Endocrinology, Vol 127, 114-118, Copyright © 1990 by Endocrine Society

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Effects of parathyroid hormone and calcitonin on alkaline phosphatase activity and matrix calcification in rabbit growth-plate chondrocyte cultures

Y Kato, A Shimazu, K Nakashima, F Suzuki, A Jikko and M Iwamoto
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Osaka University, Japan.

The effects of PTH and calcitonin (CT) on the expression of mineralization-related phenotypes by chondrocytes were examined. In cultures of pelleted growth-plate chondrocytes. PTH caused 60-90% decreases in alkaline phosphatase activity, the incorporation of 45Ca into insoluble material, and the calcium content during the post- mitotic stage. These effects of PTH were dose-dependent and reversible. In contrast, CT increased alkaline phosphatase activity, 45Ca incorporation into insoluble material, and the calcium content by 1.4- to 1.8-fold. These observations suggest that PTH directly inhibits the expression of the mineralization-related phenotypes by growth-plate chondrocytes, and that CT has the opposite effects.

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