title: Phosphatase content of rat calvaria after in vivo administration of vitamin D3 metabolites.
abstract: The effects of acute or chronic administration of small doses (130 pmol) of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol, 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol, and 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol on rat calvaria acid and alkaline phosphatase activities were investigated in weanling male albino Wistar rats raised on a vitamin D-deficient, low-calcium diet. The results indicate that each of these active metabolites has a different effect on calvarial phosphatase activities. 25-hydroxycholecalciferol causes a significant increase, and 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol a decrease in the enzymatic activity. In animals treated with 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol these activities are lower after one injection, but after seven daily doses they are not different from those of ethanol-injected control rats. The observed changes do not seem to be related to changes in serum calcium and/or phosphorus concentrations.
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000201:enzymology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D004100:Dihydroxycholecalciferols / Q000494:pharmacology; D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000097:blood; D051381:Rats; D012886:Skull
chemical_list: D004100:Dihydroxycholecalciferols; D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols; D010758:Phosphorus; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D002118:Calcium