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Ultrastructural localization of guanylate cyclase in bone cells

O Fukushima and CV Gay

Department of Anatomy, Jikei University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Guanylyl imidodiphosphate (GMP-PNP) hydrolyzing enzyme activity as a means of detecting plasma membrane guanylate cyclase was demonstrated in osteoblasts of chicken tibial metaphysis using a lead citrate histochemical method at the electron microscopic level. Activity was not discerned in osteoclasts or osteocytes. The reaction product development was completely abolished when the sections were incubated with substrate-free or MnCl2-free medium. Guanylate-(beta, gamma- methylene) diphosphate (GMP-PCP) was a less effective substrate than GMP-PNP, and Mn++ was a stronger stimulator than Mg++. No reaction product was observed on the plasma membrane of osteoblasts when beta- glycerophosphate or p-nitrophenylphosphate was used as substrate instead of GMP-PNP. The results implicate guanylate cyclase as a significant effector of osteoblast regulation at the site of the plasma membrane.

Volume 39, Issue 4, pp. 529-535, 04/01/1991
Copyright © 1991 by The Histochemical Society


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