Abstract
Hypokinesia (diminished movement) induces significant calcium (Ca) changes, but little is known about the effect of hypokinesia (HK) on Ca deficiency. Measuring Ca changes during and after HK the aim of this study was to determine Ca deficiency during prolonged HK.
Studies were done on 12 male Macaca mulatta (rhesus monkeys) aged 3–5 yr (5.58–6.42 kg) during a 90-d pre-HK period, a 90-d HK period, and a 15-d post-HK period. Monkeys were equally divided into two groups: vivarium control monkeys (VCM) and hypokinetic monkeys (HKM). Hypokinetic monkeys were kept in small individual cages that restricted their movements in all directions without hindering food and water intakes.
Urinary, fecal, and serum Ca, urinary and serum magnesium (Mg) and phosphate (P), serum intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH), and calcitonin (CT) concentration, body weight, food intake, fluid consumed and eliminated in urine were measured. During the HK period, fecal Ca loss, urinary Ca, P, and Mg excretion, fluid elimination, and serum P, Ca, and Mg concentration increased significantly (p≤0.01), whereas serum iPTH and CT concentration, food and fluid intakes, and body weight decreased significantly (p≤0.01) in the HKM group when compared with the VCM group. During the initial days of the post-HK period, serum Ca, Mg, and P concentration, fecal Ca loss, urinary Ca, Mg, and P excretion, and fluid elimination decreased significantly (p≤0.01), whereas fluid intake increased significantly (p≤0.01) in the HKM group when compared with the VCM group. Food intake, body weight, and serum iPTH and CT concentrations remained significantly (p≤0.01) depressed in the HKP group when compared with the VCM; however, they increased as the duration of the post-HK period increased. By contrast, the corresponding parameters remained stable in the VCM group when compared with the baseline control values.
It was shown that fecal and urinary Ca loss and serum Ca concentration increases significantly during HK, whereas during post-HK fecal, urinary, and serum Ca decreases significantly. It was concluded that significant decrease of serum, urinary, and fecal Ca during post-HK may suggest the presence of Ca deficiency during prolonged HK.
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Zorbas, Y.G., Kakurin, V.J., Afonin, V.B. et al. Calcium measurements in primates during and after hypokinesia in establishing calcium deficiency during prolonged hypokinesia. Biol Trace Elem Res 76, 113–131 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1385/BTER:76:2:113
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