Carbonic anhydrase and bone remodeling: sulfonamide inhibition of bone resorption in organ culture.

Five sulfonamide inhibitors of carbonic anhydrase inhibited parathyroid hormone-induced resorption of bone in organ culture. The relative activities of the sulfonamides as resorption inhibitors were such as to suggest the presence of a functional carbonic anhydrase system in bone linked to the mechanism of bone resorption.