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1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D(3) (calcitriol) is the most active natural metabolite of Vitamin D(3). It has strong antiproliferative and differentiating effects on various cell types including breast cancer cells. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D(3)-1alpha-hydroxylase (1alpha-hydroxylase, CYP27B1) is one of the key enzymes in the formation of calcitriol. It has been found in breast cancer cells suggesting an autocrine regulation of formation of calcitriol in these cells. Alternative splicing of the encoding genes for this enzyme can possibly play a role in regulating the enzyme level and can explain tissue specific variations of 1alpha-hydroxylase activity. Splice variants containing intron 1 may encode for truncated proteins with deletion of protein domains which are essential for its enzymatic activity. In order to obtain more information on the abundance of 1alpha-hydroxylase splice variants, we performed a highly specific nested touchdown PCR in MCF-7 cells. The full-length sequence of 1alpha-hydroxylase and two different splice variants of this enzyme containing intron 1 were isolated. By Western blot technique we then confirmed the protein products of the full-length enzyme and its splice variants. We hypothesize that that the expression of splice variants can lead to a quantitatively lower expression of the mRNA of the full-length enzyme. The abundance of less active 1alpha-hydroxylase protein variants can alter the local synthesis of calcitriol in the cells and may explain variations of enzymatic activity in different cells and tissues.  相似文献   

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Although ectopic expression of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3-1α-hydroxylase (1α-OHase) has been recognized for many years, the precise function of this enzyme outside the kidney remains open to debate. Three specific aspects of extra-renal 1α-OHase have attracted most attention: (i) expression and regulation in non-classical tissues during normal physiology; (ii) effects on the immune system and inflammatory disease; (iii) expression and function in tumors. The most well-recognized manifestation of extra-renal 1α-OHase activity remains that found in some patients with granulomatous diseases where locally synthesized 1α,25(OH)2D3 has the potential to spill-over into the general circulation. However, immunohistochemistry and mRNA analyses suggest that 1α-OHase is also expressed by a variety of normal human tissues including the gastrointestinal tract, skin, vasculature and placenta. This has promoted the idea that autocrine/paracrine synthesis of 1,25(OH)2D3 contributes to normal physiology, particularly in mediating the potent effects of vitamin D on innate (macrophage) and acquired (dendritic cell) immunity. We have assessed the capacity for synthesis of 1,25(OH)2D3 in these cells and the functional significance of autocrine responses to 1α-hydroxylase. Data suggest that local synthesis of 1,25(OH)2D3 may be a preferred mode of response to antigenic challenge in many tissues.  相似文献   

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Sebocytes are sebum-producing cells that form the sebaceous glands. We investigated the role of sebocytes as target cells for vitamin D metabolites and the existence of an enzymatic machinery for the local synthesis and metabolism of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3, calcitriol], the biologically active vitamin D metabolite, in these cell types. Expression of vitamin D receptor (VDR), vitamin D-25-hydroxylase (25OHase), 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1α-hydroxylase (1αOHase), and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-24-hydroxylase (24OHase) was detected in SZ95 sebocytes in vitro using real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Splice variants of 1αOHase were identified by nested touchdown polymerase chain reaction. We demonstrated that incubation of SZ95 sebocytes with 1,25(OH)2D3 resulted in a cell culture condition-, time-, and dose-dependent modulation of cell proliferation, cell cycle regulation, lipid content and interleukin-6/interleukin-8 secretion in vitro. RNA expression of VDR and 24OHase was upregulated along with vitamin D analogue treatment. Although several other splice variants of 1αOHase were detected, our findings indicate that the full length product represents the major 1αOHase gene product in SZ95 cells. In conclusion, SZ95 sebocytes express VDR and the enzymatic machinery to synthesize and metabolize biologically active vitamin D analogues. Sebocytes represent target cells for biologically active metabolites. Our findings indicate that the vitamin D endocrine system is of high importance for sebocyte function and physiology. We conclude that sebaceous glands represent potential targets for therapy with vitamin D analogues or for pharmacological modulation of 1,25(OH)2D3 synthesis/metabolism.  相似文献   

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Background

We previously demonstrated that 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 concentrations in gingival crevicular fluid are 300 times higher than those in the plasma of patients with aggressive periodontitis. Here we explored whether 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 can be synthesized by periodontal soft tissue cells. We also investigated which of the two main kinds of hydroxylases, CYP27A1 and CYP2R1, is the key 25-hydroxylase in periodontal soft tissue cells.

