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11/15: Hormonal Control of Calcium and Phosphorus II Flashcards

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What is the main way that the Ca and Pi homeostasis can be disrupted?

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Chronic kidney disease

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How does chronic kidney disease affect Ca/Pi homeostasis?

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impaired kidney function interferes with Ca2+ and Pi reabsorption

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What is hypocalcemia?

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Low serum calcium

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What are serum calcium levels in hypocalcemia?

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(low serum calcium)
< 8.5 mg/dL total calcium or
<4.4 mg/dL ionized calcium

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What are causes of hypocalcemia?

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  1. Inadequate PTH production (hypoparathyroidism)
  2. Syndromes with hypoparathyroidism
  3. PTH resistance
  4. Inadequate vitamin D
  5. Vitamin D resistance or synthesis defects
  6. Miscellaneous
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What is hypoparathyroidism?

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Hypocalcemia with serum PTH inappropriately low for hypocalcemic state

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What is the most common cause of hypoparathyroidism?

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autoimmune destruction of
parathyroids/loss of parathyroids due to thyroidectomy

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What does the loss of PTh producing tissue cause?

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hypocalcemia due to decreased Ca 2+ uptake in gut/kidney, decreased Ca2+ release from bone

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What is a congenital disease with complete lack of parathyroids at birth?

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Di George Syndrome

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What mutations is hypoparathyroidism associated with?

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Activating CaSR mutations

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How does activating CaSR mutations cause hypoparathyroidism?

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CaSR is hypersensitive to extracellular Ca2+ and suppresses PTH
production, even though even though Ca2+ levels are low (i.e.
parathyroid “misreads” Ca2+ levels as high and inappropriately
suppresses PTH)

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A decrease in Ca2+ reabsorption in kidney (more excreted in urine) and decreases release from bone, uptake in gut, etc causes?

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Low serum calcium

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What is hypocalcemia due to?

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Lack of responsiveness of target tissues to PTH

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What mutations is hypocalcemia due to?

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Mutations in G proteins important for PTH signaling

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What is vitamin D deficiency due to?

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Lack of sunlight
Malabsorption of vitamin D

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What does lack of vitamin D inhibit?

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Ca and Pi uptake in gut (due to
downregulation of calcium and phosphate transport proteins,
Calbindins, TRPV6, NaPi-IIb)

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What does lack of vitamin D lead to in growing children?

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Rickets

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What is rickets?

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  • Impaired bone mineralization/outward curvature of long bones (bowing)
  • Insufficiently mineralized vertebrae/curved spine
  • Disorganized growth plate/growth retardation
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What does lack of vitamin D and phosphate lead to in adults?

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Osteomalacia

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What is failure of osteoid to fully calcify - soft bones?

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Osteomalacia

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What is VDDR type I (vit d-dependent rickets) due to a defect in?

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Renal 25-OH-vit D-1-alpha-hydroxylase

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What is VDDR type II due to a defect in?

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Vit D receptor (VDR)

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Which VDDR has very low 1,25(OH)2D3?

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VDDR Type I

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Which VDDR has high 1,25(OH)2D3?

