The effect of calcium on phosphorus metabolism was studied in adult males by determining phosphorus and calcium balances during three calcium intakes of approximately 200, 800, and 2000 mg/day. Each of these calcium intakes were given during two intake levels of phosphorus of approximately 800 and 2000 mg/day. In all ...

Mature sheep fitted with rumen and duodenal cannulae and fed either pelleted hay or grass diets were given supplementary phosphorus by continuous intravenous infusion and the effects on salivary phosphorus secretion, intestinal phosphorus absorption and pathway of excretion were studied. In control periods little phosphorus was excreted in the urine, ...

Mature sheep fitted with rumen and duodenal cannulae and fed either pelleted hay or grass diets were given supplements of Na2HPO4 by continuous infusion into the rumen and the effects on salivary phosphorus secretion, intestinal phosphorus absorption and pathway of excretion were studied. Little phosphorus was excreted in the urine ...

Changes in the concentrations of high-energy phosphate metabolites were measured by 31P NMR spectroscopy of surviving rat uteri from 0-48 h following estrogen administration. Concentrations (millimoles per kilogram wet weight) of these metabolites in the untreated immature uterus, measured at 4 degrees C, were found to be the following: creatine ...

Two experiments were conducted with commercial egg production type hens to determine the effects of dietary phosphorus, sodium, and chloride levels as related to levels of plasma calcium and phosphorus, blood acid-base balance, and production characteristics. Sodium and chloride were supplied to the diet as sodium bicarbonate and hydrochloric acid, ...

Levels of sodium, potassium, calcium, and phosphate were examined in rats fed on an adenine diet. Among the electrolytes in the serum, potassium decreased significantly in the adenine-fed group as compared with the control group. A decrease was observed in the level of serum calcium on feeding with an adenine ...

The effects of dietary phosphorus and sulphaguanidine levels, and sex differences on: (a) phytate digestibility, (b) calcium and P utilization, (c) the activities of alkaline phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.1), alkaline phytase (EC 3.1.3.8) and acid phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.2) in the intestinal mucosa of male and female rats were investigated. There was ...

Over 97% of all uroliths in males less than a year of age and in females are phosphate, excluding males with portosystemic shunts and male Dalmatians . Uroliths in male Dalmatians usually are composed of urate. Uroliths associated with Staphylococcus aureus urinary tract infection are phosphate. About 60% of uroliths ...

Special diets that were extremely low in protein (5.5%) and high in carbohydrate were used to test the effect of nicotinamide on N-nitrosodimethylamine-induced carcinogenesis in Holtzman albino rats. The level of nicotinamide in the three diets ranged from 0 mg/kg of food to 50 mg/kg to 500 mg/kg. During the ...

Forty-seven commercial phosphorus supplements were obtained from feed manufacturers and subjected to biological phosphorus availability assay using the turkey poult. Bone ash was the response criterion. Compared to a reference source of commercial mono/ dicalcium phosphate (assigned 100), 7 other mono/ dicalcium phosphates averaged 97.1 (range 88.6 to 110.0), 20 ...

Rats fed a dextrose-casein type of diet adequate for normal growth and containing 2% of tetraethylorthosilicate (TES) were used to study the effect of NaCl and Na2SO4 drinking waters, and dietary additions of chloride, sulfate and phosphate on formation of silica urinary calculi. In experiment 1, rats fed the basal-TES ...

We have studied the enzymatic formation of the xylene ring of riboflavin using cell extracts from the flavinogenic yeast Candida guilliermondii. 5-Amino-6-ribitylamino-2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione or its 5'-phosphate could serve as substrates. In addition, a pentose phosphate or pentulose phosphate was required. Experiments with [14C]ribulose 5-phosphate gave evidence for the incorporation of the ...

A histological examination of the effect of a purified diet containing 20% alpha protein (an alkali-treated soyprotein) on the development of nephrocalcinosis induced by intraperitoneal injections of 0.5 neutral (pH 7.4) sodium phosphate was carried out in female weanling rats. Animals that were fed a standard commercial laboratory diet and ...

It has been proposed that renal inorganic phosphate (Pi) transport adaptation is a prerequisite for the hyperphosphatemic effect of fasting in animals previously fed low Pi diet (LPD). To test the validity of this proposal we have used X-linked hypophosphatemic (HYP) mice, since these animals are unable to adapt their ...

The influence of a high phosphorus (1.5%) and high calcium (2.2%) diet on ectopic mineralization in boars was examined over a four month period. The high phosphorus diet caused metastatic mineralization in the left atrial endocardium in 84% of animals and in the pulmonary and diaphragmatic pleura in 21 and ...

The effect of diet phosphate content and cholecalciferol on intestinal phosphate secretion and absorption was investigated in rachitic chicks. Phosphate absorption was determined by the in situ ligated loop technique. Phosphate secretion was estimated by a method proposed by the authors. Hydroxyapatite, placed in the lumen of a ligated loop, ...

The rate of progression of renal failure has been evaluated in two homogenous groups of chronic renal patients with early insufficiency. In both groups the diet supplied the same amount of calories (approximately 35 Kcal/kg/day) and the protein intake was equally restricted (approximately, 0.6 g/kg/day); however, in Group 1 the ...

