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  • Title: Interaction between calcium and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in the regulation of preproparathyroid hormone and vitamin D receptor messenger ribonucleic acid in avian parathyroids.
    Author: Russell J, Bar A, Sherwood LM, Hurwitz S.
    Journal: Endocrinology; 1993 Jun; 132(6):2639-44. PubMed ID: 8389284.
    Abstract:
    Regulation of prepro-PTH and vitamin D receptor (VDR) mRNAs in the parathyroid glands was studied in chickens in vivo. The birds were raised to 21 days of age on a vitamin D-deficient diet with 1% calcium and 0.65% phosphorous. At the end of this period, the chicks exhibited marked hypocalcemia and enlarged parathyroid glands. In three separate trials, the birds were repleted for 6 days with vitamin D and different dietary calcium and phosphate concentrations, with 2 micrograms/kg 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2D3] and different dietary calcium concentrations (0.5%, 1.0%, or 1.8%), or with 2 or 10 micrograms/kg 1,25-(OH)2D3 and 0.6% or 1.9% calcium or were kept vitamin D3 deficient and fed 0.5%, 1.0%, or 1.8% dietary calcium. Vitamin D treatment when combined with a high level of dietary calcium resulted in an increase in plasma calcium from 6 mg/dl to greater than 10 mg/dl, a decrease in PTH mRNA of 65%, and a 6- to 8-fold increase in VDR mRNA. In another experiment in which no vitamin D source was given and the diets contained increasing levels of dietary calcium, plasma calcium increased significantly (5.5 vs. 7 mg/dl), while PTH mRNA decreased by 40% and VDR mRNA increased by 60%. Neither parathyroid gland weight nor total RNA was significantly affected. When chicks were repleted with 1,25-(OH)2D3, the increase in plasma calcium and VDR mRNA and the decrease in PTH mRNA were considerably more pronounced than those in the absence of the vitamin D source. Furthermore, in the presence of the hormone, parathyroid weight and total RNA decreased significantly with increasing concentrations of dietary calcium. When the chicks were repleted, respectively, with the two levels of 1,25-(OH)2D3, a marked positive interaction was evident between the hormone and dietary calcium in affecting levels of PTH and VDR mRNA. These results suggest that both 1,25-(OH)2D3 and calcium participate in the regulation of PTH and VDR gene transcription in the avian parathyroid gland. Whereas the action of 1,25-(OH)2D3 requires a minimal level of dietary calcium, calcium affects PTH and VDR gene transcription even in the absence of any vitamin D source.
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