title: Parathyroid hormone(1-34) and parathyroid hormone-related protein(1-34) stimulate calcium release from human syncytiotrophoblast basal membranes via a common receptor.
abstract: The placental syncytiotrophoblast is the site for mineral and nutrient exchange across the maternal-fetal interface. It has been proposed that parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) is a key factor in the maintenance of a maternal-fetal calcium gradient. Using simultaneously prepared microvillous (maternal facing) and basal (fetal facing) syncytiotrophoblast membranes from term human placentae (n=8), we determined the relative contribution of PTH(1-34), PTHrP(1-34) and PTHrP(67-94) to the regulation of syncytiotrophoblast calcium efflux. The vesicles had correct right-side-out membrane orientation and specific markers validated the fractionation of microvillous and basal membrane vesicles. Calcium efflux was studied by preloading vesicles with calcium-45 in the presence of calcium and magnesium and then incubating the vesicles at 37 degrees C for 15 min with the peptides. In basal membranes, PTHrP(1-! 34) significantly stimulated calcium efflux at a dose of 12.5 nmol/l, whereas PTH(1-34)-stimulated efflux was significant at 50 nmol/l (P<0.05, ANOVA). This efflux was significantly reduced in the presence of the PTH/PTHrP receptor antagonist (PTHrP(7-34)). Midmolecule PTHrP(67-94) had no significant effect on basal membrane calcium efflux. PTH(1-34), PTHrP(1-34) or PTHrP(67-94) had no significant effects on MVM calcium efflux. This study, using the human syncytiotrophoblast in vitro membrane system, demonstrated that PTHrP(1-34) and PTH(1-34) stimulate calcium transport across the basal, but not microvillous, syncytiotrophoblast membrane vesicles, mediated via the PTH/PTHrP receptor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Farrugia
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: de Gooyer
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Moseley
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Wlodek
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D046508:Culture Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010920:Placenta / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018016:Receptors, Parathyroid Hormone / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D019379:Teriparatide / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: C470121:PTHLH protein, human; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011506:Proteins; D018016:Receptors, Parathyroid Hormone; C111392:parathyroid hormone-related protein (7-34)amide, Asn(10), Leu(11)-; D019379:Teriparatide; C054296:parathyroid hormone-related protein (1-34); D008274:Magnesium; D002118:Calcium