title: Interleukin-6, transforming growth factor-beta 1, and bone markers after kidney transplantation.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between interleukin 6 (IL-6), transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta 1, IL-6 soluble receptors, and biochemical parameters of bone turnover after kidney transplantation. Of 64 patients enrolled in the study, 19 received the kidney transplant 2 to 12 months before the study, and 45 within the previous 15 to 175 months. We measured IL-6, TGF-beta 1, intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) bone alkaline phosphatase (BALP), osteocalcin (OC), and procollagen type I propeptide (P1CP) concentrations in the serum, and deoxypyridinoline crosslinks (DPD) in the urine of the patients. In 16 patients in the first posttransplantation year, the concentrations of IL-6 (P = 0.02), TGF-beta 1 (P = 0.01), BALP (P = 0.0002), OC (P = 0.001), and DPD (P = 0.01) were significantly higher than in patients with longer posttranslation period. Statistically significant negative correlation was found between post-transplantation time and IL-6 (P = 0.04), BALP (P = 0.003), OC (P = 0.0009), P1CP (P = 0.03), and DPD (P = 0.01) concentrations. Repeated measurements of the investigated parameters in the first post-transplantation year showed a significant decrease only in TGF-beta I level. In all patients, IL-6 correlated positively with PTH (P = 0.0009) and DPD (P = 0.03), and IL-6 soluble receptor (IL-6 sR) with DPD (P = 0.03). A decrease in IL-6 and TGF-beta 1 concentrations that paralleled the decrease in bone turnover markers in the posttransplantation period indicated that IL-6 and TGF-beta 1 were probably involved in the bone turnover after kidney transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Institute of Laboratory Diagnosis, Zagreb Clinical Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kusec
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Smalcelj
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Puretic
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Szekeres
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000652:urine; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis*; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000097:blood*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000097:blood*; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D015415:Biomarkers; D015850:Interleukin-6; C508960:TGFB1 protein, human; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; C036020:deoxypyridinoline