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1alpha-Hydroxy [6-3H]vitamin D3 has been synthesized with a specific activity of 4 Ci/mmol, and its metabolism in rats has been studied. It is rapidly converted to 1alpha,25-dihydroxy [6-3H]vitamin D3 in vivo. Following an intravenous or oral dose, a maximal concentration of 1alpha,25-dihydroxy [6-3H]vitamin D3 is found 2 and 4 hours, respectively, before the maximal intestinal calcium transport response is observed. Similarly, 1alpha,25-dihydroxy[6-3H]vitamin D3 accumulation in bone precedes the bone calcium mobilization response. It appears, therefore, that the biological activity of 1alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3 is largely, if not exclusively, due to its conversion to 1alpha,25-dihydroxy[6-3H]vitamin D3 1alpha-Hydroxy[6-3H]vitamin D3 and 1alpha,25-dihydroxy[6-3H]vitamin D3 appear in intestine equally well after an oral or an intravenous dose of 1alpha-hydroxy[6-3H]vitamin D3. However, much less of both 1alpha-hydroxy[6-3H]vitamin D3 and 1alpha,25-dihydroxy[6-3H]vitamin D3 appears in bone and blood after an oral than after an intravenous dose. A much reduced bone calcium mobilization response is also noted following an oral dose as compared to an intravenous dose of 1alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3, suggesting that oral 1alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3 is not utilized as well as intravenously administered material.
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