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Xiao C, Gavrilova O, Liu N, Lewicki SA, Reitman ML, Jacobson KA. In vivo phenotypic validation of adenosine receptor-dependent activity of non-adenosine drugs. Purinergic Signal 2023; 19:551-564. [PMID: 36781825 PMCID: PMC10539256 DOI: 10.1007/s11302-023-09924-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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Some non-adenosinergic drugs are reported to also act through adenosine receptors (ARs). We used mouse hypothermia, which can be induced by agonism at any of the four ARs, as an in vivo screen for adenosinergic effects. An AR contribution was identified when a drug caused hypothermia in wild type mice that was diminished in mice lacking all four ARs (quadruple knockout, QKO). Alternatively, an adenosinergic effect was identified if a drug potentiated adenosine-induced hypothermia. Four drugs (dipyridamole, nimodipine, cilostazol, cyclosporin A) increased the hypothermia caused by adenosine. Dipyridamole and nimodipine probably achieved this by inhibition of adenosine clearance via ENT1. Two drugs (cannabidiol, canrenoate) did not cause hypothermia in wild type mice. Four other drugs (nifedipine, ranolazine, ketamine, ethanol) caused hypothermia, but the hypothermia was unchanged in QKO mice indicating non-adenosinergic mechanisms. Zinc chloride caused hypothermia and hypoactivity; the hypoactivity was blunted in the QKO mice. Interestingly, the antidepressant amitriptyline caused hypothermia in wild type mice that was amplified in the QKO mice. Thus, we have identified adenosine-related effects for some drugs, while other candidates do not affect adenosine signaling by this in vivo assay. The adenosine-modulating drugs could be considered for repurposing based on predicted effects on AR activation.
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- Cuiying Xiao
- Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20892-0810, USA
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- Mouse Metabolism Core, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20892-0810, USA
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- Mouse Metabolism Core, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20892-0810, USA
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20892-0810, USA
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- Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20892-0810, USA
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20892-0810, USA.
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Cladribine as a Potential Object of Nucleoside Transporter-Based Drug Interactions. Clin Pharmacokinet 2021; 61:167-187. [PMID: 34894346 PMCID: PMC8813788 DOI: 10.1007/s40262-021-01089-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Cladribine is a nucleoside analog that is phosphorylated in its target cells (B and T-lymphocytes) to its active triphosphate form (2-chlorodeoxyadenosine triphosphate). Cladribine tablets 10 mg (Mavenclad®), administered for up to 10 days per year in 2 consecutive years (3.5-mg/kg cumulative dose over 2 years), are used to treat patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis. Cladribine has been shown to be a substrate of various nucleoside transporters (NTs). Intestinal absorption and distribution of cladribine throughout the body appear to be essentially mediated by equilibrative NTs (ENTs) and concentrative NTs (CNTs), specifically by ENT1, ENT2, ENT4, CNT2 (low affinity), and CNT3. Other efficient transporters of cladribine are the ABC efflux transporters, specifically breast cancer resistance protein, which likely modulates the oral absorption and renal excretion of cladribine. A key transporter for the intracellular uptake of cladribine into B and T-lymphocytes is ENT1 with ancillary contributions of ENT2 and CNT2. Transporter-based drug interactions affecting absorption and target cellular uptake of a prodrug such as cladribine are likely to reduce systemic bioavailability and target cell exposure, thereby possibly hampering clinical efficacy. In order to manage optimized therapy, i.e., to ensure uncompromised target cell uptake to preserve the full therapeutic potential of cladribine, it is important that clinicians are aware of the existence of NT-inhibiting medicinal products, various lifestyle drugs, and food components. This article reviews the existing knowledge on inhibitors of NT, which may alter cladribine absorption, distribution, and uptake into target cells, thereby summarizing the existing knowledge on optimized methods of administration and concomitant drugs that should be avoided during cladribine treatment.
