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Difference in the metabolism of vitamin K between liver and bone in vitamin K-deficient rats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Toshiro Sato ,
Yutaka Ohtani ,
Yoko Yamada ,
Sanshiroh Saitoh  and
Hiroshi Harada
Toshiro Sato*
Affiliation:
Chemicals Research Laboratories, Honen Corporation, Asaba-cho, Iwata-gun, Shizuoka 437-1111, Japan
Yutaka Ohtani
Affiliation:
Chemicals Research Laboratories, Honen Corporation, Asaba-cho, Iwata-gun, Shizuoka 437-1111, Japan
Yoko Yamada
Affiliation:
Chemicals Research Laboratories, Honen Corporation, Asaba-cho, Iwata-gun, Shizuoka 437-1111, Japan
Sanshiroh Saitoh
Affiliation:
Food Research Laboratories, Honen Corporation, Shimizu City, Shizuoka 424-0824, Japan
Hiroshi Harada
Affiliation:
Department of Nutritional Science, Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
*
*Corresponding author: Dr T. Sato, fax +81 538 23 6772, email tosato@honen.co.jp
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The difference between vitamin K metabolism in the liver and that in the bone of vitamin K-deficient rats was examined. After 17 d administration of vitamin K-deficient food, vitamin K in the liver was almost depleted, and prothrombin time (PT) was prolonged. Serum total osteocalcin level was slightly decreased by vitamin K deficiency, whereas serum undercarboxylated osteocalcin level did not change. The level of menaquinone (MK)-4 as well as that of phylloquinone was decreased, but approximately 40 % of the initial level still existed in the femur after the 17 d period. A single-dose administration of vitamin K (250 nmol/kg body weight) markedly increased vitamin K level in the liver but not in the femur. These results suggest that the turnover of vitamin K in the bone is slower than that in the liver, and bone metabolism may be little affected by the short period of intake of vitamin K-deficient food. However, intake of a larger amount of vitamin K is required for its accumulation in the bone than in the liver. Furthermore, the counteracting effect of MK-7 on prolonged PT in vitamin K-deficient rats was found to be higher than phylloquinone or MK-4.

Keywords

MenaquinonePhylloquinoneVitamin KCoagulationOsteocalcin
Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 87 , Issue 4 , April 2002 , pp. 307 - 314
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2002

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