Endocrinology, Vol 117, 447-456, Copyright © 1985 by Endocrine Society

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Bovine renal mitochondrial vitamin D3 hydroxylases: regulation of in vitro activities by inhibitors and antioxidants

JF Crivello

The regulation of bovine renal 1 alpha- and 24-hydroxylase activities was examined in primary bovine proximal tubule cell cultures. Maximal 1 alpha- and 24-hydroxylase activities in primary bovine proximal tubule cultures ranged from 1.5-1.8 and 2.0-2.7 pmol/min X 10(6) cells, respectively. The apparent Km was 795 nM for 1 alpha-hydroxylase activity and 1130 nM for 24-hydroxylase activity. 1 alpha- and 24- hydroxylase activities decreased in primary culture after cell plating. Activities decreased both as a function of cell number and as a function of the culture dish. 1 alpha-Hydroxylase activity decayed with a t1/2 of 37 h, while 24-hydroxylase activity decayed with a t1/2 of 45 h. Decreasing cell densities, at which cells were plated, increased the t1/2 for the decay of both activities [t1/2 = 21 h at 5,000 cells/cm vs. t1/2 = 37 h at 25,000 cells/cm for 1 alpha-hydroxylase (P greater than 0.001); t1/2 = 33 h at 5,000 cells/cm vs. t1/2 = 45 h at 25,000 cells/cm for 24-hydroxylase, (P greater than 0.0001)]. Direct addition of 0.25 mM metyrapone inhibited 1 alpha-hydroxylase activity by 33% and 24-hydroxylase activity by 51%. Long term incubation of cell cultures with 0.25 mM metyrapone resulted in a slowing in the loss of both hydroxylase activities, but did not stop the decay. 1 alpha-Hydroxylase activity in 4-day metyrapone-treated cultures was 35% higher than in 4- day untreated cultures. 24-Hydroxylase activity was increased 42% in treated cultures vs. that in untreated cell cultures. Both 1 alpha- and 24-hydroxylase activities were inhibited by direct addition of antioxidants. 1 alpha-Hydroxylase activity was directly inhibited 74% by the addition of 0.1 mM butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), 69% by the addition of 0.1 mM butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), and 56% by the addition of 0.05 mM benzyl sulfoxide (BS). 24-Hydroxylase activity was also directly inhibited 72% by 0.1 mM BHA, 55% by 0.1 mM BHT, and 73% 0.05 mM BS. There was no significant difference between the inhibition of either hydroxylase by each antioxidant. Antioxidant mixtures increased the inhibition of hydroxylase activities above that with single antioxidant. The addition of 0.1 mM BHA and 0.05 mM BS to cultures resulted in 100% inhibition of 24-hydroxylase activity and 95% inhibition of 1 alpha-hydroxylase activity. The results were very similar when 0.01 mM BS and 0.1 mM BHT were added to cultures, i.e. 100% and 91% inhibition of 24- and 1 alpha-hydroxylase activities.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)