Vitamin D binding factors in bovine blood

J Dairy Sci. 1977 Oct;60(10):1605-11. doi: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(77)84076-9.

Abstract

Both 25 [25,26-hydrogen-3] hydroxycholecalciferol and [1alpha,2alpha-hydrogen-3] cholecalciferol were added to bovine plasma in vitro. Analysis by gel-filtration and ion exchange chromatography, electrophoresis, ultracentrifugation, competitive binding specificity studies, and plasma stripping showed that vitamin D circulated with a protein of alpha-globulin mobility. This globulin had a much higher affinity for 25-hydroxycholecalciferol while vitamin D3 appeared to be associated first with an alpha-lipoprotein and with time because associated with the alpha-globulin. This alpha-globulin had a molecular weight of approximately 70,000 as determined by gel-filtration. Cholecalciferol appeared to bind tightly to the alpha-lipoprotein and resisted being stripped from the plasma. Thus, alpha-globulin appears to be the major carrier of vitamin D in the blood while the alpha-lipoprotein may aid in the transfer of cholecalciferol from the gut to the liver via the lymph system.

MeSH terms

  • Alpha-Globulins / metabolism
  • Carrier Proteins / blood*
  • Cholecalciferol / blood
  • Hydroxycholecalciferols / blood
  • Lipoproteins, HDL / blood
  • Molecular Weight
  • Vitamin D / blood*

Substances

  • Alpha-Globulins
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Hydroxycholecalciferols
  • Lipoproteins, HDL
  • Vitamin D
  • Cholecalciferol