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  • Title: 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptors and their action in embryonic chick chondrocytes.
    Author: Suda S, Takahashi N, Shinki T, Horiuchi N, Yamaguchi A, Yoshiki S, Enomoto S, Suda T.
    Journal: Calcif Tissue Int; 1985 Jan; 37(1):82-90. PubMed ID: 2986803.
    Abstract:
    The role of vitamin D in the maturation of epiphyseal chondrocytes was investigated in the developing chick embryo. Cartilage tissues were divided into two parts: resting cartilage and growth cartilage. A cytosol component to which 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1 alpha,25(OH)2D3) is specifically bound first appeared in the growth cartilage on day 15, rapidly increased, and attained a maximum on day 19. The calcium content of the growth cartilage also began to increase on day 15 and continued to increase in parallel with the 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3 receptor levels. Glycosaminoglycan (GAG) synthesis by the growth cartilage cells increased from day 11-17 and rapidly declined thereafter reciprocally with the increase in calcium and receptor levels. In the resting cartilage, no cytosol receptor for 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3 was detected up to hatching time. The calcium content and GAG synthesis in the resting cartilage were very low and did not change appreciably throughout development. No receptor-like macromolecule for 24R,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (24R,25(OH)2D3) was recognized in either the resting or growth cartilage. 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3 added to the culture of chondrocytes from the epiphyseal growth cartilage inhibited GAG synthesis and stimulated its release from the cell layer into the medium in a dose-dependent manner. These in vitro effects of 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3 were not observed in chondrocytes obtained from 13-day-old growth cartilage and 19-day-old resting cartilage. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 and 24R,25(OH)2D3 had no effect on chondrocytes in any of the preparations. These results suggest that 1 alpha, 25 (OH)2D3 is directly involved in the maturation of chondrocytes and possibly in the calcification of growth cartilage.
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