Early regulation of c-myc mRNA by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in human myelomonocytic U937 cells

1989 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Karmali ◽  
A. K. Bhalla ◽  
S. M. Farrow ◽  
M. M. Williams ◽  
S. Lal ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The effects of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25-(OH)2D3; 10 nmol/1) on the human monomyelocytic cell line U937 were investigated. Addition of 1,25-(OH)2D3 led to a decrease in cell proliferation which fell at 72 h to 67·8 ± 4·3 % (mean±s.e.m.) of control values. The presence of CD14, a surface marker found on mature monocytes/macrophages but not on U937 cells, was detectable as early as 18 h and peaked at 48 h, when 63·6 ± 4·2% of the cells were positive. However, changes in c-myc mRNA levels were detected earlier, starting within 4 h of exposure to the hormone and being reduced to 38±8·2% of control values of 24 h. These effects were reversible after removal of the hormone, with the same sequence of events seen following addition of the hormone. There was first an increase in c-myc mRNA levels, starting within 2 h and reaching control values by 24 h. These changes were followed by loss of CD14 which became undetectable after 72 h. Proliferation recovered slowly and incompletely, since it was 81·7 ± 0·7% of control after 72 h. A constant reciprocal relationship between c-myc mRNA and CD14 levels was found both in the presence and after removal of 1,25-(OH)2D3. Regulation of U937 cell proliferation and maturation by 1,25-(OH)2D3 is thus preceded by early modulation of c-myc mRNA.

1989 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Karmali ◽  
S. Farrow ◽  
M. Hewison ◽  
S. Barker ◽  
J. L. H. O'Riordan

ABSTRACT Incubation of bovine parathyroid cells with 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25-(OH)2D3) decreased both preproparathyroid mRNA levels and parathyroid hormone (PTH) secretion. There was a fall to 56·6 ± 13·7% (mean ± s.e.m.) and 65·1 ± 9·3% in mRNA levels and PTH secretion respectively at 1 nmol 1,25-(OH)2D3/l, and 41·1 ± 13·6% and 42·0 ± 12·1% at 10 nmol 1,25-(OH)2D3/l after 24 h. After 48 h in 0·1 nmol 1,25-(OH)2D3/l, mRNA levels had fallen to 35·3 ± 12·6% and PTH secretion to 32·1 ± 5·0%. In human adenomatous cells, however, incubation with 1,25-(OH)2D3 (10 nmol/l) had no effect on either mRNA levels or PTH secretion even after 48 h. This lack of sensitivity of adenomatous cells to 1,25-(OH)2D3 was not due to an absence of receptors (3847 ± 39 receptors/ng cytosolic protein in adenomatous cells compared with 4068 ± 371 in bovine cells) or receptors being of low affinity. Cortisol (1 μmol/l) caused a reduction in the number of receptors for 1,25-(OH)2D3 in bovine parathyroid cells of approximately 20% within 24 h of incubation, but no change in affinity. This decrease was accompanied by abolition of the response to 1,25-(OH)2D3 and was reversible, in that withdrawal of cortisol for the final 24 h of incubation was sufficient for the response to return, the number of receptors having returned to control values. These results suggest that only a small percentage of receptors for 1,25-(OH)2D3 in bovine parathyroid cells may be functional at any one time. Furthermore, the insensitivity of human adenomatous cells to 1,25-(OH)2D3 does not seem to be due to a lack of receptors but may be due to a defect in the interaction between the receptor protein and the PTH gene. Journal of Endocrinology (1989) 123, 137–142


2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1129-1135 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. G. Rhodes ◽  
L. A. Terry ◽  
J. Hope ◽  
R. G. Hewinson ◽  
H. M. Vordermeier

ABSTRACT This report describes the presence and activity of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25-D3) in experimental bovine tuberculosis. Animals that went on to develop tuberculous lesions exhibited a rapid transient increase in serum 1,25-D3 within the first 2 weeks following infection with Mycobacterium bovis. 1,25-D3-positive mononuclear cells were later identified in all tuberculous granulomas by immunohistochemical staining of postmortem lymph node tissue. These results suggest a role for 1,25-D3 both at the onset of infection and in the development of the granuloma in these infected animals. Using a monoclonal antibody to the vitamin D receptor (VDR) as a VDR agonist, we confirmed that activation of the vitamin D pathway profoundly depresses antigen-specific, but not mitogenic, bovine peripheral blood T-cell responses (proliferation and gamma interferon production). Investigation of the mechanism of this suppression showed that the VDR antibody modified the expression of CD80 by accessory cells, such that a significant positive correlation between T-cell proliferation and accessory cell CD80 emerged.


