title: A pharmacological assessment of the mammalian osteoclast vacuolar H(+)-ATPase.
abstract: It is well established that osteoclasts use a vacuolar-type H(+)-ATPase (V-ATPase) for proton pumping during bone resorption and that specific V-ATPase inhibitors such as bafilomycin A1 abolish osteoclastic bone resorption in the bone slice assay. It has been reported that the V-ATPase in avian osteoclasts can be distinguished from the V-ATPase expressed in most other cells, by virtue of its inhibition by vanadate and nitrate ions. In order to determine whether the V-ATPase in mammalian osteoclasts can be similarly distinguished, we have investigated the effects of vanadate and nitrate on bone resorption by rat osteoclasts in the bone slice assay, in comparison with known V-ATPase inhibitors, bafilomycin A1 and WY 47766, that also inhibit the chicken osteoclast V-ATPase. The results indicate that, unlike the avian osteoclast V-ATPase, the mammalian osteoclast V-ATPase is pharmacologically similar to the V-ATPase in other cells.
authors.affiliation: Ciba-Geigy Ltd., Research Department, Pharmaceuticals Division, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schaueblin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005269:Femur / Q000166:cytology; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018942:Macrolides; D009566:Nitrates / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D017494:Proton Pumps; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000502:physiology; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051381:Rats; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013977:Tibia / Q000166:cytology; D014638:Vanadates / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: C092994:2-(3-methoxyphenylmethylthionyl)-imidazo(4,5-c)pyridine; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D007093:Imidazoles; D018942:Macrolides; D009566:Nitrates; D017494:Proton Pumps; D011725:Pyridines; D014638:Vanadates; D012965:Sodium Chloride; C040929:bafilomycin A1; C031618:sodium nitrate; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases