title: The effects of calcitonin on plasma calcium levels and bone metabolism in the fresh water teleost Channa punctatus.
abstract: Administration of salmon calcitonin (sCT) caused significant reduction in total and ultrafiltrable plasma calcium content in the plasma of a fresh water female teleost Channa punctatus. A time-bound analysis on the effect of sCT showed a highly significant short duration reduction in total and ultrafiltrable plasma calcium content in fish kept in normal tap water and low-calcium water and a moderate hypocalcemia in fish kept in high-calcium water. Sexually immature adult fish showed a greater response than the sexually mature ones. Using tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRACP) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activities in plasma and hydroxyproline (HYP) excretion in urine, the effect of sCT on the inhibition of bone calcium resorption were examined. In both sexually mature and immature adult fish, kept in normal tap water, sCT significantly suppressed TRACP and ALP activities in plasma and excretion of HYP in urine within 2-6 h with a maximum at 4 h after injection. Salmon CT treatment to sexually immature adult fish caused significant increase in skeletal bone calcium concentration. Taken together, all this information indicates that CT in a fresh water female teleost is an effective regulator of plasma calcium levels, and its action, at least in part, operates through inhibition of bone calcium resorption.
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Dola
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: Utpal
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
authors.forename: Dilip
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000375:Aging / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005618:Fresh Water; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D008386:Marine Biology; D010473:Perciformes / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism*; D012741:Sexual Maturation; D000071681:Tartrate-Resistant Acid Phosphatase
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; C028815:salmon calcitonin; D002116:Calcitonin; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D000071681:Tartrate-Resistant Acid Phosphatase; D002118:Calcium