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Xu K, Di Luca DG, Orrú M, Xu Y, Chen JF, Schwarzschild MA. Neuroprotection by caffeine in the MPTP model of parkinson's disease and its dependence on adenosine A2A receptors. Neuroscience 2016; 322:129-37. [PMID: 26905951 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.02.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Revised: 02/16/2016] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Considerable epidemiological and laboratory data have suggested that caffeine, a nonselective adenosine receptor antagonist, may protect against the underlying neurodegeneration of parkinson's disease (PD). Although both caffeine and more specific antagonists of the A2A subtype of adenosine receptor (A2AR) have been found to confer protection in animal models of PD, the dependence of caffeine's neuroprotective effects on the A2AR is not known. To definitively determine its A2AR dependence, the effect of caffeine on 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6 tetra-hydropyridine (MPTP) neurotoxicity was compared in wild-type (WT) and A2AR gene global knockout (A2A KO) mice, as well as in central nervous system (CNS) cell type-specific (conditional) A2AR knockout (cKO) mice that lack the receptor either in postnatal forebrain neurons or in astrocytes. In WT and in heterozygous A2AR KO mice caffeine pretreatment (25mg/kgip) significantly attenuated MPTP-induced depletion of striatal dopamine. By contrast in homozygous A2AR global KO mice caffeine had no effect on MPTP toxicity. In forebrain neuron A2AR cKO mice, caffeine lost its locomotor stimulant effect, whereas its neuroprotective effect was mostly preserved. In astrocytic A2AR cKO mice, both caffeine's locomotor stimulant and protective properties were undiminished. Taken together, these results indicate that neuroprotection by caffeine in the MPTP model of PD relies on the A2AR, although the specific cellular localization of these receptors remains to be determined.
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- K Xu
- Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, United States.
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- Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, United States.
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- Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, United States.
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- Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, United States.
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- Department of Neurology, 715 Albany Street, C314, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, United States.
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- Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, United States.
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Swaminathan S, Rosner MH, Okusa MD. Emerging therapeutic targets of sepsis-associated acute kidney injury. Semin Nephrol 2015; 35:38-54. [PMID: 25795498 DOI: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2015.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SA-AKI) is linked to high morbidity and mortality. To date, singular approaches to target specific pathways known to contribute to the pathogenesis of SA-AKI have failed. Because of the complexity of the pathogenesis of SA-AKI, a reassessment necessitates integrative approaches to therapeutics of SA-AKI that include general supportive therapies such as the use of vasopressors, fluids, antimicrobials, and target-specific and time-dependent therapeutics. There has been recent progress in our understanding of the pathogenesis and treatment of SA-AKI including the temporal nature of proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory processes. In this review, we discuss the clinical and experimental basis of emerging therapeutic approaches that focus on targeting early proinflammatory and late anti-inflammatory processes, as well as therapeutics that may enhance cellular survival and recovery. Finally, we include ongoing clinical trials in sepsis.
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- Sundararaman Swaminathan
- Division of Nephrology, Center for Immunity, Inflammation and Regenerative Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
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- Division of Nephrology, Center for Immunity, Inflammation and Regenerative Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
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- Division of Nephrology, Center for Immunity, Inflammation and Regenerative Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
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The infarct-sparing effect of IB-MECA against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in mice is mediated by sequential activation of adenosine A3 and A 2A receptors. Basic Res Cardiol 2015; 110:16. [PMID: 25711314 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-015-0473-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Revised: 01/26/2015] [Accepted: 02/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Conflicting results exist regarding the role of A3 adenosine receptors (A3ARs) in mediating cardioprotection during reperfusion following myocardial infarction. We hypothesized that the effects of the A3AR agonist IB-MECA to produce cardioprotection might involve activation of other adenosine receptor subtypes. C57Bl/6 (B6), A3AR KO, A2AAR KO, and A2AAR KO/WT bone marrow chimeric mice were assigned to 12 groups undergoing either hemodynamic studies or 45 min of LAD occlusion and 60 min of reperfusion. IB-MECA (100 μg/kg) or vehicle was administered by iv bolus 5 min before reperfusion. Radioligand binding assays showed that IB-MECA has high affinity for the mouse A3AR (K i = 0.17 ± 0.05 nM), but also can bind with lower affinity to the A1AR (9.0 ± 2.4 nM) or the A2AAR (56.5 ± 10.2 nM). IB-MECA caused bi-phasic hemodynamic changes, which were completely absent in A3AR KO mice and were modified by A2AAR blockade or deletion. IB-MECA stimulated histamine release, increased heart rate, and significantly reduced IF size in B6 mice from 61.5 ± 1.4 to 48.6 ± 2.4% of risk region (RR; 21% reduction, p < 0.05) but not in A3AR KO mice. Compared to B6, A3AR KO mice had significantly reduced IF size (p < 0.05). In B6/B6 bone marrow chimeras, IB-MECA caused a 47% reduction of IF size (from 47.3 ± 3.9 to 24.7 ± 4.5, p < 0.05). However, no significant cardioprotective effect of IB-MECA was observed in A2AARKO/B6 mice, which lacked A2AARs only on their bone marrow-derived cells. Activation of A3ARs induces a bi-phasic hemodynamic response, which is partially mediated by activation of A2AARs. The cardioprotective effect of IB-MECA is due to the initial activation of A3AR followed by activation of A2AARs in bone marrow-derived cells.
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Liu P, Pian Y, Li X, Liu R, Xie W, Zhang C, Zheng Y, Jiang Y, Yuan Y. Streptococcus suis adenosine synthase functions as an effector in evasion of PMN-mediated innate immunit. J Infect Dis 2014; 210:35-45. [PMID: 24446521 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Streptococcus suis serotype 2 (S. suis 2) is a highly invasive pathogen in pigs and humans that can cause severe systemic infection. Sepsis and meningitis are the most common clinical manifestations of S. suis 2 infection. However, the mechanisms of S. suis 2 surviving in human blood remains unclear, so to identify novel virulence factors in evasion of polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN)-mediated innate immunity play important roles in developing therapies against S. suis 2 infection. Here, we found that S. suis 2 can escape phagocytic clearance by adenosine synthesis in blood. Through bioinformatics-based analyses we identified a cell wall-anchored protein harbors a 5′-nucleotidase signature sequence and evidence strongly indicated that it can convert adenosine monophosphate (AMP) to adenosine. It was designated as Ssads (the adenosine synthase of S. suis 2). Furthermore, we found that Ssads could impair PMN's defense against S. suis 2 with decreasing of oxidative activity and degranulation of PMNs in human blood via A₂a receptors. Additionally, this enzyme-deficient mutant was found to have diminished virulence in the piglet infection model. Taken together, these results indicate that Ssads play an important role in S. suis 2 escaping human innate immunity in the context of inhibiting PMN's activity by synthesis of adenosine.
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Evaluation of adenosine preconditioning with 99mTc-His10-annexin V in a porcine model of myocardium ischemia and reperfusion injury: preliminary study. Nucl Med Biol 2011; 38:567-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2010.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2010] [Revised: 10/08/2010] [Accepted: 11/01/2010] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Forte G, Sorrentino R, Montinaro A, Pinto A, Morello S. Cl-IB-MECA enhances TNF-α release in peritoneal macrophages stimulated with LPS. Cytokine 2011; 54:161-6. [PMID: 21354814 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2011.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2010] [Revised: 12/06/2010] [Accepted: 02/01/2011] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Adenosine receptor A3 (A3R) belongs to the Gi/Gq-coupled receptor family, that leads to the intracellular cAMP reduction and intracellular calcium increase, respectively. A3R is widely expressed and it can play a crucial role in many patho-physiological conditions, including inflammation. Here we investigate the effect of Cl-IB-MECA, A3R agonist, on the production of TNF-α. We found that Cl-IB-MECA enhances LPS-induced TNF-α release in peritoneal macrophages. This effect is reduced by MRS1191, A3R antagonist and by forskolin, activator of adenylyl cyclase. pIκBα increased in LPS+Cl-IB-MECA-treated macrophages, while total IκB kinase-β (IKKβ) reduced. Indeed, p65NF-κB nuclear translocation increased in cells treated with LPS+Cl-IB-MECA. Moreover, IMD 0354, IKKβ inhibitor, significantly abrogated the effect of Cl-IB-MECA on TNF-α release. Inhibition of protein kinase C (PKC) significantly reduced Cl-IB-MECA-induced TNF-α release in LPS-stimulated macrophages. Furthermore, LY-294002, PI3K inhibitor, reduced the TNF-α production enhanced by Cl-IB-MECA, although the phosphorylation status of Akt did not change in cells treated with LPS+Cl-IB-MECA than LPS alone. In summary, these data show that Cl-IB-MECA is able to enhance TNF-α production in LPS-treated macrophages in an NF-κB- dependent manner.
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- Giovanni Forte
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Salerno, Fisciano Salerno, Italy
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Koizumi S, Odashima M, Otaka M, Jin M, Linden J, Watanabe S, Ohnishi H. Attenuation of gastric mucosal inflammation induced by indomethacin through activation of the A2A adenosine receptor in rats. J Gastroenterol 2009; 44:419-25. [PMID: 19333545 PMCID: PMC3328190 DOI: 10.1007/s00535-009-0028-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2008] [Accepted: 12/15/2008] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as indomethacin induce gastric mucosal lesions in part by the activation of inflammatory cells and the production of proinflammatory cytokines. The activation of adenosine A(2A) receptors inhibits inflammation by increasing cyclic AMP in leukocytes and reducing both the production of various proinflammatory cytokines and neutrophil chemotaxis. The aim of present study was to determine whether administration of an orally active adenosine A(2A) receptor agonist (4-[3-[6-amino-9-(5-cyclopropylcarbamoyl-3,4-dihydroxy-tetrahydro-furan-2-yl)-9H-purin-2-yl]-prop-2-ynyl]-piperidine-1-carboxylic acid methyl ester; ATL-313) ameliorated indomethacin-induced gastric mucosal lesions in rats. METHODS Gastric lesions were produced by oral gavage of indomethacin (30 mg/kg). ATL-313 (1-10 microg/kg) was given orally just before the indomethacin administration. RESULTS The ulcer index induced by indomethacin was significantly (>50%) reduced by pretreatment with ATL-313 and this effect was blocked completely by the addition of equimolar ZM241385, a selective A(2A) receptor antagonist. The gastric content of myeloperoxidase (MPO) and proinflammatory cytokines was significantly reduced by 10 microg/kg ATL-313, but gastric mucosal prostaglandin 2 (PGE2) was not affected. CONCLUSION We conclude that ATL-313 does not inhibit the mucosal damaging effect of indomethacin, but it does block secondary injury due to stomach inflammation. A(2A) agonists may represent a class of new therapeutic drugs for NSAID-induced gastric ulcers.
