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(Journal of Nutrition. 2000;130:216-220.)
© 2000 The American Society for Nutritional Sciences


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Dietary Magnesium Supplementation Affects Bone Metabolism and Dynamic Strength of Bone in Ovariectomized Rats

Yasuhiro Toba*1, Yasutaka Kajita{dagger}, Ritsuko Masuyama{dagger}, Yukihiro Takada*, Kazuharu Suzuki{dagger} and Seiichiro Aoe*

* Nutritional Science Laboratory, Snow Brand Milk Products Co., Ltd., Kawagoe, Saitama, 350-1165, Japan {dagger} Department of Nutritional Science, Faculty of Applied Bio-Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan

1To whom correspondence should be addressed.


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We evaluated the effect of magnesium supplementation on apparent calcium absorption, bone metabolism and dynamic bone strength in ovariectomized (OVX) rats as a model of postmenopausal women. Two groups of OVX rats were fed a 0.05% Mg diet or a 0.15% Mg diet, and one group of sham-operated rats was fed the 0.05% Mg diet for 42 d. We collected feces and urine of all rats for 3-d periods starting from d 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 and 38 of the feeding experiment for calcium and magnesium balance studies. Urine was collected for 24 h from d 41 of the feeding experiment for measuring deoxypyridinoline. After the 42 d, the rats were killed, serum prepared and femora excised. The apparent calcium absorption in the OVX rats fed 0.15% Mg was significantly lower than both other groups. Additionally, the urinary excretion of deoxypyridinoline (a bone resorption marker) and the serum parathyroid hormone level of the OVX rats fed the 0.15% Mg diet were significantly lower than in the OVX rats fed 0.05% Mg. Serum osteocalcin (a bone formation marker) in the OVX rats fed the 0.15% Mg diet was significantly higher than in the OVX rats fed 0.05% Mg. The breaking force and breaking energy of the femur in the OVX rats fed the 0.15% Mg diet were significantly higher than in the OVX rats fed the 0.05% Mg diet. These results indicate that magnesium supplementation reduces apparent calcium absorption, but promotes bone formation and prevents bone resorption in OVX rats. Moreover, our results indicate magnesium supplementation increases the dynamic strength of bone.


KEY WORDS: • magnesium • calcium • bone • ovariectomy • rats


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Especially for postmenopausal women, osteoporosis is one of the most critical age-related disorders. Menopause results in elevated bone turnover, an imbalance between bone formation and bone resorption and net bone loss (Heaney et al. 1978Citation , Riggs and Melton 1986Citation ). Bone loss caused by estrogen deficiency is due, in humans and in experimental animals, primarily to an increase in osteoclastic bone resorption (Kalu 1991Citation ).

Magnesium is the second most abundant intracellular cation in vertebrates. About half the total magnesium in the body of a normal adult human is present intracellularly in soft tissues, and the other half is in bone. Interactions between calcium and magnesium absorption in the intestine have been reported. Based on in vitro experiments using the everted gut sac technique (Hendrix et al. 1963Citation , Schachter and Rosen 1959Citation ), in vivo studies to compare magnesium-deficient rats with adequate-magnesium rats (Alcock and MacIntyre 1962Citation ) and in vivo balance studies that use old rats (McElroy et al. 1991Citation ), some researchers have suggested that magnesium and calcium compete with each other for intestinal absorption. Other studies indicated that increasing magnesium level results in an increase in intestinal calcium absorption by in vivo experiments using the technique of balance studies (Clark 1965Citation , 1968Citation ; Clark and Belanger 1967Citation ). Previously, we also reported that magnesium supplementation had an inhibitory effect on calcium absorption in growing male rats (Toba et al. 1999Citation ). However, our results indicated that magnesium supplementation increased the dynamic strength of bone in these rats, suggesting that magnesium supplementation affects bone metabolism.

