Evaluation of a parathyroid hormone antagonist in an in vivo multiparameter bioassay

1987 ◽  
Vol 253 (2) ◽  
pp. E187-E192
Author(s):  
N. Horiuchi ◽  
M. Rosenblatt

The antagonist properties of a bovine parathyroid hormone analogue ([Tyr34]bPTH-(7-34] amide were quantitatively assessed in vivo in a multiparameter assay to estimate the potency of the antagonist against the major actions of PTH. The analogue inhibited PTH-stimulated urinary excretion of phosphate and adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate in vitamin D-deficient thyroparathyroidectomized rats in a dose-dependent manner. At a molar dose ratio as low as 5:1 of antagonist to PTH, partial inhibition occurred. PTH stimulates the activity of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3-1 alpha-hydroxylase in renal proximal tubules. When coinfused with PTH, this analogue completely inhibited PTH-stimulated 1 alpha-hydroxylase activity at a molar dose ratio of 25:1 of antagonist to PTH and partially inhibited the activity at a molar dose ratio of 10:1. The analogue revealed no PTH-like agonist activity for stimulation of the 1 alpha-hydroxylase. Taken together, these studies indicate that [Tyr34]bPTH-(7-34) amide is a potent antagonist of several of the parameters of PTH action in vivo and demonstrate the feasibility of designing a PTH antagonist that can interact simultaneously with all the PTH receptors responsible for the hormone's major actions in vivo.

1991 ◽  
Vol 277 (3) ◽  
pp. 863-868 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Sömjen ◽  
K D Schlüter ◽  
E Wingender ◽  
H Mayer ◽  
A M Kaye

We have found, in previous studies in vitro using skeletal derived cell cultures, that mid-region fragments of human parathyroid hormone (hPTH) stimulate [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA and increase the specific activity of the brain-type isoenzyme of creatine kinase (CK). These changes occurred without an increase in cyclic AMP formation which is linked to bone resorption. In this study, we found that the mid-region fragment hPTH-(28-48) stimulated CK activity in diaphysis, epiphysis and kidney in a time- and dose-dependent manner, parallel to the effects of the whole molecule bovine (b)PTH-(1-84) and the fully active fragment hPTH-(1-34). The increase caused by hPTH-(28-48) at a dose of 1.25 micrograms/rat was not less than the 2-fold increase caused by a roughly equimolar concentration bPTH-(1-84). A significant increase was reached at 1 h after intraperitoneal injection in all cases. All three sequences of PTH caused an increase in [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA in diaphysis and epiphysis, but not in kidney, 24 h after injection. A fragment further towards the C-terminal, hPTH-(34-47), was inactive compared with an equimolar concentration of the fragment hPTH-(25-39), which stimulated both CK activity and DNA synthesis. These results in vivo are in line with previous findings in vitro; they provide further support for the suggestion that mid-region fragments of the PTH molecule could be used to induce bone formation without incurring the deleterious effect of bone resorption.


1990 ◽  
Vol 258 (2) ◽  
pp. E297-E303 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. T. Walker ◽  
A. F. Stewart ◽  
E. A. Korn ◽  
T. Shiratori ◽  
M. A. Mitnick ◽  
...  

The role of vitamin D metabolism in the humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy syndrome (HHM) is unclear. We studied in vivo and in vitro effects of synthetic parathyroid hormone-like peptides (PTH-LPs) on rodent renal 25-OHD-1 alpha-hydroxylase activity. Infusion of mice with PTH-LP-(1-36) at 10 pmol/h for 12 and 24 h showed significant (429 +/- 139% and 937 +/- 413%, respectively) stimulation of control enzyme activity. Infusion for 36 h demonstrated diminution of activity to levels nearer to the unstimulated state (228 +/- 36% of control). In that maximal activity was observed after 24 h of infusion, we examined 1 alpha-hydroxylase activity after variable dosages of PTH-LP-(1-36) at this time point. Animals infused with PTH-LP-(1-36) at dosages of 2.5, 10, and 30 pmol/h for 24 h demonstrated 1 alpha-hydroxylase activities of 0.71 +/- 0.12, 4.74 +/- 2.09, and 9.91 +/- 1.01 ng.mg protein-1.20 min-1 (means +/- SD), respectively, all significantly greater than control activity (0.51 +/- 0.20 ng.mg protein-1.20 min-1). PTH-LP-(1-36) and PTH-LP-(1-74) were comparable in potency to bovine (b)PTH-(1-34) in stimulating 1 alpha-hydroxylase. Direct in vitro incubation of PTH-LP-(1-36) with renal slices resulted in stimulation of 1 alpha-hydroxylase activity up to 200% of control levels, comparable to that seen with equimolar concentrations of bPTH-(1-34).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


