title: Total coumarins from fruits of Cnidium monnieri inhibit formation and differentiation of multinucleated osteoclasts of rats.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the effects of TCFC (total comarins from the fruits of Cnidium monnieri) on the activity of osteoclasts in vitro.
  
  
  METHODS
  Osteoclasts isolated from rat marrow cells were co-cultured with osteoblasts under the 1,25-dihydroxyvitamine D3. The tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) stain was used to identify osteoclast morphology. The activity of TRAP was measured by p-nitrophenyl sodium phosphate assay. The resorption pit area on the bone slices formed by osteoclasts was measured by computer image processing. Calcium concentration in the medium of co-culture of bone slices and osteoclasts was determined by atomic absorption spectra.
  
  
  RESULTS
  TCFC 2.5-25 mg/L inhibited osteoclast formation and differentiation. TCFC 0.25-25 mg/L inhibited TRAP activity of osteoclasts and TCFC 25 mg/L decreased the TRAP activity by 26.3 % and 24.1 % after 48 h and 72 h, respectively. TCFC 25 mg/L decreased the osteoclastic bone resorption pit area by 25.05 % and Ca2+ release from bone slices by 41.73 %.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  TCFC reduced the bone lose by decreasing the osteoclast formation, its TRAP activity, and osteoclastic bone resorption.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacogonosy, College of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University; Shanghai 200433, China. qinluping@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Lu-Ping
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Qiao-Yan
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ye-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Han-Chen
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Mao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haung
authors.forename: Bao-Kang
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology; D001862:Bone Resorption; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D031048:Cnidium / Q000737:chemistry; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D003374:Coumarins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000166:cytology; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D000071681:Tartrate-Resistant Acid Phosphatase
chemical_list: D003374:Coumarins; D007527:Isoenzymes; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D000071681:Tartrate-Resistant Acid Phosphatase; D002118:Calcium