Effects of limited exposure of rabbit chondrocyte cultures to parathyroid hormone and dibutyryl adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate on cartilage-characteristic proteoglycan synthesis

Journal Article · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · Endocrinology; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-122-5-1991· OSTI ID:7196266

Kato, Y; Koike, T; Iwamoto, M; Kinoshita, M; Sato, K; Hiraki, Y; Suzuki, F

Treatment of rabbit chondrocyte cultures with PTH or (Bu)2cAMP for 30 h increased by 2- to 3-fold the incorporation of (35S)sulfate and 3H radioactivity with glucosamine as the precursor into large chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans characteristically found in cartilage matrix. However, PTH and (Bu)2cAMP did not increase either (35S)sulfate incorporation into small proteoglycans or the incorporation of 3H radioactivity into hyaluronic acid and other glycosaminoglycans. PTH and (Bu)2cAMP also increased the incorporation of (3H) serine into both proteoglycans and total protein. In all cultures described above, the stimulation of (3H)serine incorporation into proteoglycans exceeded that of (3H)serine incorporation into total protein. These data indicate that PTH and (Bu)2cAMP selectively stimulate cartilage proteoglycan synthesis while they increase total protein synthesis. Since cAMP seems to play a mediatory role in the action of PTH, we elected to examine the effects of a limited exposure of chondrocytes to PTH or (Bu)2cAMP on the synthesis of proteoglycans. Treatment with PTH or (Bu)2cAMP for only the initial 2-7 h did not increase the rates of incorporation of (35S)sulfate, the 3H radioactivity with glucosamine, and (3H)serine into proteoglycans, as measured at 30 h, despite the fact that this treatment brought about a rapid and transient rise in the cAMP level. Furthermore, the application of prostaglandin I2 at concentrations that increased cAMP levels in a similar fashion as did PTH did not affect (35S) sulfate incorporation into proteoglycans.

• Research Organization: Osaka Univ. (Japan)
• OSTI ID: 7196266
• Journal Information: Endocrinology; (United States), Vol. 122:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
AMP
BIOCHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
GLUCOPROTEINS
BIOSYNTHESIS
PARATHORMONE
ANIMAL CELLS
CELL CULTURES
GLUCOSAMINE
PROSTAGLANDINS
RABBITS
SERINE
SULFATES
SULFUR 35
TRACER TECHNIQUES
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
AMINES
AMINO ACIDS
ANIMALS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CARBOHYDRATES
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
GLYCOPROTEINS
HEXOSAMINES
HEXOSES
HORMONES
HYDROXY ACIDS
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
KINETICS
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LIGHT NUCLEI
MAMMALS
MONOSACCHARIDES
NUCLEI
NUCLEOTIDES
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PEPTIDE HORMONES
PROTEINS
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTION KINETICS
SACCHARIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR ISOTOPES
SYNTHESIS
VERTEBRATES
550201* - Biochemistry- Tracer Techniques