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Yang JN, Chen JF, Fredholm BB. Physiological roles of A1 and A2A adenosine receptors in regulating heart rate, body temperature, and locomotion as revealed using knockout mice and caffeine. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2009; 296:H1141-9. [PMID: 19218506 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00754.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Heart rate (HR), body temperature (Temp), locomotor activity (LA), and oxygen consumption (O(2)C) were studied in awake mice lacking one or both of the adenosine A(1) or A(2A) receptors (A(1)R or A(2A)R, respectively) using telemetry and respirometry, before and after caffeine administration. All parameters were lower during day than night and higher in females than males. When compared with wild-type (WT) littermates, HR was higher in male A(1)R knockout (A(1)RKO) mice but lower in A(2A)RKO mice and intermediate in A(1)-A(2A)R double KO mice. A single dose of an unselective beta-blocker (timolol; 1 mg/kg) abolished the HR differences between these genotypes. Deletion of A(1)Rs had little effect on Temp, whereas deletion of A(2A)Rs increased it in females and decreased it in males. A(1)-A(2A)RKO mice had lower Temp than WT mice. LA was unaltered in A(1)RKO mice and lower in A(2A)RKO and A(1)-A(2A)RKO mice than in WT mice. Caffeine injection increased LA but only in mice expressing A(2A)R. Caffeine ingestion also increased LA in an A(2A)R-dependent manner in male mice. Caffeine ingestion significantly increased O(2)C in WT mice, but less in the different KO mice. Injection of 30 mg/kg caffeine decreased Temp, especially in KO mice, and hence in a manner unrelated to A(1)R or A(2A)R blockade. Selective A(2B) antagonism had little or no effect. Thus A(1)R and A(2A)R influence HR, Temp, LA, and O(2)C in mice in a sex-dependent manner, indicating effects of endogenous adenosine. The A(2A)R plays an important role in the modulation of O(2)C and LA by acute and chronic caffeine administration. There is also evidence for effects of higher doses of caffeine being independent of both A(1)R and A(2A)R.
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- Jiang-Ning Yang
- Karolinska Institutet, Nanna Svartz väg 2, Stockholm S-171 77 Sweden.
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Yang JN, Björklund O, Lindström-Törnqvist K, Lindgren E, Eriksson TM, Kahlström J, Chen JF, Schwarzschild MA, Tobler I, Fredholm BB. Mice heterozygous for both A1 and A(2A) adenosine receptor genes show similarities to mice given long-term caffeine. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2008; 106:631-9. [PMID: 19036889 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90971.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Caffeine is believed to exert its stimulant effects by blocking A(2A) and A(1) adenosine receptors (A(2A)R and A(1)R). Although a genetic knockout of A(2A)R eliminates effects of caffeine, the phenotype of the knockout animal does not resemble that of caffeine treatment. In this study we explored the possibility that a mere reduction of the number of A(1)Rs and A(2A)Rs, achieved by deleting one of the two copies of the A(1)R and A(2A)R genes, would mimic some aspects of long-term caffeine ingestion. The A(1)R and A(2A)R double heterozygous (A(1)R-A(2A)R dHz) mice indeed had approximately one-half the number of A(1)R and A(2A)R, and there were little compensatory changes in A(2B) or A(3) adenosine receptor (A(2B)R or A(3)R) expression. The ability of a stable adenosine analog to activate receptors was shifted to the right by caffeine and in A(1)R-A(2A)R dHz tissue. Caffeine (0.3 g/l in drinking water for 7-10 days) and A(1)R-A(2A)R dHz genotype increased locomotor activity (LA) and decreased heart rate without significantly influencing body temperature. The acute stimulatory effect of a single injection of caffeine was reduced in A(1)R-A(2A)R dHz mice and in mice treated long term with oral caffeine. Thus at least some aspects of long-term caffeine use can be mimicked by genetic manipulation of the A(1)R and A(2A)R.
