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1 alpha,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1 alpha,25(OH)2D3], a hormonally active form of vitamin D3, has been shown to modulate cell differentiation and tumor promotion. This report demonstrates that mRNA of the metallothionein (MT) gene was induced by 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3 in cultured epidermal keratinocytes and also in liver, kidney, and skin tissues when 1 alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3, a synthetic precursor of 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3, was applied in vivo. Exposure of FRSK cells, a cell line derived from fetal rat skin keratinocytes, to 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3 at 5 ng/ml (12 nM) increased MT mRNA to almost the same extent as that induced by 10 microM dexamethasone or 1 microM CdCl2. This increase in the level of MT mRNA was evident within 2 hr and was maximal 12-24 hr after the addition of 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3. The induction was dose-dependent with concentrations of 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3 from 0.05 to 5.0 ng/ml. Amounts of MT increased with the increase of MT mRNA induced by 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3. Of the derivatives of vitamin D3 tested, only 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3 caused marked induction. Treatment with cycloheximide did not inhibit MT mRNA induction by 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3. 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3 induced MT mRNA in primary cultures of mouse epidermal keratinocytes but not in IAR-20, a liver cell line. 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3 had a similar effect in vivo: oral administration of 1 alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3 to mice resulted in increased levels of MT mRNA in the liver, kidney, and skin 24 hr later. Increase in the level of MT mRNA may be relevant to some biological actions of 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3.
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