The effect of adenosine, N-ethylcarboxamide adenosine (NECA), and caffeine on acetylcholine (ACh) release was investigated in cortical slices prepared from 3 and 22-24-month-old rats. The slices were perfused with Krebs solution and electrically stimulated at 0.2, 1, and 5 Hz stimulation frequency. In old rats, ACh released by stimulation at 1 and 5 Hz was about half as large as in adult rats. In 22-24-month-old rats, the potency of adenosine was strongly reduced, and a similar significant inhibition of ACh release was obtained with concentrations of 1 microM adenosine in adult and 300 microM in old rats. Conversely, NECA, which has no effect on ACh release in adult rats, brought about a 40% decrease in old rats. Caffeine at 50 microM concentration enhanced, and at 500 microM inhibited, the evoked ACh release in adult rats, but was inactive in old rats. The possibility is envisaged that aging may modify purinergic modulation of ACh release by inducing conformational changes in purinergic receptors or changing adenosine metabolism.

Purinergic modulation of cortical Acetylcholine release is decreased in aging rats / L. Giovannelli; M.G. Giovannini; F. Pedata; G. Pepeu. - In: EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY. - ISSN 0531-5565. - STAMPA. - 23:(1988), pp. 175-181. [10.1016/0531-5565(88)90004-6]

Purinergic modulation of cortical Acetylcholine release is decreased in aging rats

GIOVANNELLI, LISA;GIOVANNINI, MARIA GRAZIA;PEDATA, FELICITA;PEPEU, GIANCARLO
1988

Abstract

The effect of adenosine, N-ethylcarboxamide adenosine (NECA), and caffeine on acetylcholine (ACh) release was investigated in cortical slices prepared from 3 and 22-24-month-old rats. The slices were perfused with Krebs solution and electrically stimulated at 0.2, 1, and 5 Hz stimulation frequency. In old rats, ACh released by stimulation at 1 and 5 Hz was about half as large as in adult rats. In 22-24-month-old rats, the potency of adenosine was strongly reduced, and a similar significant inhibition of ACh release was obtained with concentrations of 1 microM adenosine in adult and 300 microM in old rats. Conversely, NECA, which has no effect on ACh release in adult rats, brought about a 40% decrease in old rats. Caffeine at 50 microM concentration enhanced, and at 500 microM inhibited, the evoked ACh release in adult rats, but was inactive in old rats. The possibility is envisaged that aging may modify purinergic modulation of ACh release by inducing conformational changes in purinergic receptors or changing adenosine metabolism.
1988
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L. Giovannelli; M.G. Giovannini; F. Pedata; G. Pepeu
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