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UV increases skin-derived 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 production, leading to MMP-1 expression by altering the balance of vitamin D and cholesterol synthesis from 7-dehydrocholesterol
Publication date: Available online 27 August 2019Source: The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAuthor(s): Mi Hee Shin, Yuri Lee, Min-Kyoung Kim, Dong Hun Lee, Jin Ho ChungAbstractThe skin is a unique site in the human body that has the capacity to synthesize the active form of vitamin D, 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1α,25(OH)2D3), from 7-dehydrocholesterol (7DHC) upon UV irradiation. Keratinocytes express both 25-hydroxylase (CYP27A1 and CYP2R1) and 1α-hydroxylase (CYP27B1), critical enzymes involved in active vitamin D synthesis. Here, we investigated the effect of skin-derived 1α,25(OH)2D3, synthesiz...
Source: The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - August 28, 2019 Category: Biochemistry Source Type: research

Age-dependent expression of the Vitamin D receptor and the protective effect of Vitamin D receptor activation on H2O2-induced apoptosis in rat intervertebral disc cells
Publication date: Available online 21 March 2019Source: The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAuthor(s): Tong Tong, Zhihui Liu, Hua Zhang, Jinglei Sun, Dongxia Zhang, Feng Wang, Dechao Miao, Yong ShenAbstractAccumulating evidence shows that genetic polymorphism of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene is associated with intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD), implying that VDR may be involved in the pathogenesis of IDD. However, the exact relationship between VDR and IDD remains unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the age-dependent expression of VDR in rat intervertebral discs and to determine ...
Source: The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - March 22, 2019 Category: Biochemistry Source Type: research

Calcitriol-mediated reduction in IFN- γ output in T cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia requires vitamin D receptor upregulation
Publication date: Available online 20 July 2017 Source:The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Author(s): M. Paige Kulling, C. Kristine Olson, L. Thomas Olson, E. Cait Hamele, N. Kathryn Carter, J. David Feith, P. Thomas Loughran Constitutively activated STAT1 and elevated IFN-γ are both characteristic of T cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia (T-LGLL), a rare incurable leukemia with clonal expansion of cytotoxic T cells due to defective apoptosis. Interferon gamma (IFN-γ) is an inflammatory cytokine that correlates with worse progression and symptomology in multiple autoimmune diseases and cancers...
Source: The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - July 21, 2017 Category: Biochemistry Source Type: research

1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D inhibits glutamine metabolism in Harvey-ras transformed MCF10A human breast epithelial cell
Publication date: Available online 3 May 2016 Source:The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Author(s): Xuanzhu Zhou, Wei Zheng, G.A. Nagana Gowda, Daniel Raftery, Shawn S. Donkin, Brian Bequette, Dorothy Teegarden Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the US. The active form of vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D), is proposed to inhibit cellular processes and to prevent breast cancer. The current studies investigated the effect of 1,25(OH)2D on glutamine metabolism during cancer progression employing Harvey-ras oncogene transformed MCF10A human breast epitheli...
Source: The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - May 5, 2016 Category: Biochemistry Source Type: research

Vitamin D-induced ectodomain shedding of TNF receptor 1 as a nongenomic action: D3 vs D2 derivatives
In this study, we examined the potencies of other vitamin D3 and D2 analogs to stimulate the ectodomain shedding of TNFR1 in HASMCs. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 (25D3), a precursor of 1,25D3, and elocalcitol, an analog of 1,25D3, caused ectodomain shedding of TNFR1 within 30min, whereas 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D2 (1,25D2) and paricalcitol, a derivative of 1,25D2, did not. Both 25D3 and elocalcitol rapidly induced extracellular Ca2+ influx and markedly increased intracellular Ca2+, while 1,25D2 and paricalcitol caused only small increases in intracellular Ca2+. 25D3- and elocalcitol-induced TNFR1 ectodomain sheddings were abolished ...
Source: The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - September 30, 2015 Category: Biochemistry Source Type: research

Title: Vitamin D-induced ectodomain shedding of TNF receptor 1 as a nongenomic action: D3 vs D2 derivatives
In this study, we examined the potencies of other vitamin D3 and D2 analogs to stimulate the ectodomain shedding of TNFR1 in HASMCs. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 (25D3), a precursor of 1,25D3, and elocalcitol, an analog of 1,25D3, caused ectodomain shedding of TNFR1 within 30min, whereas 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D2 (1,25D2) and paricalcitol, a derivative of 1,25D2, did not. Both 25D3 and elocalcitol rapidly induced extracellular Ca2+ influx and markedly increased intracellular Ca2+, while 1,25D2 and paricalcitol caused only small increases in intracellular Ca2+. 25D3- and elocalcitol-induced TNFR1 ectodomain sheddings were abolished ...
Source: The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - September 16, 2015 Category: Biochemistry Source Type: research