title: Parathyroid hormone fragments inhibit active hormone and hypocalcemia-induced 1,25(OH)2D synthesis.
abstract: Carboxyl (C)-terminal fragments of parathyroid hormone (PTH) oppose the calcemic, phosphaturic, and bone-resorbing effects of active hormone. To study the action of these fragments on 1,25(OH)(2)D (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D) synthesis, we infused parathyroidectomized rats with human or rat active 1-34 or 1-84 PTH at doses selected to produce similar calcemic responses. Human active PTH influenced neither phosphate nor 1,25(OH)(2)D concentrations. However, active 1-34 rat PTH decreased phosphate to the same level as vehicle-treated rats and increased 1,25(OH)(2)D to very high levels, whereas active 1-84 PTH decreased phosphate but maintained 1,25(OH)(2)D. As the latter effect could have been due to C-terminal fragment generation during its metabolic breakdown, we infused a mixture of rat C-terminal fragments alone or with rat 1-34. The C-terminal fragments decreased 1,25(OH)(2)D and prevented hypocalcemic-induced 1,25(OH)(2)D synthesis. When infused with active rat 1-34, they lowered the 1,25(OH)(2)D level to that seen with intact rat 1-84. The C-terminal fragments did not influence either basal or rat 1-34- or 1-84-induced CYP27B1 mRNA levels, suggesting that their inhibitory effects on 1,25(OH)(2)D synthesis appears to be post-transcriptional.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherche, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal-Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Usatii
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rousseau
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Demers
authors.forename: J-L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.forename: J-H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Brossard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gascon-Barré
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lavigne
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Zahradnik
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Nemeth
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: D'Amour
mesh_terms: D015090:25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 1-alpha-Hydroxylase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000378:metabolism*; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016105:Parathyroidectomy; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism