1991 Volume 28 Issue 3 Pages 371-376
We studied the influence of aging on the stimulatory effect of parathyroid hormone (PTH) to (Ca2++Mg2+)-ATPase activity of rabbit renal basolateral membrane (BLM). Stimulated by PTH, (Ca2++Mg2+)-ATPase activity of BLM from aged rabbits was lower than those from young rabbits. However, the stimulatory effect of cyclic AMP (cAMP) showed no differences in terms of (Ca2++Mg2+)-ATPase activity in BLM from aged and young rabbits. As cAMP production in BLM caused by PTH stimulation was not measured, it is unclear whether cAMP production is different in BLM from young and aged rabbits. From these results, we concluded that in BLM from aged rabbit, the lower effect of PTH on (Ca2++Mg2+)-ATPase is due to lower production of CAMP or some other disorder of the PTH signal transduction mechanism. As (Ca2++Mg2+)-pump plays an important role in Ca2+ reabsorption in kidney, its lower activity in aged rabbit may be one reason for aberration of renal calcium handling.
