title: Differential effects of Vitamin D analogs on bone formation and resorption.
abstract: Deficiency in Vitamin D and its metabolites leads to a failure in bone formation primarily caused by dysfunctional mineralization, suggesting that Vitamin D analogs might stimulate osteoblastic bone formation and mineralization. In this study, we compare the effect of selected Vitamin D analogs and active metabolite, 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3), 19-nor-1alpha, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D(2), and 1alpha-hydroxyvitamin D(2) or 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(2) on bone formation and resorption. In a mouse calvariae bone primary organ culture system, all Vitamin D analogs and metabolite tested-stimulated collagen synthesis in a dose-dependent manner and 19-nor-1alpha, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D(2) was the most efficacious among three. 19-nor-1alpha, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D(2) and 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(2) showed similar potencies and 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) was less potent than others. Osteocalcin was also up-regulated in a dose-dependent manner, suggesting that the three Vitamin D analogs have the equal potencies on bone formation. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D-24-hydroxylase expression was induced in a dose-dependent manner and 19-nor-1alpha, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D(2) was less potent than other two compounds. In a mouse calvariae organ culture, all induced a net calcium release from calvariae in a dose-dependent manner, but the potency is in the order of 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(2) congruent with1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3)>19-nor-1alpha, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D(2). In a Vitamin D/calcium-restricted rat model, all caused an elevation in serum calcium in a dose-dependent manner. There is no significant difference between 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) and 1alpha-hydroxyvitamin D(2) in potencies, but 19-nor-1alpha, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D(2) is at least 10-fold less potent than the other two compounds. Our results suggest that Vitamin D analogs have direct effects on bone resorption and formation, and 19-nor-1alpha, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D(2) may be more effective than 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) and 1alpha-hydroxyvitamin D(2) on stimulating anabolic bone formation.
authors.affiliation: Abbott Laboratories, R4CM, AP52, 200 Abbott Park Rd., Abbott Park, IL 60064-6217, USA. masaki.nakane@abbott.com
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakane
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Fey
authors.forename: Doug B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: Junli
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Brune
authors.forename: Yan Chun
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: J Ruth
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Wu-Wong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001862:Bone Resorption; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002120:Calcium Channel Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D004872:Ergocalciferols / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D015675:Osteocalcin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012886:Skull / Q000187:drug effects*; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002120:Calcium Channel Agonists; D004872:Ergocalciferols; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D015675:Osteocalcin; D014807:Vitamin D; C084656:paricalcitol; D002117:Calcitriol; D002118:Calcium