Effects of aging on the relation of adenyl purine release with plasma membrane fluidity of arterial endothelial cells |
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Authors: | Hashimoto Michio Hossain Shahdat Tanabe Yoko Shido Osamu |
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Institution: | Department of Environmental Physiology, Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Japan. michio1@med.shimane-u.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | Age-related changes in adenyl purine release from rat arteries and endothelial cell (EC) plasma membrane (PM) fluidity were studied. High performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence revealed that aging significantly decreased the release of adenyl purines. Pyrene-excimer spectroscopy disclosed that EC PM fluidity of aged rats decreased more significantly than that of young rats. An increase in cholesterol content and a decrease in the unsaturation index (USI) of fatty acids in cholesterol-enriched ECs reduced PM fluidity and 5'-nucleotidase (5'-ND) activity (measured by coupled assay of adenosine deaminase and glutamate dehydrogenase). Moreover, a decrease in cholesterol content and an increase in the USI of fatty acyl chains of the PM in docosahexaenoic acid-enriched ECs concurrently increased enzyme activity and extracellular adenosine. Therefore, decreases in PM fluidity, observed with age-dependent increased cholesterol and decreased USI, induce a decrease in 5'-ND activity, decrease extracellular adenosine levels, and might relate to hypertension in aged rats. |
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