title: Are lymphocyte beta-adrenoceptors altered in patients with cystic fibrosis?
abstract: 1. Beta-adrenergic responsiveness may be decreased in cystic fibrosis. In order to determine whether this reflects an alteration in the human lymphocyte beta-receptor complex, we studied 12 subjects with cystic fibrosis (six were stable and ambulatory and six were decompensated, hospitalized) as compared with 12 normal controls. 2. Lymphocyte beta-receptor mediated adenylate cyclase activity (EC 4.6.1.1) was not decreased in the ambulatory cystic fibrosis patients as compared with controls. In contrast, decompensated hospitalized cystic fibrosis patients demonstrated a significant reduction in beta-receptor mediated lymphocyte adenylate cyclase activity expressed as the relative increase over basal levels stimulated by the beta-agonist isoprenaline compared with both normal controls and stable ambulatory cystic fibrosis patients (control 58 +/- 4%; ambulatory cystic fibrosis patients 51 +/- 7%; decompensated hospitalized cystic fibrosis patients 28 +/- 5%; P less than 0.05). 3. Our data suggest that defects in lymphocyte beta-receptor properties in cystic fibrosis patients may be better correlated with clinical status than with presence or absence of the disease state.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Fick
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: McArdle
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lai
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases