title: Synthesis of serum and cytosol vitamin D-binding proteins by rat liver and kidney.
abstract: The synthesis of vitamin D-binding proteins in rat was examined using liver and kidney slices, isolated hepatocytes, and isolated renal tubules. Rat liver synthesized both serum vitamin D-binding protein (DBP) and a tissue DBP-binding component and secreted serum DBP. Rat kidney also synthesized a tissue DBP-binding component and cytosol vitamin D-binding protein (CDBP) which was immunologically related to serum DBP, but secretion of renal CDBP was not observed. Renal CDBP had a higher molecular weight (approximately 65,000) than that of serum DBP (54,000) and was heat-labile, while serum DBP was heat-stable (60 degrees C, 60 min). Renal CDBP was considered to exist in cytosol, forming a complex with a tissue DBP-binding component. These results indicate that liver is a site of synthesis of serum DBP and that CDBP, which is immunologically related to but physicochemically different from serum DBP, is synthesized in situ in kidney.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D014809:Vitamin D-Binding Protein
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D014809:Vitamin D-Binding Protein; D014807:Vitamin D