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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 257: R1103-R1109, 1989;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 257, Issue 5 1103-R1109, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Effects of simulated weightlessness on rat osteocalcin and bone calcium

P. Patterson-Buckendahl, R. K. Globus, D. D. Bikle, C. E. Cann and E. Morey-Holton
Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco 94143.

Some of the musculoskeletal changes that occur in growing rats during spaceflight are simulated by a model that selectively unloads the hindlimbs while maintaining normal weight bearing on the forelimbs. Using this model we studied the response of mineral and the mineral-binding protein osteocalcin (OC) in the third lumbar vertebra (L3) and the femoral midshaft to periods of unweighting from 2 to 28 days. Serum OC decreased by 25%, consistent with a decreased rate of bone growth, during the first week of suspension and returned toward control values after 15 days. The L3 and femur weighed 20% less than control bones after 10-28 days. OC content of L3 and femur diaphysis were lower after 7 days of suspension and returned to normal levels at 28 days, whereas Ca content rose slightly at 5 days then decreased sharply. OC:Ca ratio was also affected. The data suggest that unweighting affects formation and deposition of OC and Ca differently depending on bone location and duration of unweighting. Both serum and bone OC are highly sensitive indicators of disruption of osteoblast activity by altered skeletal loading.


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