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Endocrine Abstracts (2017) 49 GP99 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.49.GP99

ECE2017 Guided Posters Diabetes therapy & complications 1 (10 abstracts)

Higher levels of adiponectin might contribute to lower bone mass observed in patients with type 1 diabetes, through alterations in osteocalcin energy circuit signaling of bone cells.

Charalampos Tsentidis 1 , Dimitrios Gourgiotis 2 , Lydia Kossiva 1 , Artemis Doulgeraki 3 , Antonios Marmarinos 2 & Kyriaki Karavanaki 1


1Diabetes Clinic, Second Pediatric Department, University of Athens, “P&A Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece; 2Biochemistry Laboratory, Second Pediatric Department, University of Athens, “P&A Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece; 3Department of Bone and Mineral Metabolism, Institute of Child Health, “Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece.


Introduction: Recent advances in energy homeostasis revealed a significant interconnection between bone and adipose tissue through osteocalcin. Reduced bone mass documented in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) could be related to disregulation of adipokine signaling on bone.

Materials and Methods: We evaluated 40 children and adolescents with T1D (mean±S.D. age 13.04±3.53 years, mean±S.D. T1D duration 5.15±3.33years) and 40 healthy age- and gender-matched controls (mean±S.D. age 12.99±3.3years). Adiponectin, leptin and bone metabolism markers were measured, while lumbar spine (LS) and total body (TB) Bone Mineral Density (BMD) were evaluated with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA).

Results: Lower BMD values have already been documented in patients, as well as lower osteocalcin (log(osteocalcin) 3.44±0.5 vs 3.6±0.51). Patients had higher levels of adiponectin (18078±8645 vs 13536±6703 ng/ml, P=0.007) while leptin levels were comparable between groups (8.85±8.73 vs 10.03±8.75 pg/ml, P=0.13). Both adipokines were associated with Body Mass Index (BMI) in both groups. Adiponectin was positively associated with osteocalcin only in controls (Rho=0.31, P=0.05) possibly indicating altered energy signaling in bone of T1DM patients, whereas in patients it was negatively associated with IGF1 (Rho=−0.30, P=0.05) and positively associated with HbA1c (Rho=0.38, P=0.01) and i-phosphorus (Rho=0.39, P=0.01). No associations of leptin with bone markers were observed.

Conclusion: Increased adiponectin might contribute to lower bone mass observed in young T1D patients with altered interconnection of energy signaling in bone cells, through osteocalcin circuit.

Volume 49

19th European Congress of Endocrinology

Lisbon, Portugal
20 May 2017 - 23 May 2017

European Society of Endocrinology 

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