2001 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
A de Melo ◽  
G Z Justo ◽  
M L de Souza Queiroz

In this work, we investigated the effects of the proteic aggregated polymer of magnesium ammonium phospholi-noleate-palmitoleate anhydride (MAPA) isolated from Aspergillus oryzae on the growth and differentiation ofbone marrow granulocyte-macrophage progenitor cells (CFU-GM) inListeriamonocytogenes-infectedmice.Asignificant reduction in the CFU-GM numberwas observed in the initial phase of infection with a sublethal dose of Listeria. Treatment of mice with 0.5, 2.0 and 5.0 mg/kg MAPA for 7 days prior to infection significantly stimulated myelopoiesis in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, treatment with 0.5 and 5.0 mg/kg MAPA resulted in 30%/6 and 40% cures of mice lethally infected with Listeria, respectively. MAPA added directly to the culture dishes hardly affected colony formation by bone marrow cells, suggesting an indirect effect ofthis compound on myelopoiesis in vivo. In summary, the data show that MAPA can modulate the CFU-GM generation and antibacterial resistance in listeriosis. As the ability of hematopoietic tissues to produce phagocytes is of particular significance to mediate resistance to Listeria, the promotion ofbone marrow CFU-GM by MAPA may contribute to a rapid restoration of phagocyte numbers in infected sites, thus mitigating the course of infection.


1992 ◽  
Vol 262 (4) ◽  
pp. E483-E487 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. O. Carpenter ◽  
M. D. McPhee ◽  
R. Bort ◽  
M. A. Mitnick ◽  
D. L. Carnes

Certain parathyroid hormone (PTH) analogues have been shown to selectively impair some but not all physiological actions of PTH. In this study, transaminated rat (r) PTH [TA-rPTH-(1-34)], a PTH analogue that differs from the rPTH-(1-34) fragment in that the NH2-terminal alanine is converted to pyruvate, was infused into mice to determine its properties in vivo and specifically to determine whether stimulation of 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1 alpha-hydroxylase (1 alpha-hydroxylase) activity was more dependent on concomitant renal handling of phosphate or on generation of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP). High-performance liquid chromatography-purified TA-rPTH-(1-34) was infused into C57BL mice at 10 or 30 pmol/h for 24 h. At 30 pmol/h, TA-rPTH-(1-34) was comparable with rPTH-(1-34) in its hypophosphatemic and phosphaturic effects but was less potent than rPTH-(1-34) in raising serum calcium. TA-rPTH-(1-34) was markedly less effective in stimulating renal 1 alpha-hydroxylase than rPTH-(1-34). Stimulation of urinary cAMP excretion occurred after infusion with TA-rPTH-(1-34), but this effect was significantly less than that seen with rPTH-(1-34). These findings indicate that PTH-induced hypophosphatemia and phosphaturia can be uncoupled from PTH stimulation of 1 alpha-hydroxylase. Furthermore, cAMP-related signal transduction appears to be more significant in regulation of 1 alpha-hydroxylase than mechanisms that mediate PTH-sensitive phosphate transport, independent of cAMP.


