Abstract
Osteoclasts mediate bone resorption by secretion at the site of bone attachment. This process depends on calmodulin concentrated at a specialized acid-secreting membrane. We hypothesized that increased calmodulin and bone attachment were required for acid secretion. We tested this by studying calmodulin, bone attachment, and membrane acid transport in osteoclasts and their precursor mononuclear cells. Osteoclasts and macrophages were isolated from medullary bone of hens; cell fractions were prepared after culturing cells with or without bone. Calmodulin was visualized by Western analysis; calmodulin mRNA was determined by Northern hybridization, and ATP-dependent membrane acid transport was assayed by acridine orange uptake. Calmodulin decreased in osteoclasts cultured without bone. Calmodulin in isolated macrophages was approximately 25% of osteoclast levels, but increased several fold by 5 days. Bone had no effect. Calmodulin mRNA was similar in osteoclasts with or without bone. However, only osteoclasts cultured with bone retained acid transport capacity. Macrophage calmodulin mRNA was not affected by bone, but increased three fold by day 5, paralleling protein production. Macrophages developed acid transport capacity at 3-5...Continue Reading
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