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The aim of this work was to evaluate the usefulness of serum aminoterminal propeptide of type I collagen (PINP) in the early detection of bone metastases associated with prostatic carcinoma. The results were compared with those of bone isoenzyme of alkaline phosphatase (bAP). Levels of total alkaline phosphatase (TAP) and prostatic specific antigen (PSA), related to the existence of bone metastases, are also evaluated. Fifty-five male patients aged 70-80 years were studied. Nine presented a benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and the rest clinically confirmed prostatic cancer. Cancer patients were classified in accordance with the staging grouping of the International Union Against Cancer/American Joint Committee on Cancer TNM 1992 Revision: stage 0 or BPH (n=9), I (n=6), II (n=12), III (n=18) and IV (n=10). According to this classification, patients of groups BPH, I, II and III have no evidence of metastases. Those of stage IV present any type of metastases. In the case of this work, all patients of group IV presented bone metastases. Some patients of group BPH, I and II were untreated. The rest of the patients were under treatment (radical prostatectomy, telecobaltotherapy or hormonal therapy) for a period of between 6 months and 15 years. Serum PSA (Quimioluminiscence, IMMULITE), PINP (RIA, Orion Diagnostica), bAP (IRMA, Tamdem R-Ostase, Hybritech), and TAP (autoanalyzer) were determined. We found the following sensitivities and specificities (relating the presence of bone metastases to values higher than the upper limit of normality and, in the case of PSA, to values higher than 100 microg/L): (1) PINP: 100% (10/10) and 87% (39/45), (2) bAP: 90% (9/10) and 82% (37/45), (3) TAP: 60% (6/10) and 93% (42/45), (4) PSA: 40% (4/10) and 100% (45/45). These results suggest that PINP and bAP are adequate biochemical markers of bone formation to be used in the detection of bone metastases in prostatic carcinoma, improving the sensitivity and specificity of TAP and PSA. With respect to PINP, bAP presents the disadvantage of its cross-reactivity with liver isoenzyme.
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PMID:Aminoterminal propeptide of type I collagen and bone alkaline phosphatase in the study of bone metastases associated with prostatic carcinoma. 1035 26

Carboxyterminal propeptide of type I collagen (P1CP) and cross-linked carboxyterminal telopeptide of type I collagen (1CTP) are known as parameters of bone metastasis in patients with prostate cancer (PCa). We measured the serum P1CP and 1CTP levels in 52 PCa patients and evaluated the clinical usefulness of these serum markers. Both serum levels of P1CP and 1CTP were significantly higher in patients with extent of disease (EOD) grade 2 or 3 bone metastases than in patients without bone metastasis. Thus, P1CP and 1CTP are not as useful at first detection of bone metastases as bone scintigram. On the other hand, in the patients who indicated high serum levels of P1CP or 1CTP before initial treatment, the changes in the concentrations of these markers may be helpful in evaluating the response to treatment or the progression of disease. Our results suggest that P1CP and 1CTP are useful markers for monitoring the metastatic burden in the bone of PCa patients, but the efficacy is limited in high EOD grade cases.
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PMID:[Measurements and clinical usefulness of carboxyterminal propeptide of type I collagen and cross-linked carboxyterminal telopeptide of type I collagen in patients with prostate cancer]. 1036 41

This study was designed to evaluate new bone resorption and tumour markers as possible alternatives to serial plain radiographs for the assessment of response to treatment. Thirty-seven patients with newly diagnosed bone metastases from breast cancer, randomized to receive oral pamidronate or placebo tablets in addition to anticancer treatment within the context of a multicentre EORTC trial, who were both assessable for radiographic response in bone and had serum and urine samples collected for more than 1 month were studied. The markers of bone metabolism measured included urinary calcium (uCa), hydroxyproline (hyp), the N-telopeptide cross-links of type I collagen (NTx) and total alkaline phosphatase. The tumour markers measured were CA15-3 and cancer-associated serum antigen (CASA). Before treatment, levels of Ntx, uCa and Hyp were elevated in 41%, 24% and 28% respectively, and CA15-3 and CASA increased in 69% and 50%. For assessment of response and identification of progression, Ntx was the most useful bone marker. All markers behaved similarly in no change (NC) and partial response (PR) patients. There was a significant difference (P < or = 0.05) in Ntx levels (compared to baseline) at 1 and 4 months and in CA15-3/CASA at 4 months between patients with PR or NC and those with progressive disease (PD), and at 4 months between those with time to progression (TP) > 7 and those with TP < or = 7 months. The diagnostic efficiency (DE) for prediction of PD following a > 50% increase in Ntx or CA15-3 was 78% and 62% respectively. An algorithm to predict response to therapy has been developed for future prospective evaluation.
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PMID:Assessment of bone response to systemic therapy in an EORTC trial: preliminary experience with the use of collagen cross-link excretion. European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer. 1039

