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Uptake of45calcium and85strontium by bone in tissue culture

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Embryonic chick calvaria were cultured alive and after killing by various procedures. The uptakes of45Ca and85Sr were measured and it was found that both live and dead calvaria discriminated against strontium in favour of calcium. The discrimination in live bone at 37° was usually higher than that in dead bone or that in live bone cultured at 4°. However, discrimination did not approach the physicochemically predicted level, which suggests that discrimination against strontium is modified by the nature of the bone crystals and their environment.

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Des calottes craniennes d'embryons de poulet sont cultivées à l'état vivant et après mortification selon divers procédés. L'absorption de45Ca et85Sr est mesurée et il apparait que les calottes vivantes et mortifiées prennent du calcium au détriment du strontium. Cette action au niveau de l'os vivant à 37°, est généralement plus intense que celle observée au niveau de l'os mortifié ou celle de l'os vivant cultivé à 4°. Cependant cette absorption préférenttielle n'avoisine pas les concentrations prévues par la physico-chimie, ce qui laisse penser que l'action anti-strontium est modifiée par la nature des cristaux osseux et leur environnement.

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Calvarien von Kückenembryonen wurden lebend oder nach Abtöten mittels verschiedener Techniken gezüchtet. Die Aufnahme von45Ca und85Sr wurde gemessen, und es zeigte sich, daß sowohl die lebenden wie die toten Calvarien Calcium gegenüber Strontium vorzogen. Die Bevorzugung war im allgemeinen im lebenden Knochen bei 37° höher als im toten Knochen oder im lebenden, bei 4° gezüchteten Knochen. Jedoch erreichte diese Bevorzugung nicht den anhand physikochemischer Überlegungen vorausgesagten Grad. Dies läßt vermuten, daß die Calciumbevorzugung gegenüber Strontium durch die Natur der Knochenkristalle und deren Umgebung modifiziert wird.

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Triffitt, J.T., Jones, R.O. & Patrick, G. Uptake of45calcium and85strontium by bone in tissue culture. Calc. Tis Res. 8, 211–216 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02010139

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