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Vitamin D₃ Derivatives with Adamantane or Lactone Ring Side Chains are Cell Type-Selective Vitamin D Receptor Modulators

Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering (Y.I., K.Y., N.Y., S.Y.), Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan; and Department of Biochemistry (Y.I., M.M., S.U., S.Y., M.M.), Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

The vitamin D receptor (VDR) mediates the biological actions of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃ [1,25(OH)₂D₃], the active form of vitamin D, which regulates calcium homeostasis, immunity, cellular differentiation, and other physiological processes. We investigated the effects of three 1,25(OH)₂D₃ derivatives on VDR function. AD47 has an adamantane ring and LAC67a and LAC67b have lactone ring substituents at the side chain position. These vitamin D derivatives bind to VDR but do not stabilize an active cofactor conformation. In a VDR transfection assay, AD47 and LAC67b act as partial agonists and all three compounds inhibit VDR activation by 1,25(OH)₂D₃. The derivatives enhanced the heterodimerization of VDR with the retinoid X receptor, an effect unrelated to agonist/antagonist activity. AD47 and LAC67b weakly induced recruitment of the SRC-1 cofactor to VDR, and all three derivatives inhibited the recruitment of p160 family cofactors to VDR induced by 1,25(OH)₂D₃. It is noteworthy that AD47 induced DRIP205 recruitment as effectively as 1,25(OH)₂D₃, whereas LAC67a and LAC67b were not effective. We examined the expression of endogenous VDR target genes and the nuclear protein levels of VDR and cofactors in several cell lines, including cells derived from intestine, bone, and monocytes, and found that the vitamin D₃ derivatives act as cell type-selective VDR modulators. The data indicate that side chain modification is useful in the development of VDR antagonists and tissue-selective modulators. Further elucidation of the molecular mechanisms of action of selective VDR modulators will be essential for their clinical application.

Address correspondence to: Makoto Makishima, Department of Biochemistry, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-kamicho, Itabashiku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan. E-mail: maxima{at}med.nihon-u.ac.jp.

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