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Vitamin D deficient and phosphate deficient states were produced in young rats by the use of synthetic diets. Whole blood ATP, serum calcium and phosphorus and the ash, phospholipid, hexosamine and hydroxyproline contents of metaphyseal bones of control and rachitic rats were measured after 4 weeks on the diets.
There was a decrease in whole blood ATP and serum phosphorus of the rachitic rats, and in the contents of ash, phospholipid and hexosamine of the rachitic metaphyses, while the hydroxyproline contents of the rachitic bones were higher than those of the controls. Subcutaneous injection of ATP or inorganic phosphate in rats, fed a low phosphate diet deficient in vitamin D, caused an increase in serum phosphorus and blood ATP levels and in metaphyseal ash contents. It is suggested that some of the metabolic disturbances in rickets are due to alteration in ATP production.
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Hong, K.C., Cruess, R.L. Changes in organic matrix of bone and of bone and blood ATP in rats fed rachitogenic diets. Calc. Tis Res. 25, 241–244 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02010776
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