title: Evidence for an alteration in the microsomal Ca2+ release mechanism in senescent rat parotid acinar cells.
abstract: Previously, we have shown that Ca2+ mobilization following an alpha 1-adrenergic receptor stimulus is reduced in parotid acinar cells from senescent rats as a result of an altered ability of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) to induce Ca2+ release from a non-mitochondrial, intracellular Ca2+ store (Ishikawa, Y., et al. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 968, 203-210). We have used this model to examine the IP3-induced Ca2+ release mechanism in these cells. 45Ca2+ efflux, after exposure to (-) epinephrine, from cells of young adult (3-6 months) rats was approx. 2-fold that observed from cells from older animals (approx. 24 months) either in the presence or absence of extracellular Ca2+. Similarly, cytosolic Ca2+ levels were greater in cells of young adult rats under these same incubation conditions. However, microsomal membrane preparations, from both age groups displayed similar IP3 binding sites (Kd approximately 90 nM, Bmax approximately 850 fmol/mg protein) and ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport ability (approx. 8 nmol/mg protein.min -1). These data suggest that there is an alteration in the IP3-induced Ca2+ release mechanism in microsomal membranes of parotid glands from senescent rats which may account for the decreased Ca2+ release seen after agonist stimulation of this tissue.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Institute on Aging, Francis Scott Key Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21224.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maki
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kowatch
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Baum
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Ambudkar
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Roth
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels; D002451:Cell Compartmentation; D002470:Cell Survival; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D008861:Microsomes / Q000378:metabolism; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000494:pharmacology; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium