Effect of Pasteurella multocida toxin on bone resorption in vitro.

Abstract

Pasteurella multocida toxin (PMT), which is the primary etiologic factor in the pathogenesis of progressive atrophic rhinitis in pigs, was found to stimulate bone resorption in vitro. This stimulation was observed both in cultures of murine calvaria by measuring the release of calcium and of the lysosomal enzyme beta-glucuronidase and in murine long bone cultures by measuring the release of calcium. Both systems showed the same dose response curve, with the maximal effect at a concentration of 5 ng/ml. The effect on calvaria was studied in more detail. PMT increased bone resorption 24 h after its addition and always had to be present to express an effect. Calcitonin was able to inhibit this increase of resorption completely, and inhibitors of prostaglandin synthesis suppressed it partially. Although the data show an effect of PMT on bone tissue, the results do not exclude an action on cells in the nasal cavity, which could indirectly stimulate bone resorption.

• Authors: R Felix, H Fleisch, P L Frandsen
• Journal: Infection and immunity (Infect Immun) Vol. 60 Issue 12 Pg. 4984-8 (Dec 1992) ISSN: 0019-9567 [Print] United States
• PMID: 1452328 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Bacterial Proteins
• Bacterial Toxins
• Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
• Pasteurella multocida toxin
• Prostaglandin Antagonists
• Glucuronidase
• Calcium

Topics

• Animals
• Bacterial Proteins
• Bacterial Toxins (toxicity)
• Bone Resorption (chemically induced)
• Calcium (metabolism)
• Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors (pharmacology)
• Female
• Glucuronidase (metabolism)
• Mice
• Pasteurella multocida (metabolism)
• Pregnancy
• Prostaglandin Antagonists