Unchanged biochemical indices of bone turnover despite fluctuations in 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D during the menstrual cycle

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Abstract
To examine the effect of endogenous estrogens on Ca metabolism during the menstrual cycle, fasting blood and urinary samples were obtained every day throughout the menstural cycle in 5 young women. Bone turnover was estimated by serum alkaline phosphatase and fasting urinary excretions of hydroxyproline and Ca. Serum levels of estradiol (E2), estrone (E1), and androstenedione (A) showed the well known cyclic fluctuations, the serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D) nearly doubled from the early follicular phase to the time of ovulation, although 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) and 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (24,25(OH)2D) were almost unchanged. No correlation between the rise in the serum 1,25(OH)2D level and the measured parameters of Ca metabolism was observed. In view of these findings, the 1,25(OH)2D3 serum concentration measured in women with functioning ovaries can only be interpreted in the context of the menstrual cycle. The published normal range in women for the metabolite may also require reinterpretation.

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