title: Effect of aging on presynaptic alpha 2-adrenoceptor mechanisms in guinea pig ileum.
abstract: 1. Presynaptic alpha 2-adrenoceptor mechanisms in electrically stimulated longitudinal muscles of ilea isolated from 3, 10, 20 and 47 week-old guinea pigs were studied by analysis of the concentration-response curves of noradrenaline, a full agonist, and clonidine, a partial agonist, and the Scatchard plot of specific binding of [3H]-p-aminoclonidine to synaptosomal fractions from the longitudinal muscle of guinea pig ileum. 2. The pD2 value of noradrenaline and the maximum contraction induced by clonidine increased with age from 3 to 20 weeks and there after decreased to 47 weeks, while the pA2 value of yohimbine against noradrenaline did not alter with age. 3. The capacity of the maximum binding sites of [3H]-p-aminoclonidine increased with increasing age (3-20 weeks), while the dissociation constant (Kd) of [3H]-p-aminoclonidine did not change during the same period. 4. The changes in the presynaptic alpha 2-adrenoceptor mechanisms with age are considered to be due to the change in the total concentration of presynaptic of alpha 2-adrenoceptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Pharmacology, Toho University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takayanagi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koike
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D003000:Clonidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003538:Cystamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007082:Ileum / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000378:metabolism*; D013569:Synapses / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; C029998:benextramine; D003000:Clonidine; D003538:Cystamine; D009638:Norepinephrine