Effect of the neuropeptide substance P on the rat bone marrow-derived osteogenic cells in vitro.
Substance P containing, thin, sensory nerve fibres have been demonstrated in bone and bone marrow. However the role of substance P in bone tissue is not fully understood. We investigated the effects of substance P on the growth and development of rat bone marrow-derived osteogenic cells in vitro. To examine this, the marrow-derived osteogenic cells were treated from 3rd to 6th day of subculture with substance P at concentrations 10(-10), 10(-9) and 10(-8)M. [(3)H]-thymidine, L-2,3-[(3)H]-proline incorporation, protein accumulation, alkaline phosphatase activity, and calcium deposition were measured in cultures. Substance P slightly stimulated [(3)H]-thymidine incorporation at 10(-10) M. Protein accumulation and L-2,3-[(3)H]-proline incorporation were enhanced in a dose dependent manner. Simultaneous application of spantide, a substance P receptor antagonist, could not block substance P-induced L-2,3-[(3)H]-proline incorporation probably because of statistically significant effect of spantide itself. Calcium deposits were significantly lower (about 30%) in cultures treated with SP. This effect was probably due in part by the fall in alkaline phosphatase activity which in substance P treated cultures was decreased about 17%. Our results indicate that substance P could be one of the factors modulating bone metabolism.
Department of Animal Physiology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
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Adamus
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Dabrowski
D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D002455:Cell Division; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D010012:Osteogenesis; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013373:Substance P / Q000494:pharmacology*
D013373:Substance P