title: Adenylate cyclase-stimulating, bone-resorbing and B TGF-like activities in canine apocrine cell adenocarcinoma of the anal sac.
abstract: Canine apocrine cell adenocarcinoma of the anal sac (APO-AS) is a spontaneously occurring tumor that causes humorally mediated hypercalcemia in 90% of cases. To further define the nature of the responsible mediator in APO-AS, we examined tumor extracts from five APO-AS and four control tumors for adenylate cyclase-stimulating activity (ACSA). All extracts from APO-AS contained potent ACSA, whereas the four control tumors did not. The ACSA extracted from one tumor demonstrated a dose response curve parallel to that of synthetic bovinePTH-(1-34) and was 80% inhibited by Nle8,18,Tyr34 bPTH-(3-34)amide at a concentration of 10(-5) M. Extracts from three APO-AS and three control tumors were also examined for in vitro bone-resorbing activity (BRA). All APO-AS contained significant BRA, stimulating resorption 1.47 to 2.13-fold over basal, whereas none of the control tumors stimulated resorption. Purification of one extract using C18 reverse-phase high pressure liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) resulted in a single sharp peak of ACSA which was 400-fold purified compared with the initial extract. This pool also contained significant bone-resorbing activity, whereas none of the adjacent pools did. Purification of a second extract using sequential CN and C18 RP-HPLC followed by size exclusion HPLC resulted in material that was at least 10,000-fold purified, and showed co-purification of ACSA and B TGF-like activity.
authors.affiliation: Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Weir
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Centrella
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Matus
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Insogna
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000694:Anal Gland Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D000695:Anal Sacs / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D001862:Bone Resorption; D004285:Dogs; D015291:Transforming Growth Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015291:Transforming Growth Factors; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases