Endocrinol Metab.  2016 Mar;31(1):93-99. 10.3803/EnM.2016.31.1.93.

High Levels of Serum DPP-4 Activity Are Associated with Low Bone Mineral Density in Obese Postmenopausal Women

• Kim SW
• Cho EH

• KMID: 2169698
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2016.31.1.93

Abstract

BACKGROUND
Dipeptidyl peptidase 4/CD26 (DPP-4) is a widely expressed cell surface serine protease. DPP-4 inhibitors, one of common anti-diabetic agents play a protective role in bone metabolism in recent studies. A soluble form of DPP-4 is found in serum, and exhibits DPP-4 enzymatic activity. However, the physiological role of serum or soluble DPP-4 and its relationship with DPP-4 enzymatic function remain poorly understood. The aims of current study were to determine the association between serum DPP-4 activity and bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal women.
METHODS
We recruited data and serum samples from 124 consecutive healthy postmenopausal women aged >50 years. We divided study subjects into obese (body mass index [BMI] ≥25 kg/m2) and non-obese (BMI <25 kg/m2) postmenopausal women and examined the correlation between serum DPP-4 activity and clinical variables in each groups.
RESULTS
A total of 124 postmenopausal women was enrolled, with a mean age of 59.9±7.1 years. The mean BMI of the study patients was 24.4±2.8 kg/m2. Regarding bone turnover markers, serum DPP-4 activity was positively correlated with serum calcium concentrations, intact parathyroid hormone, and serum C-telopeptide levels in all of the study subjects. However, there was no association between serum DPP-4 activity and BMD in the spine or femoral neck in all of the study subjects. Serum DPP-4 activity was negatively correlated (R=−0.288, P=0.038) with BMD of the spine in obese postmenopausal women.
CONCLUSION
This study demonstrated for the first time that serum soluble DPP-4 activity was negatively correlated with BMD in obese postmenopausal women.

Keyword

Dipeptidyl peptidase 4; Bone mineral density; Postmenopause; Women

MeSH Terms

Biological Markers
Bone Density*
Calcium
Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4
Female
Femur Neck
Humans
Metabolism
Parathyroid Hormone
Postmenopause
Serine Proteases
Spine
Biological Markers
Calcium
Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4
Parathyroid Hormone
Serine Proteases