title: Effect of age on brain cortical protein kinase C and its mediation of 5-hydroxytryptamine release.
abstract: The effects of age on the activity and translocation of protein kinase C (PKC) and on the facilitation of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, serotonin) release induced by PKC activation with the phorbol ester phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate were investigated. The activities of cortical PKC and its translocation in response to K+ depolarization and phorbol ester stimulation were reduced during aging in Fischer-344 rats. Parietal cortical brain slices from 6-, 12-, and 24-month-old animals were preloaded with [3H]5-HT and release was evoked by 65 mM K+ or the calcium ionophore A23187. 5-HT release induced by either K+ or A23187 was found to be reduced in 12- and 24-month-old as compared to 6-month-old animals. This decrease was not reversed by high extracellular Ca2+. Activation of PKC resulted in a facilitated transmitter release in tissue from 6- and 12-month-old animals but reduced [3H]5-HT release in slices from 24-month-old animals. These responses were prevented by the putative PKC inhibitor 1-(5-isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-methylpiperazine (H-7), but not by increasing extracellular or intracellular Ca2+. The results demonstrate an age-related change (1) in brain PKC activity and translocation and (2) in a physiological response to PKC stimulation. These results may have implications for other PKC-mediated functions that are altered during senescence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19129.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000201:enzymology*; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D012701:Serotonin / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007546:Isoquinolines; D010879:Piperazines; D012701:Serotonin; D000001:Calcimycin; D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium