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This regulatory genomic response of the enterocyte would result in an increase in the brush border membrane content of CaT1 calcium influx channels that could function as a gatekeeper mechanism to augment the rate of calcium entry across the apical membrane [ 9 ] . However, given that there is a Ca-dependent negative feedback mechanism to limit calcium entry through the channel by maintaining the channel in the closed position [ 14 15 ] there must be a way to remove calcium from the vicinity of the cytosolic face of the channel to optimize and sustain calcium influx rates.
Moreover, given the potentially central role of this epithelial calcium channel as an important modulator of cellular calcium influx in a variety of cell types [ 15 ] , it will be of interest to investigate whether the vitamin D effect on CaT1 expression extends beyond the enterocyte.
During transcellular calcium transport across the absorptive enterocyte, calcium must pass across an apical brush border membrane, then transverse the interior of the cell, and exit against an electrochemical gradient across the basolateral membrane.
Additionally, while screening an enterocyte cDNA library for full length cDNAs using PCR, we consistently amplified two DNA products when using Abcg8 primers flanking exon 2; one of the expected size, and another very low copy product ~60 bases larger.
These observations are the first to demonstrate regulation of CaT1 expression by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D in the human enterocyte and are consistent with a new model of intestinal calcium absorption wherein vitamin D-mediated changes in brush border membrane CaT1 levels could be the primary gatekeeper regulating homeostatic modulation of intestinal calcium absorption efficiency.
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