title: Age-related alterations in superoxide anion generation in mouse peritoneal macrophages studied by repeated stimulations and heat shock treatment.
abstract: The ability of thioglycollate-elicited peritoneal macrophages (PM) from young and senescent mice to generate superoxide anions (O2-) under repeated stimulation or thermal stress was studied using either zymosan, opsonized zymosan (OZ), or phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). A diminished capacity to recover from repeated stimulation was found with aging. When stimulated for a second time 24 hours after the primary stimulation, PM from young animals generated 80% of the initial O2- responses to either zymosan, or OZ. Under the same conditions, PM from senescent mice generated 62% of the initial O2- produced in response to zymosan, and 45% in response to OZ. In both age groups the response to a second PMA stimulation comprised only 10% of the primary response. A considerably diminished capacity to generate O2- was also demonstrated in PM from senescent mice after recovery from exposure to thermal stress. Exposure to 42.5 degrees C for 20 minutes was found to be the threshold temperature for irreversible loss of activity in senescent PM, whereas at this temperature, PM from young animals recovered up to 70% of their O2- generating activity. Since NADPH oxidase and superoxide dismutase activities were only mildly affected by the hyperthermia in all age groups, they could not account for the age-related decline in the recovery from stress. Age-related alterations in signal transduction or receptor alterations could possibly play a primary role in this decline.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lavie
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Weinreb
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gershon
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000166:cytology; D016897:Respiratory Burst; D012769:Shock / Q000378:metabolism*; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D015054:Zymosan / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D013481:Superoxides; D015054:Zymosan; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D010100:Oxygen