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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 274: R1604-R1612, 1998;
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Vol. 274, Issue 6, R1604-R1612, June 1998

Sensitivity of norepinephrine-evoked vasoconstriction to pertussis toxin in the old rat

Alain Robert1, Nguyen N. P. Tran1, Philippe Giummelly1, Jeffrey Atkinson1, and Christine Capdeville-Atkinson2

1 Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Cardio-vasculaire, Université Henri Poincaré, Faculté de Pharmacie, 54001 Nancy Cedex; and 2 Département de Pharmacologie, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris 11, 92296 Chatenay Malabry Cedex, France

In male Wistar rats, the in vitro vasoconstrictor response of the perfused tail artery elicited by norepinephrine or serotonin decreased with age (24 mo old vs. 3 mo old), whereas the fluorescent signal (fura 2) produced by intracellular calcium (Ca2+i) mobilization increased. Both vasoconstriction and the increase in intracellular calcium concentration elicited by a high-K+, depolarizing solution were unaffected by aging. Pertussis toxin, a G protein inhibitor, had no effect on vasoconstriction induced by high K+ but diminished vasoconstrictor responses to norepinephrine in 3- and 12-mo-old animals but not in 24-mo-old animals. Pertussis toxin had no effect on Ca2+i mobilization. The sensitivity of receptor activation to pertussis toxin in tail arteries from 24-mo-old animals was restored by pretreatment with the alpha -adrenoceptor antagonist nicergoline. Nicergoline had no effect on vasoconstriction induced by high K+. Plasma norepinephrine concentration rose with age; nicergoline had no effect on this rise. We suggest that aging leads to a decrease in the intracellular G protein-modulated amplification of vasoconstriction produced by receptor activation and that this could be linked to the hyperadrenergic state. Ca2+ sensitivity can be restored by chronic treatment with an alpha -adrenoceptor antagonist.

age; nicergoline; serotonin; norepinephrine


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