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lüll Calcitriol controls the epithelial calcium channel in kidney Hoenderop JGJ; Muller D; VAN DER Kemp AWCM; Hartog A; Suzuki M; Ishibashi K; Imai M; Sweep F; Willems PHGM; Os CHV; Bindels RJMJ Am Soc Nephrol 2001[Jul]; 12 (7): 1342-1349The recently cloned epithelial Ca2+ channel (ECaC), which is expressed primarily in 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) (1,25(OH)(2)D(3))-responsive Ca2+ -transporting epithelia, is postulated to constitute the rate-limiting step in active Ca2+ reabsorption. In the present study, the effect of 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) was investigated on ECaC mRNA and protein levels in kidneys of rats that were raised on a vitamin D-depleting diet. This diet decreased the serum 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) concentration significantly, which was accompanied by a marked drop in serum Ca2+ level. Both 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) and Ca2+ levels were normalized within 48 h after 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) administration. In 1,25(OH)(2)D(3)-deficient rats, ECaC mRNA and protein levels of the kidney cortex were significantly decreased compared with the repleted animals, suggesting that 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) exerts its stimulatory effect on Ca2+ reabsorption via increased ECaC expression. In agreement with this observation, the elucidated human ECaC promoter contains several consensus vitamin D-responsive elements. ECaC was restricted to the apical membrane of the distal part of the distal convoluted and the connecting tubule. This conclusion was based on only minor overlap with the localization of the thiazide-sensitive NaCl co-transporter and complete co-localization with the 1,25(OH)(2)D(3)-dependent Ca2+ binding protein, calbindin-D(28K). In conclusion, ECaC, present in the distal part of the nephron, is an important target for 1,25(OH)(2)D(3)-mediated Ca2+ reabsorption.|Animals[MESH]|Base Sequence/genetics[MESH]|Calbindins[MESH]|Calcitriol/pharmacology/*physiology[MESH]|Calcium Channel Agonists/*metabolism/pharmacology[MESH]|Calcium Channels/*drug effects/genetics/*metabolism[MESH]|Calcium/metabolism[MESH]|Diet[MESH]|Homeostasis/physiology[MESH]|Kidney Cortex/metabolism[MESH]|Kidney/drug effects/*metabolism[MESH]|Male[MESH]|Molecular Sequence Data[MESH]|Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics[MESH]|Rats[MESH]|Rats, Wistar[MESH]|S100 Calcium Binding Protein G/metabolism[MESH]|TRPV Cation Channels[MESH]|Tissue Distribution[MESH]|Vitamin D Deficiency[MESH] |