scholarly journals The in vitro metabolism of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol by pig kidney: effect of low dietary levels of calcium and phosphorus

1978 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara A. Sommerville ◽  
J. Fox ◽  
A. D. Care ◽  
R. Swaminathan

1. Homogenates of pig kidney incubated in vitro convert 25-hydroxycholecalciferol to the dihydroxy-metabolites almost as efficiently as homogenates of chick kidney under similar conditions.2. The cortex of the kidney carries out this conversion more efficiently than does the medulla.3. Kidneys from pigs given low calcium or low phosphorus diets produce about 40 % more 1,25-dihydroxy cholecalciferol than those from pigs given diets containing normal levels of Ca and P.

1978 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Swaminathan ◽  
Barbara A. Sommerville ◽  
A. D. Care

1. Three groups of 10-days-old chicks were fed on one of three diets having phosphorus contents of 0·08 mol/kg, 0·14 mol/kg or 0·21 mol/kg. Ten days later duodenal calcium absorption by the ligated loop technique in vivo, and plasma calcium and phosphorus concentrations, were measured. In addition the metabolism in vitro of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol [25-(OH)D3] by kidney homogenates was studied. 2. In the low phosphorus group (0·08 mol/kg) calcium absorption and the activity of 25-(OH)D3-1-hydroxylase were significantly higher than those of the high phosphorus group (0·21 mol/kg). However, in the medium phosphorus group (0·14 mol/kg), calcium absorption was significantly higher although the activity of 25-(OH)D3-1-hydroxylase was not significantly higher when compared with the high phosphorus group (0·21 mol/kg). 3. It is concluded that in phosphorus deprivation, unlike in calcium deprivation, a diet very low in phosphorus is required to stimulate the renal 25-(OH)D3-1-hydroxylase activity.


1975 ◽  
Vol 171 (2) ◽  
pp. 540-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noboru Horiuchi ◽  
Tatsuo Suda ◽  
Satoshi Sasaki ◽  
Etsuro Ogata ◽  
Ikuko Ezawa ◽  
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