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Schmid, C. et al.

Calcium and insulin-like growth factor I stimulation of sodium-dependent phosphate transport and proliferation of cultured rat osteoblasts.

Calcium (Ca) stimulates proliferation of osteoblasts in vitro, an effect proposed to be mediated by IGF I. Addition of 1 mM Ca or of 1 nM IGF I to the medium (0.3 mM Ca) of a rat bone-derived cell line, PyMS, stimulated not only DNA synthesis but also sodium-dependent (Nad) phosphate (Pi) uptake, the latter, within 2 h. These cells barely express and produce IGF I. IGF binding protein-3 which inhibits IGF action decreased neither basal nor Ca-stimulated but IGF I-stimulated NadPi transport and DNA synthesis, indicating that Ca stimulated NadPi transport and DNA synthesis independently of IGF I. The effects of Ca and IGF I on DNA synthesis were additive. 1 microM nifedipine blocked IGF I- and Ca-stimulated DNA synthesis but not NadPi transport, suggesting that Ca influx is not mediating the NadPi transport-enhancing IGF I signal but is required for IGF I-induced osteoblast proliferation.[1]

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Calcium and insulin-like growth factor I stimulation of sodium-dependent phosphate transport and proliferation of cultured rat osteoblasts. Schmid, C., Keller, C., Schläpfer, I., Veldman, C., Zapf, J. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (1998) [Pubmed]

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