Effects of prostaglandin F2 alpha on bone formation and resorption in cultured neonatal mouse calvariae: Role of prostaglandin E2 production

Journal Article · Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1990 · Endocrinology; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-126-2-1076· OSTI ID:6945786

Raisz, L G; Alander, C B; Fall, P M; Simmons, H A ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington (USA)

Although most studies show that prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is the most potent and effective of the prostanoids in bone, recent data in cell culture suggest that PGF2 alpha may have unique effects, particularly on cell replication. The present study was undertaken to compare the effects of PGF2 alpha and PGE2 in cultured neonatal mouse parietal bones by simultaneous measurement of bone resorption as release of previously incorporated 45Ca, bone formation as incorporation of (3H)proline into collagenase-digestible (CDP) and noncollagen protein, and DNA synthesis as incorporation of (3H)thymidine. PGF2 alpha was less effective than PGE2 as a stimulator of bone resorption, and its effects were partially inhibited by indomethacin and markedly inhibited by glucocorticoids. In contrast, the resorptive response to PGE2 was unaffected by indomethacin and only partially inhibited by cortisol. PGF2 alpha had little effect on bone formation, in contrast to the biphasic effect of PGE2, which inhibited labeling of CDP in the absence of cortisol and stimulated CDP labeling in the presence of cortisol. PGF2 alpha increased thymidine incorporation into DNA, but the effect was smaller than that of PGE2 and was inhibited by indomethacin. These observations suggested that PGF2 alpha might act in part by stimulating PGE2 production. By RIA, PGE2 concentrations were increased in the medium of bones treated with PGF2 alpha, and this increase was blocked by indomethacin. By HPLC, bones prelabeled with (3H)arachidonic acid showed an increase in labeled PGE2 release, and RIA showed an increase in PGE2 after PGF2 alpha treatment. These results indicate that PGF2 alpha is a relatively weak agonist in bone compared to PGE2 and that some of the effects of PGF2 alpha on bone resorption, formation, and cell replication may be mediated by an increase in endogenous PGE2 production.

• OSTI ID: 6945786
• Journal Information: Endocrinology; (USA), Vol. 126:2; ISSN 0013-7227
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BONE CELLS
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PROSTAGLANDINS
BIOCHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
ARACHIDONIC ACID
CALCIUM 45
LIQUID COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY
MICE
PROLINE
RADIOIMMUNOASSAY
THYMIDINE
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
AMINES
AMINO ACIDS
ANIMAL CELLS
ANIMALS
AZINES
AZOLES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOASSAY
CALCIUM ISOTOPES
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
IMMUNOASSAY
IMMUNOLOGY
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
KINETICS
MAMMALS
MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS
NUCLEI
NUCLEIC ACID REPLICATION
NUCLEOSIDES
NUCLEOTIDES
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PYRIMIDINES
PYRROLES
PYRROLIDINES
RADIOASSAY
RADIOIMMUNODETECTION
RADIOIMMUNOLOGY
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTION KINETICS
RIBOSIDES
RODENTS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOMATIC CELLS
TRACER TECHNIQUES
VERTEBRATES
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