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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
The effect of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) on osteoblastic cell proliferation was investigated using osteoblastic clone MC3T3-E1 cells cultured in serum-free medium. PGE2 at 2 micrograms/ml increased the number of the cells by 2 days after its addition. PGE2 raised the level of DNA synthesis in a dose-related fashion after a constant lag time, the maximal effect being at 2-10 micrograms/ml and the level about fourfold over that of the control at 36 hr after its addition. However, at low doses (below 0.2 microgram/ml), PGE2 rather depressed DNA synthesis. Isobutyl methylxanthine counteracted the stimulation of DNA synthesis by PGE2, and forskolin depressed the synthesis, which was inversely correlated with increasing intracellular cAMP content. These results indicate that an increase in cAMP content inhibits DNA synthesis. In addition, 2',5'-dideoxyadenosine did not negate the stimulatory effect of PGE2 on DNA synthesis, suggesting that PGE2 increases DNA synthesis, probably via a pathway different from the adenylate cyclase/cAMP system. Moreover, at a high dose, PGE2 stimulated both the production and degradation of cAMP; the elevation of cAMP content was rapidly depressed by the stimulated degradation system. Consequently, the stimulatory effect of PGE2 on DNA synthesis would be released from the inhibition by cAMP, resulting in an increase in DNA synthesis. Taken together with data from our previous reports, these results indicate that PGE2 enhances both the proliferation and differentiation of osteoblastic cells in vitro, which are probably mediated by two different second messengers dependent on the concentration of PGE2.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-9541
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
128
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
155-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Prostaglandin E2 stimulates DNA synthesis by a cyclic AMP-independent pathway in osteoblastic clone MC3T3-E1 cells.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't