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of low dose oral clodronate in palliation of pain arising from bone metastases (BM) and to determine the optimal oral clodronate dose which inhibits osteolysis caused by tumor. Fifty patients with bone pain caused by BM were included in this study. All were receiving antitumor chemotherapy or hormonal therapy. The patients were randomized into three groups according to the dose of clodronate. Groups A and B were given 800 mg/d and 1600 mg/d of oral clodronate respectively for 3 months. Group C was the control group. The effect of clodronate in pain palliation was evaluated with pain score, performance status, and changes in analgesic use. The effect on osteolysis was examined with urinary calcium, hydroxyproline (OHP) and serum cross-linked carboxyterminal telopeptide region of type I collagen (ICTP) levels. Group A contained 16 patients, and groups B and C contained 17 patients each. After 3 months use of oral clodronate, significant decrease in the pain score of groups A and B was noted when compared to group C (P = 0.024 and P = 0.007, respectively). The analgesic use of 11 patients in group A (69%) and 8 patients in group B (47%) was decreased, but only the decrease in group A was statistically significant (P = 0.038). Pain score increased in 5 patients in group C (29%), and 3 patients in groups A (19%) and B (18%) each. Urinary calcium, OHP and serum ICTP levels increased in group C and decreased in groups A and B, but only the decrease of urinary calcium levels of group B was significant (P = 0.003). In conclusion, low dose (800 mg/d) oral clodronate seems to be as effective as standard dose (1600 mg/d) in palliation of bone pain secondary to BM.
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PMID:The effect of two different doses of oral clodronate on pain in patients with bone metastases. 1052 1

We investigated the prognostic value of the serum markers of type I collagen synthesis (PINP and PICP) and degradation (ICTP and CrossLaps) in 143 lung cancer patients with a local or locally advanced disease or a metastatic disease. The mean values of ICTP, CrossLaps, PINP and PICP were significantly higher in patients with bone metastases than in those without metastases or with only soft tissue metastases. The patients with ICTP < or = 5.0 micrograms/l or CrossLaps < or = 5000 pmol/l had a better prognosis. The histopathological type, the site of metastases or the stage of the disease had no influence on these results. In multivariate regression analysis, both ICTP and CrossLaps in contrast to PINP or PICP, were prognostic factors for poor survival in lung cancer patients. ICTP, CrossLaps, sedimentation rate, hemoglobin and AFOS reached separately weaker, but statistically significant values as predictors of survival with stage and operation.
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PMID:Serum type I collagen degradation markers, ICTP and CrossLaps, are factors for poor survival in lung cancer. 1069 21

The assay for the cross-linked carboxyterminal telopeptide of type I collagen (ICTP) has been shown to reflect increased type I collagen degradation in such pathological conditions as bone metastases and rheumatoid arthritis, but to be rather insensitive to the changes in physiological bone collagen turnover (e.g., induced by estrogen or bisphosphonate treatment). To determine the reasons for this discrepancy we localized the antigenic determinant recognized by the ICTP assay and studied the effects of two major osteoclastic proteinases, cathepsin K (EC 3.4.22.38) and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9; gelatinase B; EC 3.4.24.35), on immunoreactivity. The antigenic determinant was shown to reside within the hydrophobic phenylalanine-rich regions of the carboxyterminal telopeptides of the two alpha1 chains of human type I collagen, situated between the triple helical domain and the lysine-derived trivalent cross-link. This conclusion was based on differences between the amino acid sequences and cross reactivities of the corresponding human and bovine antigens before and after proteolytic treatments with chymotrypsin. A trivalent cross-link is necessary for providing such a structure, because the divalently cross-linked and monomeric natural and synthetic peptides from the same region, but containing only one phenylalanine-rich sequence, showed poor immunoreaction. Recombinant human cathepsin K cleaved the trivalently cross-linked ICTP structure at two sites between the phenylalanine-rich region and the cross-link, destroying the reactivity with ICTP antibodies. On the contrary, the treatment of isolated ICTP by the matrix metalloproteinases MMP-9 (gelatinase B), MMP-1 (collagenase 1), or MMP-13 (collagenase 3) had no effect on the immunoreaction. Our results indicate that the increased circulating concentrations of ICTP found in several clinical situations are most likely produced by matrix metalloproteinases, whereas cathepsin K-mediated, osteoclastic bone resorption destroys ICTP antigenicity.
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PMID:Immunochemical characterization of assay for carboxyterminal telopeptide of human type I collagen: loss of antigenicity by treatment with cathepsin K. 1071 80

