Bone resorption associated with uncoupling of osteoclastic and osteoblastic activities in adult T cell leukemia with hypercalcemia: case report

Hino M, Yamane T, Ohta K, Shioi A, Koyama H, Tahara H, Nishizawa Y, Tatsumi N

Annals of hematology, 2001

Abstract

A 64-year-old woman with adult T cell leukemia (ATL) was admitted to our hospital with severe hypercalcemia. The serum calcium level was elevated to 14.9 mg/dl. Biochemical parameters for bone formation including serum osteocalcin (bone Gla protein, BGP) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) were normal. The serum levels of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP), a parameter for bone resorption, were increased (4.6 KAU). The serum level of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) was elevated (343 pmol/l). The cytokines with stimulatory effects on bone resorption, such as interleukin (IL)-1alpha, IL-1beta, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha, were not detected. Serum Ca levels, PTHrP levels, and TRAP levels decreased with the decrease in ATL cells after chemotherapy, while serum BGP levels and ALP levels increased. On the 29th hospital day, ATL cells began to increase again. Then serum PTHrP levels, Ca levels, and TRAP levels increased, while serum BGP levels and ALP levels decreased. A marked excessive bone resorption with suppressed bone formation (uncoupling) occurred in this patient. The ATL cells produced not only PTHrP but also IL-1alpha and IL-1beta. These results suggest that PTHrP may act as a humoral factor and IL-1 may act as a local factor in bone metabolism of ATL patients.

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