Effects of Fluoride on Developing Bones in Tissue Culture

Abstract
Isolated metatarsals and fibulas from 10-day-old chick embryos were grown on clotted media containing NaF. Concns. of 1-20,000; 1-10,000; 1-5000 and 1-1000 [image] NaF had no effect on the amt. of calcification. At 1-500 and 1-200 [image] NaF calcification was inhibited. The effect is probably due to interference with the production of phospho-pyruvate as a substrate for bone phosphatase and to some degree of binding of Ca by fluoride.

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