Endocrinology, Vol 131, 1757-1769, Copyright © 1992 by Endocrine Society

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Mechanisms of desensitization to parathyroid hormone in human osteoblast-like SaOS-2 cells

S Fukayama, AH Tashjian Jr and FR Bringhurst
Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114.

Signal transduction by the PTH receptor is now known to involve generation of multiple second messengers. Desensitization of the adenylate cyclase response to PTH is a common feature of bone- and kidney-derived target cells; however, no single mechanism appears to explain desensitization in the different cell types studied. To examine the role of protein kinase-A (PKA) in homologous desensitization to PTH, we employed human SaOS-2 osteoblast-like cells and a mutant subclone (Ca 4A), which expresses an inducible cAMP-resistant form of PKA. Pretreatment of SaOS-2 cells with PTH for 4 h reduced by 60-80% the cAMP response to subsequent rechallenge with the hormone. This homologous desensitization was significantly, but not completely, inhibited in Ca 4A cells. Desensitization was not mimicked by pretreatment of the cells with forskolin. PTH binding to its receptor was reduced 50% in both SaOS-2 and Ca 4A cells after 4-h incubation with PTH (homologous down-regulation), whereas forskolin did not cause receptor down-regulation. Pretreatment with the ionophore ionomycin for 4-24 h did not mimic desensitization to PTH. Both desensitization to PTH and receptor down-regulation were induced, however, by pretreatment with a phorbol ester (12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate), and these effects were blocked completely by staurosporine. PTH-induced desensitization was not blocked by staurosporine, and receptor down- regulation was enhanced by the drug. Pertussis toxin did not prevent desensitization induced by either PTH or 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13- acetate. We conclude that homologous desensitization to PTH in SaOS-2 cells involves both cAMP-dependent and -independent mechanisms. Homologous PTH receptor down-regulation apparently is mediated by mechanisms independent of PKA activation. Neither pathway of homologous desensitization to PTH involves the action of pertussis toxin-sensitive G-proteins.

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