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This work was conducted to estimate the replacement dose of the synthetic bovine parathyroid hormone [PTH(1–34)] that is required for maintenance of serum calcium (Ca) in parathyroidectomized (PTX) rats. Male rats were PTX and used in this study only if serum Ca was reduced to at least 7 mg/dl. We found that a solution of 2% cysteine, 150 mM NaCl, and 1 mM HCl was superior to 20 mM acetic acid for maintenance of biological activity of PTH (1–34) in situ during the period of hormone infusion studied. The PTH dose—calcemic response relationship was investigated using PTH in doses of 0.6, 1, and 3 U/h. The infusion of 1 U PTH per hour raised Ca to the normal level, whereas rats infused with 0.6 U/h were hypocalcemic and 3 U/h resulted in marked hypercalcemia. To extend this observation we carried out an infusion of 1 U PTH per hour for 14 days. We found that this infusion rate of bovine PTH (1–34) provided a relatively stable level of serum calcium with modest fluctuation from normocalcemic to somewhat hypercalcemic levels for the entire 14-day period of PTH infusion. Serum calcitonin was also elevated during the infusion period and then returned to the initial level when PTH treatment was stopped. After the minipumps containing PTH were removed, the serum Ca dropped rapidly to 5 mg/dl, which was significantly lower than the control (vehicle-infused) or initial values of serum Ca (7 mg/dl). Infusion of PTH at 3 U/h for 4 days did not produce this rebound hypocalcemia after the pumps were removed. Serum Ca in those experiments returned to the initial level after hormone treatment was discontinued.
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Ibrahim, M.M., Forte, L.R. & Thomas, M.L. Maintenance of normocalcemia by continuous infusion of the synthetic bovine parathyroid hormone (1–34) in parathyroidectomized rats. Calcif Tissue Int 34, 553–557 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02411303
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