title: Lack of effect of the vitamin D status on the concentration of the vitamin D-binding protein in rat serum.
abstract: The influence of the vitamin D status on the concentration of the serum vitamin D-binding protein was studied. In normal rats the serum vitamin D-binding protein increases gradually from birth to adulthood; after puberty a higher concentration is found in male rats than in female rats. Rats fed a vitamin D-deficient diet containing a sufficient amount of calcium and phosphorus were found to have a normal DBP (binding protein for vitamin D and its hydroxylated metabolites) pattern indistinguishable from that of rats receiving the same diet but supplemented with a weekly injection of 500 microgram vitamin D3. Rats fed a vitamin D-deficient, low calcium, low phosphorus diet developed severe hypocalcemia and growth retardation, but their DBP pattern was not significantly different from that of rats fed the same diet but supplemented with a weekly injection of 500 microgram vitamin D3. The concentration of the transport protein for vitamin D was thus unrelated to the vitamin D status of the rat.
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000097:blood*; D002762:Cholecalciferol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D012737:Sex Factors; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000097:blood*; D014809:Vitamin D-Binding Protein
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D014809:Vitamin D-Binding Protein; D002762:Cholecalciferol