Recently, some researchers examined the effect of magnesium supplementation on bone loss in postmenopausal women (Abraham 1991Citation , Abraham and Grewal 1990Citation , Seelig 1990Citation , Stendig-Lindberg et al. 1993Citation ). Stendig-Lindberg et al. (1993)Citation reported that magnesium supplementation significantly increased bone density or arrested bone loss in postmenopausal osteoporosis. Abraham and Grewal (1990)Citation also reported that a significant increase in density of the calcaneus bone was observed when postmenopausal women on hormonal replacement therapy were supplemented with magnesium. However, because their trials were combined with calcium supplementation or hormonal therapy, it is unclear whether magnesium itself prevents postmenopausal bone loss. Moreover, they did not examine the effect of magnesium supplementation on biochemical markers of bone turnover, but rather analyzed bone density. Therefore the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of magnesium supplementation itself on calcium and bone metabolism in aged ovariectomized (OVX)2 rats as a suitable model of postmenopausal women (Kalu et al. 1989Citation , Wronski and Yen 1991Citation ).


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Animals and diets.

Twenty-four 6-mo-old female Wistar rats (Japan SLC, Shizuoka, Japan) were housed in individual stainless steel wire-mesh cages in a temperature- and humidity-controlled room (23°C and 60 ± 5% relative humidity) with a 12-h light/dark cycle. Rats were given free access to a commercial diet (CE-2; Clea Japan, Tokyo, Japan) and deionized water for a 1 wk adaptation period. All rats were treated in accordance with the NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (NRC 1985Citation ). After the 1-wk adaptation period, 16 of the rats were OVX, and 8 were sham-operated (Sham). The rats were given free access to the CE-2 diet for a 3-d recovery period after the operation. After recovery, the OVX rats were separated into two experimental groups of 8. The two groups were transferred to either 0.05% Mg diet or 0.15% Mg diet, as described in Table 1Citation . The magnesium level of AIN-76 diet is 0.05%, which is mainly based on growth promotion (AIN 1977Citation , NRC 1978Citation ). We chose a 0.15% Mg diet, which does not affect growth and does not cause symptoms of magnesium excess, as the magnesium- supplemented diet. The Sham rats were fed the 0.05% Mg diet. All rats were housed individually in metabolic cages. Since ovariectomy results increase food intake and concomitantly body weight (Wade 1975Citation ), the two OVX groups were pair-fed the diets at a level equal to the mean intake of the Sham group, and all rats were given free access to deionized water for 42 d. Body weight was recorded once each week, and food intake was monitored daily. We collected feces and urine on all rats for 3-d periods starting at d 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 and 38 of the feeding experiment for calcium and magnesium balance studies. For each rat, all feces and urine were pooled for each period. We collected urine for 24 h from d 41 of the feeding experiment to measure the urinary excretion of deoxypyridinoline (D-Pyr). After the 42-d feeding period, the rats were deprived of food overnight and killed by decapitation. Blood was collected and centrifuged to separate the serum. Femurs were excised from rats, and the muscles and connective tissues were removed.


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Table 1. Composition of experimental diets

 
Calcium and magnesium balance studies.

Feces were dried and micropulverized. Micropulverized fecal samples and urine were ashed at 550°C for 48 h. The ashed samples were extracted for analysis by HCl solution (1 mol/L). The amounts of calcium and magnesium in the feces and urine were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AA-640–13; Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan). The absorption and retention of calcium and magnesium were determined by following these equations:


Measurement of bone mineral density (BMD) of the femur.

BMD and bone mineral content (BMC) for the excised femur were measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry by using a Dichroma Scan DCS-600A (Aloka, Tokyo, Japan) adapted for measuring small animals with beam energies of 22 and 53 keV. The scanning speed was 10 mm/s, and each scanning step was 1 mm.

Determination of bone strength of the femur.

The breaking force and breaking energy of the femoral diaphysis (the center of the femur) were determined by using a three-point bending rheolometer (RX-1600; Aitechno, Tokyo, Japan) as in the methods of Ezawa et al. (1979)Citation and Takada et al. (1997)Citation . The measurement conditions were as follows: sample space, 1.0 cm; plunger speed, 20 mm/min; and load range, 40.0 kg.

Serum analysis.

Serum calcium and magnesium were analyzed by the atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Serum 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol [1,25(OH)2D3] was purified by passing it through a reverse-phase chromatography column C18 (Sep-Pac; Waters Associates, Milford, MA). Lipid extracts of the serum samples were applied to the C18 column and eluted by water, 70% (v/v) methanol in water, 10% (v/v) methylene chloride in n-hexane, 1% (v/v) isopropanol in n-hexane, and 5% (v/v) isopropanol in n-hexane. Serum 1,25(OH)2D3 fractions were eluted by 5% (v/v) isopropanol in n-hexane. The active metabolite was quantified by a radioimmunoassay (Reinhard et al. 1984Citation ) that was carried out with tritiated 1,25(OH)2D3 (Radiochemical Center, Amersham, United Kingdom) as the radioactive tracer and calf thymus receptor for 1,25(OH)2D3 (Yamasa Shoyu, Tokyo, Japan) as the binding protein. Serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) was measured with a commercial kit (Rat PTH IRMA Kit; Immutopics, San Clemente, CA).

Measurement of biochemical markers of bone turnover.

Serum osteocalcin was measured with a commercial kit (Rat Osteocalcin IRMA Kit; Immutopics). Urinary excretion of D-pyr was measured with a commercial kit (Pyrilinks-D; Metra Biosystems, Mountain View, CA). Urinary excretion of creatinine (Cr) was analyzed by the Jaffe reaction, as described by Lustgarten and Wenk (1972)Citation . Urinary D-Pyr was normalized by the urinary Cr.

Statistical analysis.

The data are the mean values with SD. Statistical analysis was done by one-way ANOVA. Results of calcium and magnesium balance studies were analyzed by repeated measurement ANOVA to evaluate differences throughout the experimental period among experimental groups. Tukey’s test was used to determine the significantly different groups when the ANOVA indicated a significant effect. All calculations were performed by using Super ANOVA software (Abacus Concepts, Berkeley, CA). Significance was assigned at P < 0.05.


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Body weight and food intake.

The initial body weight, final body weight, weight gain and food intake were not significantly different among the three groups (Table 2Citation ).


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Table 2. Initial body weight, final body weight, body weight gain and food intake of sham-operated rats fed the 0.05% Mg diet or ovariectomized (OVX) rats fed the 0.05 or 0.15% Mg diets for 42 d1

 
Calcium and magnesium balance study.

The apparent absorption and retention of calcium in the OVX rats fed the 0.15% Mg diet were significantly lower than in the Sham and OVX rats fed the 0.05% Mg diet (Table 3Citation ). The urinary calcium excretion in the OVX rats fed the 0.15% Mg diet was significantly higher than in OVX rats had 0.05% Mg but did not differ from Sham rats. The apparent absorption and retention of magnesium in the OVX rats fed the 0.15% Mg diet were significantly higher than in rats of the other two groups. The urinary magnesium excretion in the Sham rats was significantly higher than in the OVX rats fed the 0.05% Mg diet, and the excretion of magnesium by the OVX rats fed 0.15% Mg was significantly higher than in both other groups.


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Table 3. Absorption, urinary excretion and retention of calcium and magnesium by sham-operated rats fed the 0.05% Mg diet or ovariectomized (OVX) rats fed the 0.05 or 0.15% Mg diets for 42 d1

 
BMD and breaking strength of the femur.

The BMD and BMC of the femur in rats of the two OVX groups did not differ and were significantly lower than those in the Sham rats fed the 0.05% Mg diet (Table 4Citation ). The breaking force of the excised femur in the Sham rats fed the 0.05% Mg diet and in OVX rats fed the 0.15% Mg diet was significantly higher than in the OVX rats fed the 0.05% Mg diet. The breaking energy of the excised femur in OVX rats fed the 0.15% Mg diet was significantly higher than in the OVX rats fed the 0.05% Mg diet, with an intermediate value in the Sham rats.


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Table 4. Bone mineral density (BMD), bone mineral content (BMC), breaking force, and breaking energy of femur of sham-operated rats fed the 0.05% Mg diet or ovariectomized (OVX) rats fed the 0.05 or 0.15% Mg diets for 42 d1

 
Serum analysis.

The serum calcium concentration in the OVX rats fed the 0.05% Mg diet was significantly lower than in the Sham rats fed that diet with an intermediate concentration found in OVX rats fed 0.15% Mg. (Table 5Citation ). The serum magnesium level in rats of the two OVX groups was significantly lower than in Sham rats fed the 0.05% Mg, and the level in the OVX rats fed 0.15% Mg was significantly higher than in the OVX rats fed 0.05% Mg. Serum 1,25(OH)2D3 did not differ among the three groups. The serum PTH concentration in the Sham rats and in OVX rats fed the 0.15% Mg diet was significantly lower than in the OVX rats fed 0.05% Mg.


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Table 5. Serum calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciperol [1,25(OH)2D3], and parathyroid hormone (PTH) concentrations of sham-operated rats fed the 0.05% Mg diet or ovariectomized (OVX) rats fed the 0.05 or 0.15% Mg diets for 42 d1

 
Biochemical markers of bone turnover.

The serum osteocalcin concentration in the OVX rats fed 0.05% Mg was significantly higher than in the Sham rats fed the 0.05% Mg diet but significantly lower than the level in the OVX rats fed the 0.15% Mg diet (Table 6Citation ). The urinary excretion of D-Pyr in rats of the two OVX groups was significantly higher than in the Sham rats, and the excretion in the OVX rats fed 0.15% Mg was significantly lower than in the OVX rats fed 0.05% Mg.


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Table 6. Serum osteocalcin concentration and urinary excretion of deoxypyridinoline (D-Pyr) of sham-operated rats fed the 0.05% Mg diet or ovariectomized (OVX) rats fed the 0.05 or 0.15% Mg diets for 42 d1

 

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We performed the mineral balance studies to investigate the effect of magnesium supplementation on calcium absorption in OVX rats. Some researchers have reported that ovariectomy decreases calcium absorption but others have reported that no significant decrease in calcium absorption was observed following ovariectomy, although the reasons for the conflicting findings are unclear (Gaumet et al. 1997Citation , Kalu and Orhii 1999Citation ). In this study, the apparent calcium absorption did not differ between the Sham and OVX rats fed the 0.05% Mg diet. Previously, we reported that the apparent calcium absorption rate of growing male rats fed diets containing 0.15% magnesium was lower than in rats fed diets containing 0.05% magnesium (Toba et al. 1999Citation ). Similar results were found in the present study. A common transport mechanism has been suggested for the bivalent cations, calcium and magnesium, across the intestinal wall. The interaction between dietary magnesium and calcium absorption was also investigated in vitamin D-deficient rats by Levine et al. (1981)Citation . They proposed not only that high dietary magnesium impaired the paracellular movement of calcium, but also that calcium and magnesium might share certain cellular transport sites that are stimulated by vitamin D. Therefore, in the present study, magnesium and calcium may have competed with each other for intestinal absorption, even in OVX rats. Additionally, calcium absorption is reduced with age (Armbrecht et al. 1979Citation ). In the present study, apparent calcium absorption ranged from a positive 1.3% (in the OVX rats fed 0.05% Mg) to a negative 5.8% (in the OVX rats fed the 0.15% Mg diet). We contend that the apparent calcium absorption in our study was low mainly because we used aged rats. One of the reasons for the low apparent calcium absorption in aged rats is that much endogenous calcium is secreted back into their intestines. In this study, magnesium supplementation may have promoted the secretion of endogenous calcium into the intestine. Further studies are needed to elucidate why magnesium supplementation reduces apparent calcium absorption.

Moreover, to investigate the effect of magnesium supplementation on bone metabolism in OVX rats, we measured two biochemical markers (urinary excretion of D-Pyr and serum osteocalcin level) of bone turnover. Urinary excretion of D-Pyr (a product of collagen breakdown) is a biochemical marker of bone resorption (Uebelhart et al. 1990Citation ). In humans, menopause induces a two- to threefold increase in the D-Pyr level, reflecting the postmenopausal increase in bone turnover with degradation by osteoclasts (Eyre et al. 1988Citation ). In this study, magnesium supplementation suppressed the increased urinary excretion of D-Pyr induced by ovariectomy. That is, our results suggest that magnesium supplementation suppressed the increased bone resorption resulting from ovariectomy. On the other hand, serum osteocalcin (a protein of bone matrix) is a biochemical marker of bone formation. Postmenopausal women have a higher level of serum osteocalcin than premenopausal women do because menopause induces high bone turnover (Leino et al. 1994Citation ). In the present study, ovariectomy also increased serum osteocalcin and the concentration in the OVX rats fed 0.15% Mg was significantly higher than in the OVX rats fed 0.05% Mg. These results suggest that magnesium supplementation of OVX rats increases bone formation by activating osteoblasts and suppresses bone resorption by inactivating osteoclasts.

We measured two hormones, PTH and 1,25(OH)2D3, that affect bone and calcium metabolism. It has been reported that elevated serum magnesium concentrations suppress PTH secretion (Buckle et al. 1968Citation , Massry et al. 1970Citation ). In the present study, magnesium supplementation suppressed the increased serum PTH levels due to ovariectomy. The decreased serum magnesium level due to ovariectomy also was raised by magnesium supplementation. The target organs of PTH are bone and kidney. Its major skeletal effect is to increase bone resorption by stimulating osteoclasts (McSheehy and Chambers 1986Citation ). Therefore, the low level of serum PTH in OVX rats fed 0.15% Mg also indicates that magnesium supplementation suppressed bone resorption. On the other hand, the renal effect of PTH is to synthesize 1,25(OH)2D3 and serum 1,25(OH)2D3 did not differ among the groups in this study. These results suggest that the decreased serum PTH level due to magnesium supplementation affects bone metabolism rather than the synthesis of 1,25(OH)2D3 in OVX rats. Recently, it was reported that magnesium supplementation had no effect on biochemical markers (serum PTH, urinary excretion of D-Pyr, and osteocalcin) in healthy young adult females (Doyle et al. 1999Citation ). The effect of magnesium supplementation on bone metabolism may depend on the age and/or physical condition.

Because magnesium supplementation reduced apparent calcium absorption, calcium retention in the OVX rats fed the 0.05% Mg diet was significantly greater than in those fed 0.15% Mg. However, magnesium supplementation increased bone formation and suppressed bone resorption. Therefore, the BMC of the femur did not differ between the two OVX groups. That is, we suggest that magnesium supplementation reduces calcium retention because it has an inhibitory effect on calcium absorption in intestine and/or promotes the secretion of endogenous calcium into intestine, but that the absorbed magnesium from the intestine also directly and/or indirectly affects osteoblasts and osteoclasts in bone and has preventive effects on bone loss in OVX rats. Moreover, we measured bone strength (the breaking force and breaking energy) by using a three-point bending method to investigate the dynamic strength of femur. The breaking force and breaking energy of the excised femur in the OVX rats fed the 0.15% Mg diet were significantly higher than in the OVX rats fed the 0.05% Mg diet. Moreover, the bone strength of the excised femur in OVX rats fed 0.15% Mg was as high as in the Sham rats fed 0.05% Mg. Therefore we speculate that magnesium supplementation increases the dynamic strength of bone because it increases bone formation through osteocalcin synthesis and suppresses bone resorption. Further studies are needed to elucidate the effect of magnesium on calcium and bone metabolism and bone strength.

In conclusion, our results indicate that magnesium supplementation reduces apparent calcium absorption, but promotes bone formation and prevents bone resorption in OVX rats. That is, it individually affects intestinal calcium absorption and bone metabolism in OVX rats. Moreover, our results indicate that magnesium supplementation increases the dynamic strength of bone. Therefore, it may be beneficial for the prevention of osteoporosis when the problem of decline in calcium absorption resulting from the intake of magnesium is solved.


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2 Abbreviations used: BMC, bone mineral content; BMD, bone mineral density; Cr, creatinine; D-Pyr, deoxypyridinoline; OVX, ovariectomized; PTH, parathyroid hormone; Sham, sham-operated; 1,25(OH)2D3,1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol.

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Manuscript received June 24, 1999. Initial review completed August 25, 1999. Revision accepted October 11, 1999.


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