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- Shigeto Koizumi
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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Trevethick MA, Mantell SJ, Stuart EF, Barnard A, Wright KN, Yeadon M. Treating lung inflammation with agonists of the adenosine A2A receptor: promises, problems and potential solutions. Br J Pharmacol 2008; 155:463-74. [PMID: 18846036 PMCID: PMC2579671 DOI: 10.1038/bjp.2008.329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2008] [Revised: 06/16/2008] [Accepted: 07/30/2008] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Adenosine A(2A) receptor agonists may be important regulators of inflammation. Such conclusions have come from studies demonstrating that, (i) adenosine A(2A) agonists exhibit anti-inflammatory properties in vitro and in vivo, (ii) selective A(2A) antagonists enhance inflammation in vivo and, (iii) knock outs of this receptor aggravate inflammation in a wide variety of in vivo models. Inflammation is a hallmark of asthma and COPD and adenosine has long been suggested to be involved in disease pathology. Two recent publications, however, suggested that an inhaled adenosine A(2A) receptor agonist (GW328267X) did not affect either the early and late asthmatic response or symptoms associated with allergic rhinitis suggesting that the rationale for treating inflammation with an adenosine A(2A) receptor agonist may be incorrect. A barrier to fully investigating the role of adenosine A(2A) receptor agonists as anti-inflammatory agents in the lung is the side effect profile due to systemic exposure, even with inhalation. Unless strategies can be evolved to limit the systemic exposure of inhaled adenosine A(2A) receptor agonists, the promise of treating lung inflammation with such agents may never be fully explored. Using strategies similar to that devised to improve the therapeutic index of inhaled corticosteroids, UK371,104 was identified as a selective agonist of the adenosine A(2A) receptor that has a lung focus of pharmacological activity following delivery to the lung in a pre clinical in vivo model of lung function. Lung-focussed agents such as UK371,104 may be suitable for assessing the anti-inflammatory potential of inhaled adenosine A(2A) receptor agonists.
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- M A Trevethick
- Allergy and Respiratory Biology, Pfizer Global R&D, Sandwich, Kent, UK.
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Adenosine A2A receptor antagonists: blockade of adenosinergic effects and T regulatory cells. Br J Pharmacol 2008; 153 Suppl 1:S457-64. [PMID: 18311159 DOI: 10.1038/bjp.2008.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The intensity and duration of host responses are determined by protective mechanisms that control tissue injury by dampening down inflammation. Adenosine generation and consequent effects, mediated via A2A adenosine receptors (A2AR) on effector cells, play a critical role in the pathophysiological modulation of these responses in vivo. Adenosine is both released by hypoxic cells/tissues and is also generated from extracellular nucleotides by ecto-enzymes e.g. CD39 (ENTPD1) and CD73 that are expressed by the vasculature and immune cells, in particular by T regulatory cell. In general, these adenosinergic mechanisms minimize the extent of collateral damage to host tissues during the course of inflammatory reactions. However, induction of suppressive pathways might also cause escape of pathogens and permit dissemination. In addition, adenosinergic responses may inhibit immune responses while enhancing vascular angiogenic responses to malignant cells that promote tumor growth. Novel drugs that block A2AR-adenosinergic effects and/or adenosine generation have the potential to boost pathogen destruction and to selectively destroy malignant tissues. In the latter instance, future treatment modalities might include novel 'anti-adenosinergic' approaches that augment immune clearance of malignant cells and block permissive angiogenesis. This review addresses several possible pharmacological modalities to block adenosinergic pathways and speculates on their future application together with impacts on human disease.
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Adenosine and ATP, via P1 and P2 receptors respectively, can modulate pain transmission under physiological, inflammatory, and neuropathic pain conditions. Such influences reflect peripheral and central actions and effects on neurons as well as other cell types. In general, adenosine A1 receptors produce inhibitory effects on pain in a number of preclinical models and are a focus of attention. In humans, i.v. infusions of adenosine reduce some aspects of neuropathic pain and can reduce postoperative pain. For P2X receptors, there is a significant body of information indicating that inhibition of P2X3 receptors may be useful for relieving inflammatory and neuropathic pain. More recently, data have begun to emerge implicating P2X4, P2X7 and P2Y receptors in aspects of pain transmission. Both P1 and P2 receptors may represent novel targets for pain relief.
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- J Sawynok
- Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, Halifax NS, B3H 1X5, Canada.
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Gross GJ, Auchampach JA. Reperfusion injury: does it exist? J Mol Cell Cardiol 2006; 42:12-8. [PMID: 17069848 PMCID: PMC1876792 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2006.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2006] [Revised: 09/01/2006] [Accepted: 09/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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It is well established that reperfusion of the heart is the optimal method of salvaging previously ischemic myocardium. However, the idea of reperfusion injury, i.e. injury caused by the process of reperfusion per se, still remains a controversial issue. In this review, we present mounting evidence supporting the concept that reperfusion injury exists, based on work conducted with adenosine and opioid receptor ligands, and the discovery of two new concepts regarding reperfusion injury: 'postconditioning' (POC) and the reperfusion injury salvage kinase (RISK) signaling pathway.
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- Garrett J Gross
- Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
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Li L, Okusa MD. Blocking the immune response in ischemic acute kidney injury: the role of adenosine 2A agonists. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 2:432-44. [PMID: 16932478 DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2005] [Accepted: 03/17/2006] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with a high degree of morbidity and mortality and its incidence is increasing. These factors, together with a lack of successful clinical trials, necessitate a comprehensive evaluation of the pathogenesis of AKI and trial design. The progress that has been made in elucidating the pathogenesis of AKI has defined inflammation as an early event and therefore a potential target for therapeutic intervention. This Review summarizes recent advances in our understanding of the role of inflammation in AKI as well as our approach to limiting inflammation using compounds that stimulate adenosine 2A receptors (A(2A)Rs). A(2A)Rs are members of a family of guanine nucleotide-binding proteins that have become a focus of interest primarily because of their ability to broadly inactivate the inflammatory cascade. An A(2A) agonist-ATL146 ester (ATL146e)-is currently being tested in a phase III clinical trial as a pharmacological stress agent in cardiac perfusion imaging studies. This study, together with extensively published preclinical data, will facilitate testing of ATL146e in human trials of AKI.
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- Li Li
- Department of Medicine, Carter Immunology Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Odashima M, Otaka M, Jin M, Horikawa Y, Matsuhashi T, Ohba R, Linden J, Watanabe S. A selective adenosine A2A receptor agonist, ATL-146e, prevents concanavalin A-induced acute liver injury in mice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 347:949-54. [PMID: 16859640 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.06.185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2006] [Accepted: 06/28/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Concanavalin A (Con A) activates T lymphocytes and induces CD4+ T cell-mediated hepatic injury in mice. Pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), and interleukin-6 (IL-6), are critical mediators in this experimental model. Activation of adenosine A2A receptors reduces the production of various pro-inflammatory cytokines and suppresses T cell activation. A selective adenosine A2A receptor agonist (ATL-146e) has been shown to be a potent inhibitor of inflammation by increasing intracellular cyclic AMP (cAMP) in leukocytes. The aim of the present study was to determine whether ATL-146e could ameliorate Con A-induced hepatic injury, reduction of pro-inflammatory cytokine production. METHODS Balb/c mice were injected with 25mg/kg Con A with or without a single injection of ATL-146e (0.5-50 microg/kg), 5 min prior to Con A administration. Liver enzymes, histology, and serum levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interferon-gamma, and interleukin-6 were examined. We also assessed the effects of ATL-146e on pro-inflammatory cytokine production with CD4+ T cell. RESULTS Pretreatment with ATL-146e significantly reduced serum levels of liver enzymes (P<0.001). The serum pro-inflammatory cytokines were all increased after Con A administration and reduced to near normal levels by ATL-146e. ATL-146e also inhibited CD4+ T cell pro-inflammatory cytokine production. CONCLUSION A selective adenosine A2A receptor agonist, ATL-146e, can prevent concanavalin A-induced hepatic injury that is presumably mediated by its anti-inflammatory properties.
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- Masaru Odashima
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.
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Risøe PK, Wang Y, Stuestøl JF, Aasen AO, Wang JE, Dahle MK. Lipopolysaccharide attenuates mRNA levels of several adenylyl cyclase isoforms in vivo. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2006; 1772:32-9. [PMID: 17008068 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2006.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2006] [Revised: 08/02/2006] [Accepted: 08/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Signals that elevate intracellular levels of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) are among the factors that control lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-mediated inflammatory mediator production by macrophages. cAMP signaling is also involved in maintaining body functions that are commonly impaired in sepsis, including the endothelial cell barrier function and heart function. Several agents successfully used for sepsis intervention target cAMP signaling, and it was recently shown that liver and lung may be protected from inflammation injury by cAMP-elevating phosphodiesterase inhibitors. Here, we show that LPS attenuates adenylyl cyclase (AC) mRNA levels in liver, lung, heart, spleen and kidney in an animal model of endotoxemia, and in macrophages from liver and lung. In particular, AC5, AC6, AC7 and AC9 mRNA were reduced in most tissues examined and in tissue macrophages. In Kupffer cells, prostaglandin E2-mediated cAMP production was inhibited by LPS treatment. The reduction in AC mRNA by LPS would be expected to lead to a lowered potential for cAMP production in most organs, and in particular, changes in AC6 mRNA may affect endothelial cell barrier function and heart function. In contrast, AC4 mRNA was elevated in heart and lung. The present work indicates a possible mechanism for LPS-mediated alteration of cAMP signaling in vivo.
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- Petter Kirkeby Risøe
- University of Oslo, Faculty Division Rikshospitalet, Institute for Surgical Research, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Guzman J, Yu JG, Suntres Z, Bozarov A, Cooke H, Javed N, Auer H, Palatini J, Hassanain HH, Cardounel AJ, Javed A, Grants I, Wunderlich JE, Christofi FL. ADOA3R as a therapeutic target in experimental colitis: proof by validated high-density oligonucleotide microarray analysis. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2006; 12:766-89. [PMID: 16917233 DOI: 10.1097/00054725-200608000-00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Adenosine A3 receptors (ADOA3Rs) are emerging as novel purinergic targets for treatment of inflammatory diseases. Our goal was to assess the protective effect of the ADOA3R agonist N(6)-(3-iodobenzyl)-adenosine-5-N-methyluronamide (IB-MECA) on gene dysregulation and injury in a rat chronic model of 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS)--induced colitis. It was necessary to develop and validate a microarray technique for testing the protective effects of purine-based drugs in experimental inflammatory bowel disease. High-density oligonucleotide microarray analysis of gene dysregulation was assessed in colons from normal, TNBS-treated (7 days), and oral IB-MECA-treated rats (1.5 mg/kg b.i.d.) using a rat RNU34 neural GeneChip of 724 genes and SYBR green polymerase chain reaction. Analysis included clinical evaluation, weight loss assessment, and electron paramagnetic resonance imaging/spin-trap monitoring of free radicals. Remarkable colitis-induced gene dysregulation occurs in the most exceptional cluster of 5.4% of the gene pool, revealing 2 modes of colitis-related dysregulation. Downregulation occurs in membrane transporter, mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase, and channel genes. Upregulation occurs in chemokine, cytokine/inflammatory, stress, growth factor, intracellular signaling, receptor, heat shock protein, retinoid metabolism, neural, remodeling, and redox-sensitive genes. Oral IB-MECA prevented dysregulation in 92% of these genes, histopathology, gut injury, and weight loss. IB-MECA or adenosine suppressed elevated free radicals in ex vivo inflamed gut. Oral IB-MECA blocked the colitis-induced upregulation (<or=20-fold) of Bzrp, P2X1R, P2X4R, P2X7R, P2Y2R, P2Y6R, and A2aR/A2bR but not A1R or A3R genes or downregulated P2X2R, P2Y1R, and P2Y4R. Real-time SYBR green polymerase chain reaction validated gene chip data for both induction of colitis and treatment with IB-MECA for >90% of genes tested (33 of 37 genes). We conclude that our validated high-density oligonucleotide microarray analysis is a powerful technique for molecular gene dysregulation studies to assess the beneficial effects of purine-based or other drugs in experimental colitis. ADOA3R is new potential therapeutic target for inflammatory bowel disease.
