PMID: 15374344Mar 1, 1993Paper

Parallel decrease of adenylyl cyclase activity and beta1-adrenoceptor density in brain cortex of aging mice

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
C Viticchi, L Piantanelli

Abstract

Beta-adrenergic receptors (betaARs) and adenylyl cyclase (AC) activity have been found to undergo progressive alterations in the brain cortex of aging mice. In particular, betaAR changes are in charge of the beta1 subpopulation (beta1AR), beta2-adrenoceptors (beta2ARs) showing no age-related impairments. On these bases, the question arises whether AC alterations can be accounted for by beta1AR changes or, alternatively, whether there are also receptor independent AC modifications. Experiments have thus been performed on the brain cortex from young and old mice assaying beta1AR and beta2AR characteristics and isoproterenol (IPR) and forskolin stimulated AC activity in the same membrane preparations. Other membranes were previously treated with the reducing agent dithiothreitol (DTT) which is known to specifically destroy the binding capacity of beta1ARs. No statistically significant differences in basal AC activity have been found among the groups studied. Data on IPR-stimulated AC activity in old animals confirm previous findings demonstrating impaired responsiveness when compared with that of young mice. DTT treated membrane preparations from both young and old mice show decreased AC activities. The entity of the decrease is l...Continue Reading

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