Abstract
Aging of rat heart myocytes in culture is accompanied by ∼ 50% reduction in endothelin (ET)/sarafotoxin (SRTX) receptor-binding capacity as well as in the induction of phosphoinositide (PI) hydrolysis. Treatment of aged cultures under conditions yielding myocytes with a lipid composition similar to that in young cultures restored all the ET/SRTX receptors; at the same time it re-established only the endothelin-induced but not the sarafotoxin-induced PI-hydrolysis response. Thus more than one mechanism may stimulate PI metabolism.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 85-88 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | European Journal of Pharmacology: Molecular Pharmacology |
Volume | 188 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 23 Jan 1990 |
Keywords
- Aging (Receptor)
- Endothelins
- Heart (rat)
- Phosphoinositide hydrolysis
- Sarafotoxins