title: A new in vitro bioassay for human calcitonin: validation and comparison to the rat hypocalcemia bioassay.
abstract: The human breast cancer cell line T 47 D expresses calcitonin (CT) receptors that are coupled to adenylate cyclase and which reveal a dose-dependent cyclic AMP response to CT. We used this model to establish an in vitro bioassay for synthetic human CT (hCT) preparations to overcome some of the obstacles of the standard rat hypocalcemia in vivo bioassay. The detection limit of the in vitro bioassay was 1 x 10(-10) M hCT (EC 50: 8.7 pM +/- 26%) compared to 7.3 x 10(-9) M (EC 50: 7.2 microM +/- 32%) for the in vivo bioassay. The relative potencies of test preparations revealed a good correlation (r = 0.89) and several hCT-related substances produced comparable results when tested by the two methods. The standard deviations of precision and accuracy, however, were significantly smaller (P less than 0.05) for the in vitro bioassay. According to these data the T 47 D in vitro bioassay is more sensitive, superior in precision and accuracy, and comparable in specificity to the rat hypocalcemia bioassay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine I, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Heidelberg, FRG.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grauer
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Raue
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Reinel
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schroth
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kabay
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brügger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ziegler
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay / Q000379:methods*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D018003:Receptors, Calcitonin; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D018003:Receptors, Calcitonin; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D002116:Calcitonin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases