title: Parathyroid hormone-related peptide (38-94) amide stimulates ATP-dependent calcium transport in the Basal plasma membrane of the human syncytiotrophoblast.
abstract: The final step in the maternal-fetal transfer of calcium in the placenta involves transport against a concentration gradient across the syncytiotrophoblast basal plasma membrane (BM). Based on animal studies, it has been proposed that parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) plays a major role in maintaining the maternal-fetal concentration gradient of calcium. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that a highly conserved mid-region fragment (38-94) of PTHrP directly affects the ATP-dependent calcium transport across BM isolated from full-term human placentas. PTHrP (38-94) stimulated ATP-dependent calcium transport at a concentration within the physiological range (5 pg/ml) and the effect (10-38% increase) was concentration dependent over the range 5 pg/ml to 5 ng/ml (n=8; P<0.05). In contrast, PTH, PTHrP (1-34), PTHrP (67-86) and calcitonin increased BM calcium transport only at concentrations much higher than physiological. The increased calcium uptake was inhibited by the protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor chelerythrine (n=6; P<0.05). In addition, PTHrP (38-94) increased inositol trisphosphate (IP(3)) production and PKC phosphorylation in human placental BM (n=12; P<0.05). Our data indicate that PTHrP (38-94) stimulates Ca(2+)ATPase in the human syncytiotrophoblast BM vesicles by activating the IP(3)-DAG-PKC pathway. We suggest that PTHrP (38-94) is important in maintaining the calcium concentration gradient across the placental barrier in the human.
authors.affiliation: Perinatal Center, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Göteborg University, Sweden.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Strid
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Care
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jansson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Powell
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000502:physiology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D036361:Peptide Hormones / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D014327:Trophoblasts / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C470121:PTHLH protein, human; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D036361:Peptide Hormones; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D002118:Calcium