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Interactions between vitamin D and IGF ‐I: from physiology to clinical practice
Author(s) -
Ameri Pietro,
Giusti Andrea,
Boschetti Mara,
Murialdo Giovanni,
Minuto Francesco,
Ferone Diego
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1111/cen.12268
Subject(s) - autocrine signalling , paracrine signalling , endocrinology , vitamin d and neurology , medicine , acromegaly , biology , vitamin , population , calcifediol , hormone , vitamin d deficiency , receptor , growth hormone , environmental health
Summary The interplay between vitamin D and IGF ‐I is complex and occurs at both endocrine and paracrine/autocrine levels. Vitamin D has been shown to increase circulating IGF ‐I and IGFBP ‐3, with the consistent finding of a positive correlation between vitamin D and IGF ‐ I serum values in population‐based cohorts of healthy subjects. The modulation of IGF ‐ I and IGFBP ‐3 concentrations by vitamin D may impact recombinant human (rh) GH dosing for the treatment of GHD . It might also underlie some of the extra‐skeletal beneficial effects ascribed to vitamin D . On the other hand, IGF ‐I stimulates renal production of 1,25‐dihydroxyvitamin D , which increases calcium and phosphate availability in the body and suppresses PTH secretion. This effect is responsible for an altered calcium–phosphate balance in uncontrolled acromegaly and might also account for the improvement in bone metabolism associated with rh GH treatment in patients with GHD . Data on the paracrine/autocrine vitamin D − IGF ‐I interactions are abundant, but mostly not linked to one another. As a result, it is not possible to draw a comprehensive picture of the physiological and/or pathological interrelations between vitamin D , IGF ‐ I and IGF ‐binding proteins ( IGFBP ) in different tissues. A potential role of vitamin D action is related to its association with carcinogenesis, a paradigm being breast cancer. Current evidence indicates that, in breast tumours, vitamin D modulates the IGF ‐I/ IGFBP ratio to decrease proliferation and increase apoptosis.