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- Jiang-Ning Yang
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Kang MJ, Park MS, Shin IC, Koh HC. Modification of cardiovascular response of posterior hypothalamic adenosine A(2) receptor stimulation by adenylate cylase, guanylate cyclase and by K(ATP) channel blockade in anesthetized rats. Neurosci Lett 2003; 344:57-61. [PMID: 12781921 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(03)00402-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Cardiovascular inhibitory effects induced by posterior hypothalamic adenosine A(2) receptors and their modulation by nitric oxide were suggested by our previous report. In this experiment, we examined the modulation of cardiovascular effects of adenosine A(2) receptor stimulation by adenylate cyclase, guanylate cyclase and ATP-sensitive K(+) channel in the posterior hypothalamus. Posterior hypothalamic injection of drugs was performed in anesthetized, artificially ventilated male Sprague-Dawley rats. Injection of adenosine A(2) receptor agonist 5'-(N-cyclopropyl)-carboxamidoadenosine (CPCA; 1, 2 and 5 nmol) produced a dose-dependent decrease of blood pressure and heart rate. Pretreatment with adenosine A(2) receptor antagonist 3,7-dimethyl-1-propargylxanthine (10 nmol) blocked the depressor and bradycardiac effects of CPCA (5 nmol). Pretreatments with adenylate cyclase inhibitor MDL-12330 (10 nmol) and guanylate cyclase inhibitor LY-83583 (5 nmol) attenuated the depressor and bradycardiac effects of CPCA (5 nmol). In addition, pretreatment with ATP-sensitive K(+) channel blocker glipizide (20 nmol) attenuated the depressor and bradycardiac responses of CPCA (5 nmol). These results suggest that posterior hypothalamic adenosine A(2) receptors play an inhibitory role in the central cardiovascular regulation and that both adenylate cyclase and guanylate cyclase mediate the depressor and bradycardiac actions of adenosine A(2) receptors. Also, ATP-sensitive K(+) channel mediates the posterior hypothalamic cardiovascular regulations of adenosine A(2) receptors.
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- Min Jeong Kang
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-Dong, Sungdong-Ku, Seoul 133-791, South Korea
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Song MS, Shin KA, Kang JS, Lee CH, Shin IC, Lee SJ, Koh HC. The involvement of nitric oxide on the adenosine A(2) receptor-induced cardiovascular inhibitory responses in the posterior hypothalamus of rats. Neurosci Lett 2002; 326:41-5. [PMID: 12052534 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(02)00290-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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This study was performed to investigate the putative relationship between nitric oxide (NO) and adenosine A(2) receptors on central cardiovascular regulation in the posterior hypothalamus of rats. Posterior hypothalamic injection of drugs was performed in anesthetized, artificially ventilated male Sprague-Dawley rats. Injection of adenosine A(2) receptor agonist 5'-(N-cyclopropyl)-carboxamidoadenosine (CPCA; 1, 2 and 5 nmol) produced a dose-dependent decrease of blood pressure and heart rate. Pretreatment with adenosine A(2) receptor antagonist 3,7-dimethyl-1-propargylxanthine (10 nmol) blocked the depressor and bradycardiac effects of CPCA (5 nmol). Pretreatment with soluble guanylate cyclase inhibitor LY-83,583 (5 nmol) attenuated the depressor and bradycardiac effects of CPCA (5 nmol). In addition, pretreatment with NO synthase inhibitor N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (40 nmol) attenuated the depressor and bradycardiac responses of CPCA (5 nmol). These results suggest that adenosine A(2) receptor in the posterior hypothalamus plays an inhibitory role in central cardiovascular regulation and that NO participates in the inhibitory response induced by adenosine A(2) receptor stimulation in the posterior hypothalamus.
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- Man Sung Song
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-Dong, Sungdong-Ku, Seoul 133-791, South Korea
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Lee HH, Koh HC, Chae SL, Kang JS, Lee CH, Paik DJ, Shin IC. Modification of cardiovascular responses to adenosine A1 receptor stimulation in the posterior hypothalamus of anaesthetized rats by cAMP and by GABA(B) receptor blockade. JOURNAL OF AUTONOMIC PHARMACOLOGY 2001; 21:249-54. [PMID: 12123470 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2680.2001.00236.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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1 Injection of N(6)-cyclohexyladenosine (CHA; 1, 5 and 10 nmol), an adenosine A1 receptor agonist, into the posterior hypothalamus of rats produced a dose-dependent decrease in blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR). 2 Pretreatment with 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dimethylxanthine (CPDX; 50 nmol), an adenosine A1 receptor antagonist, blocked the depressor and bradycardic effects of CHA (10 nmol). 3 Pretreatment with 8-bromo-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (AMP) (10 nmol), a cAMP analogue, attenuated the depressor and bradycardic effect of CHA (10 nmol); 8-bromo-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (GMP) (10 nmol), a cGMP analogue, did not modify those effects of CHA. 4 In addition, pretreatment with 5-aminovaleric acid (25 nmol), a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)(B) receptor antagonist, attenuated the depressor and bradycardic effects of CHA (10 nmol). 5 These results suggest that adenosine A1 receptors in the posterior hypothalamus have an inhibitory role in the central cardiovascular regulation and that these vasodepressive and bradycardic actions are modified by raised cAMP and by GABA(B) receptor inhibition.
