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A study of the ascorbic acid metabolism of a group of fifty college women in the North Texas State Teachers College between the months of April and July, 1943.

Trained male cyclists (6 in study 1, 5 in study 2) cycled to exhaustion (EXH) at 75% of VO₂ max twice; once in the non-supplemented (NS) state and once in the vitamin B-6 (B-6)(20 mg PN) supplemented (S) state. The diet contained 2.3 mg B-6 in study 1 and 1.9 mg B-6 in study 2. Urine was collected during each dietary period. During each exercise (EX) test, blood was drawn prior to (PRE), one hour during (DX), immediately after (POST) and one hour after (POST 60) EX and sweat was collected. Compared to baseline (PRE) levels, plasma pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) and vitamin B-6 (PB-6) concentrations increased at DX, decreased at POST, and decreased below PRE at POST 60 in the NS and S states. EX to EXH in the S state resulted in a greater increase in PLP DX in study 1 (31% increase vs. 16%) and PB-6 in study 2 (25% increase vs. 11%) as compared to the NS state. Red blood cell (RBC) PLP significantly increased from POST to POST 60 in the S state in study 2. The excretion of urinary 4-pyridoxic acid (4-PA) and urinary B-6 (UB-6) was not significantly altered by EX to EXH. The mean excretion of 4-PA was significantly greater in the NS state in study 2 (7.98 ±1.83 mmol/d) as compared to the excretion in study 1 (6.20 ±0.93 mmol/d), whereas the excretion was significantly greater in the S state in study 1 (92.2 ±8.69 mmol/d) compared to the excretion in study 2 (82.7 ±6.16 mmol/d). The percent of B-6 intake excreted as UB-6 (6% in study 1 and 10% in study 2) was significantly different between the studies in the NS state. Vitamin B-6 supplementation did not significantly alter the rise in growth hormone (hGH) concentration seen with EX to EXH. The loss of B-6 in sweat with EX to EXH was not altered by B-6 supplementation. The loss of B-6 in sweat ranged from 0.0011 mmol to 0.0039 mmol. Therefore, EX to EXH in the B-6 S state resulted in a greater increase in plasma PLP and PB-6 DX as compared to the NS state. The decrease in PB-6 and PLP at POST 60 in the S state coincided with a significant increase in RBC PLP, suggesting the movement of B-6 from the plasma into the RBC at POST 60. EX to EXH and B-6 supplementation did not alter the excretion of 4-PA or UB-6 suggesting that B-6 metabolism was unchanged. The loss of B-6 in sweat was comparable to previously reported values and was not altered by B-6 supplementation. B-6 supplementation did not alter the changes in hGH resulting from EX to EXH alone. / Graduation date: 1995

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 226-273.) Investigates the regulation of the expression of CYP27B1, CYP24 and vitamin D receptor (VDR) mRNA, both in the bone and in the kidney, with the aim to determine whether the regulation of the vitamin D metabolism in the bone is independent from that in the kidney. The effects of age, dietary calcium and vitamin D status on the expression of these genes in both the kidney and the bone, as well as on a number of biochemical factors known to regulate the renal metabolism of 1,25D, such as PTH, calcium and 1,25D itself, were examined. CYP27B1 mRNA expression was also studied in histological sections of rat femoral bone.

Includes bibliographical references. Electronic publication; Full text available in PDF format; abstract in HTML format. Investigates the regulation of the expression of CYP27B1, CYP24 and vitamin D receptor (VDR) mRNA, both in the bone and in the kidney, with the aim to determine whether the regulation of the vitamin D metabolism in the bone is independent from that in the kidney. The effects of age, dietary calcium and vitamin D status on the expression of these genes in both the kidney and the bone, as well as on a number of biochemical factors known to regulate the renal metabolism of 1,25D, such as PTH, calcium and 1,25D itself, were examined. CYP27B1 mRNA expression was also studied in histological sections of rat femoral bone. Electronic reproduction.[Australia] :Australian Digital Theses Program,2001.

Graduation date: 1993

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Experiments were undertaken to study in vivo the effect of hexachloronaphthalene in vitamin A metabolism in the rat. The status of vitamin A in the animal was determined by tissue analysis for the vitamin and by visual observation for symptoms of vitamin A deficiency. Four studies were made. The effects of dietary hexachloronaphthalene on preformed residual vitamin A, on assimilation of dietary carotene, on assimilation of a single oral dose of carotene, and on the absorption and storage of a single oral dose of vitamin A palmitate were investigated. In addition, the effect of ingested hexachloronaphthalene on calf plasma protein was studied. The following conclusions were derived from the results of the experiments. 1. The metabolism of dietary hexachloronaphthalene resulted in an increased requirement for vitamin A in peripheral tissue. This effect was apparently separate from the liver hypertrophy and fatty infiltration which are characteristic results of chlorinated naphthalene ingestion in rats. The mechanism of this increased demand for vitamin A was not discerned. Vitamin E supplementation was or no apparent value in preventing this increase in the requirement for vitamin A. 2. The addition of vitamin E to carotene-rich diets normally produces an increased yield of vitamin A. This stimulus of carotene conversion was not apparent when hexachloronaphthalene was included in the ration. 3. The ingestion of dietary hexachloronaphthalene depressed the ability of the rat to convert carotene to vitamin A. This was not true when the total dose of the toxic compound was included in the carotene solution. The addition of a bile salt to the carotene solution was not or value in preventing the depression of carotene conversion. Neither, however, did it stimulate conversion in the normal animals as was expected. 4. The ingestion of dietary hexachloronaphthalene had no apparent effect on the ability of the rat to absorb and store a single oral dose of vitamin A palmitate. 5. Paper electrophoresis studies and analysis of changes in TCA precipitable plasma protein in calves indicated that a depression of the level of the plasma proteins, especially the albumins, was a manifestation of the ingestion of hexachloronaphthalene by these animals. / Master of Science