title: Differences in the metabolism of vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 by subcellular fractions from rat liver.
abstract: The 25-hydroxylation of vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 was studied in the mitochondrial fraction from rat liver and in a reconstituted system containing cytochrome P-450 from rat liver microsomes. The mitochondrial fraction catalyzed the 25-hydroxylation of vitamin D3 at least two times more effectively than the 25-hydroxylation of vitamin D2. Microsomal cytochrome P-450 catalyzed an efficient 25-hydroxylation of vitamin D3, but no 25-hydroxylation of vitamin D2 could be detected. The present results show a difference in the 25-hydroxylation of vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 in rat liver in vitro.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002762:Cholecalciferol / Q000378:metabolism*; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D004872:Ergocalciferols / Q000378:metabolism*; D006900:Hydroxylation; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D004872:Ergocalciferols; D002762:Cholecalciferol; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System