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- Jorge Guzman
- Departments of Anesthesiology, and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA
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Schön MP, Schön M, Klotz KN. The Small Antitumoral Immune Response Modifier Imiquimod Interacts with Adenosine Receptor Signaling in a TLR7- and TLR8-Independent Fashion. J Invest Dermatol 2006; 126:1338-47. [PMID: 16575388 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Imiquimod, a small-molecule immune response modifier of the imidazoquinoline family, has shown profound antitumoral and antiviral efficacy both in vitro and in clinical applications in vivo. It has been demonstrated that this activity is mediated through the Toll-like receptor (TLR)7- and TLR8-signaling cascade resulting in the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines and, consecutively, induction of a tumor-directed cellular immune response. In addition, imiquimod exerts a direct proapoptotic activity in tumor cells. We demonstrate here that imiquimod induces activation of the transcription factor NF-kappaB and the downstream production of proinflammatory cytokines in the absence of TLR7 and TLR8. In Chinese hamster ovary cells stably transfected with the human adenosine receptor subtypes, we then show in radioligand-binding competition experiments that imiquimod binds to adenosine receptors at concentrations relevant in clinical settings, with highest affinities to the A(1) and A(2A) subtypes. The effect on the receptor-mediated activation of adenylyl cyclase was also studied, and these experiments revealed that imiquimod acts as an adenosine receptor antagonist. In addition, imiquimod had an inhibitory effect on adenylyl cyclase activity downstream from the receptor. Finally, using transformed human keratinocytes, we provide experimental evidence that imiquimod and A(2A) adenosine receptor-specific compounds similarly induce proinflammatory cytokines in the absence of immune cells. Thus, imiquimod appears to suppress an important feedback mechanism of inflammation by antagonism of adenosine receptor-dependent increase of cAMP and a concomitant receptor-independent inhibition of cAMP production. These novel mechanisms presumably act synergistic with the positive induction of proinflammatory cytokines and can, at least in part, explain the profound inflammation observed in some patients in vivo.
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- Michael P Schön
- Rudolf Virchow Center, DFG Research Center for Experimental Biomedicine and Department of Dermatology, Bayerische Julius Maximilians University, Würzburg, Germany.
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Kuno M, Seki N, Tsujimoto S, Nakanishi I, Kinoshita T, Nakamura K, Terasaka T, Nishio N, Sato A, Fujii T. Anti-inflammatory activity of non-nucleoside adenosine deaminase inhibitor FR234938. Eur J Pharmacol 2006; 534:241-9. [PMID: 16515782 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.01.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2005] [Revised: 01/03/2006] [Accepted: 01/20/2006] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Adenosine has anti-inflammatory activity. Adenosine deaminase (EC 3.5.4.4) metabolizes extracellular adenosine, resulting in an exacerbation of inflammation. Consequently, it was hypothesized that adenosine deaminase inhibitors produce anti-inflammatory activity by increasing extracellular adenosine concentration. This group recently developed a non-nucleoside adenosine deaminase inhibitor, FR234938, by using rational structure-based drug design. FR234938 inhibits recombinant human adenosine deaminase enzyme competitively. FR234938 inhibits interleukin (IL)-6-dependent immunoglobulin (Ig) M production by SKW6.4 cells, in the presence of adenosine. Inhibitory effect of FR234938/adenosine combination is blocked by an A2a adenosine receptor antagonist. FR234938 also inhibits anti-type II collagen delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) in a dose-dependent manner, both in the presence and absence of recombinant human adenosine deaminase. Moreover, FR234938 inhibits tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and IL-10 production in a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced cytokine production model in mice. These results indicate that FR234938 has potential anti-inflammatory activity. Non-nucleoside adenosine deaminase inhibitor FR234938 has good potential as a new type of anti-rheumatic and anti-inflammatory drug, by modulating host-defense concentrations of adenosine.
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- Masako Kuno
- Medicinal Biology Research Laboratories, Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 2-1-6 Kashima, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 532-8514, Japan.
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Murphree L, Sullivan G, Marshall M, Linden J. Lipopolysaccharide rapidly modifies adenosine receptor transcripts in murine and human macrophages: role of NF-kappaB in A(2A) adenosine receptor induction. Biochem J 2006; 391:575-80. [PMID: 16022683 PMCID: PMC1276958 DOI: 10.1042/bj20050888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The A(2A) adenosine receptor (A(2A)AR) mediates anti-inflammatory actions of adenosine in a variety of cell types. LPS (lipopolysaccharide) was reported to induce a small (<2-fold) increase in the expression of A(2A)AR mRNA in human monocytes and monocytic cell lines. We investigated the effects of LPS on the expression of adenosine receptor mRNAs in primary mouse IPMPhi (intraperitoneal macrophages), human macrophages and Wehi-3 cells. Treatment with 10 ng/ml LPS for 4 h produced a >100-fold increase in A(2A)AR mRNA. LPS-induced increases in mRNA for A(2A)AR and TNFalpha (tumour necrosis factor alpha) are reduced by 90% in IPMPhi pretreated with the NF-kappaB (nuclear factor kappaB) inhibitor, BAY 11-7082 {(E)3-[(4-methylphenyl)sulphonyl]-2-propenenitrile; 10 microM}. In Wehi-3 cells exposed to LPS, A(2A)AR and A(2B)AR transcripts are elevated by 290- and 10-fold respectively, the A(1)AR transcript is unchanged and the A(3)AR transcript is decreased by 67%. The induction of A(2A)AR mRNA by LPS is detectable after 1 h, reaches a peak at 6 h at 600 times control and remains elevated beyond 24 h. The ED50 (effective dose) of LPS is 2.3 ng/ml. A(2A)AR receptor number, measured by 125I-ZM241385 binding to whole cells, is undetectable in naïve cells and increases linearly at a rate of 23 receptors x cell(-1) x min(-1) to a B(max) of 348 fmol/mg (28000 receptors/cell) in 20 h. The increase in receptor number is correlated with an increase in the potency of an A(2A) agonist (4-{3-[6-amino-9-(5-ethylcarbamoyl-3,4-dihydroxy-tetrahydro-furan-2-yl)-9H-purin-2-yl]-prop-2-ynyl}-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid methyl ester; referred to as ATL146e) to stimulate cAMP in these cells. After LPS pretreatment, the potency of the A(2A) agonist, ATL146e, to reduce TNFalpha release from IPMPhi was increased by 200-fold. The results support the hypothesis that regulation of adenosine receptor expression, especially up-regulation of the A(2A)AR, is part of a delayed feedback mechanism initiated through NF-kappaB to terminate the activation of human and mouse macrophages.
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- Lauren J. Murphree
- *Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 801394, 1300 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908, U.S.A
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- †Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 801394, 1300 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908, U.S.A
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- †Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 801394, 1300 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908, U.S.A
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- *Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 801394, 1300 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908, U.S.A
- †Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 801394, 1300 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908, U.S.A
- To whom correspondence should be addressed, at Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, U.S.A. (email )
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Odashima M, Otaka M, Jin M, Komatsu K, Wada I, Horikawa Y, Matsuhashi T, Hatakeyama N, Oyake J, Ohba R, Watanabe S, Linden J. Attenuation of gastric mucosal inflammation induced by aspirin through activation of A 2A adenosine receptor in rats. World J Gastroenterol 2006; 12:568-73. [PMID: 16489670 PMCID: PMC4066089 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i4.568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To determine whether a specific adenosine A2A receptor agonist (ATL-146e) can ameliorate aspirin-induced gastric mucosal lesions in rats, and reduce neutrophil accumulation and production of pro-inflammatory cytokines.
METHODS: Gastric lesions were produced by oral gavage of aspirin (200 mg/kg) and HCl (0.15 mol/L, 8.0 mL/kg). 4-{3-[6-Amino-9-(5-ethylcarbamoyl-3,4-dihydroxy-tetrahydro-furan-2-yl)-9H-purin-2-yl]-prop-2-ynyl}-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid methyl ester (ATL-146e, 2.5-5 μg/kg, IP) was injected 30 min before the administration of aspirin. Tissue myeloperoxidase (MPO) concentration in gastric mucosa was measured as an index of neutrophil infiltration. Gastric mucosal concentrations of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) were determined by ELISA. Also, we examined the effect of ATL-146e on tissue prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production and gastric secretion.
RESULTS: Intragastric administration of aspirin induced multiple hemorrhagic erosions in rat gastric mucosa. The total length of gastric erosions (ulcer index) in control rats was 29.8±7.75 mm and was reduced to 3.8±1.42 mm after pretreatment with 5.0 g/kg ATL-146e (P< 0.01). The gastric contents of MPO and pro-inflammatory cytokines were all increased after the administration of aspirin and reduced to nearly normal levels by ATL-146e. Gastric mucosal PGE2 concentration was not affected by intraperitoneal injection of ATL-146e.
CONCLUSION: The specific adenosine A2A receptor agonist, ATL-146e, has potent anti-ulcer effects presumably mediated by its anti-inflammatory properties.
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- Masaru Odashima
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita City 010-8543, Japan.
