scholarly journals Use of forskolin to study the relationship between cyclic AMP formation and bone resorption in vitro

1986 ◽  
Vol 240 (2) ◽  
pp. 529-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
U H Lerner ◽  
B B Fredholm ◽  
M Ransjö

The effect of the adenylate cyclase activator forskolin on bone resorption and cyclic AMP accumulation was studied in an organ-culture system by using calvarial bones from 6-7-day-old mice. Forskolin caused a rapid and fully reversible increase of cyclic AMP, which was maximal after 20-30 min. The phosphodiesterase inhibitor rolipram (30 mumol/l), enhanced the cyclic AMP response to forskolin (50 mumol/l) from a net cyclic AMP response of 1234 +/- 154 pmol/bone to 2854 +/- 193 pmol/bone (mean +/- S.E.M., n = 4). The cyclic AMP level in bones treated with forskolin (30 mumol/l) was significantly increased after 24 h of culture. Forskolin, at and above 0.3 mumol/l, in the absence and the presence of rolipram (30 mumol/l), caused a dose-dependent cyclic AMP accumulation with an calculated EC50 (concentration producing half-maximal stimulation) value at 8.3 mumol/l. In 24 h cultures forskolin inhibited spontaneous and PTH (parathyroid hormone)-stimulated 45Ca release with calculated IC50 (concentration producing half-maximal inhibition) values at 1.6 and 0.6 mumol/l respectively. Forskolin significantly inhibited the release of 3H from [3H]proline-labelled bones stimulated by PTH (10 nmol/l). The inhibitory effect by forskolin on PTH-stimulated 45Ca release was significant already after 3 h of culture. In 24 h cultures forskolin (3 mumol/l) significantly inhibited 45Ca release also from bones stimulated by prostaglandin E2 (1 mumol/l) and 1 alpha-hydroxycholecalciferol (0.1 mumol/l). The inhibitory effect of forskolin on spontaneous and PTH-stimulated 45Ca release was transient. A dose-dependent stimulation of basal 45Ca release was seen in 120 h cultures, at and above 3 nmol of forskolin/l, with a calculated EC50 value at 16 nmol/l. The stimulatory effect of forskolin (1 mumol/l) could be inhibited by calcitonin (0.1 unit/ml), but was insensitive to indomethacin (1 mumol/l). Forskolin increased the release of 3H from [3H]proline-labelled bones cultured for 120 h and decreased the amount of hydroxyproline in bones after culture. Forskolin inhibited PTH-stimulated release of Ca2+, Pi, beta-glucuronidase and beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase in 24 h cultures. In 120 h cultures forskolin stimulated the basal release of minerals and lysosomal enzymes.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

1983 ◽  
Vol 50 (04) ◽  
pp. 831-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Knut Dalaker ◽  
Hans Prydz

SummaryMouse placental cells are probably constitutive producers of the thromboplastin apoprotein in vitro. The effect of cyclic AMP- elevating compounds on their expression of thromboplastin activity has been studied. Dibutyryl cyclic AMP, the phosphodiesterase inhibitor Ro 20-1724 and the adenyl cyclase stimulator forskolin all decrease the synthesis of thromboplastin. Prostaglandin E2 and the phosphodiesterase inhibitor butyl-methyl-xanthine have a biphasic dose dependent effect. A stimulation was observed at low concentrations, whereas higher doses decreased the synthesis of thromboplastin. Adrenaline had no effect. Combination of two compounds, each at maximally inhibiting concentration gave no significant additive inhibitory effect, showing that they probably act via the same pathway.


