Aging enhances inhibitory action of somatostatin in rat pancreas.
This study examines the effects of donor age on exogenous somatostatin inhibition of insulin secretion stimulated by 10 mM D-glyceraldehyde and by 20 mM beta-D-glucose in isolated perfused rat pancreas. Both 6 and 30 nM synthetic somatostatin-14 affect both glyceraldehyde- and glucose-stimulated insulin secretion to a greater degree in pancreases from old animals (24-27 months) than in those from young (2-5 months). We conclude that an increased sensitivity to inhibitory actions of somatostatin during aging, observed in pituitary tissues in vitro, occurs in pancreatic tissues as well and may constitute a general phenomenon in tissues subject to somatostatin inhibition.
Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109.
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D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D005985:Glyceraldehyde / Q000494:pharmacology; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000494:pharmacology*
D007328:Insulin; D005985:Glyceraldehyde; D013004:Somatostatin; D005947:Glucose