Methodology/Principal Findings

Primary cultures of human gingival fibroblasts and periodontal ligament cells from 5 individual donors were established. CYP27A1 mRNA, CYP2R1 mRNA and CYP27A1 protein were detected in human gingival fibroblasts and periodontal ligament cells, whereas CYP2R1 protein was not. After incubation with the 25-hydroxylase substrate vitamin D3, human gingival fibroblasts and periodontal ligament cells generated detectable 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 that resulted in the production of 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3. Specific knockdown of CYP27A1 in human gingival fibroblasts and periodontal ligament cells using siRNA resulted in a significant reduction in both 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 and 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 production. Knockdown of CYP2R1 did not significantly influence 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 synthesis. Sodium butyrate did not influence significantly CYP27A1 mRNA expression; however, interleukin-1β and Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide strongly induced CYP27A1 mRNA expression in human gingival fibroblasts and periodontal ligament cells.

Conclusions

The activity of 25-hydroxylase was verified in human gingival fibroblasts and periodontal ligament cells, and CYP27A1 was identified as the key 25-hydroxylase in these cells.  相似文献   

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The biologically active form of vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3), regulates osteoblast proliferation and differentiation. Production of 1,25(OH)2D3 is catalysed by the enzyme 25-hydroxyvitamin D3-1α-hydroxylase (CYP27B1). Though highly expressed in the kidney, the CYP27B1 gene is also expressed in non-renal tissues including bone. It is hypothesised that local production of 1,25(OH)2D3 by osteoblasts plays an autocrine or paracrine role. The aim of this study was to investigate what factors regulate expression of the CYP27B1 gene in osteoblast cells. ROS 17/2.8 osteoblast cells were transiently transfected with plasmid constructs containing the 5′-flanking sequence of the human CYP27B1 gene fused to a luciferase reporter gene. Cells were treated with either parathyroid hormone (PTH), 1,25(OH)2D3, transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) or insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and luciferase activity was measured 24 h later. The results showed that 1,25(OH)2D3 did not alter expression of the reporter construct, however treatment with PTH, IGF-1 and TGF-β decreased expression by 18, 53 and 58% respectively. The repressive action of TGF-β was isolated to the region between −531 and −305 bp. These data suggest that expression of the 5′-flanking region for the CYP27B1 gene in osteoblast cells may be regulated differently to that previously described in kidney cells.  相似文献   

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Surface micron-scale and submicron scale features increase osteoblast differentiation and enhance responses of osteoblasts to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1α,25(OH)2D3]. β1 integrin expression is increased in osteoblasts grown on Ti substrates with rough microarchitecture, and it is regulated by 1α,25(OH)2D3 in a surface-dependent manner. To determine if β1 has a role in mediating osteoblast response, we silenced β1 expression in MG63 human osteoblast-like cells using small interfering RNA (siRNA). In addition, MG63 cells were treated with two different monoclonal antibodies to human β1 to block ligand binding. β1-silenced MG63 cells grown on a tissue culture plastic had reduced alkaline phosphatase activity and levels of osteocalcin, transforming growth factor β1, prostaglandin E2, and osteoprotegerin in comparison with control cells. Moreover, β1-silencing inhibited the effects of surface roughness on these parameters and partially inhibited effects of 1α,25(OH)2D3. Anti β1 antibodies decreased alkaline phosphatase but increase osteocalcin; effects of 1α,25(OH)2D3 on cell number and alkaline phosphatase were reduced and effects on osteocalcin were increased. These findings indicate that β1 plays a major and complex role in osteoblastic differentiation modulated by either surface microarchitecture or 1α,25(OH)2D3. The results also show that β1 mediates, in part, the synergistic effects of surface roughness and 1α,25(OH)2D3.  相似文献   