1986 ◽  
Vol 251 (5) ◽  
pp. F851-F857 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Doucet ◽  
A. Hus-Citharel ◽  
F. Morel

Dexamethasone has been reported to stimulate Na-K-ATPase activity in the medullary thick ascending limb of adrenalectomized animals within a few hours. The present study was aimed at characterizing the mechanism of this action by investigating the stimulatory effect of the hormone in vitro. Dexamethasone (10(-8) M) added in vitro to segments of the medullary thick ascending limb of Henle's loop, which were microdissected from adrenalectomized rats, restored in a dose-dependent manner the depressed Na-K-ATPase activity within one h of incubation. This stimulation of Na-K-ATPase was inhibited by cycloheximide and actinomycin D. Dexamethasone also stimulated the component of oxidative metabolism coupled to sodium transport. These results, which confirm previous in vivo observations, demonstrate that dexamethasone-induced stimulation of Na-K-ATPase is a direct tubular action of the hormone mediated by protein synthesis. They suggest that this short-term effect of dexamethasone corresponds to the stimulation of sodium reabsorption by the dilution segment.


1990 ◽  
Vol 259 (2) ◽  
pp. F389-F392
Author(s):  
L. Pizurki ◽  
R. Rizzoli ◽  
J. P. Bonjour

We studied the effect of (D-Trp12,Tyr34)bovine parathyroid hormone-(7-34)amide [(D-Trp12,Tyr34)bPTH(7-34)NH2], a recently described highly potent antagonist of parathyroid hormone (PTH), on the adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) and the sodium-dependent phosphate transport (NaPiT) responses to bPTH-(1-34) or PTH-related protein [PTHrP(1-34)] in renal epithelial cells. In this system, bPTH and PTHrP increased cAMP production and inhibited NaPiT in a similar manner. (D-Trp12,Tyr34)bPTH(7-34)NH2 did not influence either cAMP or NaPiT, but markedly attenuated the responses to PTH or PTHrP. The effect was concentration dependent, and a maximal inhibition of PTH or PTHrP effects was obtained with a 10(3)- to 10(4)-fold greater concentration of the antagonist. In contrast, the same concentration of the unsubstituted counterpart, (Tyr34)bPTH(7-34)NH2, which abolished the PTH- or PTHrP-induced stimulation of cAMP production, did not affect the inhibition of NaPiT caused by either peptide. Thus (D-Trp12,Tyr34)bPTH(7-34)NH2 inhibited the effects of PTH and PTHrP on both cAMP synthesis and Pi transport in renal cells. Because of the effects of this analogue on a transport function affected by these two peptides under physiological and pathophysiological conditions, it appears to be a promising antagonist.


1996 ◽  
Vol 76 (01) ◽  
pp. 111-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuto Sasaki ◽  
Junji Seki ◽  
John C Giddings ◽  
Junichiro Yamamoto

SummarySodium nitroprusside (SNP) and 3-morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1), are known to liberate nitric oxide (NO). In this study the effects of SNP and SIN-1 on thrombus formation in rat cerebral arterioles and venules in vivo were assessed using a helium-neon (He-Ne) laser. SNP infused at doses from 10 Μg/kg/h significantly inhibited thrombus formation in a dose dependent manner. This inhibition of thrombus formation was suppressed by methylene blue. SIN-1 at a dose of 100 Μg/kg/h also demonstrated a significant antithrombotic effect. Moreover, treatment with SNP increased vessel diameter in a dose dependent manner and enhanced the mean red cell velocity measured with a fiber-optic laser-Doppler anemometer microscope (FLDAM). Blood flow, calculated from the mean red cell velocity and vessel diameters was increased significantly during infusion. In contrast, mean wall shear rates in the arterioles and venules were not changed by SNP infusion. The results indicated that SNP and SIN-1 possessed potent antithrombotic activities, whilst SNP increased cerebral blood flow without changing wall shear rate. The findings suggest that the NO released by SNP and SIN-1 may be beneficial for the treatment and protection of cerebral infarction


1982 ◽  
Vol 243 (6) ◽  
pp. E499-E504
Author(s):  
N. S. Krieger ◽  
P. H. Stern

