Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-1980
Abstract
The effects of vitamin D, 2.5 mg (100,000 U)/d for 4 d, on serum calcium, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD), and serum 1a,25-dihydroxyvitamin D [1a,25(OH)2D] were compared in 17 normal subjects and 6 patients with sarcoidosis who had normocalcemia and no history of hypercalcemia. The diagnosis was confirmed histologically in each of them. Vitamin D increased mean serum 25-OHD from 30±4 to 99±15 nglml (P < 0.001) and did not change mean serum 1a,25(OH)2D (32±3 vs. 29±3 pg/ml) or mean serum calcium (9.5±0.1 vs. 9.6±0.1 mg/dl) in the normal subjects. In contrast, vitamin D increased mean serum 25-OHD from 19±3 to 65±19 ng/ml (p < 0.05), increased mean serum 1a,25(OH)2D threefold from 40±7 to 120±24 pg/ml, and increased mean serum calcium from 9.4±0.2 to 9.8±0.2 mg/dl (P < 0.01). There was a significant positive correlation between the serum 1a,25(OH)2D and serum calcium in these individuals (r = 0.663, P < 0.01) but not in the normal subjects. The results (a) provide further evidence for abnormal regulation of circulating 1a,25(OH)2D in sarcoidosis and (b) indicate that the abnormality may exist in patients with normal calcium metabolism. Thus, the defect in vitamin D metabolism in sarcoid apparently is more common than was previously recognized.
Recommended Citation
Stern, Paula H.; Olazabal, Jose de; and Bell, Norman H., "Evidence for Abnormal Regulation of Circulating 1a,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D in Patients with Sarcoidosis and Normal Calcium Metabolism" (1980). MUSC Faculty Journal Articles. 10.
https://medica-musc.researchcommons.org/facarticles/10
Comments
Article written by researchers from the Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Medical School; the Veterans Administration Hospital, Charleston, South Carolina; and Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina. Published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, October 1980, volume 66, pages 852-855. Includes abstract, references, tables, and diagrams.