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Awad AS, Huang L, Ye H, Duong ETA, Bolton WK, Linden J, Okusa MD. Adenosine A2A receptor activation attenuates inflammation and injury in diabetic nephropathy. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2005; 290:F828-37. [PMID: 16332931 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00310.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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We previously demonstrated the anti-inflammatory effects and renal tissue protection in response to adenosine A(2A)-receptor (A(2A)R) activation in acute renal injury. We sought to extend these studies and determine the efficacy of A(2A)R agonists in a chronic model of renal injury. We hypothesized that A(2A) agonists mediate renal tissue protection in diabetic nephropathy by reducing glomerular inflammation. Diabetes was induced with single intravenous injection of streptozotocin in Sprague-Dawley rats (50 mg/kg). Increases in urinary albumin excretion (UAE) and plasma creatinine at week 6 in the diabetes group (26- and 6-fold over control, respectively) were markedly reduced by continuous subcutaneous administration of ATL146e (10 ng x kg(-1) x min(-1)), a selective A(2A) agonist. The increase in UAE in the diabetes group was associated with a significant reduction in the expression of slit diaphragm-associated molecules compared with control (nephrin; P < 0.05 and podocin; P < 0.005) that was reversed by ATL146e treatment. Diabetes led to an increase in urinary excretion of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (705% of control), TNF-alpha (1,586% of control), IFN-gamma (298% of control), kidney fibronectin mRNA (457% of control), and glomerular infiltration of macrophages (764% of control), effects significantly reduced by ATL146e treatment. Mesangial expansion and basement membrane thickness were reduced with ATL146e. To further confirm the selectivity of ATL146e, we used wild-type (WT) or A(2A)knockout (A(2A)-KO) mice. Four weeks after diabetes, UAE increased significantly in both WT and A(2A)-KO diabetic mice (3.0- and 3.3-fold over control). A(2A) agonist treatment blocked the increase in UAE in WT diabetic mice (P < 0.001), whereas it had no effect on the A(2A)-KO diabetic mice. These results demonstrate that chronic A(2A)R activation in diabetic rats 1) ameliorates histological and functional changes in kidneys induced by diabetes and 2) causes reduced inflammation associated with diabetic nephropathy.
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- Alaa S Awad
- Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
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Dahle MK, Myhre AE, Aasen AO, Wang JE. Effects of forskolin on Kupffer cell production of interleukin-10 and tumor necrosis factor alpha differ from those of endogenous adenylyl cyclase activators: possible role for adenylyl cyclase 9. Infect Immun 2005; 73:7290-6. [PMID: 16239525 PMCID: PMC1273915 DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.11.7290-7296.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Proinflammatory cytokines like tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) that are released from Kupffer cells may trigger liver inflammation and damage. Hence, endogenous mechanisms for limiting TNF-alpha expression are crucial for avoiding the development of sepsis. Such mechanisms include the anti-inflammatory actions of interleukin-10 (IL-10) as well as signaling induced by the intracellular second messenger cyclic AMP (cAMP). Kupffer cells express several receptors that activate cAMP synthesis, including E-prostanoid receptors and beta-adrenergic receptors. The expression and role of specific adenylyl cyclases in the inhibition of Kupffer cell activation have so far not been subject to study. Pretreatment of rat Kupffer cell cultures with cAMP analogues [8-(4-chlorophenyl)-thio-cAMP], adenylyl cyclase activator (forskolin), or ligands for G-coupled receptors (isoproterenol or prostaglandin E2) 30 min before the addition of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (1 microg/ml) caused attenuated TNF-alpha levels in culture medium (forskolin/isoproterenol, P < or = 0.05; prostaglandin E2, P < or = 0.01). Forskolin also reduced IL-10 mRNA and protein (P < or = 0.05), which was not observed with the other cAMP-inducing agents. Furthermore, we found that rat Kupffer cells express high levels of the forskolin-insensitive adenylyl cyclase 9 compared to whole liver and that this expression is down-regulated by LPS (P < or = 0.05). We conclude that regulation of TNF-alpha and IL-10 in Kupffer cells depends on the mechanism by which cAMP is elevated. Forskolin and prostaglandin E2 differ in their effects, which suggests a possible role of forskolin-insensitive adenylyl cyclases like adenylyl cyclase 9.
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- Maria K Dahle
- University of Oslo, Faculty Division Rikshospitalet, Institute for Surgical Research, Oslo N-0027, Norway.
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Sipka S, Kovács I, Szántó S, Szegedi G, Brugós L, Bruckner G, József Szentmiklósi A. Adenosine inhibits the release of interleukin-1beta in activated human peripheral mononuclear cells. Cytokine 2005; 31:258-63. [PMID: 16026998 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2005.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2004] [Revised: 03/16/2005] [Accepted: 05/04/2005] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The effects of adenosine and subtype-specific activators of adenosine receptors (A1, A2A, A2B and A3) were studied on the release of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) from peripheral mononuclear cells, monocytes and lymphocytes. In the cells activated by the protein kinase C specific phorbol ester (phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate) and Ca(2+) ionophore (A23187) both adenosine and the subtype-specific receptor agonists, CPA (A1), CGS 21680 (A2A) and IB-MECA (A3) induced a concentration-dependent inhibition of IL-1beta release. The rank order of potency in the inhibition of IL-1beta release was CPA=CGS 21680>IB-MECA>adenosine>NECA (in the presence of A1, A2A and A3 receptor inhibitors). The inhibitory actions of CPA, CGS 21680 or IB-MECA were significantly reduced in the presence of DPCPX, ZM 243185 or MRS 1191 as subtype-specific antagonists on A1, A2A and A3 adenosine receptors, respectively. It can be concluded that adenosine inhibits the release of IL-1beta from the activated human peripheral mononuclear cells. In this process A1, A2A and A3 receptors are involved.
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- Sandor Sipka
- 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, University of Debrecen, Hungary.
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Sitkovsky MV, Ohta A. The 'danger' sensors that STOP the immune response: the A2 adenosine receptors? Trends Immunol 2005; 26:299-304. [PMID: 15922945 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2005.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2005] [Revised: 03/24/2005] [Accepted: 04/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Immune cells not only destroy pathogens but might also cause collateral injuries to normal tissues. The surprisingly low incidence of post-inflammatory complications is explained here by a 'danger-sensing' physiological mechanism that ensures the tissue-protecting negative feedback inhibition of overactive immune cells. We focus here on immunoregulatory influences of 'non-immune' signaling molecules in physiological and pathophysiological tissue microenvironments. We propose that hypoxia-associated accumulation of extracellular adenosine might be an important immunoregulatory signal. A2 receptors for extracellular adenosine might act as both primary sensors of excessive collateral tissue damage during an immune response and triggers of the emergency downregulation of overactive immune cells. Regulation by extracellular adenosine would protect normal organs from injury and/or re-direct immune responses.
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- Michail V Sitkovsky
- New England Inflammation and Tissue Protection Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Odashima M, Bamias G, Rivera-Nieves J, Linden J, Nast CC, Moskaluk CA, Marini M, Sugawara K, Kozaiwa K, Otaka M, Watanabe S, Cominelli F. Activation of A2A adenosine receptor attenuates intestinal inflammation in animal models of inflammatory bowel disease. Gastroenterology 2005; 129:26-33. [PMID: 16012931 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.05.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Adenosine has been implicated as an important regulator of the inflammatory response. Four subtypes of adenosine receptors (A 1 , A 2A , A 2B , and A 3 ) have been described, of which A 2A potentially inhibits inflammation. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of A 2A in mucosal inflammation by administering a selective A 2A agonist (ATL-146e) to experimental models of inflammatory bowel disease. METHODS The anti-inflammatory effects of ATL-146e were studied in the acute and chronic rabbit formalin-immune complex models of colitis and the SAMP1/YitFc mouse model of spontaneous ileitis. RESULTS ATL-146e significantly reduced the acute inflammatory index and tissue necrosis compared with vehicle ( P < .01) in the acute model of rabbit immune colitis. In the chronic rabbit immune colitis model, ATL-146e significantly suppressed inflammatory cell infiltration into the colonic mucosa ( P < .05) and prevented mortality. The administration of ATL-146e significantly decreased the chronic inflammatory index ( P < .01) and villus distortion index ( P < .01) in the ileum of SAMP1/YitFc mice, and ameliorated adoptively transferred ileitis in severe combined immunodeficient mice injected with CD4 + T cells from SAMP1/Yit mice ( P < .05). Tumor necrosis factor, interferon gamma, and interleukin 4 concentrations were significantly suppressed by ATL-146e treatment in supernatants from cultures of mesenteric lymph node cells of SAMP1/YitFc mice ( P < .05 vs vehicle-treated mice). CONCLUSIONS A 2A adenosine receptor activation by ATL-146e significantly reduced inflammation in the intestinal mucosa. This effect was associated with decreased leukocyte infiltration and inhibition of proinflammatory cytokines. Activation of A 2A by selective agonism may therefore serve as a novel therapy for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.
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- Masaru Odashima
- Digestive Health Center of Excellence, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville 22908, USA
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Capecchi PL, Camurri A, Pompella G, Mazzola A, Maccherini M, Diciolla F, Lazzerini PE, Abbracchio MP, Laghi-Pasini F. Upregulation of A2A adenosine receptor expression by TNF-alpha in PBMC of patients with CHF: a regulatory mechanism of inflammation. J Card Fail 2005; 11:67-73. [PMID: 15704067 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2004.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha plays a role in congestive heart failure (CHF). A2A adenosine receptor (A(2A)R) activation on immune cells putatively reduces the release of cytokines contributing to CHF progression. The study is aimed at determining the role of the A(2A)R in the modulation of TNF-alpha production, and the ex vivo effect of TNF-alpha on A(2A)R in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from CHF patients. METHODS AND RESULTS Plasma levels of TNF-alpha and TNF-alpha production from lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated PBMC were evaluated in 26 CHF patients in comparison to controls. The effects of the A(2A)R agonist CGS-21680 and antagonist ZM-241385 on TNF-alpha production from PBMC were also evaluated. Finally, reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analyses of A(2A)R in PBMC were performed in TNF-alpha-treated and untreated cells. TNF-alpha production from LPS-stimulated PBMC was enhanced in CHF patients with respect to controls. CGS-21680 blunted TNF-alpha production in both groups; ZM-241385 reverted this effect. A(2A)R expression in PBMC was higher in CHF patients than in controls. TNF-alpha addition produced an increase in A(2A)R in PBMC from controls but not in PBMC from CHF patients. CONCLUSIONS PBMC from CHF patients show an upregulation of A(2A)R-mediated inhibition of TNF-alpha, which may represents a mechanism of protection against inappropriate cytokine production.
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- Pier Leopoldo Capecchi
- Department of Clinical Medicine and Immunological Sciences, Section of Clinical Immunology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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Swennen ELR, Bast A, Dagnelie PC. Immunoregulatory effects of adenosine 5'-triphosphate on cytokine release from stimulated whole blood. Eur J Immunol 2005; 35:852-8. [PMID: 15719372 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200425423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In vitro studies suggest that extracellular nucleotides and nucleosides may be important regulators of inflammatory and immune responses. Most studies with adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) have been performed in cell lines, which are remote from the human situation. The purpose of the present study was to determine the effects of ATP on TNF-alpha, IL-6 and IL-10 release in stimulated whole blood. Blood samples were drawn from healthy volunteers and incubated with ATP and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) + phytohemagglutinin (PHA) for 24 h. Contrary to expectations, ATP at 100 microM and 300 microM induced a reduction in TNF-alpha secretion by 32+/-8% (mean +/- SEM) and 65+/-4%, respectively. Furthermore, these ATP concentrations induced an increase in IL-10 secretion by 48+/-5% and 62+/-7% in whole blood. The ATP analogue adenosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (ATP-gamma-S) and adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP) also inhibited TNF-alpha release, but only ADP showed a stimulatory effect on IL-10. Co-treatment with adenosine deaminase did not reverse the ATP effect on TNF-alpha and IL-10. These results show, for the first time, that ATP inhibits the inflammatory response in stimulated whole blood as indicated by inhibition of TNF-alpha and stimulation of IL-10 release and that this effect is predominantly mediated by ATP and not by adenosine.
