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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 252: R240-R246, 1987;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 252, Issue 2 240-R246, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Fragility and composition of growing rat bone after one week in spaceflight

P. Patterson-Buckendahl, S. B. Arnaud, G. L. Mechanic, R. B. Martin, R. E. Grindeland and C. E. Cann

To gain some insight into the early effects of spaceflight on skeletal metabolism, we quantified the major chemical constituents and a noncollagenous protein, osteocalcin, in the third-lumbar vertebrae and humeri from 8-wk-old rats that were part of the 7-day NASA Spacelab 3 flight experiments. The ratio of calcium to hydroxyproline in the humeral diaphysis increased from 8.5 in preflight to 9.8 in ground simulation control and only to 8.9 in flight bones. There was no demonstrable change in the fraction of nonmineralized collagen. Osteocalcin content was reduced in the humerus and vertebra. Reduced accumulation of mineral and osteocalcin with no associated decrease in collagen in flight animals suggests that both mineralization and collagen metabolism are impaired in growing animals during spaceflight within a few days after launch. Strength tests of the humeri of flight rats showed substantial deficits that appeared to be related, not only to the reduced bone mass, but also to the composition and quality of new bone formed.


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