Induction of gap junctional intercellular communication by vitamin D in human skin fibroblasts is dependent on the nuclear vitamin D receptor

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Clairmont, A [1 ]
Tessmann, D [1 ]
Stock, A [1 ]
Nicolai, S [1 ]
Stahl, W [1 ]
Sies, H [1 ]
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[1] UNIV DUSSELDORF, INST PHYSIOL CHEM 1, D-40001 DUSSELDORF, GERMANY
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10.1093/carcin/17.6.1389
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The physiologically active metabolite of vitamin D, 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-3 (calcitriol), induces gap junctional intercellular communication in human skin fibroblasts 161BR at a concentration of 10(-7) M. In human skin fibroblasts, FIB5, devoid of a functional nuclear vitamin D receptor (VDR), there is no effect on gap junctional intercellular communication. Parallel to the increase in cell-cell communication, we observed a VDR-dependent increase in connexin43 protein and connexin43 mRNA levels. These results suggest that 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-3 affects gap junctional intercellular communication at the level of transcription or of mRNA stability via the nuclear VDR.
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