Ageing on ƒ ¿ 1 A - Adrenoceptors
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Effect of ageing on ƒ¿1A-adrenoceptor mechanisms in rabbit bronchial preparations was studied. The potency (pD2 value) of norepinephrine increased with age from 5 to 13 weeks and thereafter did not alter with age from 13 to 180 weeks. The affinity of norepinephrine (PKA value) and of a selective ƒ¿1A-adrenoceptor blocker, 5-methylurapidil (pA2 value) did not alter with age. Efficacy of norepinephrine was proportional to receptor reserve (pD2-pKA). These results suggest that age-related changes in aiA-adrenoceptor mechanisms are due to changes in receptor reserve or total concentration of receptors, but not to changes in affinity of drugs to ƒ¿1A-adrenoceptors and in contraction mechanisms.
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