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VDDR type II

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What are the diseases of hypocalcemia?
Pseudohypoparathyroidism Hypoparathyroidism Vitamin D Deficient Rickets Vitamin D Dependant Rickets
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What are levels of hypercalcemia?
High serum calcium total calcium >10.5mg/dL (2.6mM) or ionized calcium >5.4mg/dL (1.3mM)
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What are causes of hypercalcemia?
1. Elevated PTH levels 2. Elevated 1,25(OH)2D3 levels 3. Miscellaneous
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How does hypercalcemia occur in relation to PTH?
PTH hypersecretion not adequately inhibited by normal negative feedback response to elevated Ca2+
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What are inherited forms of familial primary hyperparathyroidism?
Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) MEN1 MEN2A
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What is due to inactivation of tumor suppressor gene Menin (gene name MEN, One copy of gene is mutated, but “second hit” needed for tumor formation?
MEN1
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What is due to gain of function mutation in RET protooncogene?
MEN2A
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What do heterozygotes for inactive CaSR have?
Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia (FHH)
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What do homozygoyes for inactive CaSR have?
neonatal severe hyperparathyroidism (NSHPT)
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How do inactivating mutations of CaSR occur?
CaSR doesn’t suppress PTH production even though Ca 2+ levels are high (i.e. parathyroid misreads Ca2+ levels as being low) therefore PTH is inappropriately elevated
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How can hypercalcemia of malignancy occur?
Due to tumors secreting factors that stimulate bone resorption
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What are diseases of hypercalcemia?
Primary Hyperparathyroidism Familial Primary Hyperparathyroidism Hypercalcemia of Malignancy
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What is oversecretion of PTH in response to conditions of hypocalcemia and/or decreased 1,25(OH)2D3?
Secondary hyperparathyroidism
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What is the common cause of secondary hyperparathyroidism?
Chronic renal failure
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What are phosphate levels of hypophosphatemia?
Low serum phosphate <2.5-4.5 mg/dL
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What are causes of hypophosphatemia?
1. Decreased intestinal absorption of phosphate 2. Increased urinary excretion 3. Redistribution from extracellular fluid into cells/tissues
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What are the main diseases associated with hypophosphatemia?
Rickets/osteomalacia
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What is x-linked hypophosphatemic rickets (XLH)?
Due to mutations in PHEX gene on X-chromosome
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What is PHEX produced by?
Osteoblasts, osteocytes, odontoblasts
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What does PHEX inhibit?
FGF23 production
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What do XLH mutations of PHEX lead to?
Inappropriately elevated FGF23 production, even though serum phosphate is low (mainly by osteocytes)
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What does FGF23 reduce?
renal reabsorption of phosphate (leads to renal phosphate wasting - i.e. more excreted in urine)
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When FGF23 reduces renal absorption what does this cause?
Low serum Pi Phosphaturia Low 1,25(OH)2D3
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What is a rare form of inherited hypophosphatemic rickets?
ADHR (Autosomal Dominant Hypophosphatemic Rickets)
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What is ADHR due to mutations in?
FGF23
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What happens in mutations in FGF23?
Alter cleavage site so it cannot be proteolytically inactivated – FGF23 stays active longer
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What is recessively inherited hypophosphatemic rickets?
ARHR (Autosomal Recessive Hypophosphatemic Rickets)
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What is ARHR due to mutations in?
Dmp1
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What is Dmp1 expresed by?
osteocytes and negatively regulates FGF23
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What does a mutation in Dmp1 lead to?
Overproduction of FGF23
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What is hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets with hypercalciuria (HHRH) due to?
heterozygous or homozygous loss of function mutations in type II sodium phosphate cotransporter NaPiIIc
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What three genetic conditions result in elevated FGF23?
XLH ADHR ARHR1
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What genetic condition results in reduced function of Na+ dependent phosphate transporter?
HHRH
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Acquired syndrome of renal phosphate wasting
Tumor Induced Osteomalacia (TIO)
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How are TIO levels associated with FGF23?
levels go down with surgical resection of tumor – may require supplementation with phosphate and calcitriol
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What does acute hyperphosphatemia suppress?
1 α-hydroxylase activity in kidney, lowering 1,25D 3 levels, which further exacerbates hypocalcemia by reducing Ca2+ uptake in gut/renal reabsorption
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What are causes of Hyperphosphatemia?
Acute phosphate load Decreased urinary excretion Redistribution to extracellular space Genetic causes of hyperphosphatemia
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What dental abnormalities do vit d-dependent rickets cause?
thin enamel, hypomineralization→ microscopic cracks harbor bacteria → frequent cavities
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Patients with hypercalcemia of malignancy often treated with
High dose bisphosphonates

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