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. 1984 Jul 1;221(1):15–20. doi: 10.1042/bj2210015

Isoprenaline-induced changes in rat parotid and submandibular glands are age- and dosage-dependent.

M G Humphreys-Beher
PMCID: PMC1143997  PMID: 6466311

Abstract

Neonatal rats treated with chronic injections of isoprenaline (isoproterenol) for 10 days revealed differential induction of proline-rich proteins and glycoprotein synthesis between the parotid and submandibular glands. Biosynthesis of proline-rich proteins (Mr 17000-35000) and a Mr-220000 glycoprotein were detectable by solubilization in 10%-trichloroacetic acid extracts from parotid glands 14 days after birth. The enzyme lactose synthase (UDP-galactose: 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucosamine 4 beta-galactosyltransferase) (EC 2.4.1.22) is also induced 4-7-fold in specific activity compared with control neonatal rats, but again only after 14 days post partum, with isoprenaline treatment. This is in accord with the ability of the parotid gland to respond to beta-receptor stimulation and subsequent increases in intracellular cyclic AMP necessary for induction of protein synthesis [Grand, Chong & Ryan (1975) Am. J. Physiol. 228, 608-612]. Induction of the proline-rich proteins and a Mr-190000 glycoprotein in the soluble fraction from the submandibular gland were not detected until 49 days after birth under identical conditions in the same animal. Cyclic AMP in the submandibular gland undergoes increases on beta-receptor stimulation similar to those achieved in the adult animal, 1 day after birth (Grand et al., 1975). This same differential induction between parotid and submandibular gland was obtained with a range of isoprenaline dosages in adult animals. Trichloroacetic acid-soluble proline-rich proteins were isolated from parotid glands at a dosage of 4.0 mg of isoprenaline/kg body wt., but 7.0 mg/kg was required to induce also biosynthesis of these proteins in the submandibular gland. Gland hypertrophy showed the same differential dosage kinetics, based on gland weight, between the two glands; however, hypertrophy could be accomplished at a lower dosage of isoprenaline than that used to induce proline-rich-protein biosynthesis.

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