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The capacity of parathyroid hormone (PTH) to increase serum 1,25(OH)2D levels declines with age in both rats and humans. In young rats, PTH stimulates renal 1,25(OH)2D production and increases mRNA levels for the terminal mitochondrial P450 of the 1α-hydroxylase complex (CYP27B1 or CYP1α). However, in older rats PTH increases mRNA levels but not 1,25(OH)2D production. This suggests that in old animals there is either decreased CYP1α protein levels in response to PTH or that the protein produced lacks functionality. The CYP1α protein is located on the inner mitochondrial membrane, the site of increased free radical production with age. To study these possibilities, we examined the effect of PTH and free radicals on CYP1α expression in a model system—AOK-B50 renal tubular cells. PTH increased CYP1α mRNA and protein in a similar time-dependent manner, suggesting that CYP1α protein levels were largely regulated by mRNA levels. The effect of free radicals was determined by preincubation with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), a standard model for studying free radical damage. H2O2 inhibited PTH-stimulated CYP1α protein levels and 1,25(OH)2D production in a dose dependent manner. However, 1,25(OH)2D production was more sensitive to H2O2 than was CYP1α protein levels. This suggests that the catalytic activity of the CYP1α protein may be reduced by free radical damage in these cells. Future studies will focus on detecting oxidative damage in this model system and in vivo.  相似文献   

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Alex Zhu  Jack Goldstein   《Gene》1994,140(2)
Purified coffee bean α-galactosidase (αGal) has been used for removing terminal α-galactose residues from the glycoconjugates at the red cell surface, in studies of blood group conversion. Here, we report the isolation and sequence of the full-length clone for coffee bean αGal by using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) techniques. The cDNA clone (1.4 kb) contains a single open reading frame which encodes a protein of 378 amino acids (aa). Its authenticity is confirmed by perfect alignment of aa sequences obtained from purified coffee bean αGal, and by immune reaction with the antibody raised against the enzyme. Furthermore, the protein produced in insect cells shows enzymatic activity towards a synthetic αGal substrate, p-nitro-phenyl-α-galactopyranoside.  相似文献   

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7α-Hydroxylation of DHEA by Fusarium moniliforme was investigated with regard to inducibility and characterization of the responsible enzyme system. Using GC/MS, the 7-hydroxylated metabolites of DHEA produced after biotransformation by Fusarium moniliforme mycelia were identified. The strain of Fusarium moniliforme hydroxylated DHEA predominantly at the 7α-position, with minor hydroxylation occurring at the 7β-position. Constitutive 7α-hydroxylation activity was low, but DHEA induced the enzyme complex responsible for 7α-hydroxylation via an increase in protein synthesis. DHEA 7α-hydroxylase was found to be mainly microsomal, and the best production yields of 7α-hydroxy-DHEA (28.5 ± 3.51 pmol/min/mg protein) were obtained with microsomes prepared from 18-h-induced mycelia. Kinetic parameters (KM=1.18 ± 0.035 μM and Vmax=909 ± 27 pmol/min/mg protein) were determined. Carbon monoxide inhibited 7α-hydroxylation of DHEA by microsomes of Fusarium moniliforme. Also, exposure of mycelia to DHEA increased microsomal P450 content. These results demonstrated that: (i) DHEA is 7α-hydroxylated by microsomes of Fusarium moniliforme; (ii) DHEA induces Fusarium moniliforme 7α-hydroxylase; (iii) this enzyme complex contains a cytochrome P450.  相似文献   

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Hapten derivatives of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 and 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 were synthesized using the Wittig–Horner approach. Both haptens bearing a carboxylic group at the side chain that can be linked to a protein for raising antibodies of potential utility for the determination of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 and 1α-hydroxylated vitamin D3 analogues.  相似文献   

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Human colon carcinoma cells express 25-hydroxyvitamin D3-1α-hydroxylase (CYP27B1) and thus produce the vitamin D receptor (VDR) ligand 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25-D3), which can be metabolized by 25-hydroxyvitamin D3-24-hydroxylase (CYP24). Expression of VDR, CYP27B1, and CYP24 determines the efficacy of the antimitotic action of 1,25-D3 and is distinctly related to the degree of differentiation of cancerous lesions. In the present study we addressed the question of whether the effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and of 1,25-D3 on VDR, CYP27B1, and CYP24 gene expression in human colon carcinoma cell lines also depend on the degree of cellular differentiation. We were able to show that slowly dividing, highly differentiated Caco-2/15 cells responded in a dose-dependent manner to both EGF and 1,25-D3 by up-regulation of VDR and CYP27B1 expression, whereas in highly proliferative, less differentiated cell lines, such as Caco-2/AQ and COGA-1A and -1E, negative regulation was observed. CYP24 mRNA was inducible in all clones by 1,25-D3 but not by EGF. From the observed clonal differences in the regulatory effects of EGF and 1,25-D3 on VDR and CYP27B1 gene expression we suggest that VDR-mediated growth inhibition by 1,25-D3 would be efficient only in highly differentiated carcinomas even when under mitogenic stimulation by EGF.  相似文献   

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The major laminin-binding integrin of skeletal, smooth, and heart muscle is α7β1-integrin, which is structurally related to α6β1. It occurs in three cytoplasmic splice variants (α7A, -B, and -C) and two extracellular forms (X1 and X2) which are developmentally regulated and differentially expressed in skeletal muscle. Previously, we have shown that ectopic expression of the α7β-integrin splice variant in nonmotile HEK293 cells specifically induced cell locomotion on laminin-1 but not on fibronectin. To investigate the specificity and the mechanism of the α7-mediated cell motility, we expressed the three α7-chain cytoplasmic splice variants, as well as α6A- and α6B-integrin subunits in HEK293 cells. Here we show that all three α7 splice variants (containing the X2 domain), as well as α6A and α6B, promote cell attachment and stimulate cell motility on laminin-1 and its E8 fragment. Deletion of the cytoplasmic domain (excluding the GFFKR consensus sequence) from α7B resulted in a loss of the motility-enhancing effect. On laminin-2/4 (merosin), the predominant isoform in mature skeletal muscle, only α7-expressing cells showed enhanced motility, whereas cells transfected with α6A and α6B neither attached nor migrated on laminin-2. Adhesion of α7-expressing cells to both laminin-1 and laminin-2 was specifically inhibited by a new monoclonal antibody (6A11) specific for α7. Expression of the two extracellular splice variants α7X1 and α7X2 in HEK293 cells conferred different motilities on laminin isoforms: Whereas α7X2B promoted cell migration on both laminin-1 and laminin-2, α7X1B supported motility only on laminin-2 and not on laminin-1, although both X1 and X2 splice variants revealed similar adhesion rates to laminin-1 and -2. Fluorescence-activated cell sorter analysis revealed a dramatic reduction of surface expression of α6-integrin subunits after α7A or -B transfection; also, surface expression of α1-, α3-, and α5-integrins was significantly reduced. These results demonstrate selective responses of α6- and α7-integrins and of the α7 splice variants to laminin-1 and -2 and indicate differential roles in laminin-controlled cell adhesion and migration.  相似文献   