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- Els L R Swennen
- Department of Epidemiology, NUTRIM, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Zasso FB, Goncales CEP, Jung EAC, Araldi D, Zeni G, Rocha JBT, Nogueira CW. On the mechanisms involved in antinociception induced by diphenyl diselenide. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2005; 19:283-289. [PMID: 21783487 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2004.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2004] [Accepted: 08/03/2004] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In this study, we described the local peripheral antinociceptive activity produced by diphenyl diselenide in the formalin test as compared to ebselen, an amply studied organoselenium compound. A second objective was to evaluate, the possible mechanisms underlying the antinociceptive effect caused by diphenyl diselenide. Administration of diphenyl diselenide or ebselen produced a significant antinociceptive local effect on the late phase (15-30min) of the formalin test. As well, diphenyl diselenide and ebselen injected in the contra lateral paw produced a significant decrease in licking time on the late phase (15-30min). The mechanisms underlying the analgesic action of diphenyl diselenide seem to be unlike the activation of opioid, dopaminergic D2, muscarinic cholinergic receptors or the interaction with α(1) and α(2) adrenoceptors. Furthermore, the effect of a 5-HT(3) receptor antagonist in abolishing the antinociception induced by diphenyl diselenide suggests the involvement of serotonergic pathways.
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- Fabricio B Zasso
- Departamento de Quimica, Centro de Ciencias Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS CEP 97105-900, Brazil
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Lukashev DE, Ohta A, Sitkovsky MV. Physiological regulation of acute inflammation by A2A adenosine receptor. Drug Dev Res 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/ddr.10428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Caddell JM, Chapman AM, Cooley BE, Downey BP, LeBlanc MP, Jackson MM, O'Connell TM, Phung HM, Roper TD, Xie S. Efficient Synthesis of an Adenosine A2a Agonist: Glycosylation of 2-Haloadenines and an N2-Alkyl-6-chloroguanine. J Org Chem 2004; 69:3212-5. [PMID: 15104468 DOI: 10.1021/jo049963x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A convergent synthesis of adenosine A2a agonist 1 in the form of its maleate salt 2 was achieved. The key step in this approach was the highly selective 9beta-glycosylation reaction between 2-haloadenines or an N(2)-alkyl-6-chloroguanine and a D-ribose derivative containing a 2-ethyltetrazolyl moiety. Glycosylations of other purine derivatives were also examined, and the methods developed provide efficient access to a variety of adenosine analogues such as 2-alkylaminoadenosines, an attractive class of compounds with antiinflammatory activity.
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- John M Caddell
- Chemical Development, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Dickenson JM, Reeder S, Rees B, Alexander S, Kendall D. Functional expression of adenosine A2A and A3 receptors in the mouse dendritic cell line XS-106. Eur J Pharmacol 2003; 474:43-51. [PMID: 12909194 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(03)02041-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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There is increasing evidence to suggest that adenosine receptors can modulate the function of cells involved in the immune system. For example, human dendritic cells derived from blood monocytes have recently been described to express functional adenosine A1, A2A and A3 receptors. Therefore, in the present study, we have investigated whether the recently established murine dendritic cell line XS-106 expresses functional adenosine receptors. The selective adenosine A3 receptor agonist 1-[2-chloro-6[[(3-iodophenyl)methyl]amino]-9H-purin-9-yl]-1-deoxy-N-methyl-beta-D-ribofuranuronamide (2-Cl-IB-MECA) inhibited forskolin-mediated [3H]cyclic AMP accumulation and stimulated concentration-dependent increases in p42/p44 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) phosphorylation. The selective adenosine A2A receptor agonist 4-[2-[[-6-amino-9-(N-ethyl-beta-D-ribofuranuronamidosyl)-9H-purin-2-yl]amino]ethyl]benzene-propanoic acid (CGS 21680) stimulated a robust increase in [3H]cyclic AMP accumulation and p42/p44 MAPK phosphorylation. In contrast, the selective adenosine A1 receptor agonist CPA (N6-cyclopentyladenosine) did not inhibit forskolin-mediated [3H]cyclic AMP accumulation or stimulate increases in p42/p44 MAPK phosphorylation. These observations suggest that XS-106 cells express functional adenosine A2A and A3 receptors. The non-selective adenosine receptor agonist 5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine (NECA) inhibited lipopolysaccharide-induced tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) release from XS-106 cells in a concentration-dependent fashion. Furthermore, treatment with Cl-IB-MECA (1 microM) or CGS 21680 (1 microM) alone produced a partial inhibition of lipopolysaccharide-induced TNF-alpha release (when compared to NECA), whereas a combination of both agonists resulted in the inhibition of TNF-alpha release comparable to that observed with NECA alone. Treatment of cells with the adenosine A2A receptor selective antagonists 4-(2-[7-amino-2-(2-furyl)[1,2,4]triazolo[2,3-a][1,3,5]triazin-5ylamino]ethyl)phenol (ZM 241385; 100 nM) and 5-amino-2-(2-furyl)-7-phenylethyl-pyrazolo[4,3-e]-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5c]pyrimidine (SCH 58261; 100 nM) and the adenosine A3 receptor selective antagonist N-[9-chloro-2-(2-furanyl)[1,2,4]-triazolo[1,5-c]quinazolin-5-benzeneacetamide (MRS 1220; 100 nM) partially blocked the inhibitory effects of NECA on lipopolysaccharide-induced TNF-alpha release. Combined addition of MRS 1220 and SCH 58261 completely blocked the inhibitory effects of NECA on lipopolysaccharide-induced TNF-alpha release. In conclusion, we have shown that the mouse dendritic cell line XS-106 expresses functional adenosine A2A and A3 receptors, which are capable of modulating TNF-alpha release.
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- John M Dickenson
- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, School of Science, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK.
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van Tilburg EW, Gremmen M, von Frijtag Drabbe Künzel J, de Groote M, IJzerman AP. 2,8-Disubstituted adenosine derivatives as partial agonists for the adenosine A2A receptor. Bioorg Med Chem 2003; 11:2183-92. [PMID: 12713828 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(03)00123-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Novel 2,8-disubstituted adenosine derivatives were synthesized in good overall yields starting from 2-iodoadenosine. Binding affinities were determined for rat adenosine A(1) and A(2A) receptors and human A(3) receptors. Some compounds displayed good adenosine A(2A) receptor affinities, with most of the 2-(1-hexynyl)- and 2-[(E)-1-hexenyl]-substituted derivatives having K(i) values in the nanomolar range. Although the introduction of an 8-alkylamino substituents decreased the affinity for the adenosine A(2A) receptor somewhat, the selectivity for this receptor compared to A(3) was improved significantly. The 8-methylamino (12) and 8-propylamino (14) derivatives of 2-(1-hexynyl)adenosine (3), showed reasonable A(2A) receptor affinities with K(i) values of 115 and 82nM, respectively, and were 49- and 26-fold selective for the adenosine A(2A) receptor compared to the A(3) receptor. The compounds were also evaluated for their ability to stimulate the cAMP production in CHO cells expressing the human adenosine A(2A) receptor. 2-(1-Hexynyl)adenosine (3) and 2-[(E)-1-hexenyl]adenosine (4) both showed submaximal levels of produced cAMP, compared to the reference full agonist CGS 21680, and thus behaved as partial agonists. Most 8-alkylamino-substituted derivatives of 3, displayed similar cAMP production as 3, and behaved as partial agonists as well. Introduction of alkylamino groups at the 8-position of 4, showed a slight reduction of the efficacy compared to 4, and these compounds were partial agonists also.
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- Erica W van Tilburg
- Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, Division of Medicinal Chemistry, PO Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Gomez G, Sitkovsky MV. Targeting G protein-coupled A2a adenosine receptors to engineer inflammation in vivo. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2003; 35:410-4. [PMID: 12565702 DOI: 10.1016/s1357-2725(02)00177-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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G protein-coupled adenosine receptors are the subject of intense study as immunomodulators of inflammation especially since the recent demonstration that the A2a receptor acts to down-regulate inflammation and inhibit tissue damage in vivo [Nature 414 (6866) (2001) 916]. The adverse effects of overactive inflammation are evident in diseases e.g. sepsis, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis underscoring the importance of inhibiting inflammation or selectively enhancing inflammatory processes. It has been shown recently that the A2a adenosine receptor is a critical component of an endogenous "immunosuppressive loop" in which extracellular adenosine that accumulates due to local hypoxia caused by inflammatory insult signals through cAMP-elevating A2a receptors in a delayed negative feedback manner. Understanding how tissues regulate inflammation will provide the information necessary to allow for the engineering, or selective targeting, of endogenous inflammatory pathways. Recognition of A2a receptors as "natural" or endogenous brakes of inflammation provides the intellectual scaffolding needed to pursue these goals.
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- Gregorio Gomez
- Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 10/11N311, 10 Center Drive-MSC 1892, Bethesda, MD 20892-1892, USA
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Sitkovsky MV. Use of the A(2A) adenosine receptor as a physiological immunosuppressor and to engineer inflammation in vivo. Biochem Pharmacol 2003; 65:493-501. [PMID: 12566076 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(02)01548-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Inflammation must be inhibited in order to treat, e.g., sepsis or autoimmune diseases or must be selectively enhanced to improve, for example, immunotherapies of tumors or the development of vaccines. Predictable enhancement of inflammation depends upon the knowledge of the "natural" pathways by which it is down-regulated in vivo. Extracellular adenosine and A(2A) adenosine (purinergic) receptors were identified recently as anti-inflammatory signals and as sensors of excessive inflammatory tissue damage, respectively (Ohta A and Sitkovsky M, Nature 2001;414:916-20). These molecules may function as an important part of a physiological "metabolic switch" mechanism, whereby the inflammatory stimuli-produced local tissue damage and hypoxia cause adenosine accumulation and signaling through cyclic AMP-elevating A(2A) adenosine receptors in a delayed negative feedback manner. Patterns of A(2A) receptor expression are activation- and differentiation-dependent, thereby allowing for the "acquisition" of an immunosuppressive "OFF button" and creation of a time-window for immunomodulation. Identification of A(2A) adenosine receptors as "natural" brakes of inflammation provided a useful framework for understanding how tissues regulate inflammation and how to enhance or decrease (engineer) inflammation by targeting this endogenous anti-inflammatory pathway. These findings point to the need of more detailed testing of anti-inflammatory agonists of A(2A) receptors and create a previously unrecognized strategy to enhance inflammation and targeted tissue damage by using antagonists of A(2A) receptors. It is important to further identify the contributions of different types of immune cells at different stages of the inflammatory processes in different tissues to enable the "tailored" treatments with drugs that modulate the signaling through A(2A) purinergic receptors.