Physiology ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-40
Author(s):  
Timothy D. Veenstra ◽  
Mark R. Pittelkow ◽  
Rajiv Kumar

Although the primary function of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3] is the regulation of calcium and phosphorus metabolism, it also regulates the growth and differentiation of several different cell types. Recent work suggests that 1,25(OH)2D3 regulates cellular growth by altering the synthesis of growth factors and growth factor responses.


1987 ◽  
Vol 115 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Törnquist ◽  
C. Lamberg-Allardt

Abstract. Treatment of rats with 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3) 0.05 μg/kg per day for three days was without any effect on serum T3, T4 or TSH concentrations, whereas serum PRL increased (20.6 ± 3.8 to 76.2 ± 19.1 μg/l, mean ± sem, N = 7–8; P < 0.01). Increased hypothalamic TRH levels (24.3 ± 3.9 to 45.7 ± 7.8 pmol/g wet weight; P < 0.01) may indicate an effect of 1,25(OH)2D3 on hypothalamic TRH homeostasis. This effect could probably be due to an indirect action of 1,25(OH)2D3, mediated by the increased serum calcium (2.77 ± 0.02 to 3.16 ± 0.08 mmol/l, mean ± sem, N = 7–8; P < 0.001). This assumption was, however, not tested. Neither the pituitary TSH nor PRL was affected. The treatment decreased the serum concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (23.0 ± 1.3 to 16.8 ± 2.0 nmol/l, mean ± sem, N = 5–7; P < 0.01) and of 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (3.2 ± 0.3 to 2.1 ± 0.1 nmol/l, mean ± sem, N = 3–5; P < 0.05). The results show that in this experimental design, 1,25(OH)2D3 has no effect on basal hormone secretion from the pituitary-thyroid axis, and that 1,25(OH)2D3 decreases the synthesis of the vitamin D3 metabolites studied.


1994 ◽  
Vol 267 (2) ◽  
pp. L187-L192 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. R. Deaton ◽  
C. T. McKellar ◽  
R. Culbreth ◽  
C. F. Veal ◽  
J. A. Cooper

Pulmonary oxygen toxicity is associated with histological evidence of polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) infiltration into lung parenchyma. What guides infiltration of these cells is unknown. A number of chemoattractants for PMN have been documented including interleukin-8 (IL-8), a cytokine released by alveolar macrophages (AM) and other cell types. The purposes of this study were to 1) determine whether human AM and the histiocytic U937 cell line release IL-8 in response to hyperoxia, 2) assess whether hyperoxia results in increased IL-8 steady-state mRNA levels in U937 cells and 3) establish whether dexamethasone could attenuate noted effects of hyperoxia. Our study shows that hyperoxia stimulates human AM and U937 cell release of IL-8. Hyperoxia also increases IL-8 mRNA levels in U937 cells. IL-8 released in response to hyperoxia by AM was biologically active as evidenced by ability to induce PMN chemotaxis. A polyclonal antibody to IL-8 partially attenuated this chemotactic activity. Finally, dexamethasone at concentrations of 10 microM, 1 microM, and 100 nM markedly reduced hyperoxia-induced IL-8 release and mRNA synthesis by U937 cells. We conclude that IL-8 may be important in the pathogenesis of pulmonary oxygen toxicity and that therapeutic concentrations of dexamethasone can suppress production of this cytokine.


1999 ◽  
Vol 276 (4) ◽  
pp. G993-G1004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharad Khare ◽  
Marc Bissonnette ◽  
Beth Scaglione-Sewell ◽  
Ramesh K. Wali ◽  
Michael D. Sitrin ◽  
...  

1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3[1,25(OH)2D3] and 12- O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA) both activated phospholipase D (PLD) in Caco-2 cells. GF-109203x, an inhibitor of protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms, inhibited this activation by both of these agonists. 1,25(OH)2D3activated PKC-α, but not PKC-β1, -βII, -δ, or -ζ, whereas TPA activated PKC-α, -β1, and -δ. Chronic treatment with TPA (1 μM, 24 h) significantly reduced the expression of PKC-α, -βI, and -δ and markedly reduced the ability of 1,25(OH)2D3or TPA to acutely stimulate PLD. Removal of Ca2+ from the medium, as well as preincubation of cells with Gö-6976, an inhibitor of Ca2+-dependent PKC isoforms, significantly reduced the stimulation of PLD by 1,25(OH)2D3or TPA. Treatment with 12-deoxyphorbol-13-phenylacetate-20-acetate, which specifically activates PKC-βI and -βII, however, failed to stimulate PLD. In addition, the activation of PLD by 1,25(OH)2D3or TPA was markedly reduced or accentuated in stably transfected cells with inhibited or amplified PKC-α expression, respectively. Taken together, these observations indicate that PKC-α is intimately involved in the stimulation of PLD in Caco-2 cells by 1,25(OH)2D3or TPA.


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