1986 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Kraiem ◽  
G. Maor ◽  
M. Silbermann

ABSTRACT We examined whether cyclic AMP (cAMP) affects the incorporation of [3H]thymidine into cartilage cells and, if so, whether this action could be related to the inhibitory effect of glucocorticoid hormones on the growth of ossifying cartilage. Incorporation of [3H]thymidine into trichloroacetic acid-precipitable material by mouse cartilage was measured concomitantly with the concentration of cAMP. Dexamethasone (1 μmol/l) significantly (P < 0·05) depressed the incorporation of [3H]thymidine. The cAMP analogue 8-bromo-cAMP (0·01–1 mmol/l) also depressed the incorporation of the radionucleotide in a dose-dependent fashion. When various concentrations of 8-bromo-cAMP were added with dexamethasone (1 μmol/l), no apparent changes took place compared with the effect of dexamethasone alone. The phosphodiesterase inhibitor 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (0·2-1 mmol/l) elicited an inhibitory effect on [3H]thymidine incorporation and a stimulatory influence on cartilage cAMP concentrations. Dexamethasone, at doses (0·01–1 μmol/l) causing significant inhibition of [3H]thymidine incorporation, failed to increase cartilage levels of cAMP. It seems, therefore, that the depressive effect of dexamethasone on [3H]thymidine incorporation in condylar cartilage is not mediated through an increase of cAMP in the tissue. J. Endocr. (1986) 109, 209–213


1989 ◽  
Vol 143 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-175
Author(s):  
F. P. Lafeber ◽  
M. P. Herrmann-Erlee ◽  
G. Flik ◽  
S. E. Wendelaar Bonga

Hypocalcin, the major hormone with hypocalcaemic action in fish, was isolated from trout corpuscles of Stannius (SCs). The bioactivity of hypocalcin was assessed in a parathyroid hormone (PTH) bioassay involving bone resorption in embryonic mouse calvaria. Calcium and phosphate release and lactate production were stimulated in a dose-dependent manner by hypocalcin. On a molar basis about equal amounts of hypocalcin and PTH were required to obtain similar effects in this assay. Hypocalcin did not stimulate cyclic AMP production either in mouse calvaria or in cultured osteoblasts. In this respect hypocalcin resembles shortened or N-terminus-modified PTH molecules that induce bone resorption without increasing cyclic AMP levels. Since hypocalcin and PTH have comparable bioactivity in this mammalian bioassay (as well as in fish bioassays), we tentatively suggest that both hormones are structurally similar and that both hormones may act via the same receptors. The two hormones show no resemblance to one another in primary structure, so we suggest that they have similarities in tertiary structure.


1981 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulf Lerner ◽  
Gunnar T. Gustafson

Abstract. The effect of dibutyryl cyclic AMP (dbcAMP) and the phosphodiesterase inhibitors 3-isobutyl methylxanthine (IBMX) and theophylline on bone resorption was studied in an organ culture system for 96– 144 h using half calvaria from 6–7 day old mice. The magnitude of resorption was assessed by measuring the release from the bones of previously incorporated 45Ca. It was observed that dbcAMP, IBMX and theophylline, following a lag period or a period of reduced bone resorption, all progressively increased mineral mobilization. Although the continuous presence of dbcAMP increased mineral mobilization more than a temporary exposure, a limited treatment of 24 h with the nucleotide was sufficient to bring about the delayed stimulatory response. It is concluded that the observations support our earlier proposal that cAMP is not a mediator of the early stages of parathyroid hormone (PTH)- and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2)-stimulated bone resorption. We suggest that the role played by cAMP may be related to the capacity of PTH and PGE2 to develop new osteoclasts, a phenomenon which takes more than 24 h to be observed.


1982 ◽  
Vol 100 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulf Lerner ◽  
Bertil B. Fredholm

Abstract. The effect of 2-chloroadenosine on bone resorption and on cyclic AMP formation in murine calvarial bones in vitro was investigated. 2-Chloroadenosine increased the release of 45Ca from the cultured bones, but had no effect on dead bones, indicating that the effect is cell mediated. The adenosine analogue remained in the medium for 48 h and caused a transient stimulation of the formation of cyclic AMP. The dose-response curve for the stimulatory effect on cyclic AMP accumulation was linear up to 10−4m. The dose-response curve for 45Ca release was linear from 3 × 10−7 m to 3 × 10−5 m but then showed a decline in the response. 8-Bromo cyclic AMP inhibited the release of 45Ca in 24 h cultures. The initial stimulatory effect on bone resorption by 2-chloroadenosine may therefore not depend on cyclic AMP. The level of inosine increased during culture indicating that adenosine is formed by bone tissue.


