PMID- 21869564 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120103 LR - 20190911 IS - 1347-8648 (Electronic) IS - 1347-8613 (Linking) VI - 117 IP - 1 DP - 2011 TI - Inhibitory effect of chlorpromazine on RANKL-induced osteoclastogenesis in mouse bone marrow cells. PG - 54-62 AB - Chlorpromazine (CPZ), the first widely used phenothiazine tranquilizer, is shown to inhibit the action of intracellular calmodulin (CaM) and bone resorption in vivo and in vitro. In this study, CPZ (0.63 - 10 microM) dose-dependently inhibited the formation of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) staining-positive osteoclast-like cells in mouse bone marrow cells (BMCs) treated with 1alpha,25(OH)(2)D(3) (10 nM) or soluble receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappaB ligand (s-RANKL) (20 ng/ml). Expressions of mRNA for the nuclear factor of activated T-cells c1 (NFATc1), a key regulator of osteoclast differentiation; dendritic cell-specific transmembrane protein (DC-STAMP), an essential protein for cell-cell fusion; and characteristic markers of osteoclasts such as TRAP, cathepsin K, carbonic anhydrase II, and calcitonin receptor in BMCs were up-regulated by s-RANKL and decreased by the addition of CPZ (5 microM) or the selective CaM antagonist W7, but not the inactive analog W5. The general CaM kinase (CaMK) inhibitor KN-93 and CaM-dependent phosphatase calcineurin inhibitor FK-506 also inhibited s-RANKL-induced osteoclastogenesis. Phenothiazines such as CPZ, trifluoperazine (TFPZ), and promethazine (PMZ) inhibited s-RANKL-induced osteoclast-like cell formation in mouse BMCs. Osteoclastogenesis inhibitory effects decreased in the order of TFPZ, CPZ, PMZ, depending on their anti-CaM potency. These findings suggest that CPZ inhibits RANKL-induced osteoclastogenesis by its anti-CaM action. FAU - Kawamura, Hiroharu AU - Kawamura H AD - Department of Pharmacology, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Japan. FAU - Arai, Michitsugu AU - Arai M FAU - Togari, Akifumi AU - Togari A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110826 PL - Japan TA - J Pharmacol Sci JT - Journal of pharmacological sciences JID - 101167001 RN - 0 (DNA Primers) RN - 0 (RANK Ligand) RN - 0 (Tnfsf11 protein, mouse) RN - U42B7VYA4P (Chlorpromazine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Base Sequence MH - Bone Marrow Cells/*drug effects MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects MH - Chlorpromazine/*pharmacology MH - DNA Primers MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Osteoclasts/cytology/*physiology MH - RANK Ligand/*physiology EDAT- 2011/08/27 06:00 MHDA- 2012/01/04 06:00 CRDT- 2011/08/27 06:00 PHST- 2011/08/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/08/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/01/04 06:00 [medline] AID - JST.JSTAGE/jphs/11006FP [pii] AID - 10.1254/jphs.11006fp [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Pharmacol Sci. 2011;117(1):54-62. doi: 10.1254/jphs.11006fp. Epub 2011 Aug 26.