Effects of Synthetic Analogs and Fragments of Bovine Parathyroid Hormone on Adenosine 3′,5′-Monophosphate Level, Ornithine Decarboxylase Activity, and Glycosaminoglycan Synthesis in Rabbit Costal Chondrocytes in Culture: Structure-Activity Relations

Endocrinology ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 116 (6) ◽  
pp. 2536-2542 ◽  
Author(s):  
TERUKO TAKANO ◽  
MASAHARU TAKIGAWA ◽  
EIJI SHIRAI ◽  
FUJIO SUZUKI ◽  
MICHAEL ROSENBLATT
1987 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Takano ◽  
M. Takigawa ◽  
E. Shirai ◽  
K. Nakagawa ◽  
M. Sakuda ◽  
...  

Previously, we reported methods for isolating chondrocytes from the craniofacial complex and their culture in vitro. The response of these chondrocyte cultures to bovine parathyroid hormone (1—34) (PTH) has now been investigated. PTH stimulated glycosaminoglycan (GAG) synthesis, a characteristic of the cartilage phenotype in cultured chondrocytes isolated from mandibular condylar cartilage (MCC), nasal septal cartilage (NSC), and spheno-occipital synchondrosis (SOS). These stimulations of GAG synthesis by PTH were dose-dependent. PTH also increased accumulation of cyclic AMP (cAMP) and the activity of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), a rate-limiting enzyme in polyamine biosynthesis. However, PTH did not stimulate DNA synthesis. The increases in the cAMP level, ODC activity, and GAG synthesis after addition of PTH (10-7 mol/L) were greatest in MCCchondrocytes and least in NSC-chondrocytes. The difference in the responses to PTH of these three types of chondrocytes may reflect differences of the characteristics of these cells in vivo.


1991 ◽  
Vol 286 (2) ◽  
pp. 316-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hitoshi Goto ◽  
Isao Matsui-Yuasa ◽  
Shuzo Otani ◽  
Seiji Morisawa ◽  
Yoshiki Nishizawa ◽  
...  

1988 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. W. G. M. Löwik ◽  
A. A. Olthof ◽  
J. P. T. M. van Leeuwen ◽  
J. K. van Zeeland ◽  
M. P. M. Herrmann-Erlee

1978 ◽  
Vol 39 (02) ◽  
pp. 496-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
P A D’Amore ◽  
H B Hechtman ◽  
D Shepro

SummaryOrnithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity, the rate-limiting step in the synthesis of polyamines, can be demonstrated in cultured, bovine, aortic endothelial cells (EC). Serum, serotonin and thrombin produce a rise in ODC activity. The serotonin-induced ODC activity is significantly blocked by imipramine (10-5 M) or Lilly 11 0140 (10-6M). Preincubation of EC with these blockers together almost completely depresses the 5-HT-stimulated ODC activity. These observations suggest a manner by which platelets may maintain EC structural and metabolic soundness.


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