Introduction
Long-term treatment is used in patients with osteoporosis, and bisphosphonates (BPs) are the most commonly prescribed medications. However, in some patients this therapy is not effective, cause different side effects and complications. Unfortunately, at least one year is needed to identify and confirm an ineffectiveness of BPs therapy on bone mineral density (BMD). Among other factors, a response to BPs therapy may also be explained by genetic factors. The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of
SOST
,
PTH
,
FGF2
,
FDPS
,
GGPS1
, and
LRP5
gene variants on the response to treatment with aminobisphosphonates.
Materials and methods
Women with postmenopausal osteoporosis were included to this study if they used aminobisphosphonates for at least 12 months. Exclusion criteria were: persistence on BPs therapy less than 80%, bone metabolic diseases, diseases deemed to affect bone metabolism, malignant tumours, using of any medications influencing BMD. The study protocol was approved by the local ethics committee. The BMD at the lumbar spine and femoral neck were measured using dual x-ray absorptiometry (GE Lunar) before and at least 12 months after treatment with BPs. According to BMD change, patients were divided in two groups–responders and non-responders to BPs terapy. Polymorphic variants in
SOST
,
PTH
,
FGF2
,
FDPS
,
GGPS1
, and
LRP5
genes were determined using PCR analysis with TaqMan probes (Thermo Scientific).
Results
In total, 201 women with BPs therapy were included in the study. No statistically significant differences were observed in age, age at menopause, weight, height, BMI and baseline BMD levels between responders (122 subjects) and non-responders (79 subjects).
As single markers, the
SOST
rs1234612 T/T (OR = 2.3; P = 0.02),
PTH
rs7125774 T/T (OR = 2.8, P = 0.0009),
FDPS
rs2297480 G/G (OR = 29.3, P = 2.2×10
−7
), and
GGPS1
rs10925503 C/C+C/T (OR = 2.9; P = 0.003) gene variants were over-represented in non-responders group. No significant association between
FGF2
rs6854081 and
LRP5
rs3736228 gene variants and response to BPs treatment was observed. The carriers of T-T-G-C allelic combination (constructed from rs1234612, rs7125774, rs2297480, and rs10925503) were predisposed to negative response to BPs treatment (OR = 4.9, 95% CI 1.7–14.6, P = 0.005). The C-C-T-C combination was significantly over-represented in responders (OR = 0.1, 95% CI 0.1–0.5, P = 0.006).
Conclusions
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