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Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 1973;52(5):1052-1058. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI107270.
Abstract
In previous work we found that vitamin D-deficient and also calcium-deficient rats developed hypocalcemia and an impairment of bone formation and mineralization. The present study of thyroparathyroidectomized (TPTX) rats was undertaken to determine the effect of hypocalcemia without secondary hyperparathyroidism. TPTX rats fed a normal diet developed hypocalcemia and hyperphosphatemia in association with impairment of osteoblastic bone matrix formation and of mineralization of newly formed matrix. The serum calcium × phosphorus product was not decreased. The decreased formation was largely due to a reduction in matrix apposition indicating decreased synthetic activity of individual ostcoblasts. In contrast to the above results, when TPTX rats were fed a high-calcium diet to prevent hypocalcemia, no impairment of either formation or mineralization was found. From the results of these two experiments, it is reasonably certain that hypocalcemia was responsible for the inhibition of formation and mineralization. Moreover, based on the magnitude of the changes in serum calcium and bone parameters in TPTX rats, hypocalcemia could have accounted for the inhibition of formation and mineralization in calcium-deficient as well as vitamin D-deficient rats.
Authors
J. Wergedal, M. Stauffer, D. Baylink, C. Rich
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