The cardiotonic agent amrinone has been postulated to directly affect Na-Ca exchange. Because stimulated bone resorption has been proposed to require Na-Ca exchange, we examined the effects of amrinone on bone. Amrinone inhibited release of Ca from neonatal mouse calvaria in organ culture stimulated by parathyroid hormone (PTH), 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin d3, or prostaglandin E2. Inhibition was dose dependent and maximal at 2 X 10(-4) M. The effect of amrinone differed from the inhibitory effects of calcitonin, ouabain, or nigericin in that 1) 6-h exposure to amrinone alone prevented the effect of subsequently added PTH; 2) amrinone was only partially effective if added after resorption was initiated by 24-h treatment with PTH; 3) coincubation with amrinone and PTH during the first 48 h of culture allowed for a response to PTH after amrinone was removed; no such protection by a stimulator occurred with ouabain or nigericin. Also submaximal concentrations of amrinone plus calcitonin, ouabain, or nigericin gave greater than additive inhibition of Ca release. Amrinone had no effect on basal bone cAMP or on the acute stimulation of cAMP by PTH. The results suggest that amrinone could have a more direct interaction with the pathway involved in stimulated bone resorption than the other inhibitors.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuxing Shen ◽  
Chao Wu ◽  
Meng Lei ◽  
Qing Yan ◽  
Haoyang Zhang ◽  
...  

AbstractCarfilzomib, a second-generation proteasome inhibitor, has significantly improved the survival rate of multiple myeloma (MM) patients, but its clinical application is still restricted by drug resistance and cardiotoxicity. Here, we identified a novel proteasome inhibitor, D395, and assessed its efficacy in treating MM as well as its cardiotoxicity at the preclinical level. The activities of purified and intracellular proteasomes were measured to determine the effect of D395 on the proteasome. CCK-8 and flow cytometry experiments were designed to evaluate the effects of D395 on cell growth and apoptosis. The effects of D395 and carfilzomib on serum enzyme activity, echocardiography features, cardiomyocyte morphology, and hERG channels were also compared. In our study, D395 was highly cytotoxic to MM cell lines and primary MM cells but not normal cells, and it was well tolerated in vivo. Similar to carfilzomib, D395 inhibited osteoclast differentiation in a dose-dependent manner. In particular, D395 exhibited lower cardiotoxicity than carfilzomib in all experiments. In conclusion, D395 is a novel irreversible proteasome inhibitor that has remarkable anti-MM activity and mild cardiotoxicity in vitro and in vivo.


Pharmaceutics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 386
Author(s):  
Tung-Hu Tsai ◽  
Yu-Jen Chen ◽  
Li-Ying Wang ◽  
Chen-Hsi Hsieh

This study was performed to evaluate the interaction between conventional or high-dose radiotherapy (RT) and the pharmacokinetics (PK) of regorafenib in concurrent or sequential regimens for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Concurrent and sequential in vitro and in vivo studies of irradiation and regorafenib were designed. The interactions of RT and regorafenib in vitro were examined in the human hepatoma Huh-7, HA22T and Hep G2 cell lines. The RT–PK phenomenon and biodistribution of regorafenib under RT were confirmed in a free-moving rat model. Regorafenib inhibited the viability of Huh-7 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Apoptosis in Huh-7 cells was enhanced by RT followed by regorafenib treatment. In the concurrent regimen, RT decreased the area under the concentration versus time curve (AUC)regorafenib by 74% (p = 0.001) in the RT2 Gy × 3 fraction (f’x) group and by 69% (p = 0.001) in the RT9 Gy × 3 f’x group. The AUCregorafenib was increased by 182.8% (p = 0.011) in the sequential RT2Gy × 1 f’x group and by 213.2% (p = 0.016) in the sequential RT9Gy × 1 f’x group. Both concurrent regimens, RT2Gy × 3 f’x and RT9Gy × 3 f’x, clearly decreased the biodistribution of regorafenib in the heart, liver, lung, spleen and kidneys, compared to the control (regorafenib × 3 d) group. The concurrent regimens, both RT2Gy × 3 f’x and RT9Gy × 3 f’x, significantly decreased the biodistribution of regorafenib, compared with the control group. The PK of regorafenib can be modulated both by off-target irradiation and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT).


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