PMID- 23072922 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130926 LR - 20211203 IS - 1873-2763 (Electronic) IS - 1873-2763 (Linking) VI - 54 IP - 2 DP - 2013 Jun TI - Vitamin D signaling in osteocytes: effects on bone and mineral homeostasis. PG - 237-43 LID - S8756-3282(12)01315-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bone.2012.10.007 [doi] AB - The active form of vitamin D [1,25(OH)2D] is an important regulator of calcium and bone homeostasis, as evidenced by the consequences of 1,25(OH)2D inactivity in man and mice, which include hypocalcemia, hypophosphatemia, secondary hyperparathyroidism and bone abnormalities. The recent generation of tissue-specific (intestine, osteoblast/osteocyte, chondrocyte) vitamin D receptor (Vdr) null mice has provided mechanistic insight in the cell-specific actions of 1,25(OH)2D and their contribution to the integrative physiology of VDR signaling that controls bone and mineral metabolism. These studies have demonstrated that even with normal dietary calcium intake, 1,25(OH)2D is crucial to maintain normal calcium and bone homeostasis and accomplishes this primarily through stimulation of intestinal calcium transport. When, moreover, insufficient calcium is acquired from the diet (severe dietary calcium restriction, lack of intestinal VDR activity), 1,25(OH)2D levels will increase and will directly act on osteoblasts and osteocytes to enhance bone resorption and to suppress bone matrix mineralization. Although this system is essential to maintain normal calcium levels in blood during a negative calcium balance, the consequences for bone are disastrous and generate an increased fracture risk. These findings evidently demonstrate that preservation of serum calcium levels has priority over skeletal integrity. Since vitamin D supplementation is an essential part of anti-osteoporotic therapy, mechanistic insight in vitamin D actions is required to define the optimal therapeutic regimen, taking into account the amount of dietary calcium supply, in order to maximize the targeted outcome and to avoid side-effects. We will review the current understanding concerning the functions of osteoblastic/osteocytic VDR signaling which not only include the regulation of bone metabolism, but also comprise the control of calcium and phosphate homeostasis via fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 23 secretion and the maintenance of the hematopoeitic stem cell (HSC) niche, with special focus on the experimental data obtained from systemic and osteoblast/osteocyte-specific Vdr null mice. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Lieben, Liesbet AU - Lieben L AD - Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. FAU - Carmeliet, Geert AU - Carmeliet G LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20121013 PL - United States TA - Bone JT - Bone JID - 8504048 RN - 0 (FGF23 protein, human) RN - 0 (Fgf23 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Minerals) RN - 1406-16-2 (Vitamin D) RN - 7Q7P4S7RRE (Fibroblast Growth Factor-23) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Bone and Bones/*metabolism MH - Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 MH - *Homeostasis MH - Humans MH - Minerals/*metabolism MH - Osteocytes/*metabolism MH - *Signal Transduction MH - Vitamin D/*metabolism EDAT- 2012/10/18 06:00 MHDA- 2013/09/27 06:00 CRDT- 2012/10/18 06:00 PHST- 2012/08/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/10/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/10/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/10/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/10/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/09/27 06:00 [medline] AID - S8756-3282(12)01315-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bone.2012.10.007 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Bone. 2013 Jun;54(2):237-43. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2012.10.007. Epub 2012 Oct 13.