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Tissue‐specific decline in cytosolic casein kinase II of the ventral prostate in aging rats
Author(s) -
Goueli Said A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
the prostate
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.295
H-Index - 123
eISSN - 1097-0045
pISSN - 0270-4137
DOI - 10.1002/pros.2990170205
Subject(s) - casein kinase 2 , cytosol , endocrinology , casein kinase 1 , medicine , casein , prostate , kinase , enzyme , androgen receptor , enzyme assay , biology , protein kinase a , chemistry , prostate cancer , biochemistry , cyclin dependent kinase 2 , cancer
Abstract An age‐associated decline in the activity of cytosolic casein kinase II in the rat ventral prostate was observed. The decrease in specific and total activity of casein kinase II of prostatic cytosol obtained from 12‐month old rats compared with that from 3‐month old rats was 50% and 70%, respectively. This decrease was tissue specific since no such alteration in enzymic activity was found in liver, lung, or heart. The decline in activity was not due to an increase in the concentration of a casein kinase inhibitor or to altered androgenic status with aging. Rather, the reduction in the activity of the enzyme was commensurate with the decrease in the total concentration of the enzyme protein as determined by an ELISA using anti‐casein kinase II antibodies. The activity of casein kinase II in the nuclear fraction of the rat prostate was not altered in aging animals. It may be concluded that the cytosolic form of casein kinase II in the prostate of older animals is regulated at the transcriptional level (but not via the androgen‐receptor complex mechanism). An alternative explanation for this observation may relate to altered stability of the enzyme in the prostate of older animals.