title: In vitro metabolism of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol by isolated cells from human decidua.
abstract: An increase in maternal serum levels of 1 alpha, 25-dihydroxycalciferol during pregnancy has been linked to enhancement of intestinal calcium absorption. Several sites of its synthesis have been proposed in different species, human decidua being one of them. Collagenase-dispersed decidual cells isolated from term placenta were fractionated on a Percoll gradient. The isolated cells were set in culture in the presence of 6 nM [3H]cholecalciferol. Two cell populations of similar morphology hydroxylated the substrate, yielding a compound that had a mass spectrum identical to and that comigrated with authentic 1 alpha, 25-dihydroxycholecalciferol in four chromatographic systems and bound to a specific rachitic chick receptor. These preparations, thus, provide a potential system by which the kinetics and regulation of the synthesis of the hormonal form of vitamin D by human placenta can be studied in vitro.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Delvin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arabian
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Glorieux
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Mamer
mesh_terms: D015090:25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 1-alpha-Hydroxylase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002112:Calcifediol / Q000378:metabolism*; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000096:biosynthesis; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods; D002645:Chickens; D003656:Decidua / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D006900:Hydroxylation; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D011247:Pregnancy; D011388:Prolactin / Q000378:metabolism; D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol; D011987:Receptors, Steroid / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol; D011987:Receptors, Steroid; D011388:Prolactin; D015090:25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 1-alpha-Hydroxylase; D002117:Calcitriol; D002112:Calcifediol