title: beta 2-Microglobulin in Paget's bone disease.
abstract: On the basis of earlier findings of increased serum beta 2-microglobulin concentration in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis, we decided to study serum beta 2-microglobulin concentration in other bone diseases. In 28 patients with untreated Paget's bone disease, serum beta 2-microglobulin concentration was normal (1.49 +/- 0.41 mg/liter versus 1.36 +/- 0.21 mg/liter in 42 control subjects, P = ns), a finding that contradicts reports in the literature. We found that serum beta 2-microglobulin concentration was related negatively and significantly (r2 = -0.154, P = 0.0354) with serum total alkaline phosphatase concentration, but not with serum tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase concentration (p = ns). Urinary elimination of beta 2-microglobulin was lower in the patients with Paget's disease than in the controls (34 +/- 28 versus 120 +/- 21 mg/liter, P < 0.001). These findings suggest that beta 2-microglobulin behaves similarly to osteocalcin (BGP) in Paget's bone disease and that its concentration remains within normal levels perhaps because of the rate of reuptake of beta 2-microglobulin in bone neoformation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University Hospital, University of Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rico
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ripoll
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Arribas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Revilla
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Relea
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Villa
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Buergo
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D000368:Aged; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine; D012044:Regression Analysis; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D000135:Acid Phosphatase