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E R Pietrzak1, P A Wilce, B C Shanley
1Alcohol Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld 4067, Australia.
Abstract:
Inositol phosphate accumulation and adenylate cyclase activity were investigated in the cortex of young and aged ethanol-treated rats. Three months of ethanol treatment of young rats decreased maximal stimulation of inositol phosphate accumulation by carbachol by 26%, from 494 +/- 76% of basal turnover in control animals to 396 +/- 54% in ethanol-treated animals (mean +/- SD). In aged rats ethanol-related changes were no longer observed but age-related changes were evident. EC(50) was significantly higher than in young animals and maximal stimulation was significantly lower. Basal adenylate cyclase activity in cortical membranes of all groups of animals was not different. Forskolin-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity was not affected by ethanol treatment, but was higher in aged animals. The activity of forskolin-stimulated adenylate cyclase in the presence of carbachol was higher in both young and aged ethanol-treated animals, when compared to young controls. These results suggest that both ethanol and aging impair the efficiency of receptor/effector coupling.
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