title: Relationship between cAMP production and protein secretion in rat submandibular acini: evidence for loss of reserve capacity with age.
abstract: We assessed isoproterenol and forskolin-stimulated cAMP production and protein secretion in submandibular salivary glands from young (4-7 mo) and old (25 mo) male F-344 rats. In senescent acini, the maximum amount of cAMP produced was three-fold less and the protein secreted was one-third less in response to the highest dose of isoproterenol (100 microM). Following isoproterenol stimulation, the young acini were more sensitive than the old for protein secretion than for cAMP production. Post-receptor stimulation (by forskolin) of cAMP production and protein secretion were less in the senescent rats. This report demonstrates the validity of an in vitro model for simultaneous assessment of biochemical and functional correlates. Furthermore, the observations suggest that both receptor and post-receptor stimulation of cAMP production and protein secretion diminish with age. Moreover, there is a reserve capacity for cAMP production with respect to protein secretion in the young that is diminished or even absent in the old rats.
authors.affiliation: Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida 32608-1197.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rajakumar
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Scarpace
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D012016:Reference Values; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides; D005576:Colforsin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D007545:Isoproterenol