PUBLICATION
Cloning of a functional 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1α-hydroxylase in zebrafish (Danio rerio)
- Authors
- Chun, R.F., Blatter, E., Elliott, S., Fitz-Gibbon, S., Rieger, S., Sagasti, A., Adams, J.S., Hewison, M.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-141008-3
- Date
- 2014
- Source
- Cell biochemistry and function 32(8): 675-82 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Rieger, Sandra, Sagasti, Alvaro
- Keywords
- CYP24A1, CYP27B1, cytochrome P450, metabolism, vitamin D
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Cell Line
- Cloning, Molecular*
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Humans
- Kidney/metabolism
- Models, Animal
- Myocardium/metabolism
- Phylogeny
- Spleen/metabolism
- Vitamin D/analogs & derivatives*
- Vitamin D/metabolism
- Vitamin D3 24-Hydroxylase/genetics*
- Vitamin D3 24-Hydroxylase/metabolism
- Zebrafish*
- PubMed
- 25290078 Full text @ Cell Biochem. Funct.
Citation
Chun, R.F., Blatter, E., Elliott, S., Fitz-Gibbon, S., Rieger, S., Sagasti, A., Adams, J.S., Hewison, M. (2014) Cloning of a functional 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1α-hydroxylase in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Cell biochemistry and function. 32(8):675-82.
Abstract
Activation of precursor 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25D) to hormonal 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25D) is a pivotal step in vitamin D physiology, catalysed by the enzyme 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1α-hydroxylase (1α-hydroxylase). To establish new models for assessing the physiological importance of the 1α-hydroxylase-25D-axis, we used Danio rerio (zebrafish) to characterize expression and biological activity of the gene for 1α-hydroxylase (cyp27b1). Treatment of day 5 zebrafish larvae with inactive 25D (5-150 nM) or active 1,25D (0.1-10 nM) induced dose responsive expression (15-95-fold) of the vitamin D-target gene cyp24a1 relative to larvae treated with vehicle, suggesting the presence of Cyp27b1 activity. A full-length zebrafish cyp27b1 cDNA was then generated using RACE and RT-PCR methods. Sequencing of the resulting clone revealed an open reading frame encoding a protein of 505 amino acids with 54% identity to human CYP27B1. Transfection of a cyp27b1 expression vector into HKC-8, a human kidney proximal tubular epithelial cell line, enhanced intracrine metabolism of 25D to 1,25D resulting in greater than twofold induction of CYP24A1 mRNA expression and a 25-fold increase in 1,25D production compared to empty vector. These data indicate that we have cloned a functional zebrafish CYP27B1, representing a phylogenetically distant branch from mammals of this key enzyme in vitamin D metabolism. Further analysis of cyp27b1 expression and activity in zebrafish may provide new perspectives on the biological importance of 25D metabolism.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping