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  • 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 osteoblasts  (1)
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    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Alcohol ; Electron microscopy ; Growth plate
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary We have previously demonstrated that ethanol has a direct toxic effect on the rat skeleton characterized by decreased trabecular bone volume. In the present study, we examined the ultrastructure of the distal radial epiphyseal growth plates in these same animals. Eight weeks of ethanol administration to 12 male rats results in serum alcohol levels of 140 mg/dl but did not alter the width or light microscopic appearance of the radial growth plate. Quantitative electron microscopy failed to demonstrate morphologic evidence of toxicity in the skeletal cells. We conclude that although ethanol appears to have a direct effect on rat bone characterized by enhanced resorption, toxicity is not attended by ultrastructural changes in the skeletal cells.
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    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 53 (1993), S. 234-239 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Keywords: 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 osteoblasts ; intracellular pH ; gene expression ; mRNA ; cell calcium ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: 1α,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 exerts rapid nongenomic effects on rat osteoblast-like cells independent of the classic nuclear receptor. These effects include changes in phospholipid metabolism and cell calcium. Intracellular calcium itself has been proposed to regulate intracellular pH in osteoblast cell lines. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 on intracellular pH, the relationship of changes in calcium to changes in pH, and the role of pH changes in genomic activation. 1α,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 increased intracellular pH within 10 min in rat osteoblast-like cells, an effect that was inhibited by removal of extracellular sodium and by the biologically inactive epimer 1β,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3. The hormone increased intracellular calcium in Quin 2 loaded cells in the presence and absence of extracellular sodium. The 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-induced increments in osteocalcin and osteopontin mRNA levels were abolished in sodium-free medium. The results indicate that 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-induced increments in cellular calcium precede cell alkalinization and that these changes in intracellular pH may modulate steady-state mRNA levels of genes induced by vitamin D.
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