Endocrinology, Vol 128, 3047-3054, Copyright © 1991 by Endocrine Society

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Neomycin mimics the effects of high extracellular calcium concentrations on parathyroid function in dispersed bovine parathyroid cells

EM Brown, R Butters, C Katz and O Kifor
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.

We examined the effects of the polycationic antibiotic, neomycin, on the function of dispersed bovine parathyroid cells. Neomycin caused a reversible, dose-dependent inhibition of low calcium (Ca++)-stimulated PTH release, with half-maximal inhibition at 30 microM. Maximal inhibition (with 200 microM neomycin) was not additive with the suppressive effects of high (2 mM) Ca++. Neomycin also inhibited dopamine-stimulated cAMP accumulation by 90-98% at 100-200 microM, with a half-maximal effect at 40-50 microM. This action was reversible and was blocked by preincubating the cells overnight with 0.5 microgram/ml pertussis toxin. In addition to its suppressive effects on cAMP metabolism and PTH release, neomycin stimulated the accumulation of inositol phosphates and produced a transient increase in the cytosolic Ca++ concentration (Cai) in fura-2-loaded parathyroid cells. The neomycin-evoked spike in Cai persisted despite removal of extracellular Ca++, indicating that it arises from intracellular Ca++ stores. Exposure of cells to elevated magnesium (Mg++) concentrations elicited a similar spike in Cai but blocked the spike in Cai in response to subsequent addition of neomycin and vice versa. Thus, Mg++ and neomycin mobilize Ca++ from the same intracellular store(s). These results indicate that a polycation, neomycin, closely mimics the effects of polyvalent cations on parathyroid function, suggesting that both agents regulate parathyroid function via similar biochemical pathways.

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