title: Down-regulation of parathyroid (PTH)/PTH-related peptide receptor immunoreactivity and PTH binding in opossum kidney cells by PTH and dexamethasone.
abstract: Recent data have shown that PTH down-regulation of its receptor on opossum kidney (OK) cells is not associated with any change in the steady state level of the PTH/PTH-related peptide (PTHrP) receptor messenger RNA. For analysis of down-regulation of the PTH/PTHrP receptor in OK cells, the present work uses a specific receptor anti-serum, SR-2, that is useful for detection and quantification of PTH/PTHrP receptor immunoreactivity on intact cells bearing the opossum PTH/PTHrP receptor. SR-2 specifically binds to COS-7 cells transiently expressing the opossum PTH/PTHrP receptor complementary DNA (OK-O), to LLCPK1 cells stably expressing the recombinant opossum PTH/PTHrP receptor (AOK cells), and to OK cells expressing endogenous PTH/PTHrP receptors, but not to mock-transfected COS-7 cells or untransfected LLCPK1 cells. SR-2 binding was also linearly correlated with PTH binding in COS-7 cells transfected with different amounts of OK-O plasmid DNA. Treatment with PTH (100 nM) for 4 and 6 h did not significantly down-regulate the PTH/PTHrP receptor immunoreactivity, although PTH binding was decreased to 51% and 49% of control, respectively, and PTH-stimulated cAMP accumulation was decreased to 27% and 28% of control, respectively. Treatment with PTH (100 nM) for 24 and 48 h significantly decreased PTH binding to 51% and 60% of control and decreased PTH/PTHrP receptor immunoreactivity to 68% and 58% of control, respectively. Incubation of OK cells with 0.1 nM to 1 microM PTH for 4 h did not down-regulate the PTH/PTHrP receptor immunoreactivity, although PTH binding was decreased dramatically. Scatchard blot analysis revealed that the binding affinity was decreased by 7-fold in OK cells treated with PTH for 4 h without change in receptor number. Conversely, treatment of OK cells with PTH for 24 h resulted in a parallel decrease in both receptor number and receptor immunoreactivity without any change in receptor binding affinity. Treatment of OK cells with dexamethasone (0.1 nM to 1 microM) had no effect on PTH binding or PTH/PTHrP receptor immunoreactivity. Incubation of OK cells with both dexamethasone (1 microM) and PTH (0.1 nM to 1 microM), however, caused a significantly greater down-regulation of both PTH binding and PTH/PTHrP receptor immunoreactivity than in cells treated with PTH alone. These data indicate that during the first 4 h of exposure of OK cells to PTH, PTH/PTHrP receptors remain on the cell surface but have lowered affinity to bind the ligand and that dexamethasone potentiates the effect of PTH on PTH/PTHrP receptor down-regulation in OK cells.
authors.affiliation: Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Abou-Samra
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Goldsmith
authors.forename: L Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jüppner
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Spiegel
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Segre
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015536:Down-Regulation; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D007668:Kidney / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009893:Opossums; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D044168:Receptor, Parathyroid Hormone, Type 1; D018016:Receptors, Parathyroid Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D044168:Receptor, Parathyroid Hormone, Type 1; D018016:Receptors, Parathyroid Hormone; D003907:Dexamethasone