Abstract
Abstract We studied the mechanism of impaired calcium absorption with aging in 51 healthy women whose ages ranged from 26 to 88 years. Serum concentrations of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D [1,25-(OH)2D, mean of four measurements per subject] increased with age by 22% (P < 0.05) but, by split-point analysis, plateaued or decreased slightly after age 65. In a subset of 20 subjects, [3H]1,25-(OH)2D3 kinetic analysis showed that this increase with age resulted from both increased production and decreased metabolic clearance of 1,25-(OH)2D. Despite the increase in serum 1,25-(OH)2D concentration, true calcium absorption did not change with age. The expected inverse correlation between true fractional calcium absorption and dietary calcium intake, however, was easily demonstrated (r = 0.66, P < 0.001). Serum intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) increased with age by 35% (P < 0.02) and serum bone gla protein (BGP, osteocalcin) increased by 47% (P < 0.001); the increases in serum PTH and serum BGP were directly correlated (r = 0.32, P < 0.05). The data are consistent with the following hypothetical model: (1) intestinal resistance to 1,25-(OH)2D action accounts for the increase in serum 1,25-(OH)2D concentrations with aging with no change in true calcium absorption; (2) this results in a compensatory increase in PTH secretion and in 1,25-(OH)2D production that prevents true calcium absorption from decreasing; (3) the previously described defect in 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) 1α-hydroxylase activity in aging animals and humans acccounts for the leveling off in serum 1,25-(OH)2D concentration after age 65 years; and (4) the secondary hyperparathyroidism leads to increased bone turnover and thus contributes to age-related bone loss.
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Eastell, R., Yergey, A. L., Vieira, N. E., Cedel, S. L., Kumar, R., & Dr. Riggs, B. L. (1991). Interrelationship among vitamin D metabolism, true calcium absorption, parathyroid function, and age in women: Evidence of an age-related intestinal resistance to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D action. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 6(2), 125â132.
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Issued | 34 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 1, 1991) |
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@article{Eastell_1991, title={Interrelationship among vitamin D metabolism, true calcium absorption, parathyroid function, and age in women: Evidence of an age-related intestinal resistance to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D action}, volume={6}, ISSN={1523-4681}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.5650060205}, DOI={10.1002/jbmr.5650060205}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Bone and Mineral Research}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={Eastell, Richard and Yergey, Alfred L. and Vieira, Nancy E. and Cedel, Sandra L. and Kumar, Rajiv and Dr. Riggs, B. Lawrence}, year={1991}, month=feb, pages={125–132} }