Endocrinology, Vol 125, 199-208, Copyright © 1989 by Endocrine Society

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Parathyroid hormone-related protein modulates the effect of transforming growth factor-beta on deoxyribonucleic acid and collagen synthesis in fetal rat bone cells

M Centrella, E Canalis, TL McCarthy, AF Stewart, JJ Orloff and KL Insogna
Department of Medicine (Endocrine Section), Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut 06105.

Proteins with biochemical function and sequence similarity to PTH are produced by many tumors associated with hypercalcemia and may have a role in pathological bone remodeling. Synthetic polypeptides comprising the amino-terminus of human PTH-related protein (PTH-rp) were examined for effects in intact fetal rat calvariae, and in osteoblast-enriched (ob) cultures isolated from fetal rat parietal bone. In cultured calvariae, 0.5-5 nM PTH-rp stimulated [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA by 25-70% after 24 h of treatment and decreased relative [3H]proline incorporation into collagen by 50%; the inhibitory effect on collagen production was not altered by hydroxyurea, which decreased DNA synthesis by 85%. PTH-rp also increased [3H]hydroxyproline levels by 100% in culture medium from bones prelabeled with [3H]proline, indicating accelerated matrix turnover. In contrast to results in intact calvariae, PTH-rp had little effect on basal DNA and collagen synthesis in serum-deprived ob cultures. However, when ob cultures were treated with transforming growth factor type beta at concentrations similar to those found in calvarial culture medium, 0.02-2 nM PTH-rp enhanced DNA synthesis and decreased collagen production. Furthermore, equimolar PTH-rp and PTH concentrations similarly displaced 125I-PTH-rp binding and enhanced cAMP synthesis in ob cultures. These studies suggest that PTH-rp regulates osteoblastic cell activity primarily through PTH-related pathways and may act in part by modulating the effects of locally produced transforming growth factor-beta in bone.

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