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Calcitonin had direct and dose-dependent actions on human osteoblast-line cells (in serum-free monolayer culture) to increase cell proliferation and alkaline phosphatase activity/mg cell protein. Salmon calcitonin increased (human osteosarcoma) SaOS-2 cell proliferation, as evidenced by dose-dependent increases in3[H]-thymidine incorporation into DNA (e.g., 153% of control after 20 h exposure at 0.1 nM,P<0.01), and MTT (thyzolyl blue) reduction/deposition (e.g., 161% of control after 72 h exposure at 0.03 nM). Continuous exposure was not required to elicit these proliferative responses. These effects were not unique to salmon calcitonin or to SaOS-2 cells. Similar effects were seen with human calcitonin (but not heat-inactivated human calcitonin) and with (human osteosarcoma) TE-85 cells and human osteoblast-line cells prepared from femoral heads. In addition to effects on cell proliferation, calcitonin also increased alkaline phosphatase-specific activity in SaOS-2 cells (e.g., 180% of control after 72 h of exposure to 0.1 nM salmon calcitonin,P<.005).
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Farley, J.R., Wergedal, J.E., Hall, S.L. et al. Calcitonin has direct effects on3[H]-thymidine incorporation and alkaline phosphatase activity in human osteoblast-line cells. Calcif Tissue Int 48, 297–301 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02556147
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