title: 25-hydroxy-vitamin d metabolism in human colon cancer cells during tumor progression.
abstract: RT-PCR analysis showed elevated expression of 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1alpha-hydroxylase (1alpha-OHase) and of 25-hydroxyvitamin D-24-hydroxylase (24-OHase) in well differentiated human colon carcinomas in comparison to normal mucosa. Further tumor progression is associated with a rise in 1alpha-OHase but with no significant change in 24-OHase mRNA expression. Accordingly, HPLC analysis of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D3 metabolism in freshly isolated tumor cells indicated that well to moderately differentiated colon cancers in situ are able to produce 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1alpha,25-(OH)2D3) and convert it through 24-OHase activity into side-chain modified metabolites, 1,24,25-(OH)3-D3 and 1,25-(OH)2- 24-oxo-D3. Likewise, 25-(OH)-D3 is metabolized into 24,25-(OH)2D3, 23,25-(OH)2D3, and 23,25-(OH)2-24-oxo-D3. Poorly-differentiated cancers expressed low levels of 1alpha-OHase mRNA, whereas 24-OHase was even over-expressed. RT-PCR and HPLC analysis of vitamin D metabolism in primary culture cell clones strongly suggested that the extent of endogenously produced 1alpha,25-(OH)2-D3 was inversely related to 24-OHase activity, which could thus limit the antimitotic efficacy of 1alpha,25-(OH)2-D3 particularly at late stages of colon cancer progression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology, University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna, A-1090, Austria.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bareis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bises
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Bischof
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Cross
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peterlik
mesh_terms: D015090:25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 1-alpha-Hydroxylase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D002112:Calcifediol / Q000378:metabolism*; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000378:metabolism; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D065668:Vitamin D3 24-Hydroxylase
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases; D065668:Vitamin D3 24-Hydroxylase; D015090:25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 1-alpha-Hydroxylase; D002117:Calcitriol; D002112:Calcifediol