title: Bioactivity of amino terminal fragments of parathyroid hormone and parathyroid hormone related peptide in rat kidney slices: no effect of dietary phosphate deprivation.
abstract: Humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy has been associated with the production of a recently cloned peptide human parathyroid hormone related protein (hPTHRP). One of the markers of this disease is an increased urinary excretion of cyclic AMP. The postreceptor mechanism of action and physiological role of hPTHRP remain obscure. To study the activity of hPTHRP 1-34 compared to rat and human parathyroid hormone (PTH) 1-34 we incubated these peptides with rat kidney slices and measured the cyclic AMP generated in the supernatant. hPTHRP 1-34 was equipotent with human PTH 1-34 but both were 5 times less active than rat PTH 1-34. Previous studies have suggested that a low dietary phosphate intake results in renal resistance to the phosphaturic action of PTH perhaps mediated by reduced adenylate cyclase activation by PTH. To determine whether, during dietary phosphate restriction, hPTHRP 1-34 has actions different from hPTH 1-34 we studied their effects following dietary phosphate deprivation. Dietary phosphate restriction had no significant effect on the cyclic AMP generating activity of any of the peptides. We conclude that hPTHRP 1-34 may be operating through similar mechanisms as human PTH 1-34 and that the previously observed effects of dietary phosphate deprivation on PTH mediated cyclic AMP generation in a broken cell preparation do not occur in intact cell preparations.
authors.affiliation: Univ. Dept. of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Prince
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Dick
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Kent
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004032:Diet; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010710:Phosphates / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000172:deficiency*; D011506:Proteins; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D019379:Teriparatide
chemical_list: D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010710:Phosphates; D011506:Proteins; D019379:Teriparatide; C054296:parathyroid hormone-related protein (1-34); D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases