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Analysis of the relation between alopecia and resistance to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D.

Alopecia is a frequent feature in hereditary resistance to (1,25(OH)2D). We sought insight into this feature by analysing data from affected members of 30 kindreds. We assessed indices of mineral metabolism in one group with normal hair compared with a group with alopecia. Hereditary resistance to 1,25(OH)2D was diagnosed at an earlier age in alopecic patients (0.9 vs 3.3 years, P less than 0.05); this reflected late presentation of metabolic bone disease in some cases with normal hair and could not be attributed to early diagnosis resulting from the striking feature of alopecia. For untreated subjects, serum concentrations of calcium and 1,25(OH)2D were similar in both groups of patients. During calciferol therapy, however, the cases with alopecia showed lower serum calcium (1.9 vs 2.4 mmol/l, P less than 0.005), but higher serum 1,25(OH)2D (2900 v 340 pg/ml, P less than 0.005). Hair status did not predict the type of defect identified with cultured skin fibroblasts but did correlate with responsiveness of 25(OH)D 24-hydroxylase to 1,25(OH)2D3 in those cells. Cells from seven of eight kindreds with alopecia showed no 24-hydroxylase response to high doses of 1,25(OH)2D3 while cells from five of six kindreds with normal hair showed a 24-hydroxylase response to high doses of 1,25(OH)2D3. We conclude that in cases with hereditary resistance to 1,25(OH)2D alopecia reflects the more severe grades of this resistance based upon earlier age at time of diagnosis, lower potential for calcaemic response to calciferols, and lower potential for 24-hydroxylase response to 1,25(OH)2D3 by cultured skin fibroblasts.

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The combined use of intravenous and oral calcium for the treatment of vitamin D dependent rickets type II (VDDRII).

OBJECTIVE: Some patients with rickets are resistant to vitamin D and its analogues; we therefore assessed whether or not normal mineralization could be achieved in the absence of an intact 1,25(OH)2D3 receptor-effector system, by the use of intravenous high dose calcium infusion, followed by high dose oral calcium. DESIGN: We studied two patients with vitamin D dependent rickets type II and with absent responses to either high dose calcitriol or to oral calcium alone. Daily infusions equivalent to up to 1.4 g elemental calcium supplemented with oral phosphate were given for a period of 3.5 months for the elder sister and 2 months in the younger brother. Both patients were then treated by weekly calcium infusions for 5 months, followed by maintenance on oral calcium equivalent to up to 6 g elemental calcium per day. PATIENTS: Two siblings of consanguineous parents, a girl aged 28 months and a boy aged 10 months with vitamin D dependent rickets type II. MEASUREMENTS: Measurements of serum and urine calcium, phosphate and serum alkaline phosphatase were obtained before, during and after the calcium infusions. Twenty-four-hour urinary minerals, electrolytes, creatinine clearance, serum PTH and vitamin D metabolites were measured prior to calcium infusion, then repeated at 2-monthly intervals. Glomerular filtration rate, kidney ultrasound and CT scan were done at 6-monthly intervals. A scalp biopsy was done at the end of i.v. calcium treatment. RESULTS: The daily infusions of calcium supplemented with oral phosphate resulted in biochemical responses with normalization of calcium and phosphate in 3-5 days, and of alkaline phosphatase and PTH in 1.5-2 months. Radiological evidence of healing was seen in 42 days. A total of 3.5 months of daily calcium infusion in the elder sister and 2 months in the younger brother resulted in complete healing biochemically and radiologically, with improvement in height. The patients are under current follow-up, with no evidence of nephrocalcinosis or deterioration of glomerular filtration rate. CONCLUSIONS: (a) The use of intravenous high dose calcium infusions followed by high dose oral calcium is an effective method of treatment of vitamin D dependent rickets type II. (b) The treatment was more effective since it was started early in the course of the disease and led to early healing and better growth with prevention of bone deformities. (c) Early treatment may also lead to improvement in alopecia, the mechanism for which needs to be elucidated. ABBREVIATIONS: 1,25(OH)2D3, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (calcitriol); 24-OHase, 25-(OH)D(3),24-hydroxylase; 1 alpha-(OH)D3, 1 alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3; 25(OH)D3, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3; 1 alpha-OHase, 1 alpha-hydroxylase; PTH, parathyroid hormone.

