title: 1 alpha,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 rapidly alters phospholipid metabolism in the nuclear envelope of osteoblasts.
abstract: 1 alpha,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1 alpha,25-(OH)2D3) has been shown to increase cytosolic calcium and inositol triphosphate levels in rat osteosarcoma cells (ROS 17/2.8) and to increase nuclear calcium in these cells. To determine the mechanism(s) of 1 alpha,25-(OH)2D3-induced changes in nuclear calcium, the effect of the hormone on phospholipid metabolism in isolated osteoblast nuclei was assessed. 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3, 20 nM, increased inositol triphosphate levels in the nuclei after 5 min of treatment. The biologically inactive epimer, 1 beta,25-(OH)2D3, had no significant effect on inositol triphosphate levels. ATP, 1 mM, also increased inositol triphosphate levels in the isolated nuclei after 5 min. 1 alpha,25-(OH)2D3, 20 nM, increased calcium in the isolated nuclei in the presence but not in the absence of extranuclear calcium within 5 min. Nuclear calcium was also increased within 5 min by ATP, 1 mM, and inositol triphosphate, 1 mM. The effect of ATP on nuclear calcium was not additive with 1 alpha,25-(OH)2D3, suggesting that these two agents increase nuclear calcium in these osteoblast-like cells by similar mechanisms. In summary, 1 alpha,25-(OH)2D3 and ATP rapidly increase inositol triphosphate levels in nuclei isolated from ROS 17/2.8 cells. The hormone, the nucleotide, and the inositol phospholipid increase nuclear calcium. Thus, the 1 alpha,25-(OH)2D3 and ATP effects on nuclear calcium may be mediated by changes in phospholipid metabolism in the nuclei of these osteoblast-like cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655, USA.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sorensen
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Baran
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D009685:Nuclear Envelope / Q000378:metabolism*; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000378:metabolism*; D012516:Osteosarcoma; D051381:Rats; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013997:Time Factors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D002117:Calcitriol; D002118:Calcium