title: Vitamin D and parathyroid hormone degradation by the kidney.
abstract: Parathyroid function is controlled by the regulation of hormone secretion as well as degradation, through the action of calcium and vitamin D derivatives. In order to clarify the relationship between vitamin D metabolism and parathyroid degradation system, parathyroid hormone (PTH)-degrading activities of the kidney were measured in vitamin D repleted and depleted rats given various derivatives of vitamin D. Kidney calcium content rose markedly in animals given 10 microgram/kg 1 alpha(OH) vitamin D3 and 1,000 microgram/kg dihydrotachysterol and PTH-degrading activity rose only in these animals, indicating a parallelism between kidney calcium content and PTH-degrading activity of the kidney tissue. These vitamin D derivatives also increased the PTH-degrading activity of kidney tissue when they were added in vitro.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002117:Calcitriol; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D002762:Cholecalciferol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004097:Dihydrotachysterol / Q000494:pharmacology; D004100:Dihydroxycholecalciferols / Q000494:pharmacology; D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols / Q000494:pharmacology; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D010710:Phosphates / Q000097:blood; D051381:Rats; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D004100:Dihydroxycholecalciferols; D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D010710:Phosphates; D002762:Cholecalciferol; D002117:Calcitriol; D004097:Dihydrotachysterol; D002118:Calcium; C008088:alfacalcidol