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Query: UMLS:C0029463 (osteosarcoma)
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We present evidence that 17 beta-estradiol (17 beta-E2) regulates 1,25(OH)2D3-induced alkaline phosphatase synthesis and osteocalcin secretion by the human osteosarcoma cell line MG-63. When cells were pre-treated with 17 beta-E2 for 48 h prior to treatment with 1,25(OH)2D3 (50 nM) for another 48 h, alkaline phosphatase activity increased by 40% (P < 0.025) with 2 nM 17 beta-E2 and plateaued at levels of 20 and 200 nM 17 beta-E2. Under the same experimental conditions, osteocalcin secretion was enhanced by 37% (P < 0.005) with 2 nM E2. However, 17 beta-E2 had no effect on basal alkaline phosphatase or on osteocalcin secretion. Moreover, simultaneous addition of 17 beta-E2 and 1,25(OH)2D3 to cells did not result in any additional effect over 1,25(OH)2D3 treatment alone. Tamoxifen (10 nM) inhibited 17 beta-E2-induced activities in 1,25(OH)2D3-treated cells while not affecting control cells. Dexamethasone pretreatment (100 nM, 48 h) also stimulated alkaline phosphatase activity in MG-63 cells. Moreover, dexamethasone pretreatment followed by treatment with 17 beta-E2 and 1,25(OH)2D3 gave an additive effect for alkaline phosphatase activity. 17 alpha-Estradiol (17 alpha-E2), a less active form of estrogen, failed to modify, at low concentrations, control or 1,25(OH)2D3-induced alkaline phosphatase synthesis and osteocalcin secretion. In fact, a 100-1000-fold higher concentration of 17 alpha-E2 was necessary to reproduce the effects of 17 beta-E2 on osteocalcin secretion. The addition of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) for 24 h (1-50 ng/ml) to MG-63 cells did not modify 1,25(OH)2D3-induced osteocalcin release from these cells. However, longer incubations with 50 ng/ml IGF-I did reproduce some of the effects observed with 17 beta-E2. Thus, the effects of 17 beta-E2 are probably not related to IGF-I production in MG-63 cells since under these conditions the addition of IGF-I alone should have produced a response at shorter incubation times and in the presence of lower concentrations of IGF-I. Since 17 beta-E2 pretreatment was necessary to observe any effects on 1,25(OH)2D3-induced activities, we hypothesized that 17 beta-E2 regulated 1,25(OH)2D3 receptors in MG-63 cells. When cells were treated with 100 nM 17 beta-E2 for 48 h, the binding affinity was unchanged: 37.3 +/- 1.9 versus 35.1 +/- 0.4 pM for cells whether treated or not with 17 beta-E2, respectively. In contrast, a significant increase in binding capacity (Bmax) was noted (15 +/- 3.5%; P < 0.025).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:Effect of 17 beta-estradiol on the human osteosarcoma cell line MG-63. 818 30

It is well known that 17 beta-estradiol (E2) and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3) have important roles in bone metabolism. This study was undertaken to examine E2 regulation of 1,25(OH)2D3 receptor (VDR) expression and the biological action of 1,25(OH)2D3 in human osteoblast-like cells. When human osteosarcoma-derived osteoblast-like cells were treated with varying concentrations of E2, the VDR levels increased by up to 100% in a dose-dependent manner. VDR levels significantly increased at 10 nM E2 and this increase plateaued at 100 nM E2. E2-dependent increase of VDR was time dependent, plateauing at 24 hours and was maintained for at least 48 hours in human osteoblast-like cells. Scatchard analysis showed that E2 increased the number of VDR (12.3 +/- 0.4 versus 26.5 +/- 0.3 fmol/mg protein; mean +/- SE of three independent experiments) rather than the Kd (0.15 +/- 0.02 versus 0.16 +/- 0.01 nM; mean +/- SE of three independent experiments). Tamoxifen (50 nM), a specific competitor with E2, completely abolished the E2-induced increase of VDR. The levels of VDR mRNA (4.5 kb) from the cells increased in a dose-dependent manner after E2 treatment. With regard to the biological effects, E2 increased by 10-25% the inhibitory effect of 1,25(OH)2D3 on cell growth. However, E2 did not increase the stimulation of alkaline phosphatase activity by 1,25(OH)2D3. The present study suggests that E2 modulates the biological action of 1,25(OH)2D3 through VDR levels in bone cells.
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PMID:17 beta-estradiol increases the receptor number and modulates the action of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in human osteosarcoma-derived osteoblast-like cells. 858 75

Tamoxifen is a synthetic estrogen analog which may regulate osteogenesis in vivo by virtue of its antiglucocorticoid properties. We have examined tamoxifen regulation of glucocorticoid-induced osteogenesis in two different in vitro bone systems: the chicken periosteal osteogenesis model (CPO) and rat bone marrow stromal cells (RBMC). Hormone uptake studies were conducted with the osteosarcoma cell line, ROS 17/2.8. In the CPO model, alkaline phosphatase (AP) activity and collagen synthesis were stimulated by the glucocorticoid dexamethasone (Dex; 0.1 microM). These Dex-mediated effects were inhibited by increasing concentrations of tamoxifen (10-100 microM). Similarly, in the RBMC model, Dex-dependent (0.01 microM Dex) mineralized tissue formation and AP activity were blocked by tamoxifen (0.1 microM). Although tamoxifen inhibited Dex-mediated increases of AP activity in ROS 17/2.8 cells, it did not inhibit uptake of 3H-Dex or of 3H-estrogen. Northern analyses showed that tamoxifen did not affect messenger RNAs (mRNAs) for AP. Tamoxifen did seem to reduce mRNA for collagen type I, but not bone sialoprotein, osteopontin, and osteocalcin. Dex-induced increases for all proteins mRNAs in the RBMC model were not reduced by tamoxifen. Similarly, tamoxifen had no effects on cellular proliferation. We conclude that tamoxifen has no direct effect on gene expression of bone-related proteins of osteoblastic cells. Further, in the ROS 17/2.8 cell line, the antiglucocorticoid properties of tamoxifen do not appear to be mediated through either Dex or estrogen receptors.
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PMID:Tamoxifen attenuates glucocorticoid actions on bone formation in vitro. 923 77