title: Influence of nutritional status on serum large N-truncated PTH, but not PTH(1-84) in hemodialysis patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Serum level of parathyroid hormone (PTH), measured by second-generation intact PTH (I-PTH), is known to be associated with nutritional status in hemodialysis (HD) patients. We investigated whether PTH(7-84) and larger N-truncated PTH or PTH(1-84) might be affected by nutritional status in HD patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Serum PTH was determined in 170 male HD patients by either a Bio-intact PTH (Bio-PTH) or I-PTH assay. Lean body mass in the trunk region was measured as a nutritional marker by dual X-ray absorptiometry.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The serum PTH(7-84) level was theoretically obtained from the difference between serum I-PTH and Bio-PTH because I-PTH assay cross-reacted with PTH(7-84) with the same degree as PTH(1-84), although N-truncated PTH fragment larger than PTH(7-84) might affect theoretical serum PTH(7-84) level, although slightly. Serum PTH(1-84) was directly obtained from the serum Bio-PTH value because of its exclusive reaction with PTH(1-84). Serum PTH(7-84) correlated significantly with nutritional markers such as body weight, albumin, protein catabolic rate (PCR), TACBUN, BUN, phosphate, and lean body mass in the trunk, whereas PTH(1-84) correlated only with phosphate. Multiple regression analysis revealed that PCR, body weight, and lean body mass in the trunk region are significant factors independently associated with PTH(7-84), but not with PTH(1-84).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results suggest that serum levels of PTH(7-84) and larger N-truncated PTH fragments, but not PTH(1-84), might be affected by the nutritional state in HD patients, which might explain the reported correlation of serum I-PTH levels with nutritional markers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: Kaori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shidara
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inaba
authors.forename: Senji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imanishi
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamakawa
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ishimura
authors.forename: Yasuro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kumeda
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishizawa
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D001823:Body Composition; D001835:Body Weight; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay / Q000379:methods; D007674:Kidney Diseases; D008163:Luminescent Measurements / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000097:blood*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D006435:Renal Dialysis
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D010446:Peptide Fragments; C414937:parathyroid hormone (7-84)