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- Michail V Sitkovsky
- Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1892, USA.
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Fossetta J, Jackson J, Deno G, Fan X, Du XK, Bober L, Soudé-Bermejo A, de Bouteiller O, Caux C, Lunn C, Lundell D, Palmer RK. Pharmacological analysis of calcium responses mediated by the human A3 adenosine receptor in monocyte-derived dendritic cells and recombinant cells. Mol Pharmacol 2003; 63:342-50. [PMID: 12527805 DOI: 10.1124/mol.63.2.342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Extensive characterization of adenosine receptors expressed by human monocyte-derived dendritic cells (MDDCs) was performed with quantitative polymerase chain reaction, radioligand binding, and calcium signaling. Transcript for the A3 adenosine receptor was elevated more than 100-fold in immature MDDCs compared with monocyte precursors. A3 receptor transcript was substantially diminished, and A2A receptor transcript increased, by lipopolysaccharide maturation of MDDCs. Saturation binding of N(6)-(3-[(125)I]iodo-4-aminobenzyl)-adenosine-5'-N-methyluronamide ([(125)I]AB-MECA) to membranes from immature MDDCs yielded B(max) of 298 fmol/mg of protein and K(D) of 0.7 nM. Competition against [(125)I]AB-MECA binding confirmed the site to be the A3 receptor. Adenosine elicited pertussis toxin-sensitive calcium responses with EC(50) values ranging as low as 2 nM. The order of potency for related agonists was N(6)-(3-iodobenzyl)-adenosine-5'-N-methylcarboxamide (IB-MECA) >/= I-AB-MECA > 2Cl-IB-MECA >/= adenosine > 2-[p-(2-carboxyethyl)phenylethylamino]-5'-N-ethylcarboxyamidoadenosine (CGS21680). The order of efficacy was adenosine >/= CGS21680 > IB-MECA >/= I-AB-MECA > 2Cl-IB-MECA. Calcium responses to 2Cl-IB-MECA and CGS21680, and the lower range of adenosine concentrations, were completely blocked by 10 nM N-(2-methoxyphenyl)-N-[2-(3-pyridyl)quinazolin-4-yl]urea (VUF5574) but not by 7-(2-phenylethyl)-5-amino-2-(2-furyl)-pyrazolo-[4,3-e]-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidine (SCH58261) or 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine. Pretreatment with 100 nM 2Cl-IB-MECA eliminated responses to CGS21680 but not to monocyte inhibitory protein-1alpha. For comparison, dose-response functions were obtained from double-recombinant human embryonic kidney 293 cells expressing the human A3 receptor and a chimeric Galphaq-i3 protein, which was required to establish A3-mediated calcium signaling. The pharmacological profile of calcium signaling elicited by adenosine-related agonists in the double-recombinant cells was essentially identical to that obtained from immature MDDCs. Our results provide an extensive analysis of A3-mediated calcium signaling and unequivocally identify immature MDDCs as native expressers of the human A3 receptor.
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- James Fossetta
- Immunology Department, Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033, USA
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Fukunaga AF, Alexander GE, Stark CW. Characterization of the analgesic actions of adenosine: comparison of adenosine and remifentanil infusions in patients undergoing major surgical procedures. Pain 2003; 101:129-38. [PMID: 12507707 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3959(02)00321-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Perioperative pain is still a major problem, and new pharmacological means should be explored to mitigate such pain. Adenosine is an ubiquitous endogenous substance; when exogenously administered, it provides a number of salutary effects including neuromodulation, antinociception, and cytoprotective actions. The aim of this study was to characterize the perioperative antinociceptive-analgesic effects of intraoperative adenosine infusion and determine the duration of actions in the postoperative period, and compare them to those of remifentanil in patients undergoing major surgical procedures in a double-blind study.Sixty-two patients were randomly assigned to one of the two treatments. After standard induction of anesthesia, the lungs were mechanically ventilated. Anesthesia was maintained with a constant alveolar concentration of inhaled anesthetics (3% desflurane and 65% nitrous oxide in oxygen). A variable-rate of intravenous infusion of adenosine (50-500 microg kg(-1) x min(-1)) or remifentanil (0.05-0.5 microg kg(-1) x min(-1)) was initiated 5 min before the skin incision and was titrated to maintain systolic blood pressure and heart rate within 20% of baseline values during surgery. Postoperative evaluations included the level of sedation, degree of pain severity, opioid analgesic (fentanyl, morphine) consumption, and cardiorespiratory variables for 48 h. Intraoperative inhibition of the cardiovascular responses to surgical stimulation could be equally achieved by adenosine or remifentanil, and both could maintain excellent hemodynamic stability. Postoperatively, however, there were striking differences: (1). initial pain score was reduced by 60% (P<0.001) in the adenosine group compared to the remifentanil group and it remained lower throughout the 48 h recovery period; (2). postoperative morphine requirements during the first 0.25, 2 and 48 h were consistently lower in the adenosine group as compared to the remifentanil group (78, 71 and 42%, P<0.001, respectively); (3). adenosine patients remained significantly less sedated at all evaluations; (4) the end-tidal and arterial carbon dioxide values in the remifentanil group were significantly higher when patients were admitted to the postanesthesia care unit. No adverse effect of adenosine was observed at any time. Intraoperative adenosine infusion provided a salutary recovery from anesthesia associated with a pronounced and sustained postoperative pain relief. Compared to remifentanil, adenosine significantly reduced the opioid requirements and minimized the side effects including protracted sedation, cardiorespiratory instability, nausea, and vomiting in the postoperative recovery period.
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- Atsuo F Fukunaga
- Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology, 1000 West Carson Street, Torrance, CA 90509, USA.
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Cassada DC, Tribble CG, Young JS, Gangemi JJ, Gohari AR, Butler PD, Rieger JM, Kron IL, Linden J, Kern JA. Adenosine A2A analogue improves neurologic outcome after spinal cord trauma in the rabbit. THE JOURNAL OF TRAUMA 2002; 53:225-9; discussion 229-31. [PMID: 12169926 DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200208000-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND ATL-146e, an adenosine A2A agonist, reduces paralysis after spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion. We hypothesized that systemic ATL-146e could improve neurologic outcome after blunt spinal cord trauma. METHODS Twenty rabbits survived a thoracic spinal cord impact of 30 g-cm. One group received 0.06 microg/kg/min ATL-146e for the first 3 hours after impact (A2A group), whereas a second group received saline carrier (T/C group). Neurologic outcome was measured using the Tarlov scale (0-5). Histologic sections from the A2A and T/C groups were compared for neuronal viability. RESULTS There was significant improvement in Tarlov scores of A2A animals compared with T/C animals at 12 hours (p = 0.007), with a trend toward improvement at 36 (p = 0.08) and 48 (p = 0.09) hours after injury. There was decreased neuronal attrition in A2A animals (p = 0.06). CONCLUSION Systemic ATL-146e given after spinal cord trauma results in improved neurologic outcome. Adenosine A2A agonists may hold promise as a rapidly acting alternative to steroids in the early treatment of the spinal cord injured patient.
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- David C Cassada
- Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville, USA
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Cassada DC, Tribble CG, Long SM, Laubach VE, Kaza AK, Linden J, Nguyen BN, Rieger JM, Fiser SM, Kron IL, Kern JA. Adenosine A2A analogue ATL-146e reduces systemic tumor necrosing factor-alpha and spinal cord capillary platelet-endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 expression after spinal cord ischemia. J Vasc Surg 2002; 35:994-8. [PMID: 12021717 DOI: 10.1067/mva.2002.123091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Inflammation is likely a major contributor to spinal cord reperfusion injury after aortic reconstruction. Systemic 4-(3-[6-amino-9-(5-ethylcarbamoyl-3,4-dihydroxy-tetrahydro-furan-2-yl)-9H-purin-2-yl]-prop-2-ynyl)-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid methyl ester (ATL-146e), a selective adenosine A(2A) agonist, has been shown to reduce paralysis after spinal cord ischemia. We hypothesized that ATL-146e reduces cytokine production during spinal cord reperfusion, curtailing inflammation and decreasing spinal cord capillary platelet-endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1) expression. STUDY DESIGN New Zealand White rabbits sustained spinal cord ischemia with 45-minute cross-clamping of the infrarenal aorta. One group of animals received intravenous ATL-146e at 0.06 microg/kg/min for 3 hours during reperfusion, beginning after 30 minutes of ischemia. A second group received saline solution vehicle alone for 3 hours, serving as an ischemic control. A third group served as sham-operated animals, undergoing laparotomy with anesthesia. Serum was assayed with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for tumor necrosing factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). Animals were allowed to recover for 48 hours and were evaluated for hind-limb motor function with the Tarlov (0 to 5) scoring system. At necropsy, animals from each group yielded spinal cords for immunohistochemical staining for PECAM-1. Data are expressed as mean +/- standard error of the mean, with statistical analysis with Student t test and Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric test. RESULTS Markedly improved Tarlov scores were seen in rabbits with ATL-146e (P <.001) during spinal cord reperfusion as compared with ischemic control animals. A significant reduction was found in TNF-alpha in the sera of rabbits with ATL-146e infusion (P <.01) as compared with ischemic control animals. Significantly reduced endothelial PECAM-1 staining intensity (P <.05) was seen in microscopic spinal cord sections from rabbits with ATL-146e. CONCLUSION ATL-146e, an adenosine A(2A) agonist, reduces spinal cord reperfusion injury. The mechanism of the protection may involve a reduction in circulating TNF-alpha during a critical 3-hour reperfusion interval and reduction in spinal cord endothelial PECAM-1 upregulation.
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- David C Cassada
- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Health Sciences Center, The University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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Varani K, Gessi S, Merighi S, Iannotta V, Cattabriga E, Spisani S, Cadossi R, Borea PA. Effect of low frequency electromagnetic fields on A2A adenosine receptors in human neutrophils. Br J Pharmacol 2002; 136:57-66. [PMID: 11976268 PMCID: PMC1762120 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The present study describes the effect of low frequency, low energy, pulsing electromagnetic fields (PEMFs) on A2A adenosine receptors in human neutrophils. Saturation experiments performed using a high affinity adenosine antagonist [3H]-ZM 241385 revealed a single class of binding sites in control and in PEMF-treated human neutrophils with similar affinity (KD=1.05+/-0.10 and 1.08+/-0.12 nM, respectively). Furthermore, after 1 h of exposure to PEMFs the receptor density was statistically increased (P<0.01) (Bmax =126+/-10 and 215+/-15 fmol mg-1 protein, respectively). The effect of PEMFs was specific to the A2A adenosine receptors. This effect was also intensity, time and temperature dependent. In the adenylyl cyclase assays the A2A receptor agonists, HE-NECA and NECA, increased cyclic AMP accumulation in untreated human neutrophils with an EC50 value of 43 (40 - 47) and 255 (228 - 284) nM, respectively. The capability of HE-NECA and NECA to stimulate cyclic AMP levels in human neutrophils was increased (P<0.01) after exposure to PEMFs with an EC50 value of 10(8 - 13) and 61(52 - 71) nM, respectively. In the superoxide anion (O2-) production assays HE-NECA and NECA inhibited the generation of O2- in untreated human neutrophils, with an EC50 value of 3.6(3.1 - 4.2) and of 23(20 - 27) nM, respectively. Moreover, in PEMF-treated human neutrophils, the same compounds show an EC50 value of 1.6(1.2 - 2.1) and of 6.0(4.7 - 7.5) nM respectively. These results indicate the presence of significant alterations in the expression and in the functionality of adenosine A2A receptors in human neutrophils treated with PEMFs.