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- H H Lee
- Departments of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-Dong, Sungdong-Gu, Seoul 133-791, South Korea
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Gao E, Kaplan JL, Shi Y, Victain M, Dalsey WC, de Garavilla L. Adenosine A1 receptor antagonist prolongs survival in the hypoxic rat. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2001; 38:384-94. [PMID: 11486243 DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200109000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The hypothesis that adenosine A1 receptor (A1AdoR) selective antagonism limits cardiac depression and prolongs survival during acute global hypoxia was tested in a postinsult treatment model using KW-3902 ([8-(noradamantan-3-yl)-1,3-dipropylxanthine]), an A1AdoR selective antagonist. Rats were anesthetized, paralyzed, then ventilated with 8% O2 (hypoxia). In protocol I, 5 min after hypoxia, rats were treated with saline, drug vehicle, or KW-3902 (0.1 mg/kg i.v.). In protocol II, KW-3902 treatment occurred 2.5, 5, or 7.5 min after hypoxia. In protocol I, after hypoxia, left ventricular contractility, heart rate, and systemic mean arterial blood pressure decreased rapidly in saline-and vehicle-treated groups. In contrast, KW-3902 significantly attenuated the decline in these variables. Survival time (the time from the commencement of hypoxia until death) was more prolonged with KW-3902 (109.5 +/- 9.1 min) than with saline (37.6 +/- 5.0 min) or vehicle (35.0 +/- 4.2 min) (p < 0.001). In protocol II, survival time increased from 29.2 +/- 5.5 min in the 7.5-min treatment group to 109.5 +/- 9.5 min (5-min group) and 245.9 +/- 26.1 min (2.5-min group; p < 0.001). KW-3902 prolongs survival in this model, presumably by antagonizing A1AdoR-mediated inhibition of cardiac function. Also, treatment efficacy is highly time dependent.
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- E Gao
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Kim BS, Koh HC, Kang JS, Lee H, Shin IC, Om SA, Kang JH. Mediation of the cardiovascular response to spinal gamma-aminobutyric acid(B) receptor stimulation by adenosine A(1) receptors in anesthetized rats. Neurosci Lett 2000; 296:153-7. [PMID: 11109004 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(00)01630-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Cardiovascular inhibitory effects induced by intrathecal (i.t.) administration of adenosine A(1) receptor agonist and its modulation by gamma-aminobutyric acid(B) (GABA(B)) receptor was suggested by our previous report. In this experiment, we examined the mediation of cardiovascular effects of GABA(B) receptor stimulation by adenosine A(1) and A(2) in the spinal cord. I.t. administration of GABA(B) receptor agonist, baclofen (30, 60 and 100 nmol) produced a dose dependent decrease of blood pressure and heart rate. Pretreatment with adenosine A(1) receptor antagonist, 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dimethylxanthine (50 nmol), attenuated the depressor and bradycardiac effects of baclofen (100 nmol), but not with adenosine A(2) receptor antagonist, 3, 7-dimethyl-1-propargylxanthine (25 nmol). These results suggest that GABA(B) receptors in the spinal cord play an inhibitory role in the central cardiovascular regulation and that the depressor and bradycardiac actions are mediated by adenosine A(1) receptors.