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Tissue resistance to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D without a mutation of the vitamin D receptor gene.

OBJECTIVE: Hereditary vitamin D resistant rickets (HVDRR) is characterized by severe rickets and is often accompanied by alopecia. Mutations in the gene encoding the vitamin D receptor have been found in this condition. In a patient with the characteristic phenotype we have investigated the functional defect and sequenced the gene to seek a mutation. DESIGN: Patient and control cell lines prepared from skin fibroblasts and peripheral blood lymphocytes were used to measure binding of 1,25(OH)2D3 and to isolate vitamin D receptor mRNA. VDR cDNA was sequenced and transfected into receptor defective cells. PATIENT: A child with alopecia diagnosed as having rickets due to resistance to 1,25(OH)2D3. MEASUREMENTS: Cytosolic binding and nuclear association of 1,25(OH)2D3 were determined in patient and control cells, and functional response to 1,25(OH)2D3 assessed by measurement of 24-hydroxylase activity. VDR mRNA was prepared, reverse transcribed, and cDNA sequenced. VDR cDNA was also transfected into VDR-deficient CV-1 cells and functional response to 1,25(OH)2D3 assessed by co-transfection with a chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter plasmid. RESULTS: VDR from the patient were able to bind 1,25(OH)2D3 but showed no nuclear localization resulting in an absence of functional response to 1,25(OH)2D3. Sequencing revealed that the VDR coding region was normal. Expression studies of the patient's VDR showed functionally normal VDR as evidenced by normal transactivation in the presence of 1,25(OH)2D3. CONCLUSION: These data indicate a new cause of tissue resistance to 1,25(OH)2D3 which occurs in the absence of mutations in the coding region of VDR gene and which is characterized by defective nuclear localization of this receptor.

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Oral calcium treatment in vitamin D-dependent rickets type II.

Vitamin D-dependent rickets type II is a rare hereditary disease that results from target organ resistance to the action of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3. There is a great heterogeneity in the clinical presentation of this condition. The affected patients usually present early in childhood with clinical and biochemical evidence of rickets. Physiological replacement dosage of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 has no therapeutic effect. Responses to pharmacological doses of vitamin D metabolites or long-term calcium infusion have been variable. A case is reported here of an 8 year old girl, of consanguineous parents with vitamin D-dependent rickets, type II, in whom treatment with high dose oral calcium resulted in marked biochemical and radiological improvement. It is concluded that high dose oral calcium treatment is an effective treatment option for patients with vitamin D-dependent rickets type II.

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Effect of long-term treatment with massive doses of 1 alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3 on calcium-phosphate balance in patients with vitamin D-dependent rickets type II.

Three patients with vitamin D-dependent rickets type II were given massive doses of 1 alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3 for 29 to 36 months and their calcium-phosphate balance was studied during treatment and one month after cessation of treatment. During treatment fasting hypercalciuria was observed in patient 1 and an increased rate of calcium excretion after calcium loading in patients 1 and 2. In these patients, calcium excretion was parallel with the serum 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D concentration, which may reflect the level of receptor for 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D. These findings suggested that the responsiveness to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D improved during long-term treatment of these two patients with vitamin D-dependent rickets type II.

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Unique form of rickets with low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in two normally nourished children.

We present an unusual type of rickets involving two children: a 2 year old boy and a 15 month old boy, who presented with marked bowing of the lower extremities and bulging of costochondral junctions. Both children had normal growth, with their height and body weight greater than the 50th and 97th percentile for age. Roentgenograms of their extremities showed the typical changes of vitamin D refractory rickets. Serum alkaline phosphatase levels were elevated and serum levels of calcium and phosphate were both within the normal range. No primary cause for the rickets, including nutritional deficiencies, was found in the two patients. Characteristic findings were persistently low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OH-D) and normal 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25-(OH)2-D). Improvements in clinical and X-ray findings were observed after either oral administration of 1 alpha-(OH)-D3 (9-15 micrograms per day) or massive vitamin D2 therapy (600,000 IU single injection). The low serum levels of 25-OH-D did not increase unless massive vitamin D2 therapy was also given. These two cases represent a unique form of rickets that does not meet the criteria for any type of previously known rickets.

