Abstract

The specific aims are to 1) examine the relationship between bone turnover and alcohol intake in alcoholics and their biological relatives; 2) measure baseline bone density of the lumbar spine proxial femur and total body in alcoholics and their family members and to determine the relationship between bone density and acute and chronic ethanol intake; 3) measure baseline serum levels of estradiol, estrone, free and total testosterone, and sex hormone binding globulin, as well as parathyroid hormone, calcitonin, calcium, and vitamin D; and, 4) measure bone density and bone turnover in the above sample every six months for 18 months to determine changes in bone mass and bone turnover as related to ethanol intake. Subjects (n=100) will be selected from an ongoing family study evaluating the genetics of alcoholism. The sample will include a DSM-III-R alcoholic person and at least one family member (matched for gender and menopausal status) over 40 years of age for each alcoholic. Bone turnover will be estimated by serum and urine biochemical markers of bone turnover. Markers of bone formation include serum osteocalcin, bone-specific alkaline phosphatase, and type 1 pro-collagen peptide. Markers of bone resorption include free and total deoxypyridinoline cross links, N-telopeptide of type I collagen, and C-telopeptide of type I collagen.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
General Clinical Research Centers Program (M01)
Project #
2M01RR006192-06
Application #
6122695
Study Section
Project Start
1998-12-01
Project End
1999-11-30
Budget Start
1998-10-01
Budget End
1999-09-30
Support Year
6
Fiscal Year
1999
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Connecticut
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Farmington
State
CT
Country
United States
Zip Code
06030

  Publications

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Jin, Lingling; Liu, Yi; Sun, Fanyue et al. (2017) Three novel ANO5 missense mutations in Caucasian and Chinese families and sporadic cases with gnathodiaphyseal dysplasia. Sci Rep 7:40935
Lieberman, Richard; Kranzler, Henry R; Levine, Eric S et al. (2017) Examining FKBP5 mRNA expression in human iPSC-derived neural cells. Psychiatry Res 247:172-181
Walter, Kimberly N; Petry, Nancy M (2016) Lifetime suicide attempt history, quality of life, and objective functioning among HIV/AIDS patients with alcohol and illicit substance use disorders. Int J STD AIDS 27:476-85
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Sullivan, Tami P; Weiss, Nicole H; Flanagan, Julianne C et al. (2016) PTSD and Daily Co-Occurrence of Drug and Alcohol Use Among Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence. J Dual Diagn 12:36-42
Liu, Yaling; Dutra, Eliane H; Reichenberger, Ernst J et al. (2016) Dietary phosphate supplement does not rescue skeletal phenotype in a mouse model for craniometaphyseal dysplasia. J Negat Results Biomed 15:18

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