The present study evaluated uptake of phosphate by brush border membrane vesicles (BBMV) and alkaline phosphatase activities in brush border membrane fractions in rats fed a normal (0.6%) or low (0.03%) phosphorus diet for 24 h. After 2 min of incubation, the phosphate uptake by BBMV from rats ingesting normal ...

The effect of phosphate on the intestinal absorption of lead (203Pb2+) was examined in chicks. Absorption was determined by the in situ ligated duodenal loop technique. In one approach, diets differing in phosphate content were fed to 2-week-old chicks for a period of 7 days. With respect to the control ...

The effect of 1-alpha-OHD3 on the rate of decline of renal function was studied in 18 patients with predialytic chronic renal failure. 9 patients with serum creatinine 4.19 +/- 1.63 mg/dl, were treated with 1-alpha-OHD3 0.4 +/- 0.11 micrograms/day and a low phosphate diet and 9 patients, with serum creatinine ...

In X-linked hypophosphataemia (Hyp gene) there is reduced renal tubule re-absorption of phosphate and an osteomalacic bone disorder. To determine whether altered phosphate transport also occurs in the salivary gland, saliva was analysed from normal and Hyp mice at 10 weeks of age. The effect of plasma inorganic phosphate on ...

The independent effect of low-protein or low-phosphorus diets in chronic renal failure were studied. The following four isocaloric diets, which contained various amounts of protein (24%, 6%) and phosphorus (0.5%, 0.12%) were fed to chronically uremic rats: high protein and no phosphorus restriction (HPrNP), high protein and phosphorus restriction (HPrRP), ...

Twenty chronically azotemic patients (experimental group) with a mean creatinine clearance of 22.5 +/- 9.4 ml/min followed a diet supplying daily, per kilogram of body weight, 7.0 mg of phosphorus and 0.5 g of protein, mostly of high biological value, for 11.3 months. A group of 19 similar patients (control ...

The effects of parathyroidectomy (PTX) on the development of nephrocalcinosis in rats fed a diet containing alpha protein were investigated for the purpose of determining whether the nephrocalcinosis was phosphate-induced. PTX completely prevented the occurrence of nephrocalcinosis in rats fed a phosphate-supplemented commercial laboratory diet for 4 weeks. However, PTX ...

Large White male turkeys were fed rations containing 0, 12.5, 25, 50, 100, 200, 400, and 800 ppm added fluoride (F) from sodium fluoride in a corn-soybean assay diet containing tricalcium phosphate and 3 to 5 ppm F. The 800 ppm treatment was discontinued at 8 weeks because of low ...

It has been suggested that nephrocalcinosis in rats fed diets containing alkali-treated soy protein may be due to a high availability of phosphate in the diet. In the present study, the development of nephrocalcinosis in rats fed a diet containing 20% alpha protein (an alkali-treated soy protein) was compared with ...

Serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 concentration and renal 25-hydroxyvitamin D 1 alpha-hydroxylase activity were measured in rats fed various levels of calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D3. Both calcium deprivation and phosphorus deprivation greatly increased circulating levels of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3. The circulating level of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in rats on a low-calcium diet increased ...

Patients with X-linked hypophosphatemia and mice bearing the Hyp gene have reduced renal tubular reabsorption of phosphate and an osteomalacic bone disease. To test if altered phosphate transport also exists in the mammary glands, milk was analyzed from normal (n = 9) and heterozygous Hyp (n = 8) mice 14 ...

During a 40-day balance study, eight adult males were fed two levels of aluminum: 5 mg daily (control diet) and 125 mg daily (test diet). These two levels of dietary aluminum are representative of the upper and lower limits of aluminum that are present in the diets of Americans. Initially ...

In order to evaluate a possible role for tissue phosphate or phosphorylated compounds in mediating the increase in plasma 1,25-(OH)2-D3 levels during dietary phosphate deprivation, measurements of total and acid-soluble renal cortical phosphate content have been made in both intact and hypophysectomized (hypox) rats eating a normal diet and also ...

Day-old White Broad Breastfed male turkeys were brooded for 10 days in a Honeywell environmental chamber. The chamber was configured to brood one-half of the birds at 29 C and the other half at 35 C. The poults were fed a practical corn-soy starter diet containing .8% phosphorus and 1.35% ...

Renal adaptation to changes in phosphate intake was studied by comparing phosphate uptake by proximal tubule brush border membrane vesicles from rabbits on a relatively high or low phosphorus diet. The low phosphorus diet increased Na+ gradient-dependent phosphate uptake. Uptake in the absence of Na+ and in the presence of ...

By means of a central composite rotatable design with dietary calcium levels of 0.63, 0.70, 1.10, 1.50 and 1.67% and total phosphorus levels of 0.53, 0.61, 0.81, 1.01 and 1.09%, practical-type rations were fed for 2 weeks to commercial broiler-type chickens. The design involved three replicates for each rotatable point ...

