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Calcitonin effects on isolated bone cells

  • M. Shlossman
  • , M. Brown
  • , E. Shapiro
  • , R. Dziak
  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

Calcitonin decreased calcium uptake in specific rat bone cell populations obtained by sequential collagenase digestions of calvaria. The calcitonin effect on calcium uptake was observed in the same populations that manifested calcitonin-induced increases in cyclic AMP as well as high levels of acid phosphatase and the ability to release45Ca from prelabeled devitalized bone. No effect of calcitonin was observed in cell populations that had high levels of alkaline phosphatase and lacked the potential to resorb devitalized bone. These results suggest that changes in cell calcium as well as cyclic AMP may be involved in the mode of action of calcitonin on osteoclast-like cells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)190-196
Number of pages7
JournalCalcified Tissue International
Volume34
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1982

Keywords

  • Bone cells
  • Calcitonin
  • Cyclic AMP

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