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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 256: E1-E6, 1989;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 256, Issue 1 E1-E6, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of physical activity on calcium and phosphorus metabolism in the rat

J. K. Yeh, J. F. Aloia and S. Yasumura
Department of Medicine, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola 11501.

Changes in skeletal mass, nutritional calcium and phosphorus balance, and intestinal calcium absorption were studied in four groups of rats: control, exercise allowing free access to food, exercise with pair-feeding to control levels, and immobilization. The exercise regimen consisted of treadmill running 25 m/min, 60 min/day, 5 days/wk for 13 wk; rats were immobilized by bilateral sciatic denervation. The total body Ca (TBCa) was measured by neutron activation analysis as an index of skeletal mass. Standard metabolic balance techniques were used to determine calcium and phosphorus balance, and an in situ duodenal loop ligation preparation was used to study the active and passive intestinal Ca transport processes. Exercise promoted a positive Ca and P balance and increased the skeletal mass, largely as a result of an increase in 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D and an enhancement of the intestinal Ca absorption efficiency. Urinary excretion of Ca and P did not differ from control levels and food intake was not a factor because pair-fed rats responded to exercise almost identically to those fed ad libitum. Conversely, immobilization caused a decrease in TBCa and a lower Ca and P balance. These effects are the result of an increased urinary mineral excretion, greater endogenous fecal excretion, and decreased mineral absorption efficiency in the intestine.


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