title: I alpha-25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 increases intracellular free calcium in murine B16 melanoma.
abstract: Vitamin D3 and its active metabolite I alpha-25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (I alpha-25-(OH)2D3) have been reported to play a role in melanogenesis. Physiological concentrations of I alpha-25-(OH)2D3 were found to acutely elevate intracellular free calcium (using Fura 2) in B16 primary (Io) cells. Membrane phosphoinositide turnover was unaffected by I alpha-25-(OH)2D3. The rise in intracellular free calcium was entirely dependent on extracellular calcium and was not mimicked by vitamin D3. However, in neither B16-Io nor B16-F1 melanoma cells did vitamin D3 or I alpha-25-(OH)2D3 increase melanin production.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, U.K.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bleehen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: MacNeil
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008543:Melanins / Q000378:metabolism; D008546:Melanoma, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008543:Melanins; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D002117:Calcitriol; D002118:Calcium