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Article: Microgravity inhibits intestinal calcium absorption as shown by a stable strontium test.
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ABSTRACT: Little is known about the onset and degree of biochemical and functional alterations in calcium metabolism during microgravity. To evaluate the effect of microgravity on intestinal calcium absorption and calcium-regulating hormones under metabolic ward conditions. Fractional calcium absorption (Fc240 in percentage of dose administered) was determined pre-flight, in-flight and post-flight, by use of a stable strontium test in one cosmonaut who spent 20 days in space. Moreover, a sequence of blood samples was collected for the determination of serum parathyroid hormone (PTH), 25-hydroxyvitamin D, calcitriol and serum C-telopeptide (CTx, biomarker of bone resorption) levels. During all periods of data collection, calcium intake was held constant at a minimum level of 1.000 mg day(-1) and a daily supplement of 16.6 microg vitamin D2 was given. Personal ultraviolet (UV) light exposure was measured during the whole mission using a biologically weighting UV dosimeter. Fc240 was markedly reduced on flight day 19 (4.4%) as compared to pre-flight and post-flight data (13.4% and 17.2%, respectively). Serum calcitriol levels fell from 40.6 pg mL(-1) (mean pre-flight level) to 1.3 pg mL(-1) on flight day 18 and returned into the normal range after recovery. Serum CTx increased during the flight, while serum PTH and 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels did not change significantly. Intestinal calcium absorption can be diminished after only three weeks of microgravity. Changes are associated with a severe suppression of circulating calcitriol levels, but are independent of exogenous vitamin D supply and serum PTH levels.European Journal of Clinical Investigation 01/2001; 30(12):1036-43. · 3.02 Impact Factor -
Conference Proceeding: Changes in biomarkers of bone turnover and fractional strontium absorption during 4 months head-down tilt (HDT)
19th Annual International Gravitational Physiology Meeting, Rome, Italy, 1998; -
Article: Microgravity inhibits intestinal calcium absorption as shown by stable strontium test
European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 30(2000-12):1036-1043. -
Conference Proceeding: Mikrogravitation führt zu einem ausgeprägten Rückgang der intestinalen Calciumabsorptionsrate sowie zu einem Anstieg der Knochenresorption
Bilanzsymposium Forschung unter Weltraumbedingungen, Norderney, Germany, 21.-23. September 1998;
