated with log FGF-21 in AN (R = -0.50, p < 0.03 for both stiffness and failure load). There were no associations between FGF-21 and aBMD, cortical parameters or tibial parameters in the AN or NWC groups. CONCLUSIONS: FGF-21 may be an important determinant of trabecular skeletal homeostasis in AN.
BACKGROUND:Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a psychiatric disorder characterized by self-induced starvation and low body weight. Women with AN have impaired bone formation, low bone mass and an increased risk of fracture. FGF-21 is a hormone secreted by the liver in starvation and FGF-21transgenic mice have significant bone loss due to an uncoupling of bone resorption and bone formation. We hypothesized that FGF-21 may contribute to the low bone mass state of AN. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: We studied 46 women: 20 with AN (median age [interquartile range]: 27.5 [25, 30.75] years) and 26 normal-weight controls (NWC) of similar age (25 [24, 28.5] years). We investigated associations between serum FGF-21 and 1) aBMD measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, 2) parameters of bone microarchitecture in the distal radius and tibia measured by high-resolution peripheral quantitative CT and 3) bone strength, estimated by microfinite element analysis. RESULTS:FGF-21 levels were similar in AN and NWC (AN: 33.1 [18.1, 117.0] pg/ml vs. NWC: 57.4 [23.8, 107.1] pg/ml; p = 0.54). There was a significant inverse association between log FGF-21 and trabecular number in the radius in both AN (R = -0.57, p < 0.01) and NWC (R=-0.53, p < 0.01) and a significant positive association between log FGF-21 and trabecular separation in the radius in AN (R = 0.50, p < 0.03) and NWC (R = 0.52, p < 0.01). Estimates of radial bone strength were inversely associated with log FGF-21 in AN (R = -0.50, p < 0.03 for both stiffness and failure load). There were no associations between FGF-21 and aBMD, cortical parameters or tibial parameters in the AN or NWC groups. CONCLUSIONS:FGF-21 may be an important determinant of trabecular skeletal homeostasis in AN.
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