title: A study of calcitonin effect on synaptosomal membrane enzymes.
abstract: Calcitonin is a hormone peptide produced by the thyroid gland, whose best described role is to prevent bone reabsorption. It also participates in other biological functions, even at central nervous system level. We studied the effect of added calcitonin on ATPase and acetylcholinesterase activities in synaptosomal membranes isolated from rat cerebral cortex. Calcitonin at 10(-7) - 10(-5)M concentration decreased 20-40% Na+, K(+)-ATPase and 15-25% K(+)-p-nitrophenylphosphatase activities, and at 10(-6)-10(-5)M reduced 20-30% Mg(2+)-p-nitrophenylphosphatase activity. However, this peptide failed to modify Mg(2+) - and Ca(2+)-ATPase or acetylcholinesterase activities. Results suggest that the sodium pump may be a target for calcitonin effects at neuronal level. Thus, calcitonin inhibition of sodium/potassium transport through synaptic membranes supports a regulatory role of this peptide on neurotransmission.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias Prof. Eduardo De Robertis, Facultad de Medicina and Cátedra de Farmacología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay, Argentina.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: López Ordieres
mesh_terms: D009597:4-Nitrophenylphosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase / Q000378:metabolism; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D002116:Calcitonin; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase; D009597:4-Nitrophenylphosphatase; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases