title: IGF-I mediates the stimulatory effect of high calcium concentration on osteoblastic cell proliferation.
abstract: Since our recent study revealed that an increase in extracellular calcium ([Ca2+]e) but not magnesium enormously stimulated DNA synthesis in osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells at the minimal and maximal effective concentration of 3 and 5 mM, respectively, the present study was performed to clarify how an increase in [Ca2+]e caused a stimulation of DNA synthesis of these cells. Neither calcium channel blockers (verapamil, diltiazem, and nifedipine) and dantrolene, an inhibitor of Ca release from intracellular Ca pool, nor indomethacin, an inhibitor of prostaglandin synthesis, affected the high [Ca2+]e-induced increase in DNA synthesis. DNA synthesis first increased after a 12-h exposure to 5 mM [Ca2+]e, and cycloheximide eliminated the stimulatory effect of high [Ca2+]e on DNA synthesis, suggesting that this stimulatory effect of high [Ca2+]e was dependent on new protein synthesis. There is recent evidence that MC3T3-E1 cells constitutively produce and secrete insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and possess IGF-I receptors. IGF-I antiserum (1:10,000 to 1:100) blocked the high [Ca2+]e-induced increase in DNA synthesis in a concentration-dependent manner. A neutralizing abolished DNA synthesis stimulated by high [Ca2+]e, indicating that IGF-I mediated the high [Ca2+]e-induced effect. Furthermore, high [Ca2+]e significantly increased the secretion of immunoreactive IGF-I into the medium as well as the expression of IGF-I mRNA. Present findings indicate that an increase in [Ca2+]e stimulated DNA synthesis of osteoblasts through the mechanism of an increase in the production and secretion of IGF-I.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanatani
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukase
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chihara
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects*; D002999:Clone Cells; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003620:Dantrolene / Q000494:pharmacology; D004110:Diltiazem / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D004247:DNA; D003513:Cycloheximide; D014700:Verapamil; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1; D004110:Diltiazem; D003620:Dantrolene; D008274:Magnesium; D009543:Nifedipine; D002118:Calcium