title: Role of vitamin D glucosiduronate in calcium homeostasis.
abstract: Evidence has been presented suggesting the presence of vitamin D(3) 3beta-glucosiduronate and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) glucosiduronate in rat bile. To evaluate the role of vitamin D glucosiduronates in calcium and phosphorus homeostasis, we synthesized vitamin D(3) 3beta-glucosiduronate and tested its biological activity in calcium- and vitamin D-deficient rats. After the intravenous administration of vitamin D(3) 3beta-glucosiduronate to rats maintained on a low calcium diet, there was an increase in duodenal calcium transport and an increase in serum calcium. Vitamin D(3) 3beta-glucosiduronate, however, was less active than equimolar amounts of vitamin D(3). At doses of less than 0.65-1 nmol per rat, the conjugate exhibited no activity. When vitamin D(3) 3beta-glucosiduronate was administered to vitamin D-deficient rats, 25-hydroxyvitamin D was detected in the serum; the increase in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels was less than that observed after the administration of an equimolar amount of vitamin D(3). Vitamin D(3) 3beta-glucosiduronate showed no detectable activity in the induction of calcium binding protein in chick embryonic duodena, a system in which no endogenous steroid beta-glucuronidase activity is detectable. These data demonstrate that vitamin D(3) 3beta-glucosiduronate is biologically active in vivo and that the observed activity is due to hydrolysis of the conjugate to vitamin D(3). As vitamin D(3) 3beta-glucosiduronate is excreted in the bile of rats, it is possible that this conjugate is reutilized in vivo after hydrolysis to free vitamin D(3). These results suggest the existence of a mechanism for reutilization of the biliary products of vitamin D(3).
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000378:metabolism; D001681:Biological Assay; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002762:Cholecalciferol / Q000502:physiology* / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D006706:Homeostasis; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D051381:Rats; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; C027963:vitamin D3 glucosiduronate; D002762:Cholecalciferol; D002118:Calcium