Differential regulation of receptor‐stimulated cyclic adenosine monophosphate production by polyvalent cations in MC3T3‐E1 osteoblasts

• Published in: Journal of bone and mineral research 1996-06, Vol.11 (6), p.789-799
• Main Authors: Hartle, James E., Prpic, Veronica, Siddhanti, Suresh R., Spurney, Robert F., Quarles, L. Darryl
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; Alprostadil - antagonists & inhibitors; Analysis of Variance; Biological and medical sciences; Cations - pharmacology; Cells, Cultured; Cholera Toxin - antagonists & inhibitors; Cholera Toxin - pharmacology; Colforsin - antagonists & inhibitors; Colforsin - pharmacology; Cyclic AMP - biosynthesis; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gadolinium - pharmacology; Norepinephrine - antagonists & inhibitors; Osteoblasts - metabolism; Parathyroid Hormone - agonists; Pertussis Toxin; Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase; Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases - analysis; Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases - drug effects; Protein Kinase C - physiology; Skeleton and joints; Vertebrates: osteoarticular system, musculoskeletal system; Virulence Factors, Bordetella - antagonists & inhibitors; Virulence Factors, Bordetella - pharmacology
• ISSN: 0884-0431; 1523-4681
• DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.5650110610

Extracellular cations have paradoxical trophic and toxic effects on osteoblast function. In an effort to explain these divergent actions, we investigated in MC3T3‐E1 osteoblasts if polyvalent cations differentially modulate the agonist‐stimulated cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) pathway, an important regulator of osteoblastic function. We found that a panel of cations, including gadolinium, aluminum, calcium, and neomycin, inhibited prostaglandin E1 (PGE)‐stimulated cAMP accumulation but paradoxically potentiated parathyroid hormone (PTH)‐stimulated cAMP production. In contrast, these cations had no effect on forskolin‐ or cholera toxin–induced increases in cAMP, suggesting actions proximal to adenylate cyclase and possible modulation of receptor interactions with G proteins. Phorbol 12‐myristate 13‐acetated (PMA) mimicked the effects of cations on PGE1‐and PTH‐stimulated cAMP accumulation in MC3T3‐E1 cells, respectively, diminishing and augmenting the responses. Moreover, down‐regulation of protein kinase C (PKC) by overnight treatment with PMA prevented gadolinium (Gd3+) from attenuating PGE1‐ and enhancing PTH‐stimulated cAMP production, indicating involvement of PKC‐dependent pathways. Cations, however, activated signal transduction pathways not coupled to phosphatidylinositol‐specific phospholipase C (PI‐PLC), since there was no corresponding increase in inositol phosphate formation or intracellular calcium concentrations. In addition, pertussis toxin treatment failed to prevent Gd3+‐mediated suppression of PGE1‐Stimulated cAMP, suggesting actions independent of Gαi. Thus, polyvalent cations may either stimulate or inhibit hormone‐mediated cAMP accumulation in osteoblasts. These differential actions provide a potential explanation for the paradoxical trophic and toxic effects of cations on osteoblast function that occur in vivo under different hormonal conditions.