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This protocol addresses: 1) How gene expression changes in bone cells are affected by aging? 2) Is aging associated with decreased signaling between bone cells? 3) How does treatment with the osteoporosis medication denosumab affect bone cell signaling?
This protocol collectively addresses the following goals: 1) What are the changes in gene expression in osteoblasts and osteocytes that lead to impaired bone formation with aging; 2) Since recent work from the investigators' group has demonstrated that osteoclasts produce a number of growth factors and cytokines (coupling factors) that enhance osteoblast proliferation and/or differentiation, is aging associated with reduced osteoclast coupling factor production; and 3) If osteoclasts are markedly reduced using the FDA-approved medication for osteoporosis, denosumab, how does that effect the quantity of coupling factors in the bone microenvironment and the target genes of these coupling factors in osteoblasts?
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| placebo | Placebo Comparator | single subcutaneous injection of placebo (normal saline) |
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| Denosumab | Active Comparator | single subcutaneous injection of denosumab 60 mg |
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| young normal premenopausal women | No Intervention | no intervention |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| placebo | Drug | subcutaneous saline injection |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Gene expression changes in bone cells | Ratio of selected genes as expressed between each of the 3 arms (i.e. relative runx2 gene expression levels in each arm). | 3 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Osteoclast-osteoblast coupling factor changes | Ratio of selected genes as expressed between each of the 3 arms (i.e. relative runx2 gene expression levels in each arm). | 3 months |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
adrenocorticosteroids (> 3 months at any time or > 10 days within the previous yr)
anticonvulsant therapy (within the previous year)
pharmacological doses of thyroid hormone (causing decline of thyroid stimulating hormone below normal)
calcium supplementation of > 1200 mg/d (within the preceding 3 months)
bisphosphonates (within the past 3 yrs)
denosumab
estrogen (E) therapy within the past year
treatment with a selective E receptor modulator within the past year
teriparatide within the past yr
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Sundeep Khosla, MD | Mayo Clinic | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic in Rochester | Rochester | Minnesota | 55905 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D001851 | Bone Diseases, Metabolic |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D001847 | Bone Diseases |
| D009140 | Musculoskeletal Diseases |
| D008659 | Metabolic Diseases |
| D009750 | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D012965 | Sodium Chloride |
| D000069448 | Denosumab |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D002712 | Chlorides |
| D006851 | Hydrochloric Acid |
| D017606 | Chlorine Compounds |
| D007287 | Inorganic Chemicals |
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| denosumab | Drug | single subcutaneous injection of denosumab 60 mg |
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| D017670 |
| Sodium Compounds |
| D061067 | Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized |
| D000911 | Antibodies, Monoclonal |
| D000906 | Antibodies |
| D007136 | Immunoglobulins |
| D007162 | Immunoproteins |
| D001798 | Blood Proteins |
| D011506 | Proteins |
| D000602 | Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins |
| D012712 | Serum Globulins |
| D005916 | Globulins |