0 6 20-Epi 20-epi NN 7 16 analogues analogue NNS 17 19 of of IN 20 41 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin NN 42 44 D3 d3 NN 45 48 are be VBP 49 55 highly highly RB 56 62 potent potent JJ 63 71 inducers inducer NNS 72 74 of of IN 75 79 DRIP DRIP NNP 80 91 coactivator coactivator NN 92 99 complex complex NN 100 107 binding bind VBG 108 110 to to TO 111 114 the the DT 115 122 vitamin vitamin NN 123 125 D3 d3 NN 126 134 receptor receptor NN 134 135 . . . 137 158 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin NNP 159 161 D3 D3 NNP 162 163 ( ( ( 163 175 1,25(OH)2D3) 1,25(OH)2D3) NNP 176 181 plays play VBZ 182 183 a a DT 184 189 major major JJ 190 194 role role NN 195 197 in in IN 198 201 the the DT 202 213 stimulation stimulation NN 214 216 of of IN 217 221 bone bone NN 222 228 growth growth NN 228 229 , , , 230 244 mineralization mineralization NN 244 245 , , , 246 249 and and CC 250 260 intestinal intestinal JJ 261 268 calcium calcium NN 269 272 and and CC 273 282 phosphate phosphate NN 283 293 absorption absorption NN 293 294 ; ; : 295 297 it it PRP 298 302 also also RB 303 307 acts act VBZ 308 310 as as IN 311 312 a a DT 313 320 general general JJ 321 330 inhibitor inhibitor NN 331 333 of of IN 334 342 cellular cellular JJ 343 356 proliferation proliferation NN 356 357 . . . 358 365 Several several JJ 366 369 new new JJ 369 370 , , , 371 381 clinically clinically RB 382 390 relevant relevant JJ 391 400 compounds compound NNS 401 411 dissociate dissociate VBP 412 429 antiproliferative antiproliferative JJ 430 433 and and CC 434 442 calcemic calcemic JJ 443 453 activities activity NNS 454 456 of of IN 457 468 1,25(OH)2D3 1,25(OH)2D3 NNP 468 469 , , , 470 473 but but CC 474 477 the the DT 478 487 molecular molecular JJ 488 493 basis basis NN 494 497 for for IN 498 502 this this DT 503 506 has have VBZ 507 510 not not RB 511 515 been be VBN 516 523 clearly clearly RB 524 534 elucidated elucidate VBN 534 535 . . . 536 540 Here here RB 540 541 , , , 542 544 we we PRP 545 551 tested test VBD 552 559 whether whether IN 560 563 the the DT 564 571 potency potency NN 572 574 of of IN 575 578 one one CD 579 584 class class NN 585 587 of of IN 588 597 compounds compound NNS 597 598 , , , 599 605 20-epi 20-epi NN 606 615 analogues analogue NNS 615 616 , , , 617 619 to to TO 620 626 induce induce VB 627 634 myeloid myeloid JJ 635 639 cell cell NN 640 655 differentiation differentiation NN 655 656 , , , 657 659 is be VBZ 660 667 because because IN 668 670 of of IN 671 677 direct direct JJ 678 687 molecular molecular JJ 688 695 effects effect NNS 696 698 on on IN 699 706 vitamin vitamin NN 707 708 D D NNP 709 717 receptor receptor NN 718 719 ( ( ( 719 722 VDR VDR NNP 722 723 ) ) ) 723 724 . . . 