Endocrinology, Vol 131, 1125-1133, Copyright © 1992 by Endocrine Society

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1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 inhibits Na(+)-H+ exchange by stimulating membrane phosphoinositide turnover and increasing cytosolic calcium in CaCo-2 cells

RK Wali, CL Baum, MJ Bolt, TA Brasitus and MD Sitrin
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637.

We have examined the effects of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2D3] on the phosphoinositol signal transduction pathway in the human colon cancer-derived cell line CaCo-2 and have studied the regulation of intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i) and pH (pHi) by this secosteroid. CaCo- 2 cells were prelabeled with [3H]myoinositol and treated with 10(-8) M 1,25-(OH)2D3 or vehicle for 90 sec. 1,25-(OH)2D3 caused a decrease in labeled phosphatidylinositol-4-5-bis-phosphate and an increase in labeled inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate. Treatment with 10(-8) M 1,25- (OH)2D3 for 90 sec also raised the cellular content of diacylglycerol. In a dose-dependent manner, 1,25-(OH)2D3 caused the translocation of protein kinase-C activity from the cytosolic to the membrane fraction, which occurred after as little as 15 sec of exposure to the secosteroid, peaked at about 1-5 min, and then returned toward baseline values. In these CaCo-2 cells, baseline [Ca2+]i was 258 +/- 2 nM (mean +/- SE), as assessed using the fluorescent dye fura-2. After exposure to 10(-8) M 1,25-(OH)2D3, [Ca2+]i rapidly increased to 392 +/- 14 nM after 100 sec, fell, and then subsequently rose to a plateau of 350 +/- 3 nM after 400 sec. In Ca(2+)-free buffer, 1,25-(OH)2D3 caused only a transient rise in [Ca2+]i, indicating that 1,25-(OH)2D3 stimulated both the release of intracellular calcium stores and calcium influx. 1,25- (OH)2D3 caused a dose-dependent decrease in pHi in CaCo-2 cells, as assessed by the fluorescent dye BCECF, which was not observed in cells suspended in Na(+)-free buffer or pretreated with amiloride, indicating that the secosteroid inhibited Na(+)-H+ exchange. No effect of 1,25- (OH)2D3 on pHi was observed in cells in a Ca(2+)-free buffer or pretreated with the phospholipase-C inhibitor U-73,122, which also blocked the rise in [Ca2+]i, or in cells pretreated with the Ca2+/calmodulin inhibitor calmidazolium. Taken together, these studies indicate that 1,25-(OH)2D3 rapidly stimulates membrane phosphoinositide breakdown in CaCo-2 cells, generating the second messengers inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and diacylglycerol, causing translocation of protein kinase-C to the membrane, and increasing [Ca2+]i by both releasing calcium stores and promoting calcium influx. Secondary to the rise in [Ca2+]i, Na(+)-H+ exchange is inhibited by a calcium/calmodulin- dependent pathway.

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