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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-2-10
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The secosteroid hormone, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D [1,25(OH)2D], plays a crucial role in normal bone growth, calcium metabolism, and tissue differentiation. The key step in the biosynthesis of 1,25(OH)2D is its 1 alpha-hydroxylation from 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) in the kidney. Because its expression in the kidney is very low, we cloned and sequenced cDNA for 25-OHD-1 alpha-hydroxylase (P450c1 alpha) from human keratinocytes, in which 1 alpha-hydroxylase activity and mRNA expression can be induced to be much greater. P450c1 alpha mRNA was expressed at much lower levels in human kidney, brain, and testis. Mammalian cells transfected with the cloned P450c1 alpha cDNA exhibit robust 1 alpha-hydroxylase activity. The identity of the 1,25(OH)2D3 product synthesized in transfected cells was confirmed by HPLC and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The gene encoding P450c1 alpha was localized to chromosome 12, where the 1 alpha-hydroxylase deficiency syndrome, vitamin D-dependent rickets type 1 (VDDR-1), has been localized. Primary cultures of human adult and neonatal keratinocytes exhibit abundant 1 alpha-hydroxylase activity, whereas those from a patient with VDDR-1 lacked detectable activity. Keratinocyte P450c1 alpha cDNA from the patient with VDDR-1 contained deletion/frameshift mutations either at codon 211 or at codon 231, indicating that the patient was a compound heterozygote for two null mutations. These findings establish the molecular genetic basis of VDDR-1, establish a novel means for its study in keratinocytes, and provide the sequence of the key enzyme in the biological activation of vitamin D.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0888-8809
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1961-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9415400-25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 1-alpha-Hydroxylase, pubmed-meshheading:9415400-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9415400-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9415400-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9415400-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:9415400-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:9415400-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9415400-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:9415400-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9415400-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9415400-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:9415400-Keratinocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9415400-Leydig Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9415400-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9415400-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9415400-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9415400-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:9415400-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:9415400-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9415400-Renal Osteodystrophy
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Cloning of human 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1 alpha-hydroxylase and mutations causing vitamin D-dependent rickets type 1.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Child Health Research Center, San Francisco, California 94121, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't