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. 1975 Feb;55(2):292–298. doi: 10.1172/JCI107932

The ionic control of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 production in isolated chick renal tubules.

D D Bikle, H Rasmussen
PMCID: PMC301747  PMID: 236326

Abstract

Isolated renal tubules prepared from vitamin D-deficient chicks catalyze the 1 alpha-hydroxylation of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (250HD3) in vitro. The effect of calcium and phosphate on the rate of synthesis of the product, 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3), was studied at two levels: the long-term effects of various dietary calcium and phosphate contents on the ability of the tubules to produce 1, 25 (OH)2D3, and the acute effects of different calcium and phosphate concentrations in the incubation medium on the rate of synthesis of 1,25(OH)2D3 by the tubules. Manipulation of dietary calcium and phosphate sufficient to produce marked changes in the concentration of calcium and phosphate in the serum led to altered rates of 1,25(OH)2D3 synthesis by the isolated renal tubules. The renal tubules isolated from chicks raised on a vitamin D-deficient diet containing 0.43% calcium and 0.3% P as inorganic phosphate showed the highest rate of synthesis of 1,25(OH)2D3. Diets containing more or less of either calcium or phosphate produced chicks whose renal tubules had a slower rate of 1,25(OH)2D3 production. The calcium, phosphate, and hydrogen ion content of the incubation medium were manipulated to determine the possible factors concerned with the immediate regulation of 1,25(OH)2D3 production. A calcium concentration of 0.5-1.0 mM was necessary for optimal enzymatic activity. Concentrations of calcium greater than this optimal concentration inhibited 1,25(OH)2D3 production if phosphate was also present, and this inhibition was more pronounced as the phosphate concentration was increased. The stimulation of 1,25(OH)2D3 production by calcium was less at pH 6.7 than at 7.4. Raising the phosphate concentration from 0 to 6 mM in the absence of calcium also stimulated the rate of synthesis of 1,25(OH)2D3. This stimulatory effect was blocked by 4 mM calcium. However, at 1-2 mM calciu, phosphate had a biphasic influence on 1,25(OH)2D3 production; extracellular concentrations of phosphate from 0.6 to 1.2 mM resulted in less 1,25(OH)2D3 production than higher or lower phosphate concentrations. This biphasic effect was seen both at pH 7.4 and 6.8.

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