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Prostaglandin D2 strongly inhibited growth of cultured mastocytoma P-815, 2-E-6 cells, which were established and cloned from mouse mast tumor cells. The inhibition was dose-dependent (IC50 = 2.09 × 10−5 M). Prostaglandin D2 also inhibited the DNA synthesizing activity of the cells dose-dependently. We next measured the activities of endogenous DNA polymerases extracted from untreated and prostaglandin D2-treated cells. Prostaglandin D2 pretreatment reduced DNA polymerase α activity by 52%. The sedimentation coefficients of the enzymes from untreated and prostaglandin D2-treated cells were the same suggesting there was no gross change in the size of the enzyme. Prostaglandin D2 pretreatment of the cells reduced endogenous DNA polymerase β activity to 68% of the control value; the sedimentation coefficients of the enzymes from treated and untreated cells were both 3.5 S. Interestingly, prostaglandin D2 had no direct inhibitory effect on the activity of either DNA polymerase α or β. Our results indicate that the activities of DNA polymerase α and β are lower in prostaglandin D2-treated mastocytoma cells. This finding account for the lower level of DNA synthesis in these cells.  相似文献   

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Growth plate chondrocytes produce proteoglycan-rich type II collagen extracellular matrix (ECM). During cell maturation and hypertrophy, ECM is reorganized via a process regulated by 1α,25(OH)2D3 and involving matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), including MMP-3 and MMP-2. 1α,25(OH)2D3 regulates MMP incorporation into matrix vesicles (MVs), where they are stored until released. Like plasma membranes (PM), MVs contain the 1α,25(OH)2D3-binding protein ERp60, phospholipase A2 (PLA2), and caveolin-1, but appear to lack nuclear Vitamin D receptors (VDRs). Chondrocytes produce 1α,25(OH)2D3 (10−8 M), which binds ERp60, activating PLA2, and resulting lysophospholipids lead to MV membrane disorganization, releasing active MMPs. MV MMP-3 activates TGF-β1 stored in the ECM as large latent TGF-β1 complexes, consisting of latent TGF-β1 binding protein, latency associated peptide, and latent TGF-β1. Others have shown that MMP-2 specifically activates TGF-β2. TGF-β1 regulates 1α,25(OH)2D3-production, providing a mechanism for local control of growth factor activation. 1α,25(OH)2D3 activates PKCα in the PM via ERp60-signaling through PLA2, lysophospholipid production, and PLCβ. It also regulates distribution of phospholipids and PKC isoforms between MVs and PMs, enriching the MVs in PKCζ. Direct activation of MMP-3 in MVs requires ERp60. However, when MVs are treated with 1α,25(OH)2D3, PKCζ activity is decreased and PKCα is unaffected, suggesting a more complex feedback mechanism, potentially involving MV lipid signaling.  相似文献   

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Loss of venom from the venom gland after biting or manual extraction leads to morphological changes in venom secreting cells and the start of a cycle of production of new venom. We have previously shown that stimulation of both α- and β-adrenoceptors in the secretory cells of the venom gland is essential for the onset of the venom production cycle in Bothrops jararaca. We investigated the signaling pathway by which the α-adrenoceptor initiates the venom production cycle. Our results show that the α1-adrenoceptor subtype is present in venom gland of the snake. In quiescent cells, stimulation of α1-adrenoceptor with phenylephrine increased the total inositol phosphate concentration, and this effect was blocked by the phospholipase C inhibitor U73122. Phenylephrine mobilized Ca2+ from thapsigargin-sensitive stores and increased protein kinase C activity. In addition, α1-adrenoceptor stimulation increased the activity of ERK 1/2, partially via protein kinase C. Using RT-PCR approach we obtained a partial sequence of a snake α1-adrenoceptor (260 bp) with higher identity with α1D and α1B-adrenoceptors from different species. These results suggest that α1-adrenoceptors in the venom secreting cells are probably coupled to a Gq protein and trigger the venom production cycle by activating the phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate and ERK signaling pathway.  相似文献   

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