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Aluminum localization in bone from hemodialyzed patients: relationship to matrix mineralization.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7300127     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
It has been suggested that in uremic bone, aluminum interferes with normal mineralization. Aluminum content and aluminum localization were studied in iliac crest biopsies of two groups of patients on regular hemodialysis; one group had histologic osteomalacia, and little or no bone resorption (group 1); the other, osteitis fibrosa and no mineralization defect (group 2). Group 1 patients had significantly higher plasma aluminum concentrations than those of group 2. No difference was found in bone aluminum content, which was above normal in both groups. In the bone samples of the osteomalacic subjects, aluminum was mainly localized at the limit between osteoid and calcified tissue, the site where the bone mineral is normally first deposited. Osteomalacia could not be related to hypocalcemia or to phosphate depletion. Active vitamin D derivatives (25-hydroxycholecalciferol and 1alpha-hydroxycholecalciferol) failed to prevent or to improve the bone disease. In the bone samples of group 2 subjects, aluminum could not be localized by the methods used, except in the two cases with greatly elevated bone aluminum, where it was mainly localized on cement lines. In group 2 subjects, immunoreactive parathyroid hormone plasma concentration, osteoclast surface, and marrow fibrosis were significantly higher than they were in group 1 subjects. It is concluded that in bone from uremic patients on regular dialysis, aluminum can induce a particular form of osteomalacia, resistant to the vitamin D active derivatives. The bone disease is only observed in the absence of severe secondary hyperparathyroidism. This suggests that parathyroid hormone may be involved in the development of the aluminum-induced mineralization defect.
Authors:
G Cournot-Witmer; J Zingraff; J J Plachot; F Escaig; R Lefèvre; P Boumati; A Bourdeau; M Garabédian; P Galle; R Bourdon; T Drüeke; S Balsan
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Kidney international     Volume:  20     ISSN:  0085-2538     ISO Abbreviation:  Kidney Int.     Publication Date:  1981 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1982-01-20     Completed Date:  1982-01-20     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0323470     Medline TA:  Kidney Int     Country:  GERMANY, WEST    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  375-8     Citation Subset:  IM; S    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aluminum / analysis*,  poisoning
Biopsy
Bone Resorption
Bone and Bones / analysis,  metabolism*,  pathology*
Female
Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / metabolism
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Minerals / metabolism*
Osteomalacia / drug therapy,  etiology*,  metabolism
Renal Dialysis* / adverse effects
Uremia / metabolism,  therapy
Vitamin D / therapeutic use
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Minerals; 1406-16-2/Vitamin D; 7429-90-5/Aluminum

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