Bone metastases are often associated with osteolysis and subsequent pathological fractures. To determine if metastatic human cancer cells can directly degrade non-mineralized and mineralized bone, we used prostate PC3 adenocarcinoma cell lines, which were originally established from skeletal metastases. We show that PC3 cells and their conditioned medium degraded non-mineralized, osteoid-like radiolabelled extracellular matrices from human Saos2 and U2OS osteoblast-like cells. These cells also directly degraded mineralized bone by inducing (45)Ca release from rat fetal calvariae and forming resorption pits on bone slices, an effect increased by transforming growth factor-beta(1). A role for matrix metalloproteinases in degradation was shown by: (1) stimulation by the phorbol ester TPA of PC3-induced matrix degradation and release of matrix metalloproteinase activity; (2) abrogation of matrix degradation by 1,10-phenanthroline, a metalloproteinase inhibitor, and (3) degradation of purified type I collagen by PC3 cells and their conditioned medium. We demonstrate that human prostate cancer cells can directly degrade bone-related matrices and that matrix metalloproteinases have a role in this process.
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PMID:Human metastatic prostate PC3 cell lines degrade bone using matrix metalloproteinases. 1072 74

Although increased bone formation is a prominent feature of patients with osteosclerotic metastases from prostate cancer, there is also some evidence for increased bone resorption. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical utility of new bone resorption markers to that of bone formation in patients with bone metastases from prostate cancer before and after bisphosphonate treatment. Thirty-nine patients with prostate cancer and bone metastasis, nine patients with prostate cancer without bone metastases, nine patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia and 355 healthy age-matched men were included. Urinary non-isomerized (alpha CTX) and beta isomerized (beta CTX) type I collagen C-telopeptides (CTX) and a new assay for serum CTX were used to assess bone resorption. Bone formation was determined by serum osteocalcin, serum total (T-ALP) and bone (BAP) alkaline phosphatase and serum type I collagen C-terminal propeptide (PICP). Fourteen patients with bone metastases were also evaluated 15 days after a single injection of the bisphosphonate pamidronate (120 mg). Levels of all bone formation and bone resorption markers were significantly (P < 0.006-0.0001) higher in patients with prostate cancer and bone metastasis than in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia, patients with prostate cancer without bone metastases and healthy controls. In patients with bone metastases the median was increased by 67% for serum osteocalcin, 128% for T-ALP, 138% for BAP, 79% for PICP, 220% for urinary alpha CTX, 149% for urinary beta CTX and 214% for serum CTX. After bisphosphonate treatment all three resorption markers significantly decreased by an average of 65% (P = 0.001), 71% (P = 0.0010) and 61% (P = 0.0015) for urinary alpha CTX, urinary beta CTX and serum CTX, respectively, whereas no significant change was observed for any bone formation markers. Patients with prostate cancer and bone metastases exhibit a marked increase in bone resorption, which decreases within a few days of treatment with pamidronate. These findings suggest that these new resorption markers may be useful for the management of these patients.
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PMID:Markers of bone turnover for the management of patients with bone metastases from prostate cancer. 1073 59

The serum concentration of pyridinoline cross-linked carboxyterminal telopeptide of type I collagen (ICTP) was examined in 83 patients with metastatic breast cancer. ICTP levels were significantly higher in patients with bone metastases than in those without bone metastasis. In patients with bone metastasis, significantly higher ICTP levels were observed in those with multiple lesions than in those with a solitary lesion and these levels reflected therapeutic response. Sequential monitoring of ICTP revealed that this elevation was correlated with disease progression. Combined with imaging studies, monitoring of ICTP appears to offer additional information for detection of bone metastasis and evaluation of therapeutic response to bone metastasis.
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PMID:Serum concentration of pyridinoline cross-linked carboxyterminal telopeptide of type I collagen in patients with metastatic breast cancer. 1103 39

This study documents values of biochemical markers of bone remodeling in 106 patients with breast cancer. Based on scintigraphic and radiological findings, patients were divided into 3 groups: 19 patients with bone metastases, 65 patients without bone metastases and normal bone scintigrams, and 22 patients with pathological, non-malignant findings on scintigraphy without proof of bone metastases. Urinary cross-linked type I collagen N-telopeptides (NTx) and serum cross-linked type I collagen C-telopeptides (ICTP) were assessed as markers of bone resorption. Bone alkaline phosphatase (BAP) was assessed as a marker of bone formation. All three markers were significantly higher in patients with bone metastases compared to both patients without skeletal recurrence and those with pathological, non-malignant scintigraphic findings (p < 0.01). There were no statistically significant differences between the latter two groups. The clinical sensitivity for diagnosing bone metastases was 44% for NTx, 65% for ICTP, and 26% for BAP, respectively. The clinical specificitiy for discriminating patients with bone disease from those without were 79%, 91%, and 92% for NTx, ICTP, and BAP, respectively. In conclusion, markers of bone remodeling are increased in patients with breast cancer metastatic to the skeleton. The sensitivity of the markers presented in this paper did not seem to be sufficient enough for early identification of patients with subclinical bone recurrence in a clinical practice setting.
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PMID:Cross-linked type I collagen C- and N-telopeptides in women with bone metastases from breast cancer. 1120 5


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