title: Induction of calcitonin receptors by 1 alpha, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in osteoclast-like multinucleated cells formed from mouse bone marrow cells.
abstract: We have developed a mouse marrow culture system, in which multinucleated cells (MNCs) are formed within 6-8 days. These MNCs showed several characteristics of osteoclasts, including tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRACP) and the ability to resorb calcified dentine. 1 alpha, 25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1 alpha, 25 (OH)2D3] stimulated the formation of TRACP-positive MNCs, and salmon calcitonin (CT) inhibited it. In this study, we examined whether the TRACP-positive MNCs formed from mouse marrow cells possess CT receptors, another typical characteristic of osteoclasts. Mouse marrow cells cultured for 8 days with 10 nM 1 alpha, 25(OH)2D3 and freshly isolated authentic mouse osteoclasts were incubated with [125I]-salmon CT in the presence or absence of excess amounts of unlabeled CT, stained for TRACP, and processed for autoradiography. The [125I]-CT exclusively bound to TRACP-positive mononuclear cells and MNCs formed in the 1 alpha, 25(OH)2D3-treated cultures and also to isolated mouse osteoclasts. Both [125I]-CT binding and TRACP activity were induced simultaneously on mononuclear cells on day 3 in the cultures treated with 1 alpha, 25(OH)2D3. CT markedly stimulated cAMP production in the 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3-treated cultures. The CT-dependent cAMP production increased in parallel with the increase in the number of TRACP-positive MNCs formed. Neither freshly isolated marrow cells nor cells cultured without 1 alpha, 25(OH)2D3 showed CT-induced cAMP accumulation. Furthermore, CT induced cytoplasmic contraction of both marrow-derived MNCs and isolated osteoclasts. These results clearly indicate that 1 alpha,25(OH)2D3 induces TRACP activity and CT receptors almost simultaneously in mouse marrow cultures, and the MNCs formed in vitro respond to CT as authentic osteoclasts do.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Oral Anatomy, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akatsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Moseley
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000187:drug effects / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D018003:Receptors, Calcitonin; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D018003:Receptors, Calcitonin; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D002116:Calcitonin; D002117:Calcitriol