title: Evidence of a probable role for 25-hydroxyvitamin D in the regulation of human calcium metabolism.
abstract: 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D [1,25-(OH)2D] is the principal mediator of the biologic effects of vitamin D. We showed previously that obese white subjects have low serum vitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) with increased serum-immunoreactive parathyroid hormone (PTH) and 1,25-(OH)2D, low urinary calcium, and increased urinary cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP) compared with nonobese white individuals. To determine whether 25-OHD modulates calcium metabolism, the effects of 25-OHD3, 40-100 micrograms/day for 9 days, were compared in seven obese and seven nonobese white subjects who were between the ages of 20 and 34 years. Each of them was hospitalized on a metabolic ward and given a constant daily diet that contained 400 mg calcium, 900 mg phosphate, and 18 mEq magnesium. Whereas 25-OHD3 increased mean serum 25-OHD from 7 +/- 1 to 37 +/- 5 ng/ml (P less than 0.01) and urinary calcium from 102 +/- 18 to 146 +/- 17 mg/day (P less than 0.001) and decreased mean serum 1,25-(OH)2D from 40 +/- 2 to 28 +/- 2 pg/ml (P less than 0.01) and urinary cyclic AMP from 3.23 +/- 0.57 to 2.00 +/- 0.17 nM/dl GF (P less than 0.05), it did not change mean serum calcium, ionized calcium, phosphate, magnesium, immunoreactive PTH or urinary phosphate, or creatinine clearance in the obese subjects. In contrast, 25-OHD3 increased mean serum 25-OHD from 16 +/- 1 to 46 +/- 4 pg/ml (P less than 0.001) but did not alter mean serum 1,25-(OH)2D or urinary calcium or cyclic AMP in the nonobese subjects.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Veterans Administration Medical Center, Charleston, SC 29403.
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Epstein
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shary
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Oexmann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002112:Calcifediol / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology*; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000097:blood; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine; D003401:Creatine / Q000652:urine; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000652:urine; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008274:Magnesium / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000378:metabolism*; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood; D010710:Phosphates / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D010710:Phosphates; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D002117:Calcitriol; D008274:Magnesium; D003401:Creatine; D002112:Calcifediol; D002118:Calcium