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Cardiac L‐Type Calcium Channel α 1 ‐Subunit Is Increased by Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate: Messenger RNA and Protein Expression in Intact Bone
Author(s) -
Wang XiTao,
Nagaba Shizuka,
Nagaba Yasushi,
Leung Steven W.,
Wang Jinsong,
Qiu Weiping,
Zhao PeiLin,
Guggino Sandra E.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of bone and mineral research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.882
H-Index - 241
eISSN - 1523-4681
pISSN - 0884-0431
DOI - 10.1359/jbmr.2000.15.7.1275
Subject(s) - l type calcium channel , microbiology and biotechnology , cyclic adenosine monophosphate , messenger rna , biology , osteoblast , g alpha subunit , calcium channel , protein subunit , chemistry , calcium , biochemistry , in vitro , receptor , gene , organic chemistry
L‐type calcium channels have been identified previously in both osteoblast‐like osteosarcoma cell lines and primary cultures of osteoblasts using numerous techniques such as patch clamp recording, drug inhibited 45 Ca 2+ uptake, and Fura‐2 measurements, but intact bone has not been investigated. Using reverse‐transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR) we found that the three major isoforms of the α 1 ‐subunit of L‐type calcium channels, (α 1C , α 1D , and α 1S ) are present in RNA extracted from ROS 17/2.8 osteosarcoma cells, rat femur, and rat skull. Sequencing of most of the α 1C ‐subunit from rat femur and ROS cells revealed that the splice variants in osteosarcoma cells and intact bone differ, but there are no unique sequence variations compared with those found in other tissues. Northern blot analysis of ROS cell RNA indicated that cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), but not 1α,25‐dihydroxyvitamin D 3 , increased the messenger RNA (mRNA) of the α 1C ‐subunit. Western blot of ROS cell lysates revealed a band of more then 220 kDa, the amount of which increased in cells treated with cAMP. Using confocal microscopy combined with immunohistochemistry in ROS cells, intact bone, and cartilage, we found that the α 1C ‐subunit of this channel is expressed in osteoblasts and chondrocytes suggesting this channel may be a pathway for signal transduction in intact tissue, because it is in osteosarcoma cell lines and primary osteoblasts grown in tissue culture.