title: Phenobarbital suppresses vitamin D3 25-hydroxylase expression: a potential new mechanism for drug-induced osteomalacia.
abstract: Prolonged therapy with phenobarbital may cause vitamin D deficiency or osteomalacia. In the current study, we propose a novel mechanism for drug-induced osteomalacia involving impaired bioactivation of vitamin D(3) due to decreased 25-hydroxylation of vitamin D(3) in liver. The present data, using the pig as model, demonstrate direct effects by phenobarbital on the expression of CYP27A1 and CYP2D25, two important 25-hydroxylases. Treatment by phenobarbital markedly reduced the rate of 25-hydroxylation by primary hepatocytes and suppressed the cellular CYP27A1 mRNA levels. The rate of 25-hydroxylation by two different purified 25-hydroxylases, microsomal CYP2D25, and mitochondrial CYP27A1, respectively, was dose-dependently inhibited by phenobarbital. Reporter assay experiments in liver-derived HepG2 cells revealed a marked PXR-mediated transcriptional downregulation of the CYP2D25 promoter. In addition, the data indicate that phenobarbital might affect the mRNA stability of CYP2D25. Taken together, the data suggest that vitamin D(3) 25-hydroxylation may be suppressed by phenobarbital. A downregulation of 25-hydroxylation by phenobarbital may explain, at least in part, the increased risk of osteomalacia, bone loss, and fractures in long-term phenobarbital therapy.
authors: Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Division of Biochemistry, University of Uppsala, Box 578, S-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden.
authors: Fardin
authors: F
authors: Hosseinpour
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Ellfolk
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Norlin
authors: Kjell
authors: K
authors: Wikvall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D053493:Cholestanetriol 26-Monooxygenase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000090702:Constitutive Androstane Receptor; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006900:Hydroxylation / Q000187:drug effects; D008156:Luciferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D010018:Osteomalacia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D047488:Retinoid X Receptors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013552:Swine; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D000090702:Constitutive Androstane Receptor; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D047488:Retinoid X Receptors; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014807:Vitamin D; D008156:Luciferases; D053493:Cholestanetriol 26-Monooxygenase; D010634:Phenobarbital