mortality/aging
• average life span of 77 days
• mice fed a vitamin D deficient diet survived past 15 weeks of age
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adipose tissue
growth/size/body
• mice fed a vitamin D deficient diet reached normal weight
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homeostasis/metabolism
• ectopic calcification observed in the kidney, aorta, stomach, gut, lung, and choroid plexus
• serum calcium levels were normal in mice on vitamin D deficient diet and no ectopic calcification was observed
• a calcium deficient diet rescuedt the calcification phenotype, but not the body weight phenotype
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• though elevated in mice fed a normal diet, serum phosphorous levels were normal in mice on vitamin D deficient diet
• a phosphorous deficient diet did not rescue either the calcifcation or body weight phenotypes
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• marked increase in serum levels of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25-(OH)2D)
• a vitamin D deficient diet rescued most phenotypes
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skeleton
• abnormal calcification
• normal calcification observed in mice on a vitamin D deficient diet
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• reduced bone density in the diaphysis
• normal bone density observed in mice on a vitamin D deficient diet
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