title: Differentiation-related regulation of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor mRNA in human leukaemia cells HL-60.
abstract: Vitamin D receptor (VDR) is a nuclear protein which mediates the physiological actions of its hormone ligand, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3). While it appears that the receptor-hormone complex regulates the expression of hormone-dependent genes involved in mineral homeostasis, its role in induction of differentiation of leukaemic cells is less clear. We have studied the expression of the VDR gene in several sublines of HL-60 leukaemic cells with varying responsiveness to 1,25(OH)2D3. Sublines which rapidly differentiated to monocytic forms were shown to contain elevated steady-state levels of VDR mRNA within 1 h of exposure to high concentration of 1,25(OH)2D3. This up-regulation of the expression of VDR was not apparent in sublines in which monocytic differentiation occurred after a delay of several days. Beginning at approximately 3 h after exposure to 1,25(OH)2D3 in most cases, there was a gradual decline in VDR mRNA levels. Measurement of steady-state levels of mRNA for c-myc and c-fos showed that in sublines of HL-60 cells which respond rapidly to 1,25(OH)2D3, elevation of VDR mRNA is evident prior to the changes in proto-oncogene expression. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that a change in VDR gene expression is one of the steps that promote monocytic differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103-2725.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Studzinski
mesh_terms: D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol; D011987:Receptors, Steroid / Q000235:genetics*; D013997:Time Factors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol; D011987:Receptors, Steroid; D002117:Calcitriol