The influence of dietary phosphorus on hen performance and egg shell quality was investigated. Total dietary phosphorus levels of .17, .23, .30, .40, .50, .70, 1.50, and 2.30% were fed to four body weight groups of 23-week-old White Leghorn hens. Hens consuming the diets containing .17, .23, and .30% phosphorus, ...

The conception rate of cows in the Cumberland House area of Saskatchewan fed native forage grown in the area was observed to be unacceptably low. Supplementation with 12g of calcium and of phosphorus daily, and provision of cereal silage seemingly improved conception rates. It would appear that phosphorus may have ...

1. In order to assess the role of uricotelism in net renal acid excretion, blood and ureteral urine samples were collected from five hens fed a commercial poultry feed (Diet A) and five hens fed a protein-rich, Na-poor feed (Diet B). All samples were analysed for pH, PCO2, ammonium, phosphate, ...

The influence of elevated dietary phosphate on the toxicity of orally ingested lead was investigated in male weanling Wistar rats. Two groups of 20 rats were fed diets containing either adequate (0.5%) or high (1.2%) levels of phosphorus (as phosphates). Half of the rats on each level of phosphorus were ...

The availability of P for ruminal digestion in vivo from a mono-dicalcium phosphate containing 21% P (mono-dical), a mono-dicalcium phosphate containing 18.5% P (dical), and defluorinated rock phosphate was compared with sodium phosphate (Na2HPO4 X 7H2O). Mono-dical, dical and defluorinated rock phosphate were found to be 88, 62 and 40% ...

Dietary phosphate intake is now recognized to be a primary regulator of renal phosphate excretion. However, the nephron sites involved in the adaptation to changes in dietary phosphate are unclear. We tested the hypothesis that deep and superficial nephrons respond differently to changes in dietary phosphate by comparing fractional phosphate ...

In phosphate deprivation, the kidney is resistant to the phosphaturic effects of several well-established phosphaturic stimuli, including PTH. We examined whether a low-phosphate diet would render rats unresponsive to the phosphaturic effects of glucocorticoids in the presence and absence of PTH. Treatment with triamcinolone (1 or 50 mg/kg/day) caused phosphaturia ...

We investigated whether dietary phosphorus affected estrous intensity of heifers. A total of 48 heifers (Holstein and Jersey) were allotted to diets containing approximately 73% (low), 138% (medium), or 246% (high) of the phosphorus recommended by the National Research Council. Heifers were observed continuously for 48 h beginning 36 h ...

Mitochondria isolated from livers of rats fed on different diets showed altered capacity to synthesize citrulline. Glucagon, 15 min after injection, increases citrulline biosynthesis, except after the high-protein diet. A significant correlation between citrulline biosynthesis and N-acetylglutamate content with and without glucagon treatment was shown when rats were fed on ...

Cats with reduced renal mass were fed a phosphorus-restricted diet (0.24% P, dry weight) or a normal phosphorus diet (1.56% P, dry weight) for 6 5 to 343 days. Renal function was determined biweekly by blood urea nitrogen and plasma creatinine measurements and by initial and terminal inulin clearance procedures. ...

The effects of phosphate depletion (PD) of 4, 8, and 12 wk duration on myocardial energy metabolism were studied in rats fed a phosphate-deficient diet and compared with rats pair-fed a normal phosphate diet. Myocardial biopsies were examined for high-energy phosphate bonds. The results show that PD causes a significant ...

Two experiments were conducted to reevaluate the dietary phosphorus requirement of fingerling channel catfish. Basal diets containing either casein with supplemental inorganic phosphorus and 0.5% total calcium or egg albumin with supplemental inorganic phosphorus and 0.75% total calcium yielded similar requirement data. Eleven-week growth, feed efficiency, serum phosphorus, bone ash, ...

Results of previous studies suggest a potentially important role for nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) in the cellular regulation of phosphate transport by the renal proximal tubules. The present clearance studies were performed to evaluate whether intraperitoneal administration of nicotinamide, a precursor of NAD and inhibitor of NAD catabolism, would not ...

Dietary restriction of phosphate was found to prevent the development of anemia in partially nephrectomized rats. In an attempt to examine the reason for this beneficial effect, hematologic and nephrologic studies were carried out on normal and on partially nephrectomized rats fed either a normal or a low-phosphate diet. It ...

Phosphorus nutrition and fasting are dependent factors which markedly influence the tolerance of young chickens to high temperature. A study was conducted to further characterize the nature of this interaction. Male chicks fed low phosphorus diets and fasted 24 hr exhibited significantly shorter survival time after exposure to acute heat ...

The effects on calcium and phosphorus metabolism of adult man by adding meat or meat plus dairy products to a diet low in protein (55 g), calcium (590 mg), and phosphorus (890 mg) were determined. When the low protein diet was consumed, the subjects retained a mean of 20 mg ...

Turkey poults were fed diets containing oosporein at concentrations of 0, 500, 1,000, and 1,500 micrograms/g from hatching until three weeks of age. Low feed consumption resulted in poor growth rates at every dietary level of oosporein; however, a dose-related increase in water consumption was observed. The most significant effect ...