title: Effect of synthetic 1-34 fragment of human parathyroid hormone on plasma adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) concentrations and the diagnostic criteria based on the plasma cAMP response in Ellsworth-Howard test.
abstract: The effect of synthetic 1-34 fragment of human parathyroid hormone (hPTH(1-34] on plasma adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) in human subjects and the diagnostic criteria for the plasma cAMP response in an Ellsworth-Howard test were studied. 20 or 30 micrograms hPTH(1-34) and 200 USP Parathormone (Eli Lilly & Co.), infused intravenously over 5 min, produced very similar patterns of response in plasma cAMP, peak values being observed within 5 or 10 min after the end of the infusion. The maximum levels of plasma cAMP were over 111.5 pmol/ml in all of the normal subjects (n = 5) and patients with idiopathic hypoparathyroidism (n = 22), including those of children, but the plasma cAMP did not rise above 65.0 pmol/ml in pseudohypoparathyroidism (n = 7). There existed a significant correlation between the maximum plasma cAMP concentrations and increases in urinary cAMP excretion after infusions of both hPTH(1-34) and Parathormone. These results suggest that hPTH(1-34) has effects essentially identical to those of native PTH on plasma cAMP. We would like to propose a new diagnostic criterion in the Ellsworth-Howard test: a peak value of plasma cAMP over 100 pmol/ml after 30 micrograms hPTH(1-34) infusion is regarded as a normal response.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007011:Hypoparathyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011547:Pseudohypoparathyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis; D012016:Reference Values; D019379:Teriparatide
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D019379:Teriparatide; D000242:Cyclic AMP