Year :
2020
| Month :
November
| Volume :
14
| Issue :
11
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BC01 - BC05
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Role of Serum Osteopontin as a Biomarker in the Diagnosis of Alcoholic Liver Disease
Published: November 1, 2020 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2020/45490.14188
Sanjiv Kumar Bansal, Arpita Suri, Naveen Kumar Singh
1. Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, SGT Hospital and Research Institute, Gurugram, Haryana, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, SGT Hospital and Research Institute, Gurugram, Haryana, India.
3. Tutor, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, SGT Hospital and Research Institute, Gurugram, Haryana, India.
Correspondence Address :
Dr. Naveen Kumar Singh,
SGT University, Budhera, Gurugram, Haryana, India.
E-mail: singh.naveen95@gmail.com
Abstract
Introduction: Alcohol consumption is a major cause of liver disease worldwide. The amount of alcohol ingested is the most important risk factor for the development of Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD). Osteopontin (OPN) is an extracellular matrix protein that is markedly up-regulated in patients with ALD.
Aim: To determine the best predictor of ALD among Serum Aspartate Transaminase (AST)/Alanine Transaminase (ALT) ratio, Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP), Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT) and serum OPN.
Materials and Methods: Clinically diagnosed cases of ALD (N=60) with alcohol consumption ≥100 gm/day, for more than eight years and age and gender matched healthy controls (N=60) were recruited for the study. Estimation of AST, ALT, ALP and GGT were assayed by standard photometric methods in auto analyser ERBA-XL (EM-200) and plasma OPN was estimated by using commercial kit based on Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). Receiver Operator Characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was done to establish the best predictor of ALD among the markers.
Results: The parameters of the liver function tests such as AST, ALT, ALP were significantly increased in the cases (p<0.001) as compared to controls. In the study, there was a significant increase in the level of OPN and GGT in the patients with ALD (p<0.001) as compared to controls. OPN showed significant positive correlations with AST (r=0.76, p<0.001), ALT (r=0.64, p<0.001), ALP (r=0.68, p<0.001). Upon ROC analysis, OPN had the maximum area (0.998) under curve as compared to GGT and AST/ALT ratio.
Conclusion: OPN is a better predictor of ALD as compared to GGT and AST/ALT ratio.
Keywords
Alkaline phosphatase, Alanine transaminase, Aspartate transaminase, Chronic liver disease, Gamma glutamyl transferase
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2020/45490.14188
Date of Submission: Jun 15, 2020
Date of Peer Review: Jul 23, 2020
Date of Acceptance: Sep 09, 2020
Date of Publishing: Nov 01, 2020
AUTHOR DECLARATION:
• Financial or Other Competing Interests: None
• Was Ethics Committee Approval obtained for this study? Yes
• Was informed consent obtained from the subjects involved in the study? Yes
• For any images presented appropriate consent has been obtained from the subjects. NA
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