title: Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate related changes in retention of 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D-receptor ligands in rat intestinal mucosa cell nuclei.
abstract: After feeding rats a vitamin B-6-deficient diet, we observed a decrease in pyridoxal 5'-phosphate concentrations in intestinal mucosa cells to 32 and 48% of control in cytoplasm and cell nuclei, respectively. Correlation analysis suggested that there were two pyridoxal 5'-phosphate pools in the nuclei: a "mobile" pool (equivalent to about 5% the concentration of the cytoplasmic pyridoxal 5'-phosphate), and a "stable" pool, which was independent of cytoplasmic fluctuations of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (about 9 pmol pyridoxal 5'-phosphate/mg DNA). Reduction in pyridoxal 5'-phosphate content in the cells of vitamin B-6-deficient animals was accompanied by a substantial increase in 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-receptor ligand concentration in the cell nuclei (76.6 +/- 19.7 vs 762 +/- 291 fmol/mg DNA, mean +/- SEM). The degree of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D accumulation in the nuclei appeared to be an exponential function of the "mobile" nuclear pyridoxal 5'-phosphate concentration. Semilogarithmic transformation of the data yielded a straight line, representing an inverse correlation between the cytoplasm-related nuclear pool of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate and the logarithm of the 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D concentration in the nuclei (r = -0.95). These data suggest that pyridoxal 5'-phosphate may be related to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D retention in the nuclei, possibly through interaction of the pyridoxal 5'-phosphate with the vitamin D receptor protein in the nuclei.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Experimental Medicine, Child's Health Center, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gradzka
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kazmierski
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lorenc
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000378:metabolism*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D008024:Ligands; D008297:Male; D011732:Pyridoxal Phosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol / Q000819:agonists / Q000378:metabolism*; D026681:Vitamin B 6 Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol; D011732:Pyridoxal Phosphate; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D002117:Calcitriol