title: The role of 5'-methylthioadenosine on rat calvaria cell differentiation.
abstract: The role of 5'-methylthioadenosine (MTA), formed during the process of polyamine biosynthesis, on differentiation of osteoprogenitor cells was assessed by its effects on alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, bone nodule formation and osteopontin contents of cultured rat calvaria (RC) cells. These three markers were stimulated by exogenous MTA and were depressed by 5'-difluoromethylthioadenosine (DFMTA), a synthetic inhibitor of MTA phosphorylase, which cleaves MTA to adenine and 5-methylthioribose-1-phosphate. 5-Methylthioribose and 2-keto-4-methylthiobutyrate, metabolites of 5-methylthioribose-1-phosphate, had no effects on ALP activity and bone nodule formation in the presence or absence of DFMTA. On the other hand, adenine enhanced ALP activity, bone nodule formation and osteopontin contents in mineralized nodules and also partially reversed DFMTA-induced inhibition of these three markers. MTA, its metabolites and DFMTA did not affect the growth of RC cells under these culture conditions. These results suggest that adenine formed from MTA is important in the differentiation of RC cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, University of Tokushima, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kasahara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohishi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wakano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000241:Adenosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003839:Deoxyadenosines; D007700:Kinetics; D053495:Osteopontin; D011683:Purine-Nucleoside Phosphorylase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D051381:Rats; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D013872:Thionucleosides / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D003839:Deoxyadenosines; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins; C506897:Spp1 protein, rat; D013872:Thionucleosides; D053495:Osteopontin; C054301:5'-difluoromethylthioadenosine; C008500:5'-methylthioadenosine; D011683:Purine-Nucleoside Phosphorylase; C021784:5'-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D000225:Adenine; D000241:Adenosine