1974 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 1063-1073 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yin-Tak Woo ◽  
J. F. Manery ◽  
E. E. Dryden

Using [14C]inosine and [3H]sorbitol, the effect of theophylline on inosine uptake was studied. Theophylline inhibited the intracellular uptake of inosine by isolated, frog skeletal muscle in a dose-dependent way. An inhibitory effect was also observed for the uptake of labelled adenosine, uridine, hypoxanthine, and adenine, but not for ribose. The inhibition was not readily reversible and was noncompetitive in nature. It was not secondary to the contracture of the muscle produced by the drug, because various treatments known to cause contracture had no effect on inosine transport. Also, papaverine (0.3 mM) significantly inhibited inosine transport without affecting the contractile properties of the muscle. Although theophylline is a cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor, no relation could be found between inhibition of inosine uptake and cyclic AMP. N8,O2′-Dibutyryl cyclic AMP (1 mM) was ineffective. Though isoproterenol (10 μg/ml) increased the cyclic AMP concentrations in the muscle by 26-fold in the presence of theophylline and 3-fold in the absence of the drug, it did not influence inosine transport. Tracing the label into various intracellular nucleotides after incubation of the muscle with [14C]inosine suggested that theophylline inhibited inosine transport rather than inosine metabolism.


1994 ◽  
Vol 140 (3) ◽  
pp. 431-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Ulisse ◽  
E A Jannini ◽  
E Carosa ◽  
D Piersanti ◽  
F M Graziano ◽  
...  

Abstract Basal and FSH-induced aromatase activity in prepubertal rat Sertoli cells was inhibited by l-tri-iodothyronine (T3) in a time- and dose-dependent manner. The effect was evident only after 6 h of preincubation with T3 (10−7 m) and the half-maximal dose was 0·5 ±0·2 nm, which correlated with the Kd of the nuclear T3 receptor of rat Sertoli cells (Kd=1–2 nm). The effect was specific as judged by the lack of effect of the T3 analogue 3-iodo-l-thyrosine. The inhibitory effect of T3 was present over the entire range of FSH concentrations used (0·001–100 ng/ml). In T3-treated Sertoli cells, aromatase activity induced by 8-bromo-cyclic AMP was inhibited by the same order of magnitude as that of FSH, thus suggesting that the inhibitory effect of T3 was downstream from cyclic AMP formation. Furthermore, pretreatment of Sertoli cells cultures with T3 (24 h, 10−7 m) did not affect basal or FSH-induced extracellular cyclic AMP accumulation. This effect of T3 on rat Sertoli cell aromatase activity may be regarded as a part of the integrated mechanism by which thyroid hormone modulates the functions of the seminiferous epithelium. Journal of Endocrinology (1994) 140, 431–436


1980 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulf Lerner

Abstract. The effect of N6-monobutyryl adenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (mbcAMP), N6,O2′-dibutyryl adenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (dbcAMP), 8-bromo adenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (8-brcAMP), adenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) and two phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitors, theophylline and 3-isobutyl-methylxanthine (IBMX) on bone resorption was studied in an organ culture system for 24 h using half calvaria from 6–7 day old mice. The parameters studied were: the release of calcium (Ca2+), inorganic phosphate (Pi), β-glucuronidase, β-galactosidase, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and 45Ca from the bones to the medium. With dbcAMP, in concentrations between 5 × 10−5m and 2.5 × 10−4m, and with 8-brcAMP, in concentrations between 10−5m and 5 × 10−5m, a dose-dependent inhibitory effect on the spontaneous release of 45Ca from the explants was found. IBMX and theophylline in doses of 10−3m and 2.5 × 10−3m, respectively, inhibited the spontaneous mobilization of 45Ca, while hypoxanthine, which lacks PDE inhibitory capacity, did not affect the release of 45Ca. When cAMP or its analogues were combined with IBMX, a potentiated inhibitory effect on mineral mobilization and lysosomal enzyme release was seen. In contrast, adenosine 5′-monophosphate, 8-bromo adenosine 5′-monophosphate and sodium butyrate did not reduce the release of 45Ca when applied alone or combined with IBMX. PDE inhibitors combined with parathyroid hormone (PTH) resulted in a reduction of the PTH-stimulated bone resorption. The results provide further evidence that cAMP is not a mediator of the early stage of PTH-induced bone resorption, but on the contrary inhibits mineral mobilization and lysosomal enzyme release from cultured bones.


1977 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Tohjima ◽  
Y. Takahashi ◽  
H. Funayama ◽  
Y. Shiokawa

Platelet aggregation is mediated by prostaglandin (PG) endoperoxide and cAMP. But exogenous PGs might modify platelet function and might play a major role on the PG metabolism in platelet as well as endogenous PGs do. We studied the relationship between quantitative and qualitative regulation of PGs and cAMP and platelet aggregation, by incubation method adding exogenous PGs (PGE1, etc) and antiaggregating agents such as heparin, dextran sulfate, carbocromen, α-tocopherol, persein human platelet suspension. Platelet aggregation was studied photometrically adding thrombin. PGE1, E2, F1α and F2α were assayed by radioimmunoassay (RIA). cAMP was assayed by RIA. PG formation after incubation with the agents in platelet suspension was as follows; 1) PGF system was stimulated by PGE1 and PGE2. 2) PGE system was depressed by PGF2α. 3) PGF system was depressed by PGA1. 4) PGE1, stimulated cAMP and PGF system. 5)Aspirin, heparin, dextran sulfate and carbocromen had dose dependent inhibitory effect on thrombin induced platelet aggregation and had reducing effect on formation before adding thrombin. 6) Plenylamine and CDP-choline had inhibitory effect in vitro on platelet aggregation at higher concentrations than that of clinical use. CDP-choline reduced PGE levels but did not influence PGF levels. Prenylamine reduced PGF levels and stimulated cAMP formation at higher concentrations. 7)Dipyridamole and α-topcopherol did not reduce PGs levels. This approach provided the results that platelet function was regulated by PG metabolism which is modified by exogenous PGs or some drugs. Antiaggregating agents can be classified by the quantitative and qualitative difference of PG formation.


1985 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuharu Murakami ◽  
Kozo Hashimoto ◽  
Zensuke Ota

Abstract. The effect of nifedipine on CRF-41- and AVP-induced ACTH release was examined using monolayer cultured rat anterior pituitary cells and pituitary halves. Nifedipine inhibited ACTH release induced by synthetic rat CRF-41 in two systems. In pituitary halves, CRF-41 significantly stimulated both ACTH release and cyclic AMP accumulation. Nifedipine inhibited CRF-41-induced ACTH release and the inhibitory effect of nifedipine on CRF-41-induced ACTH release was accompanied by parallel decrease of cyclic AMP levels in pituitary halves. Nifedipine did not inhibit AVP-induced ACTH release in pituitary halves, and AVP did not significantly affect cyclic AMP accumulation in pituitary halves. These results suggest that CRF-41 stimulates ACTH release through the intracellular cyclic AMP system and calcium-calmodulin system which are accelerated by the influx of extracellular calcium ions. Moreover, it is suggested that the calcium required for AVP-induced ACTH release is derived primarily from intracellular rather than extracellular sources.


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