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- B S Kim
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-Dong, Sungdong-Ku, 133-791, Seoul, South Korea
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Koh HC, Lee TK, Kang JS, Lee CH, Lee H, Paik DJ, Shin IC. Modification of cardiovascular response of adenosine A2 receptor agonist by adenylate cyclase in the spinal cord of rats. Neurosci Lett 2000; 293:45-8. [PMID: 11065134 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(00)01486-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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This study was performed to investigate the influence of spinal adenosine A2 receptors on the central regulation of blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR), and to define whether its mechanism is mediated by adenylate cyclase or guanylate cyclase. Intrathecal (i.t.) administration of drugs at the thoracic level were performed in anesthetized, artificially ventilated male Sprague-Dawley rats. Injection (i.t.) of adenosine A2 receptor agonist, 5'-(N-cyclopropyl)-carboxamidoadenosine (CPCA; 1, 2 and 3 nmol) produced a dose dependent decrease of BP and HR. Pretreatment with adenylate cyclase inhibitor, MDL-12,330, attenuated the depressor and bradycardiac effects of CPCA (2 nmol), but not with guanylate cyclase inhibitor, LY-83,583. These results suggest that adenosine A2 receptor in the spinal cord plays an inhibitory role in the central cardiovascular regulation and that the depressor and bradycardiac actions are mediated by adenylate cyclase.
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- H C Koh
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
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Koh HC, Shin IC, Hwang SJ, Kang JS, Lee CH, Ha JH, Paik DJ. Mediation of the cardiovascular response of adenosine A1 receptor through a GABA(B) receptor in the spinal cord of the rat. Neurosci Lett 1998; 243:81-4. [PMID: 9535118 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(98)00089-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Cardiovascular inhibitory effects induced by intrathecal (i.t.) administration of adenosine A1 receptor agonist and its modulation by cyclic AMP was suggested by our previous report. In this experiment, we examined the mediation of cardiovascular effects of adenosine A1 receptor by gamma-aminobutyric acid receptors A and B [GABA(A) and GABA(B)] in the spinal cord. I.t. administration of 10 nmol of N6-cyclohexyladenosine (CHA), an adenosine A1 receptor agonist, and pretreatment with bicuculline (10 nmol, i.t), a GABA(A) receptor antagonist, and 5-aminovaleric acid (50 nmol, i.t.), a GABA(B) receptor antagonist, prior to injection of CHA were performed in anesthetized, artificially ventilated Sprague-Dawley rats. I.t. injection of 50 nmol of 5-aminovaleric acid significantly attenuated the inhibitory cardiovascular effects of CHA but 10 nmol of bicuculline did not alter CHA-induced cardiovascular actions. It is suggested that cardiovascular responses of adenosine A1 receptor is mediated by GABA(B) receptor in the spinal cord.
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- H C Koh
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
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Pelleg A, Katchanov G, Xu J. Autonomic neural control of cardiac function: modulation by adenosine and adenosine 5'-triphosphate. Am J Cardiol 1997; 79:11-4. [PMID: 9223357 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(9x)00257-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Adenosine and adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) are found in every cell of the human body. These molecules are released from cells into the extracellular fluid under physiologic and pathophysiologic conditions. Outside of cells, adenosine and ATP act as physiologic regulators of cells, tissues, and organs. In the heart, extracellular adenosine and ATP exert pronounced inotropic, lusitropic, electrophysiologic, and metabolic effects, which are mediated by specific cell surface receptors. In addition, both compounds can modulate sympathetic and parasympathetic input to the heart by interacting with neural elements within and without the heart, thereby modulating autonomic neural control of cardiac functions. This article briefly reviews these indirect, neurally-mediated actions of adenosine and ATP.
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- A Pelleg
- Likoff Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, USA
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Pelleg A, Katchanov G, Xu J. Purinergic modulation of neural control of cardiac function. JOURNAL OF AUTONOMIC PHARMACOLOGY 1996; 16:401-5. [PMID: 9131426 DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-8673.1996.tb00063.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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1. The purine nucleotide adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) and its related nucleoside, adenosine (Ado), exert pronounced electrophysiologic, inotropic, lusitropic and metabolic effects in the mammalian heart. 2. These effects are the result of direct actions of these compounds on cardiac myocytes and endothelial cells, mediated by cell surface receptors. 3. In addition, ATP and Ado can stimulate neural elements inside and outside the heart and thereby modulate neural control of cardiac function. These latter actions of ATP and Ado are briefly reviewed and their hypothetical physiological role is outlined.
