title: Low affinity of the receptor for 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in the marmoset, a New World monkey.
abstract: Circulating levels of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D are 10-fold higher in the marmoset, a New World monkey, than in man; to assess hormone receptors, we evaluated interactions of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 with virus-transformed lymphocytes. Soluble extracts of transformed lymphocytes from humans showed hormone binding with affinity and capacity similar to that of receptors for 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D from other human tissues. However, soluble extracts of transformed lymphocytes from the marmoset showed a strikingly lower affinity for 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (Kd 2.2 vs 0.27 nM in marmoset vs human) and a mildly lower binding capacity (6.9 vs 16 fmol/mg protein). A defective receptor for 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 could account for resistance of target tissues to this hormone in the marmoset.
authors.forename: U A
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Liberman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: de Grange
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Marx
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000378:metabolism*; D002143:Callitrichinae / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D006564:Herpesviridae; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008251:Macaca; D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol; D011987:Receptors, Steroid / Q000378:metabolism*; D012452:Saguinus / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol; D011987:Receptors, Steroid; D002117:Calcitriol