Author:
Bucht Elisabet,Eklund Anders,Toss Göran,Lewensohn Rolf,Granberg Barbro,Sjöstedt Ulrika,Eddeland Robert,Tørring Ove
Abstract
The diagnosis of humoral hypercalcaemia of malignancy often presents considerable clinical problems. We have studied parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) in serum from patients with humoral hypercalcaemia of malignancy (N=22), hypercalcaemia of malignancy with skeletal metastases(1 7), histologically confirmed primary hyperparathyroidism (21) and hypercalcaemic patients with various benign diseases (9). PTHrP measurements were also made in normocalcaemic patients with various malignancies (23), endocrine diseases (13), sarcoidosis (22) and chronic renal failure (17). PTHrP was measured by a novel radioimmunoassay using rabbit antibodies directed towards the midregion of the molecule. Immuno- or silica cartridge extraction of serum before radioimmunoassay enabled us to measure PTHrP in all samples, which may add further information about circulating forms of PTHrP. PTHrP was clearly elevated in patients with humoral hypercalcaemia of malignancy (5.0±4.7 pmol/l) (mean±sd, N=12) and when the kidney function was impaired (4.0±0.9 pmol/l) (N=15) (silica cartridge extraction), whether the subject was hyperalcaemic or not. Some patients with endocrine diseases, including two with primary hyperparathyroidism, had slightly elevated serum PTHrP concentrations, while they were normal in sarcoidosis. In healthy subjects the levels were 1.1±0.5 pmol/1 (N= 15) after immunoextraction and 0.8±0.2 pmol/l(N= 33) after silica cartridge extraction.
Subject
Endocrinology,General Medicine,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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