J. Rubin et al., REGULATION OF MURINE OSTEOBLAST MACROPHAGE-COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR PRODUCTION BY 1,25(OH)(2)D-3, Calcified tissue international, 59(4), 1996, pp. 291-296
Macrophage colony stimulating factor (MCSF) is important for formation
of osteoclasts. We investigated the ability of 1,25(OH)(2)D-3 to regu
late osteoblast production of MCSF. Mouse calvarial osteoblasts were c
ultured for 2 days +/- 1,25(OH)(2)D-3. Since 1,25(OH)(2)D-3 decreased
osteoblast proliferation by 17.6 +/- 1% at 10 nM and 11 +/- 4% at 1 nM
, the effect of growth rate on MCSF secretion was examined. Limiting c
ell proliferation by serum did not affect MCSF production. 1,25(OH)(2)
D-3 (1 nM) increased MCSF production (U/10(5) cells) maximally by 68 /- 33% (n = 3) with an ED(50) for 1,25(OH)(2)D-3 of 5 x 10(-11) M. To
investigate effects of 1,25(OH)(2)D-3 on MCSF gene regulation, RT-PCR
primers were designed to identify the mRNA coding for the membrane-bou
nd isoform of MCSF. Simultaneous RT-PCR of glyceraldehyde-phosphate de
hydrogenase (GAP) allowed semiquantitative assessment of MCSF mRNA bet
ween treatment groups expressed as the MCSF/GAP RT-PCR product ratio b
oth MCSF and GAP (+) primers were labeled with P-32-ATP for phosphorim
age quantitation. The membrane-bound MCSF/GAP PCR product ratio was no
t affected by proliferative rate when growth was limited by [serum]. T
he MCSF/GAP RT-PCR product ratio was dose dependently increased by 1,2
5(OH)(2)D-3, maximally at 1 nM at 2.2 +/- 0.2 = fold (n = 10). 1,25(OH
)(2)D-3, also increased the expression of an RT-PCR MCSF/GAP product r
atio which represented the secreted isoform of MCSF. The ability of 1,
25(OH)(2)D-3 to pretranslationally regulate expression of membrane-bou
nd osteoblast MCSF may be important in osteoblast:osteoclast interacti
ons.