Bone grafts and improvement in bone quality will increase in the future. Thus, molecular biological knowledge of bone metabolism is essential for prosthetic therapy. This study reveals that expression of CYP24, which inactivates vitamin D, is controlled by mechanical stress and mitogen-activated protein kinase.
AbstractPurpose: For bone homeostasis, vitamin D plays an important role in the regulation of calcium. The enzyme CYP24 inactivates vitamin D and is involved in its regulation. However, the mechanism of expression of CYP24 in osteoblastic cells under mechanical stress is not clear. In this study we investigated CYP24 promoter activity in stretched osteoblastic cells and the participation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in expression of CYP24.Methods: MG63 osteoblastic cells were cultured on silicon-bottomed plates. Cells were transfected with a reporter gene that contained a CYP24 promoter. After activated vitamin D, 1,25(OH) 2 D 3 , was added or not added, cells were stretched. Stretched and non-stretched cells were investigated by luciferase dual assay. Cells were also investigated similarly using medium with an ERK1/2 inhibitor or p38 inhibitor.
Results:The CYP24 promoter was activated by 1,25(OH) 2 D 3 and the promoter activity decreased in stretched cells. Inhibitor of MAPK decreased CYP24 promoter activity. However, CYP24 promoter activity decreased with mechanical stress after addition of p38 inhibitor, while it did not decrease with mechanical stress after addition of ERK1/2 inhibitor. The CYP24 promoter was not activated without 1,25(OH) 2 D 3 in any case.
Conclusion:Mechanical stress and MAPK control CYP24 promoter activity in the presence of Vitamin D in MG63 osteoblast-like cells.