• Clinics · Dec 2014

    Fetuin-A is related to syndesmophytes in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a case control study.

    • Tugba Tuylu, Ismail Sari, Dilek Solmaz, Didem Leyla Kozaci, Servet Akar, Necati Gunay, Fatos Onen, and Nurullah Akkoc.
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
    • Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2014 Dec 1; 69 (10): 688-93.

    ObjectivesNew bone formation is one of the hallmark characteristics of ankylosing spondylitis, which is thereby associated with syndesmophytes. Fetuin-A is a molecule that is abundantly found in calcified tissues and it shows high affinity for calcium phosphate minerals and related compounds. Considering the role of fetuin-A in the regulation of calcified matrix metabolism, we compared the fetuin-A levels in ankylosing spondylitis patients with syndesmophytes with those in patients without syndesmophytes and in healthy controls. We also studied other biomarkers that are thought to be related to syndesmophytes.MethodsNinety-four patients (49 patients without syndesmophytes, 67.3% male, 40.7±8.7 years; 45 patients with syndesmophytes, 71.1% M, 43.9±9.9 years) and 68 healthy controls (44.2±10.6 years and 70.6% male) were included in this study. Syndesmophytes were assessed on the lateral radiographs of the cervical and lumbar spine. The serum levels of fetuin-A, dickkopf-1, sclerostin, IL-6, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and bone morphogenetic protein-7 were measured with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.ResultsPatients with syndesmophytes had significantly higher levels of fetuin-A compared with patients without syndesmophytes and controls (1.16±0.13, 1.05±0.09 and 1.08±0.13 mg/ml, respectively). However, fetuin-A was not different between the patients without syndesmophytes and controls. Bone morphogenetic protein-7 was significantly lower; dickkopf-1 was significantly higher in patients with ankylosing spondylitis compared with controls. The sclerostin concentrations were not different between the groups. In regression analysis, fetuin-A was an independent, significant predictor of syndesmophytes.ConclusionOur results suggest that fetuin-A may a role in the pathogenesis of bony proliferation in ankylosing spondylitis.

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