title: Hypercalcemia induced with the plasma levels of parathyroid hormone-related peptide in multiple myeloma.
abstract: A 69-year-old man visited our department of neurology with symptoms of paresthesia on the lower extremities and lumbago. Biochemical examination of serum samples showed hypercalcemia (serum concentration 15.6 mg/dl). The levels of intact parathyroid hormone (i-PTH) and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D were suppressed, whereas parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) was elevated up to 5.4 pM (normal range: below 0.6 pM). Additionally, bone survey revealed a punched-out lesion in radiological examinations of the skull. Bone marrow aspiration demonstrated many atypical plasma cells suggesting multiple myeloma. Nephrogenous cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), urinary deoxypyridinoline, plasma interleukin 6 (IL-6) and transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta) concentrations were elevated, whereas % of renal tubular reabsorption of phosphate (%TRP) was decreased. The immunohistochemical results demonstrated the expression of PTHrP in atypical plasma cells. These data indicated that hypercalcemia complicating multiple myeloma causes an elevation of renal calcium reabsorption and an increase of bone resorption mediated by PTHrP action.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shionoiri
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horiuchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Onouchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsutsumi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hosoi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Orimo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000652:urine; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D001862:Bone Resorption; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000097:blood; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D015850:Interleukin-6; C470121:PTHLH protein, human; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D011506:Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D014807:Vitamin D; C097949:1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D; C036020:deoxypyridinoline; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D002118:Calcium