title: Stimulation in vitro by 1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D3 of intestinal cell calcium uptake and calcium-binding protein.
abstract: Treatment of duodenal tissue from rats deficient in vitamin D with 1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2-D3] led to more than a doubling of calcium uptake by the isolated cells and the appearacne in those cells of previously undetectable calcium-binding protein (CaBP). Treatment with the precursor, 25-hydroxy-vitamin D3, was without effect on calcium uptake or CaBP. Cells from vitamin D-replete animals took up three and a half times more calcium than cells from deficient animals. This rapid (90-minute) effect of in vitro treatment with a physiological dose (4.7 X 10(-8)M) of 1,25-(OH)2-D is the first such report and is in accord with the regulatory role of the hormone-like sterol.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004100:Dihydroxycholecalciferols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004386:Duodenum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004100:Dihydroxycholecalciferols; D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols; D002118:Calcium