Actions of calcitonin, parathyroid hormone, and prostaglandin E2 on cyclic AMP formation in chicken and rat osteoclasts

The effects of calcitonin, parathyroid hormone, and prostaglandin E2 on cyclic AMP production were studied in osteoclast‐rich cultures derived from medullary bone of laying hens and from the long bones of newborn rats. Cyclic AMP was assayed biochemically in replicate cultures, and furthermore, changes in cytoplasmic fluorescence were sought by indirect immunofluorescence with rabbit anti‐cyclic AMP and FITC‐labelled goat anti‐rabbit IgG. Treatment of rat osteo‐clasts with calcitonin increased cyclic AMP formation as measured biochemically, and this was confirmed by the immunofluorescence method. No such increase took place in chick osteoclasts. Prostaglandin E2 increased cyclic AMP production in both rat and chick osteoclasts as determined by both methods. Since the immunofluorescence method failed to detect a response to parathyroid hormone either in chick or rat osteoclasts, its variable biochemical effects were concluded to be due to actions on contaminating osteoblasts in the cultures. Thus it has been possible with a combined biochemical and immunocytochemical approach to define the cyclic AMP responses to the calcium‐regulating hormones in rat and chick osteoclasts. The failure of calcitonin to increase cyclic AMP in chick osteoclasts identifies a need to investigate the nature of calcitonin action on avian osteoclasts, which may contribute to understanding of its actions on mammalian cells.

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