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MESH Headings
- Binding, Competitive
- Cyclic AMP/biosynthesis
- Electromagnetic Fields
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Kinetics
- Neutrophils/metabolism
- Neutrophils/radiation effects
- Purinergic P1 Receptor Agonists
- Radioligand Assay
- Receptor, Adenosine A2A
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2/metabolism
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
- Receptors, Purinergic P1/metabolism
- Superoxides/metabolism
- Temperature
- Time Factors
- Up-Regulation
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- Katia Varani
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pharmacology Unit, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pharmacology Unit, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pharmacology Unit, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pharmacology Unit, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pharmacology Unit, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pharmacology Unit, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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Fozard JR, Ellis KM, Villela Dantas MF, Tigani B, Mazzoni L. Effects of CGS 21680, a selective adenosine A2A receptor agonist, on allergic airways inflammation in the rat. Eur J Pharmacol 2002; 438:183-8. [PMID: 11909610 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(02)01305-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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We have investigated the effect of 2(4-((2-carboxymethyl)phenyl)ethylamino)-5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine (CGS 21680), a potent and selective agonist at adenosine A2A receptors, on pulmonary inflammation induced by allergen challenge in the ovalbumin-sensitised, Brown Norway rat. Aerosol administration of ovalbumin (5 mg x ml(-1) for 60 min; calculated dose 0.4 mg x kg(-1)) induced increases in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid leukocyte numbers, protein content and myeloperoxidase and eosinophil peroxidase activities measured 24 h post challenge. CGS 21680 (10 and 100 microg x kg(-1) given intratracheally (i.t.) 30 min before and 3 h after allergen challenge) inhibited dose-dependently all the parameters of inflammation. Qualitatively similar results were obtained with the glucocorticosteroid, budesonide (0.1, 1 and 10 mg x kg(-1) given 3 h prior to ovalbumin challenge). CGS 21680 given i.t. reduced blood pressure in anaesthetised rats at similar doses to those at which anti-inflammatory effects were manifested. Both the anti-inflammatory and hypotensive responses to CGS 21680 were blocked by pretreatment with the selective adenosine A2A receptor antagonist, 4-(2-(7-amino-2-(2-furyl)(1,2,4)triazolo(2,3-a(1,3,5)triazin-5-yl amino)ethyl)phenol (ZM 241385), 3 mg x kg(-1) p.o., 1 h prior to the agonist. Thus, CGS 21680 manifests broad-spectrum anti-inflammatory activity in a model of allergic asthma in the Brown Norway rat through activation of adenosine A2A receptors. The striking similarity to budesonide, a clinically used anti-inflammatory agent, suggests that adenosine A2A receptor agonists may be useful alternatives to glucocorticosteroids in the treatment of asthma.
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- John R Fozard
- Research Department, Novartis Pharma AG, WSJ-386.510, CH-4002, Basel, Switzerland.
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Gessi S, Varani K, Merighi S, Cattabriga E, Iannotta V, Leung E, Baraldi PG, Borea PA. A(3) adenosine receptors in human neutrophils and promyelocytic HL60 cells: a pharmacological and biochemical study. Mol Pharmacol 2002; 61:415-24. [PMID: 11809867 DOI: 10.1124/mol.61.2.415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This work compares the pharmacological and biochemical properties of A(3) adenosine receptors in human polymorphonuclear neutrophil granulocytes (PMNs) and promyelocytic HL60 cells. The gene expression of A(3) receptors was examined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction experiments, whereas the amount of A(3) subtype on the plasma membrane was quantified by using the high-affinity and selective A(3) antagonist [(3)H]5N-(4-methoxyphenyl-carbamoyl)amino-8-propyl-2-(2-furyl)pyrazolo-[4,3-e]1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidine ([(3)H]MRE 3008F20). Saturation experiments reveal a single high-affinity binding site with K(D) values of 2.3 +/- 0.3, 2.6 +/- 0.4 nM, and B(max) values of 430 +/- 35, 345 +/- 31 fmol/mg of protein for PMNs and HL60 cells, respectively. Competition of radioligand binding by adenosine ligands displays a rank order of potency typical of the A(3) subtype. EC(50) values of N(6)-(3-iodo-benzyl)-2-chloro-adenosine-5'-N-methyluronamide (Cl-IB-MECA) for inhibition of cAMP levels via A(3) receptors are in good agreement with the binding data; furthermore, the response is potently inhibited by MRE 3008F20. In contrast, the high micromolar concentrations of Cl-IB-MECA and MRE 3008F20 in stimulating and blocking Ca(2+) mobilization, respectively, are not completely consistent with the involvement of an A(3) receptor. Furthermore, an important finding of this work is that the inhibition of PMNs oxidative burst is predominantly A(2A)-mediated, even though an effect of A(3) subtype could not be excluded. This conclusion is based on potent blockade of Cl-IB-MECA-mediated inhibition of oxidative burst by SCH 58261 and a minor but significant blockade by MRE 3008F20. In conclusion, HL60 cells express A(3) receptors similar to those in PMNs, thus providing a useful model for investigation of biochemical pathways leading to A(3) receptor activation.
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- Stefania Gessi
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Italy
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Murphree LJ, Marshall MA, Rieger JM, MacDonald TL, Linden J. Human A(2A) adenosine receptors: high-affinity agonist binding to receptor-G protein complexes containing Gbeta(4). Mol Pharmacol 2002; 61:455-62. [PMID: 11809871 DOI: 10.1124/mol.61.2.455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Agonists bind with higher affinity to G protein-coupled heptahelical receptors than to uncoupled receptors. Recombinant A(1) and A(3) adenosine receptors couple well to G(i/o), but recombinant human A(2A) adenosine receptors (hA(2A)AR) couple poorly to G(s) and bind agonists with K(i) values in binding assays that are much higher than ED(50) values for functional responses such as coronary dilation and inhibition of neutrophil oxidative burst. In this study, we produced hA(2A)AR-G protein complexes in membranes derived from Sf9 cells quadruply infected with receptors and heterotrimeric G protein subunits. The composition of G(beta) markedly influences coupling such that A(2A)AR-alpha(s)beta(1)gamma(2) are 8 +/- 2% coupled whereas equivalently expressed A(2A)AR-alpha(s)beta(4)gamma(2) are 40 +/- 2% coupled. Hence, we were able for the first time to accurately measure high-affinity agonist binding to hA(2A)AR. The agonist 2-[2-(4-amino-3-[(125)I]iodophenyl)ethylamino]adenosine binds to coupled and uncoupled hA(2A)AR with K(D) values of 0.46 nM and 26 nM, respectively, a difference in affinity of 57-fold. The addition of GTPgammaS converts all receptors to the low-affinity state. A(2A)AR coupling does not influence binding of antagonists including, (125)I-4-(2-[7-amino-2-[2-furyl][1,2,4]triazolo[2,3-a][1,3,5]triazin-5-yl-amino]ethyl)phenol ((125)I-ZM241385), K(D) = 0.5 nM. Based on a comparison of high-affinity binding sites, N(6)-3-iodo-2-chlorobenzyladenosine-5'-N-methyluronamide is only 8-fold A(3) selective (A(2A Ki, H) = 18.3 +/- 3.2 nM; A(3 Ki, H) = 2.4 +/- 0.3 nM) and 2-chloro-N(6)-cyclopentyladenosine is only 33-fold A(1) selective (A(2A Ki, H) = 11.0 +/- 1.9; A(1 Ki, H) = 0.3 +/- 0.1). We conclude that recombinant hA(2A)AR can form a high-affinity receptor-G protein complex with alpha(s)beta(4)gamma(2) that is useful for determining receptor selectivity.
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- Lauren J Murphree
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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Thibault N, Burelout C, Harbour D, Borgeat P, Naccache PH, Bourgoin SG. Occupancy of adenosine A2a receptors promotes fMLP‐induced cyclic AMP accumulation in human neutrophils: impact on phospholipase D activity and recruitment of small GTPases to membranes. J Leukoc Biol 2002. [DOI: 10.1189/jlb.71.2.367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Nathalie Thibault
- CIHR Group on the Molecular Mechanisms of Inflammation, Centre de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre de Recherche du CHUL, CHUQ et Université Laval, Départements Canada
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- CIHR Group on the Molecular Mechanisms of Inflammation, Centre de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre de Recherche du CHUL, CHUQ et Université Laval, Départements Canada
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- CIHR Group on the Molecular Mechanisms of Inflammation, Centre de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre de Recherche du CHUL, CHUQ et Université Laval, Départements Canada
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- CIHR Group on the Molecular Mechanisms of Inflammation, Centre de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre de Recherche du CHUL, CHUQ et Université Laval, Départements Canada
- d’Anatomie‐Physiologie et Canada
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- CIHR Group on the Molecular Mechanisms of Inflammation, Centre de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre de Recherche du CHUL, CHUQ et Université Laval, Départements Canada
- Médecine, Québec, Canada
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- CIHR Group on the Molecular Mechanisms of Inflammation, Centre de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre de Recherche du CHUL, CHUQ et Université Laval, Départements Canada
- d’Anatomie‐Physiologie et Canada
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Present strategies in the treatment of inflammatory renal injury have focused on developing agents that specifically target individual mechanisms thought to contribute toward the pathogenesis of the disease. Such an approach is hindered by redundancies in the inflammatory cascade, rendering intervention suboptimal. The A(2A) adenosine receptor (A(2A)-AR) is a member of the family of guanine nucleotide binding proteins and has become a focus of major interest primarily because of its ability to broadly inactivate the inflammatory cascade. This review summarizes our present knowledge regarding the molecular biology and pharmacology of A(2A)-ARs as well as the physiological effects of activation of A(2A)-ARs in the kidney. We also review our recent experience in targeting this receptor subtype in abrogating the inflammatory cascade in ischemia-reperfusion injury.
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- Mark D Okusa
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA.
