title: Microarray detection of gene expression changes induced by 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) and a Ca(2+) influx-activating analog in osteoblastic ROS 17/2.8 cells.
abstract: 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D(3) (1,25(OH)(2)D(3)) treatment of osteoblastic ROS 17/2.8 cells initiates membrane-initiated rapid responses through activation of Ca(2+) influx and longer-term nuclear receptor-mediated changes in gene expression. Ca(2+) influx triggers a change in the phosphorylation state of the bone matrix protein, osteopontin (OPN), detectable at 3 h and prior to nuclear receptor-mediated events. This study aimed to determine if Ca(2+) influx induced by 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) would produce nuclear receptor-independent changes in gene expression. We employed a rat cDNA microarray strategy to screen the transcriptional changes at 3 h of treatment with 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) and with an analog of 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) (25(OH)-16ene-23yne-D(3) [AT]) that we previously showed to activate Ca(2+) influx without binding to the nuclear receptor. Arrays also were screened with cDNA from ROS 17/2.8 cells treated for 24 h, when nuclear receptor-mediated transcriptional events would occur. Rat gene filters (GeneFilter, Research Genetics) were hybridized with labeled cDNA probes from treatment groups. Among 5000 different clones on the array filters, we identified a family of genes which were altered 2-fold or greater following treatment with 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) or analog AT for 3 h. Cluster analysis also revealed genes whose expression was significantly up-regulated at 24 h, including OPN. Analysis of rapid changes in gene expression revealed changes affecting a diverse range of cellular pathways and functions, including protein kinases and phosphatases, Ca(2+) signaling, cell adhesion and secretion. These findings provide clear evidence of rapid changes in gene expression associated with Ca(2+) influx mediated by 1,25(OH)(2)D(3), and shed light on the nuclear-receptor independent signaling pathway affecting OPN phosphorylation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, 51 E. Main Street, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA. farachca@udel.edu
authors.forename: Mary C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Farach-Carson
authors.forename: Yihuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002762:Cholecalciferol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D053495:Osteopontin; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051381:Rats; D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol / Q000378:metabolism; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; C506895:SPP1 protein, human; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins; C506897:Spp1 protein, rat; D053495:Osteopontin; D002762:Cholecalciferol; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases; C406322:vitamin D 1-alpha hydroxylase; D002118:Calcium