725 727 We we PRP 728 734 report report VBP 735 739 that that IN 740 743 two two CD 744 750 20-epi 20-epi NN 751 760 analogues analogue NNS 760 761 , , , 762 768 MC1627 mc1627 NN 769 772 and and CC 773 779 MC1288 mc1288 NN 779 780 , , , 781 788 induced induce VBD 789 804 differentiation differentiation NN 805 808 and and CC 809 822 transcription transcription NN 823 825 of of IN 826 840 p21(Waf1,Cip1) p21(Waf1,Cip1) NNP 840 841 , , , 842 843 a a DT 844 847 key key JJ 848 851 VDR vdr NN 852 858 target target NN 859 863 gene gene NN 864 872 involved involve VBN 873 875 in in IN 876 882 growth growth NN 883 893 inhibition inhibition NN 893 894 , , , 895 897 at at IN 898 899 a a DT 900 913 concentration concentration NN 914 922 100-fold 100-fold RB 923 928 lower low JJR 929 933 than than IN 934 938 that that DT 939 941 of of IN 942 953 1,25(OH)2D3 1,25(OH)2D3 NNP 953 954 . . . 955 957 We we PRP 958 966 compared compare VBD 967 971 this this DT 972 983 sensitivity sensitivity NN 984 986 to to TO 987 995 analogue analogue NN 996 1003 effects effect NNS 1004 1006 on on IN 1007 1010 VDR VDR NNP 1011 1022 interacting interacting NN 1023 1031 proteins protein NNS 1031 1032 : : : 1033 1036 RXR RXR NNP 1036 1037 , , , 1038 1044 GRIP-1 grip-1 NN 1044 1045 , , , 1046 1049 and and CC 1050 1057 DRIP205 drip205 NN 1057 1058 , , , 1059 1060 a a DT 1061 1068 subunit subunit NN 1069 1071 of of IN 1072 1075 the the DT 1076 1080 DRIP DRIP NNP 1081 1092 coactivator coactivator NN 1093 1100 complex complex NN 1100 1101 . . . 1102 1110 Compared compare VBN 1111 1115 with with IN 1116 1119 the the DT 1120 1131 interaction interaction NN 1132 1134 of of IN 1135 1138 VDR VDR NNP 1139 1143 with with IN 1144 1147 RXR RXR NNP 1148 1150 or or CC 1151 1157 GRIP-1 GRIP-1 NNP 1157 1158 , , , 1159 1162 the the DT 1163 1178 differentiation differentiation NN 1179 1192 dose-response dose-response NN 1193 1197 most most RBS 1198 1205 closely closely RB 1206 1216 correlated correlate VBN 1217 1219 to to TO 1220 1223 the the DT 1224 1240 ligand-dependent ligand-dependent JJ 1241 1252 recruitment recruitment NN 1253 1255 of of IN 1256 1259 the the DT 1260 1264 DRIP DRIP NNP 1265 1276 coactivator coactivator NN 1277 1284 complex complex NN 1285 1287 to to TO 1288 1291 VDR VDR NNP 1292 1295 and and CC 1296 1298 to to TO 1299 1302 the the DT 1303 1310 ability ability NN 1311 1313 of of IN 1314 1317 the the DT 1318 1326 receptor receptor NN 1327 1329 to to TO 1330 1338 activate activate VB 1339 1352 transcription transcription NN 1353 1355 in in IN 1356 1357 a a DT 1358 1367 cell-free cell-free JJ 1368 1374 system system NN 1374 1375 . . . 1376 1381 These these DT 1382 1389 results result NNS 1390 1397 provide provide VBP 1398 1408 compelling compelling JJ 1409 1414 links link NNS 1415 1422 between between IN 1423 1426 the the DT 1427 1437 efficiency efficiency NN 1438 1440 of of IN 1441 1444 the the DT 1445 1451 20-epi 20-epi JJ 1452 1460 analogue analogue NN 1461 1463 in in IN 1464 1472 inducing induce VBG 1473 1481 VDR/DRIP VDR/DRIP NNP 1482 1494 interactions interaction NNS 1494 1495 , , , 1496 1511 transactivation transactivation NN 1512 1514 in in FW 1515 1520 vitro vitro FW 1520 1521 , , , 1522 1525 and and CC 1526 1529 its its PRP$ 1530 1538 enhanced enhance VBN 1539 1546 ability ability NN 1547 1549 to to TO 1550 1556 induce induce VB 1557 1565 cellular cellular JJ 1566 1581 differentiation differentiation NN 1581 1582 . . .