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Liu XJ, White TD, Sawynok J. Involvement of primary sensory afferents, postganglionic sympathetic nerves and mast cells in the formalin-evoked peripheral release of adenosine. Eur J Pharmacol 2001; 429:147-55. [PMID: 11698037 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(01)01316-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Injection of formalin into the rat hind paw produces a dose-dependent local peripheral release of adenosine. Low doses of formalin (0.5-2.5%) evoke release during the first 10 min following injection, while a high dose of formalin (5%) evokes release lasting for 60 min. The current study was designed to determine the possible origin of release produced by two doses of formalin (1.5% and 5%). Microdialysis probes were implanted into the subcutaneous tissue under the glabrous skin of the hind paw of anaesthetized rats, and adenosine was determined by high performance liquid chromatography. Pretreatment with capsaicin, a neurotoxin selective for unmyelinated small diameter primary afferent nerves, markedly reduced the adenosine released by 1.5% formalin and the early phase of release by 5% formalin. Acute injection of 1% capsaicin to the hind paw of untreated rats also induced adenosine release. Pretreatment with 6-hydroxydopamine, a neurotoxin selective for sympathetic postganglionic nerve terminals, had no effect on release evoked by 1.5% formalin, but significantly reduced adenosine release during the late phase of release induced by 5% formalin. Pretreatment with compound 48/80, which degranulates mast cells, had no effect on adenosine release evoked by either concentration of formalin. We conclude that the origin of the adenosine released peripherally by formalin depends on the formalin concentration. At the lower concentration (1.5%), release is predominantly from unmyelinated sensory afferent nerve terminals, while at the higher concentration (5%), unmyelinated afferent nerve terminals are involved in the early phase, while sympathetic postganglionic nerve terminals are involved in the later phase. Mast cells do not contribute to release of adenosine evoked by either concentration of formalin.
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- X J Liu
- Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4H7.
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Cassada DC, Gangemi JJ, Rieger JM, Linden J, Kaza AK, Long SM, Kron IL, Tribble CG, Kern JA. Systemic adenosine A2A agonist ameliorates ischemic reperfusion injury in the rabbit spinal cord. Ann Thorac Surg 2001; 72:1245-50. [PMID: 11603444 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(01)03057-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The adenosine A2A agonist ATL-146e (4-[3-[6-Amino-9-(5-ethylcarbamoyl-3,4-dihydroxytetrahydro-furan-2-yl)-9H-purin-2-yl]-prop-2-ynyl]-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid methyl ester) has been shown to prevent reperfusion injury in multiple organ systems through inhibition of activated leukocyte-endothelial interaction. We hypothesized that systemic ATL-146e could reduce spinal cord reperfusion injury after aortic clamping. METHODS Twenty-six rabbits underwent cross-clamping of the infrarenal aorta for 45 minutes. One group received intravenous ATL-146e for 3 hours during reperfusion. A second cohort received only vehicle and served as controls. Animals were assessed at 24 and 48 hours using the Tarlov (0 to 5) scoring system for hind limb function. To evaluate neuronal attrition, immunostaining of lumbar spinal cord sections was performed using anti-SMI 33 antibody against neurofilament. RESULTS Systemic ATL-146e was tolerated without hemodynamic lability. Animals that received ATL-146e had significantly improved neurologic outcomes 24 and 48 hours after spinal cord ischemia (p < 0.001). There was preservation of neuronal architecture in the ventral horn of spinal cord sections from animals receiving ATL-146e compared with control animals. CONCLUSIONS Intravenous ATL-146e given during reperfusion is tolerated without hemodynamic lability, and results in substantially improved spinal cord function after ischemia by preservation of ventral horn neurons.
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- D C Cassada
- Department of Surgery, The University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville 22908, USA
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Peirce SM, Skalak TC, Rieger JM, Macdonald TL, Linden J. Selective A(2A) adenosine receptor activation reduces skin pressure ulcer formation and inflammation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001; 281:H67-74. [PMID: 11406470 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.281.1.h67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Activation of A(2A) adenosine receptors (A(2A)-AR) by ATL-146e (formerly DWH-146e) prevents inflammatory cell activation and adhesion. Recurrent ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) of the skin results in pressure ulcer formation, a major clinical problem. ATL-146e was evaluated in a novel reproducible rat model of pressure ulcer. A 9-cm(2) region of dorsal rat skin was cyclically compressed at 50 mmHg using a surgically implanted metal plate and an overlying magnet to generate reproducible tissue necrosis. Osmotic minipumps were implanted into 24 rats divided into four equal groups to infuse vehicle (control), ATL-146e (0.004 microg x kg(-1) x min(-1)), ATL-146e plus an equimolar concentration of A(2A) antagonist, ZM-241385, or ZM-241385 alone. Each group received 10 I/R cycles. In non-I/R-treated skin, ATL-146e has no effect on blood flow. I/R-treated skin of the ATL-146e group compared with the vehicle group had 65% less necrotic area, 31% less inhibition of average skin blood flow, and fewer extravasated leukocytes (23 +/- 3 vs. 49 +/- 6 per 500 microm(2)). These data suggest that ATL-146e, acting via an A(2A)-AR, reduces leukocyte infiltration and is a potent prophylactic for I/R injury in skin.
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- S M Peirce
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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Linden J. Molecular approach to adenosine receptors: receptor-mediated mechanisms of tissue protection. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 2001; 41:775-87. [PMID: 11264476 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pharmtox.41.1.775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 544] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Adenosine accumulation during ischemia and inflammation protects tissues from injury. In ischemic tissues adenosine accumulates due to inhibition of adenosine kinase, and in inflamed tissues adenosine is formed from adenine nucleotides that are released from many cells including platelets, mast cells, nerves, and endothelium. Nucleotides are rapidly converted to adenosine by a family of ecto-nucleotidases including CD39 and CD73. Activation of A(1) and possibly A(3) adenosine receptors (ARs) protects heart and other tissues by preconditioning through a pathway including protein kinase C and mitochondrial K(ATP) channels. Activation of A(2A) receptors limits reperfusion injury by inhibiting inflammatory processes in neutrophils, platelets, macrophages and T cells. Adenosine produces proinflammatory responses mediated by receptors that vary among species; A(3) and A(2B) receptors mediate degranulation of rodent and human or canine mast cells, respectively. Novel adenosine receptor subtype-selective ligands have recently been developed. These include MRS1754 (A(2B) blocker), MRS1220 (A(3) blocker), MRE 3008F20 (human A(3) blocker), MRS1523 (rat A(3) blocker), and ATL146e (A(2A) agonist). These new pharmacologic tools will help investigators to sort out how adenosine protects tissues from injury and to identify new therapeutic agents that hold promise for the treatment of inflammatory and ischemic diseases.
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- J Linden
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA.
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Gomez G, Apasov S, Sitkovsky MV. Immunosuppressive effects of extracellular adenosine on immune cells: Implications for the pathogenesis of ADA SCID and immunomodulation. Drug Dev Res 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/ddr.1190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Sullivan GW, Rieger JM, Michael Scheld W, Macdonald TL, Linden J. Cyclic AMP-dependent inhibition of human neutrophil oxidative activity by substituted 2-propynylcyclohexyl adenosine A(2A) receptor agonists. Br J Pharmacol 2001; 132:1017-26. [PMID: 11226132 PMCID: PMC1572638 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2000] [Revised: 11/23/2000] [Accepted: 12/08/2000] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Novel 2-propynylcyclohexyl-5'-N:-ehtylcarboxamidoadenosines, trans-substituted in the 4-position of the cyclohexyl ring, were evaluated in binding assays to the four subtypes of adenosine receptors (ARs). Two esters, 4-(3-[6-amino-9-(5-ethylcarbamoyl-3,4-dihydroxy-tetrahydro-furan-2-yl)-9H-purin-2-yl]-prop-2-ynyl)-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid methyl ester (ATL146e) and acetic acid 4-(3-[6-amino-9-(5-ethylcarbamoyl-3, 4-dihydroxy-tetrahydro-furan-2-yl)-9H-purin-2-yl] -prop-2-ynyl)-cyclohexylmethyl ester (ATL193) were >50 x more potent than 2-[4-(2-carboxyethyl)phenethylamino]-5'-N:-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine (CGS21680) for human A(2A) AR binding. Human A(2A) AR affinity for substituted cyclohexyl-propynyladenosine analogues was inversely correlated with the polarity of the cyclohexyl side chain. There was a comparable order of potency for A(2A) AR agonist stimulation of human neutrophil [cyclic AMP](i), and inhibition of the neutrophil oxidative burst. ATL146e and CGS21680 were approximately equipotent agonists of human A(3) ARs. We measured the effects of selective AR antagonists on agonist stimulated neutrophil [cyclic AMP](i) and the effect of PKA inhibition on A(2A) AR agonist activity. ATL193-stimulated neutrophil [cyclic AMP](i) was blocked by antagonists with the potency order: ZM241385 (A(2A)-selective)>MRS1220 (A(3)-selective)>>N-(4-Cyano-phenyl)-2-[4-(2,6-dioxo-1,3-dipropyl-2,3,4,5,6,7-hexahydro-1H-purin-8-yl)-phenoxy]-acetamide (MRS1754; A(2B)-selective) approximately 8-(N-methylisopropyl)amino-N(6)-(5'-endohydroxy-endonorbornyl)-9-methyladenine (WRC0571; A(1)-selective). The type IV phosphodiesterase inhibitor, rolipram (100 nM) potentiated ATL193 inhibition of the oxidative burst, and inhibition by ATL193 was counteracted by the PKA inhibitor H-89. The data indicate that activation of A(2A)ARs inhibits neutrophil oxidative activity by activating [cyclic AMP](i)/PKA.
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- Gail W Sullivan
- Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A
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- Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A
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- Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A
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Ramafi G, Anderson R, Theron AJ, Feldman C, Taylor GW, Wilson R, Cole PJ. CGS 21680, dibutyryl cyclic AMP and rolipram attenuate the pro-inflammatory interactions of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa -derived pigment, 1-hydroxyphenazine, with human neutrophils. Pulm Pharmacol Ther 2001; 13:293-9. [PMID: 11061984 DOI: 10.1006/pupt.2000.0257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The effects of the intracellular adenosine 3':5' cyclic monophosphate (cAMP)-elevating agents, CGS 21680 (0.01- 1 microM) and rolipram (0.01-1 microM), as well as those of dibutyryl cAMP (0. 05-4 mM) on the pro-inflammatory interactions of the P. aeruginosa -derived pigment, 1-hydroxyphenazine (1-hp, 3.1 and 12.5 microM), with human neutrophils have been investigated in vitro. Ca(2+)fluxes in FMLP-activated neutrophils were measured using a fura-2/AM spectrofluorimetric procedure, while a colourimetric method was used to measure release of the primary granule enzyme, elastase, from the cells. Treatment with 1-hp resulted in delayed clearance of Ca(2+)from the cytosol of N -formyl- L -methionyl- L -leucyl- L -phenylalanine (FMLP, 1 microM)-activated neutrophils and increased release of elastase. All 3 test agents caused dose-related antagonism of 1-hp-mediated potentiation of elastase release from activated neutrophils, which was associated with restoration of Ca(2+)homeostasis. These observations demonstrate the potential of cAMP-elevating agents, acting on Ca(2+)clearance mechanisms in activated neutrophils, to attenuate the potentially harmful pro-inflammatory effects of 1-hp.
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- G Ramafi
- MRC Unit for Inflammation and Immunity, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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