K-vitamiini vajetta merkitsevä ucOC ( alikarboksyloitunut osteokalsiini) oli koholla, myös matrixmetalloproteinaasi 3 koholla.
Sen sijaan varsinainen K-vitamiini itse, menakinonilajit MK-4, MK-7 ja fyllokinoni (PK) olivat seerumipitoisuuksiltaan alentuneet,.
joten näiden kahden indikaattoriryhmän korrelaatio keskenään oli käänteinen.
Vitamiini K:n homologeja voitaneen käyttää nivelreuman aktiivisuuden merkitsijöinä.
LÄHDE: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27722902
J Bone Miner Metab. 2016 Oct 8. [Epub ahead of print]
Vitamin K homologs as potential biomarkers for disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Abstract
The
aim of this study was to evaluate the possible role of vitamin K
homologs as potential biomarkers for disease activity in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this study, 42 patients with RA and 40
healthy controls were enrolled. Serum levels of vitamin K homologs were
measured using a high-performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence
method. Different biochemical and clinical markers for disease activity
were measured and correlated with serum levels of vitamin K homologs.
There were no significant differences between RA patients and healthy
subjects in demographic data. Patients with RA showed significantly
higher levels of biochemical markers compared with healthy subjects
(p < 0.001). These markers included rheumatoid factor (RF),
anticyclic citrullinated polypeptide (anti-CCP), undercarboxylated
osteocalcin (ucOC), matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-3), C-reactive protein
(CRP), and disease activity score assessing 28 joints with erythrocyte
sedimentation rate (DAS28-ESR). In addition, serum levels of vitamin K
homologs were reduced in RA patients, and the levels of menaquinone-4
(MK-4) and menaquinone-7 (MK-7) were moderately to strongly inversely
correlated with the clinical articular features in RA patients, whereas
phylloquinone (PK) levels were weakly correlated. Serum levels of MK-4,
MK-7 and PK were strongly inversely correlated with ucOC, MMP-3 and
DAS28-ESR in RA patients. In contrast, serum levels of MK-4, MK-7 and PK
were weakly correlated with CRP, RF and anti-CCP. These results suggest
that serum levels of vitamin K homologs may be considered as potential
biomarkers for disease activity. In addition, the results confirm the
role of vitamin K deficiency in the etiology of RA.
KEYWORDS:
Biomarkers; DAS28-ESR; Matrix metalloproteinase; Rheumatoid arthritis; Vitamin K homologs
Biomarkers; DAS28-ESR; Matrix metalloproteinase; Rheumatoid arthritis; Vitamin K homologs
- PMID:
- 27722902
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00774-016-0785-4
- [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]