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The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Vol. 86, No. 2 888-894
Copyright © 2001 by The Endocrine Society


Original Studies

Extrarenal Expression of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3-1{alpha}-Hydroxylase1

Daniel Zehnder, Rosemary Bland, Mary C. Williams, Robert W. McNinch, Alexander J. Howie, Paul M. Stewart2 and Martin Hewison

Division of Medical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom B15 2TH

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Dr. Martin Hewison, Division of Medical Sciences, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom B15 2TH. E-mail: m.hewsion{at}bham.ac.uk

The mitochondrial enzyme 25-hydroxyvitamin D3-1{alpha}-hydroxylase (1{alpha}-hydroxylase) plays an important role in calcium homeostasis by catalyzing synthesis of the active form of vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, in the kidney. However, enzyme activity assays indicate that 1{alpha}-hydroxylase is also expressed in a variety of extrarenal tissues; recent cloning of cDNAs for 1{alpha}-hydroxylase in different species suggests that a similar gene product is found at both renal and extrarenal sites. Using specific complementary ribonucleic acid probes and antisera to 1{alpha}-hydroxylase, we have previously reported the distribution of messenger ribonucleic acid and protein for the enzyme along the mouse and human nephron. Here we describe further immunohistochemical and Western blot analyses that detail for the first time the extrarenal distribution of 1{alpha}-hydroxylase in both normal and diseased tissues. Specific staining for 1{alpha}-hydroxylase was detected in skin (basal keratinocytes, hair follicles), lymph nodes (granulomata), colon (epithelial cells and parasympathetic ganglia), pancreas (islets), adrenal medulla, brain (cerebellum and cerebral cortex), and placenta (decidual and trophoblastic cells). Further studies using psoriatic skin highlighted overexpression of 1{alpha}-hydroxylase throughout the dysregulated stratum spinosum. Increased expression of skin 1{alpha}-hydroxylase was also associated with sarcoidosis. In lymph nodes and skin from these patients 1{alpha}-hydroxylase expression was observed in cells positive for the surface antigen CD68 (macrophages). The data presented here confirm the presence of protein for 1{alpha}-hydroxylase in several extrarenal tissues, such as skin, placenta, and lymph nodes. The function of this enzyme at novel extrarenal sites, such as adrenal medulla, brain, pancreas, and colon, remains to be determined. However, the discrete patterns of staining in these tissues emphasizes a possible role for 1{alpha}-hydroxylase as an intracrine modulator of vitamin D function in peripheral tissues.




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