title: Age-related changes in receptor-mediated and depolarization-induced phosphatidylinositol turnover in mouse brain.
abstract: The effect of aging on receptor- and G-protein-activated and on depolarization-induced phosphoinositide (PI) hydrolysis was examined in mechanically dissociated neurons from female NMRI mice. Additionally, age-dependent changes in Ca2+ homeostasis, i.e. changes in basal intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i) and in depolarization-induced rise in [Ca2+]i were investigated. No age-related differences in PI hydrolysis were found after stimulation of muscarinic cholinergic, alpha 1, serotonin and quisqualate receptors coupled to the phosphoinositide-phospholipase C (PI-PLC) system. PI hydrolysis following stimulation with AMPA ((RS)-alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid) revealed a significantly increased response in aged animals. Activation of G-proteins with NaF also induced a higher inositol monophosphate (InsP1) accumulation in aged mice. Moreover, InsP1 accumulation due to PLC activation by increased [Ca2+]i after depolarization with KCl was significantly increased in neurons from aged animals. Investigations about age-related changes in Ca2+ homeostasis revealed lower basal [Ca2+]i and lower rise in [Ca2+]i after depolarization with KCl. The data indicate that receptor-mediated and depolarization-induced PI hydrolysis are differentially affected by aging. Decreased availability of [Ca2+]i in aged animals may enhance the sensitivity of Ca(2+)-activated mechanisms. This may explain increased KCl- and AMPA-induced InsP1 accumulation whereas receptor-coupled PLC activation is less affected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychopharmacology, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006706:Homeostasis; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000502:physiology*; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D002118:Calcium