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- A Pelleg
- Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Hahnemann School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19102-1192, USA
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Koh HC, Shin IC, Hwang SJ, Paik DJ. Modification of cardiovascular response of adenosine A1 receptor agonist by cyclic AMP in the spinal cord of the rats. Neurosci Lett 1996; 219:195-8. [PMID: 8971813 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(96)13205-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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This study was performed to investigate the influence of the spinal adenosine A1 receptors on the central regulation of blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR), and to define whether its mechanism is mediated by cyclic AMP (cAMP) or cyclic GMP (cGMP). Intrathecal (i.t.) administration of drugs at the thoracic level were performed in anesthetized, artificially ventilated male Sprague-Dawley rats. Injection (i.t.) of adenosine A1 receptor agonist, N6-cyclohexyladenosine (CHA; 1, 5 and 10 nmol) produced dose dependent decrease of BP and HR. Pretreatment with a cAMP analogue, 8-bromo-cAMP, attenuated the depressor and bradycardiac effects of CHA (10 nmol), but not with cGMP analogue, 8-bromo-cGMP. These results suggest that adenosine A1 receptor in the spinal cord plays an inhibitory role in the central cardiovascular regulation and that this depressor and bradycardiac actions are mediated by cAMP.
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- H C Koh
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Sungdong-Ku, Seoul, South Korea
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St Lambert JH, Dashwood MR, Spyer KM. Role of brainstem adenosine A1 receptors in the cardiovascular response to hypothalamic defence area stimulation in the anaesthetized rat. Br J Pharmacol 1996; 117:277-82. [PMID: 8789379 PMCID: PMC1909256 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15187.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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1. The role of centrally located adenosine A1 receptors in the cardiovascular changes associated with the hypothalamic defence response has been investigated by in vitro autoradiography and the intraventricular application of an A1 receptor antagonist. 2. 8-Cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine (DPCPX), a highly selective adenosine A1 antagonist and its vehicle, ethanol, were administered directly into the posterior portion of the fourth ventricle of alpha-chloralose anaesthetized, paralysed and artificially ventilated rats. 3. DPCPX (0.01 to 0.3 mg kg-1) caused a dose-dependent decrease in the magnitude of the evoked pressor response (from -13 to -23 mmHg) elicited on hypothalamic defence area stimulation at a dose 10 fold lower than that required to produce an equivalent effect following systemic administration whilst ethanol, the vehicle, had no effect. 4. In vitro autoradiography revealed a heterogeneous distribution of adenosine A1 binding sites in the lower brainstem of rats. Image analysis showed the ventrolateral medulla to have the highest density of A1 receptors. Intermediate levels of binding were seen in caudal regions of the nucleus tractus solitarii and the hypoglossal nucleus. 5. These data imply that a proportion of the cardiovascular response to hypothalamic defence area stimulation are produced by the activation of adenosine A1 receptors localized close to the surface of, or adjacent to, the fourth ventricle in the immediate vicinity of the injection site.
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- J H St Lambert
- Department of Physiology, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London
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Lawrence AJ, Jarrott B. Neurochemical modulation of cardiovascular control in the nucleus tractus solitarius. Prog Neurobiol 1996; 48:21-53. [PMID: 8830347 DOI: 10.1016/0301-0082(95)00034-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The central control of cardiovascular function has been keenly studied for a number of decades. Of particular interest are the homeostatic control mechanisms, such as the baroreceptor heart-rate reflex, the chemoreceptor reflex, the Bezold-Jarisch reflex and the Breuer-Hering reflex. These neurally-mediated reflexes share a common termination point for their respective centrally-projecting sensory afferents, namely the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS). Thus, the NTS clearly plays a critical role in the integration of peripherally initiated sensory information regarding the status of blood pressure, heart rate and respiratory function. Many endogenous neurochemicals, from simple amino acids through biogenic amines to complex peptides have the ability to modulate blood pressure and heart rate at the level of the NTS. This review will attempt to collate the current knowledge regarding the roles of neuromodulators in the NTS, the receptor types involved in mediating observed responses and the degree of importance of such neurochemicals in the tonic regulation of the cardiovascular system. The neural pathway that controls the baroreceptor heart-rate reflex will be the main focus of attention, including discussion of the identity of the neurotransmitter(s) thought to act at baroafferent terminals within the NTS. In addition, this review will provide a timely update on the use of recently developed molecular biological techniques that have been employed in the study of the NTS, complementing more classical research.