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Diagnosis of X-linked hypophosphatemic vitamin D resistant rickets.

Recent advances in the pathophysiology and diagnosis of X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets (XLH) are reviewed. The recent discovery of the gene that is responsible for XLH especially enables us to understand the mechanism of hypophosphatemia in XLH. Laboratory and radiological findings are important for the diagnosis. However, dental abnormalities such as spontaneous dental abscess and a defect of dentin maturation are also notable findings.

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Medical management and complications of X-linked hypophosphatemic vitamin D resistant rickets.

To improve the growth failure, bowed legs, and biochemical and radiological abnormalities in patients with X-linked hypophosphatemic vitamin D resistant rickets (XLH), combined therapy of phosphate and calcitriol is the best therapeutic approach at present. However, the complications involving combined therapy, such as hypercalcemia, nephrocalcinosis and hyperparathyroidism, are not fully solved. To achieve better control, new therapeutic approaches have been reported recently, for example, growth hormone (GH) or new vitamin D analogs. GH improved linear growth, decreased phosphate reabsorption and increased 1-alpha-hydroxylase activity. Furthermore, 24R,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (24,25) improved the bone lesions in hypophosphatemic (Hyp) mice, and also in XLH, without the adverse effects such as hypercalcemia or hypercalciuria compared with 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3. These new approaches should be considered for the treatment of patients with XLH.

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The lumbar spinal canal in hypophosphataemic vitamin D-resistant rickets.

Lumbar spine radiographs of 17 adult patients with hypophosphataemic vitamin D-resistant rickets have been examined and measured in their anteroposterior and transverse dimensions. Comparison of these measurements with those of a group of normal individuals showed the HPR patient group to have narrower spinal canals in both diameters. No differences were found between males and females in either group. The lumbar spinal canal stenosis in adult HPR patients may make them more susceptible to spinal cord compromise from space occupying lesions within the canal, causing back pain and lower limb weakness for which surgical intervention may be indicated.

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Inorganic phosphate homeostasis and the role of dietary phosphorus.

Inorganic phosphate (Pi) is required for cellular function and skeletal mineralization. Serum Pi level is maintained within a narrow range through a complex interplay between intestinal absorption, exchange with intracellular and bone storage pools, and renal tubular reabsorption. The crucial regulated step in Pi homeostasis is the transport of Pi across the renal proximal tubule. Type II sodium-dependent phosphate (Na/Pi) cotransporter (NPT2) is the major molecule in the renal proximal tubule and is regulated by Pi, parathyroid hormone and by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D. Recent studies of inherited and acquired hypophosphatemia [X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets/osteomalacia (XLH), autosomal dominant hypophosphatemic rickets/osteomalacia (ADHR) and tumor-induced rickets/osteomalacia (TIO)], which exhibit similar biochemical and clinical features, have led to the identification of novel genes, PHEX and FGF23, that play a role in the regulation of Pi homeostasis. The PHEX gene, which is mutated in XLH, encodes an endopeptidase, predominantly expressed in bone and teeth, but not in kidney. FGF-23 may be a substrate of this endopeptidase and may therefore accumulate in patients with XLH. In the case of ADHR mutations in the furin cleavage site, which prevent the processing of FGF-23 into fragments, lead to the accumulation of a "stable" circulating form of the peptide which also inhibits renal Pi reabsorption. In the case of TIO, ectopic overproduction of FGF-23 overwhelms its processing and degradation by PHEX, leading to the accumulation of FGF-23 in the circulation and inhibition of renal Pi reabsorption. Mice homozygous for severely hypomorphic alleles of the Klotho gene exhibit a syndrome resembling human aging, including atherosclerosis, osteoporosis, emphysema, and infertility. The KLOTHO locus is associated with human survival, defined as postnatal life expectancy, and longevity, defined as life expectancy after 75. In considering the relationship of klotho expression to the dietary Pi level, the klotho protein seemed to be negatively controlled by dietary Pi.

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