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The effect of β-alanyl-L-histidinato zinc (AHZ) on protein components in osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells was investigated. Cells were cultured for 3 days at 37°C in CO2 incubator in plastic dishes containing α-modified minimum essential medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum. After the cultures, the medium was exchanged for that containing 0.1% bovine serum albumin plus various concentrations of AHZ or other reagents, and the cells were cultured further 3 or 6 days. The homgenate of cells was analyzed with SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). The presence of AHZ (10−7 to 10−5 M) caused an appreciable increase of many protein components in cells. Especially, the 67 killo-dalton (kDa) and 44 kDa proteins which are the major components from control cells were clearly increased by the presence of AHZ. Furthermore, the concentrations of osteocalcin, insulin-like growth factor-I and transforming growth factor-β in the culture medium secreted from osteoblastic cells were markedly increased by the presence of AHZ (10−6 and 10−5 M). The effect of AHZ was a greater than that of zinc sulfate (10−6 and 10−5 M). The present findings suggest that AHZ can increase many proteins which are involved in the stimulation of bone formation and cell proliferation in osteoblastic cells.
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Yamaguchi, M., Hashizume, M. Effect of β-alanyl-L-histidinato zinc on protein components in osteoblastic MC3T3-El cells: Increase in osteocalcin, insulin-like growth factor-I and transforming growth factor-β. Mol Cell Biochem 136, 163–169 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00926077
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