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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 260: E447-E452, 1991;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 260, Issue 3 E447-E452, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Plasma Ca influences vitamin D metabolite levels as rats develop vitamin D deficiency

U. Kollenkirchen, M. R. Walters and J. Fox
Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112.

The hypocalcemia that accompanies vitamin D deficiency is a major obstacle to proper interpretation of the role(s) of vitamin D metabolites in Ca-sensitive tissues. This paper describes the development and complete characterization of a dietary regimen with which normocalcemia was maintained in rats throughout the development of vitamin D deficiency. Normal weanling rats were fed diets containing 0.8% Ca, 0.5% P, and vitamin D3 (group A), or vitamin D-deficient diets containing 0.8% Ca and 0.5% P (group B); 2.0% Ca and 1.25% P (group C); or 2.0% Ca, 1.25% P, and 20% lactose (group D) for 19 wk. Group D rats were normocalcemic and normophosphatemic with normal parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels throughout the study. In contrast, from 4-19 diet wk, groups B and C were hypocalcemic with elevated PTH. Initially, plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 [25(OH)D3] levels decreased most rapidly, and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3] levels decreased least rapidly in group B rats, such that plasma 25(OH)D3 levels were reduced to 200-300 pg/ml before a decrease in 1,25(OH)2D3 levels was observed. However, vitamin D metabolite levels were similar in groups B, C, and D from 4-19 wk. Duodenal active Ca transport mirrored changes in plasma 1,25(OH)2D3 levels and was abolished after 10 wk. The results also suggested that vitamin D may not be necessary for normal bone mineralization since tibia mineral content and plasma alkaline phosphatase levels were similar in normocalcemic groups A and D throughout the study.


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