title: Characterization of isolated and cultured chick osteoclasts: the effects of acetazolamide, calcitonin, and parathyroid hormone on acid production.
abstract: The effects of acetazolamide, calcitonin (CT), and parathyroid hormone (PTH) on acid production in isolated osteoclasts has been investigated. Osteoclasts were isolated from the endosteum of 3-week chick tibias and were maintained under culture conditions for 5 days. The cells were treated with acetazolamide (10 x 4 M and 10(-7) M), CT (1 mU/ml and 0.31 mU/ml) and PTH (6.5 U/ml and 0.40 U/ml) for 1, 3, 6, and 18 hr. The cells were stained with acridine orange and the intensity of fluorescence measured by a light microscope photometer. Acetazolamide treatment resulted in a steady decline in intracellular acidity, suggesting that carbonic anhydrase plays a major role in acid production in isolated osteoclasts. Treatment with PTH produced a decline in acidity at 1 hr, followed by a peak at 3 hr and then a decline at 6 and 18 hr. The transient increase in acidity may be due to activation of carbonic anhydrase by PTH. Calcitonin treatment also resulted in a decline in cell acidity which was similar, but less pronounced than that resulting from acetazolamide treatment. These results indicate that calcitonin may mediate osteoclast activity by alterations in intracellular acid production.
authors.affiliation: Molecular and Cell Biology Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schraer
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Gay
mesh_terms: D000086:Acetazolamide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000165:Acridine Orange; D000643:Ammonium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002645:Chickens; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D000643:Ammonium Chloride; D002116:Calcitonin; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases; D000165:Acridine Orange; D000086:Acetazolamide