Abstract
Electrophysiological measurements were carried out on osteoclasts in vitro. Such isolated osteoclasts are able to resorb bone in vitro and contract in response to calcitonin (CT). Our measurements show that individual osteoclasts respond to CT with a significant transient hyperpolarization of membrane potential. Application of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and dibutyryl cAMP produced a transient hyperpolarization in some osteoclasts. Measurements on an osteoblastlike line (ROS 17/2.8) showed a sustained hyperpolarizing response to CT, which is similar to but smaller than the hyperpolarizing response to PTH and dibutyryl cAMP in this and some other osteoblastlike lines. In contrast to osteoblastlike cells, the osteoclasts have no long term membrane potential response to CT, to PTH, or to dibutyryl cAMP. These results show that there are distinct differences between osteoclasts and osteoblasts in their ion transport responses to hormones.
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