title: Mechanism of decreased calcitriol degradation in renal failure.
abstract: Metabolic clearance rate (MCR) of calcitriol is decreased in renal failure, and uremic toxins play a major role in the suppression of calcitriol degradation. In this experiment, we studied the effect of uremic toxins on renal 24- and 26-hydroxylase (HX) activities. Normal rats were infused for 20 h with 30 ml of normal or uremic plasma ultrafiltrates. At the end of infusion, renal enzymes activities were measured by the generations of 1,24,25- and 1,25,26-trihydroxyvitamin D3 10 min after the addition of 25 nM or 1 microM calcitriol. Renal 24-HX activity decreased approximately 50%, whereas 26-HX activity did not decrease in rats infused with uremic plasma ultrafiltrate. The induction of 24-HX activity by 100 ng calcitriol also decreased in rats infused with uremic ultrafiltrate. To examine whether uremic ultrafiltrate could directly inhibit the degradation enzymes, 24- and 26-HX activities were measured in kidney homogenates preincubated for 3 h with either normal or uremic ultrafiltrate. Uremic ultrafiltrate did not directly suppress 24- and 26-HX activities. Furthermore, the disappearance rate of calcitriol was similar for 90 min in kidney homogenates after they were preincubated for 3 h with uremic and normal ultrafiltrates. Because 24-HX synthesis is induced by the calcitriol-receptor complex binding to nuclear chromatin and activating genes coding for the enzyme, we studied the effect of uremic toxins on the binding affinity of calcitriol-receptor complex for DNA-cellulose. Uremic ultrafiltrate significantly reduced the binding affinity of the hormone receptor complex for DNA when the receptor was preincubated with the ultrafiltrate for 3 h.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109-0364.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001790:Blood Physiological Phenomena; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000378:metabolism*; D002482:Cellulose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol; D011987:Receptors, Steroid / Q000378:metabolism; D012016:Reference Values; D014462:Ultrafiltration; D014511:Uremia / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: C033190:DNA-cellulose; D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol; D011987:Receptors, Steroid; D002482:Cellulose; D004247:DNA; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D002117:Calcitriol