title: Cytosolic free calcium dependent regulation of osteoclast bone resorbing activity.
abstract: Osteoclasts are sensitive to KCl-induced depolarization and to increased extracellular calcium concentration, and respond to these treatments with cytosolic calcium increase. In this study we evaluated the possibility that these experimental conditions could affect osteoclast bone resorption. We found that, incubating osteoclasts with 3H-proline previously labeled bone particles the resorbing activity was inhibited by both depolarization and extracellular calcium concentration increase. The released radioactivity was, in fact, 48% and 52% respectively compared to the untreated cultures. These data demonstrated that cytosolic calcium increase is one of the messengers of the pathway that inhibits, in this condition, bone resorption. Furthermore, as in parathyroid cells, extracellular calcium acts with a negative direct feedback mechanism that controls osteoclast activity.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Anatomia Umana Normale, Università di Bari.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Teti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Colucci
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grano
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barattolo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Argentino
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zambonin Zallone
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D002645:Chickens; D003600:Cytosol / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000378:metabolism*; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011189:Potassium Chloride; D002118:Calcium