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We investigated the actions of the trans- and cis-isomers of tamoxifen on the function of neonatal rat osteoclasts in vitro. Both compounds inhibited resorption pit formation by osteoclast-containing mixed bone cell cultures incubated for 24 h on cortical bone slices. Cell counts revealed that the inhibition was closely related to a cytotoxic effect, to which osteoclasts appeared particularly sensitive. Partial inhibition of resorption was seen in the presence of 2 μm trans-tamoxifen, whereas complete abolition of resorption and osteoclast viability occurred with 10 μm trans-tamoxifen; survival of mononuclear cells was unimpaired at either concentration. Cis-tamoxifen appeared to be slightly more toxic, with significant inhibitions of osteoclast viability and thus resorption pit formation at a concentration of 2 μm, and also of mononuclear cell numbers at 10 μm. Time-lapse video observations indicated that osteoclast death occurred rapidly (within 2–3 h) following exposure to 10 μm of either trans-tamoxifen or cis-tamoxifen. The morphological appearance of the dying cells was consistent with apoptosis. These results may help to explain the anti-resorptive action of tamoxifen seen in vivo in rats and humans. In contrast, oestradiol-17β consistently exerted no significant effects on resorption pit formation by rat osteoclasts over 24 h, even at grossly supraphysiological concentrations (up to 10 μm).
Journal of Endocrinology (1996) 149, 503–508
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A molecule very closely resembling human calcitonin immunologically and chromatographically was extracted from the nervous systems of several protochordates and a cyclostome, Myxine. The presence of human calcitonin-like molecules in the nervous systems of primitive chordates suggests that they have some function in the nervous system of these species and that the bone-regulating function of the calcitonins may have arisen much later in the vertebrates.