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- A J Lawrence
- Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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Fahim M, el-Mas MM, Abdel-Rahman AA, Mustafa SJ. Influence of aortic baroreceptor denervation on adenosine receptor-mediated relaxation of isolated rat aorta. Eur J Pharmacol 1994; 254:183-91. [PMID: 8206113 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(94)90386-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The effect of aortic baroreceptor denervation on the vasorelaxant activity of the adenosine analogue, 5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine (NECA) was evaluated in the isolated thoracic aortic rings from rats. The responses were evaluated at 3 h after baroreceptor denervation when the blood pressure was significantly higher than that of control (149 +/- 3 vs. 112 +/- 2 mmHg) and at 48 h after aortic baroreceptor denervation when blood pressure returned to control level. Sham operation had no effect on blood pressure at either time interval. A concentration-dependent relaxation of rat aorta elicited by NECA was observed in all groups. However, the responsiveness to NECA was reduced in aortic baroreceptor-denervated rats. The nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor, L-monomethyl-L-arginine (30 microM) shifted the dose-response curve for NECA to the right in all groups suggesting that the vascular response to NECA is partially mediated through the release of NO. Removal of the endothelium abolished the differences in the response to NECA in sham and aortic baroreceptor-denervated rats suggesting that the decrease in the responsiveness of aortic smooth muscle to NECA is dependent on the release of NO. Vasorelaxant responses to acetylcholine were not altered by aortic baroreceptor denervation. The ability of aortic baroreceptor denervation to attenuate vasorelaxant responses to NECA but not to acetylcholine indicated the possibility of functional changes involving adenosine receptor-mediated relaxation in endothelium rather than structural changes due to aortic baroreceptor denervation. These findings suggest that short-term elevation of blood pressure following aortic baroreceptor denervation modulates the endothelium-dependent release of NO mediated by adenosine receptor activation.
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MESH Headings
- Acetylcholine/pharmacology
- Adenosine/analogs & derivatives
- Adenosine/pharmacology
- Adenosine-5'-(N-ethylcarboxamide)
- Animals
- Aorta, Thoracic/innervation
- Aorta, Thoracic/physiology
- Arginine/analogs & derivatives
- Arginine/pharmacology
- Blood Pressure/drug effects
- Endothelium, Vascular/physiology
- Heart Rate/drug effects
- In Vitro Techniques
- Male
- Muscle Denervation
- Muscle Relaxation/drug effects
- Muscle Relaxation/physiology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/innervation
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiology
- Nitric Oxide/antagonists & inhibitors
- Nitric Oxide/physiology
- Phenylephrine/pharmacology
- Pressoreceptors/physiology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, Purinergic P1/drug effects
- Receptors, Purinergic P1/physiology
- Theophylline/analogs & derivatives
- Theophylline/pharmacology
- omega-N-Methylarginine
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- M Fahim
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858
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Tao S, Abdel-Rahman AA. Neuronal and cardiovascular responses to adenosine microinjection into the nucleus tractus solitarius. Brain Res Bull 1993; 32:407-17. [PMID: 8106126 DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(93)90208-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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This study investigated neuronal, blood pressure, and heart rate responses to adenosine microinjection into caudal and rostral NTS of anesthetized rats. The site of recording and microinjection was verified chemically by observing the responses to a test dose of l-glutamate (5 nmol) and histologically at the conclusion of the experiment. Neuronal firing rate increased (+29.4 +/- 5.3%) and decreased (-48 +/- 9.4%) in response to l-glutamate microinjection into the rostral and caudal NTS, respectively. These opposite neuronal responses were followed by depressor (-32.4 +/- 8.3 vs. -36 +/- 5.5 mmHg) and bradycardic (-25.2 +/- 7.7 vs. -25.8 +/- 3.4 beats/min) responses to l-glutamate microinjection into the two subareas of the NTS. Microinjection of a submaximal dose (1 nmol) of adenosine into the NTS produced site-dependent cardiovascular responses which were preceded by similar inhibition of neuronal firing (-60 +/- 4 vs. -55.9 +/- 1.7%). Whereas adenosine microinjection into the rostral NTS elicited modest pressor (+10.1 +/- 2.1 mmHg) and tachycardic (+9 +/- 3.9 beats/min) responses, its microinjection into the caudal NTS produced depressor (-29.2 +/- 5.3 mmHg) and bradycardic (-14.6 +/- 1.7 beats/min) responses. These findings suggest that compared to l-glutamate, adenosine produces opposite (rostral) and similar (caudal) neuronal and cardiovascular effects in the two subareas of the NTS. In the caudal NTS, adenosine (0.1, 1, and 10 nmol) elicited dose-related inhibitory neuronal and cardiovascular responses that were attenuated by systemic theophylline but not 8-(p-sulfophenyl) theophylline (8-SPT) administration. The neuronal and cardiovascular responses to adenosine microinjection into the caudal NTS were also attenuated by microinjection of 8-SPT into the same area. Finally, single-unit activity inhibited by adenosine or l-glutamate microinjection into the caudal NTS was also inhibited by baroreceptor loading and excited by baroreceptor unloading. These findings suggest a) l-glutamate elicits opposite neuronal responses in the rostral and caudal NTS; b) the distinct hemodynamic responses elicited by adenosine in the two subareas may be related, at least in part, to their differing responses to l-glutamate; and c) the similarity between the neuronal responses to adenosine and l-glutamate microinjection into the caudal NTS and the response of the same neurons to baroreceptor activation support the hypothesis that adenosine plays a neuromodulatory role in the processing of baroreceptor information.
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- S Tao
- Department of Pharmacology, East Carolina University, School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27858
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Barraco RA, Walter GA, Polasek PM, Phillis JW. Purine concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid of unanesthetized rats during and after hypoxia. Neurochem Int 1991; 18:243-8. [DOI: 10.1016/0197-0186(91)90191-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/1990] [Revised: 03/14/1990] [Accepted: 07/02/1990] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Barraco RA, Janusz CA, Schoener EP, Simpson LL. Cardiorespiratory function is altered by picomole injections of 5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine into the nucleus tractus solitarius of rats. Brain Res 1990; 507:234-46. [PMID: 2337763 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(90)90277-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A limited occipital craniotomy was conducted on urethane-anesthetized, spontaneously breathing rats to expose the caudal medulla in the region of the obex. Microinjections of 5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine (NECA), an adenosine analog, were made into the medial region of the caudal nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) at the level of the caudal tip of the area postrema, an area of the NTS in which there is known to be a functional co-existence of cardiovascular and respiratory-related neuronal elements. Cardiorespiratory responses were subsequently recorded for a 60 min test period. Microinjections of NECA, in the dose range of 0.35-350 pmol per rat, produced significant dose-related reductions in respiratory rate which were accompanied by dose-dependent increases in tidal volume and these pronounced effects on respiration persisted throughout the test period. In contrast, the effects of NECA microinjections on cardiovascular parameters in this region of the NTS were bidirectional and elicited considerably more complex responses during the test period. During the initial period (2-5 min) following injection, NECA elicited significant hypotension (at lower doses) and pressor responses (at higher doses) in addition to significant bradycardia (at lower doses) whereas by the end of the 60 min test period, almost all doses of NECA had resulted in hypertension and tachycardia. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and correlation statistics indicated that the effects of NECA on blood pressure during the initial 2-5 min were dose-dependent and unlikely related to depression of respiratory frequency. A further examination of the data by MANOVA indicated that the pharmacological effects of NECA during the 60 min test period exhibited a highly significant and specific dose-dependent and time-related response pattern for the respiratory, but not the cardiovascular, parameters. Taken together, these manifold response patterns suggest that the respiratory effects of NECA may be mediated by different intrinsic mechanisms in the NTS than are the cardiovascular effects of NECA. At the end of the 60 min test period following the administration of NECA, the respiratory rate remained profoundly depressed. In view of previous studies showing that microinjections of cyclic AMP analogs, forskolin, isoproterenol and adenosine into the same NTS sites elicit a similar depression of respiration, the results with NECA in the present study further support the notion that cyclic AMP may serve as a second messenger in NTS respiratory control regions and these respiratory depressant effects may be mediated by a single adenosine receptor subtype.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- R A Barraco
- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201
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Mosqueda-Garcia R, Tseng CJ, Appalsamy M, Robertson D. Modulatory effects of adenosine on baroreflex activation in the brainstem of normotensive rats. Eur J Pharmacol 1989; 174:119-22. [PMID: 2612574 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(89)90882-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The effects of the adenosine antagonists, 1,3-dipropyl-8-p-sulphenylxanthine (DPSPX) and caffeine, on baroreflex activity were tested in normotensive Sprague-Dawley rats. The microinjection of DPSPX (0.92 nmol) into the nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) of urethane-anesthetized animals did not modify basal blood pressure or heart rate but inhibited the reflex bradycardia elicited by phenylephrine. Similar inhibitory effects on baroreflex activation were observed after intracisternal administration of caffeine to conscious or anesthetized animals. These results suggest that central endogenous adenosine is involved in the medullary regulation of blood pressure and that adenosine antagonists such as caffeine can inhibit baroreflex activation.
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- R Mosqueda-Garcia
- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232
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Adenosine is now recognized as an important endogenous modulator of neuronal excitability in the mammalian central nervous system. Adenosine is produced and released in the brain, where it exerts potent depressant effects on neuronal firing and synaptic transmission. Multiple adenosine receptor subtypes have been characterized using biochemical, electrophysiological, and radioligand binding techniques. Adenosine analogues have potent anticonvulsant actions in vitro and antagonize seizures in animals induced by a variety of mechanisms, including kindling. The future development of selective adenosine receptor agonists may provide new and more effective treatment for epilepsy.
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- J H Chin
- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco 94143
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Heffner TG, Wiley JN, Williams AE, Bruns RF, Coughenour LL, Downs DA. Comparison of the behavioral effects of adenosine agonists and dopamine antagonists in mice. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 1989; 98:31-7. [PMID: 2498959 DOI: 10.1007/bf00442002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The adenosine agonists 5'-N-ethylcarboxamideadenosine (NECA), 2-chloroadenosine (2-CLA), N6-cyclohexyladenosine (CHA), N6-cyclopentyladenosine (CPA), 2-(phenylamino)adenosine (CV-1808) and R and S isomers of N6-phenylisopropyladenosine (R-PIA and S-PIA) decreased spontaneous locomotor activity in mice and, except for CPA, did so at doses that did not impair motor coordination, a profile shared by dopamine antagonists. CV-1808, the only agent with higher affinity for A2 as compared with A1 adenosine receptors, displayed the largest separation between locomotor inhibitory and ataxic potency. Like dopamine antagonists, NECA and CV-1808 also decreased hyperactivity caused by d--amphetamine at doses that did not cause ataxia whereas A1-selective adenosine agonists reduced amphetamine's effects only at ataxic doses. Unlike dopamine antagonists, adenosine agonists inhibited apomorphine-induced cage climbing only at doses that caused ataxia. Involvement of central adenosine receptors in these effects was suggested by the significant correlation obtained between potency for locomotor inhibition after IP and ICV administration. Affinity for A1 but not A2 adenosine receptors was significantly correlated with potency for inducing ataxia. These results suggest that the behavioral profile of adenosine agonists in mice is related to their affinity for A1 and A2 adenosine receptors and indicate that adenosine agonists produce certain behavioral effects that are similar to those seen with dopamine antagonists.
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- T G Heffner
- Department of Pharmacology, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research Divison, Warner-Lambert Company, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
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Barraco RA, Janusz CJ, Polasek PM, Parizon M, Roberts PA. Cardiovascular effects of microinjection of adenosine into the nucleus tractus solitarius. Brain Res Bull 1988; 20:129-32. [PMID: 3342338 DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(88)90016-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Rats were anesthetized with urethane and limited occipital craniotomy was conducted to expose the caudal medulla in the region of the obex. Microinjections of adenosine were made into the nucleus tractus solitarius and heart rate and blood pressure responses recorded. Adenosine produced dose-related decreases in blood pressure and heart rate. The data indicate that adenosine may play a neuromodulatory role in central cardiovascular control areas.
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- R A Barraco
- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201
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