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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2015

Age Differences of Salivary Alpha-Amylase Levels of Basal and Acute Responses to Citric Acid Stimulation Between Chinese Children and Adults.

Ze-Min Yang, Long-Hui Chen, Min Zhang, Jing Lin, Jie Zhang, Wei-Wen Chen, Xiao-Rong Yang

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Ze-Min YangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Courses, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University Guangzhou, China.
Long-Hui ChenPi-Wei Institute, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine Guangzhou, China.
Min ZhangPediatrics of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Haizhu Maternal and Child Health Hospital Guangzhou, China.
Jing LinDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Courses, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University Guangzhou, China.
Jie ZhangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Courses, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University Guangzhou, China.
Wei-Wen ChenPi-Wei Institute, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine Guangzhou, China.
Xiao-Rong YangClinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University Guangzhou, China.
Guangdong Pharmaceutical University · CNGuangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University · CNHainan Maternal and Child Health Hospital · CN

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Abstract

It remains unclear how salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) levels respond to mechanical stimuli in different age groups. In addition, the role played by the sAA gene (AMY1) copy number and protein expression (glycosylated and non-glycosylated) in sAA activity has also been rarely reported. In this study, we analyzed saliva samples collected before and after citric acid stimulation from 47 child and 47 adult Chinese subjects. We observed that adults had higher sAA activity and sAA glycosylated levels (glycosylated sAA amount/total sAA amount) in basal and stimulated saliva when compared with children, while no differences were found in total or glycosylated sAA amount between them. Interestingly, adults showed attenuated sAA activity levels increase over those of children after stimulation. Correlation analysis showed that total sAA amount, glycosylated sAA amount, and AMY1 copy number × total sAA amount were all positively correlated with sAA activity before and after stimulation in both groups. Interestingly, correlation r between sAA levels (glycosylated sAA amount and total sAA amount) and sAA activity decreased after stimulation in children, while adults showed an increase in correlation r. In addition, the correlation r between AMY1 copy number × total sAA amount and sAA activity was higher than that between AMY1 copy number, total sAA amount, and sAA activity, respectively. Taken together, our results suggest that total sAA amount, glycosylated sAA amount, and the positive interaction between AMY1 copy number and total sAA amount are crucial in influencing sAA activity before and after stimulation in children and adults.

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adultsAMY1 copy numberchildrencitric acid stimulationglycosylationprotein expressionsalivary alpha-amylase

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