期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
电子版ISSN:1091-6490
出版年度:1990
卷号:87
期号:11
页码:4312-4314
DOI:10.1073/pnas.87.11.4312
语种:English
出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要:The effects of vitamin D status, serum calcium, and serum phosphorus levels on 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D receptor levels in kidney were investigated. Weanling rats were fed for 4 weeks on a diet with various levels of calcium and phosphorus with or without vitamin D. The 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor concentration in kidney was determined by an immunoradiometric assay. In the absence of vitamin D, total receptor concentration is increased 2-fold by an increase in serum calcium concentration. At normal serum calcium levels, the administration of vitamin D resulted in a 5-fold increase in receptor concentration. In hypocalcemic animals, however, vitamin D did not change receptor levels. Serum phosphorus levels could not be linked to any changes in 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor concentration. This study demonstrates that serum calcium levels and vitamin D regulate 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor concentration in vivo in kidney. On the other hand, vitamin D is unable to exert control of receptor levels in kidney under hypocalcemic conditions.