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Y Kato1, A Shimazu, K Nakashima, F Suzuki, A Jikko, M Iwamoto.
Abstract
The effects of PTH and calcitonin (CT) on the expression of mineralization-related phenotypes by chondrocytes were examined. In cultures of pelleted growth-plate chondrocytes. PTH caused 60-90% decreases in alkaline phosphatase activity, the incorporation of 45Ca into insoluble material, and the calcium content during the post-mitotic stage. These effects of PTH were dose-dependent and reversible. In contrast, CT increased alkaline phosphatase activity, 45Ca incorporation into insoluble material, and the calcium content by 1.4- to 1.8-fold. These observations suggest that PTH directly inhibits the expression of the mineralization-related phenotypes by growth-plate chondrocytes, and that CT has the opposite effects.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2361469 DOI: 10.1210/endo-127-1-114
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Endocrinology ISSN: 0013-7227 Impact factor: 4.736