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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-4-5
pubmed:abstractText
We have investigated the changes associated with development and aging on the interrelationships between cholecystokinin (CCK) and the pancreas in the guinea pig. Three groups (1 month old, 1 year old, and 3 years old) of male guinea pigs were sacrificed while feeding in order to measure food-stimulated levels of CCK in blood and in duodenal mucosa by radioimmunoassay (RIA), as well as the pancreatic concentrations of CCK receptors. Systemic blood concentrations of CCK did not change with age. However, the concentration and content of CCK in duodenal mucosa increased more than 3-fold with age. A single class of high-affinity (KD less than or equal to 0.1 nM) CCK-receptor was found on the pancreatic membranes. The concentration (fmol/mg protein) of these receptors significantly diminished by one-half with increasing age. We also found an apparently similar fall in the receptor-binding affinity, but the difference was not significant. We conclude that in the guinea pig, duodenal content of CCK increases so as to compensate for the decreasing concentration of pancreatic CCK receptors, or, perhaps, vice versa. The diminished exocrine function of the pancreas, seen with increasing age, may well reflect both the diminished number of CCK-receptors and the reduction of pancreatic acinar cells.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0047-6374
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
59-66
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Development and age-related changes in pancreatic cholecystokinin receptors and duodenal cholecystokinin in guinea pigs.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't