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Boswell-Casteel RC, Hays FA. Equilibrative nucleoside transporters-A review. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2016; 36:7-30. [PMID: 27759477 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2016.1210805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Equilibrative nucleoside transporters (ENTs) are polytopic integral membrane proteins that mediate the transport of nucleosides, nucleobases, and therapeutic analogs. The best-characterized ENTs are the human transporters hENT1 and hENT2. However, non-mammalian eukaryotic ENTs have also been studied (e.g., yeast, parasitic protozoa). ENTs are major pharmaceutical targets responsible for modulating the efficacy of more than 30 approved drugs. However, the molecular mechanisms and chemical determinants of ENT-mediated substrate recognition, binding, inhibition, and transport are poorly understood. This review highlights findings on the characterization of ENTs by surveying studies on genetics, permeant and inhibitor interactions, mutagenesis, and structural models of ENT function.
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- Rebba C Boswell-Casteel
- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center , Oklahoma City , OK , USA
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center , Oklahoma City , OK , USA.,b Stephenson Cancer Center , University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center , Oklahoma City , OK , USA.,c Harold Hamm Diabetes Center , University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center , Oklahoma City , OK , USA
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The adenosine transporter, ENT1, in cardiomyocytes is sensitive to inhibition by ethanol in a kinase-dependent manner: implications for ethanol-dependent cardioprotection and nucleoside analog drug cytotoxicity. Purinergic Signal 2013; 10:305-12. [PMID: 24163005 DOI: 10.1007/s11302-013-9391-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 10/08/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The adenosine transporter 1 (ENT1) transports nucleosides, such as adenosine, and cytotoxic nucleoside analog drugs. ENT1 is well established to play a role in adenosinergic signaling in the cardiovascular system by modulating adenosine levels. Moderate ethanol consumption is cardioprotective and underlying mechanisms of action are not clear although adenosinergic signaling has been implicated. Here, we show that ethanol (5-200 mM) significantly reduces ENT1-dependent [(3)H] 2-chloroadenosine uptake (by up to 27 %) in the cardiomyocyte cell line, HL-1. Inhibition or absence of ENT1 is known to be cardioprotective, suggesting that the interaction of ethanol with ENT1 may promote adenosinergic cardioprotective pathways in the cardiovasculature.Ethanol sensitivity of adenosine uptake is altered by pharmacological activation of PKA and PKC. Primary cardiomyocytes from PKCε-null mice have significantly greater sensitivity to inhibition (by approximately 37 %) of adenosine uptake by ethanol than controls. These data suggest that the presence of ethanol may compromise ENT1-dependent nucleoside analog drug cytotoxicity, and indeed, ethanol (5 mM) reduces the cytotoxic effects of gemcitabine (2 nM), an anti-cancer drug, in the human cancer cell line, HTB2. Thus, the pharmacological inhibition of ENT1 by ethanol may contribute to ethanol-dependent cardioprotection but compromise gemcitabine cytotoxicity.
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Adenosine 2A receptor antagonist prevented and reversed liver fibrosis in a mouse model of ethanol-exacerbated liver fibrosis. PLoS One 2013; 8:e69114. [PMID: 23874883 PMCID: PMC3715448 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2012] [Accepted: 06/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED The effect of moderate alcohol consumption on liver fibrosis is not well understood, but evidence suggests that adenosine may play a role in mediating the effects of moderate ethanol on tissue injury. Ethanol increases the concentration of adenosine in the liver. Adenosine 2A receptor (A2AR) activation is known to enhance hepatic stellate cell (HSC) activation and A2AR deficient mice are protected from fibrosis in mice. Making use of a novel mouse model of moderate ethanol consumption in which female C57BL/6J mice were allowed continued access to 2% (vol/vol) ethanol (11% calories) or pair-fed control diets for 2 days, 2 weeks or 5 weeks and superimposed with exposure to CCl4, we tested the hypothesis that moderate ethanol consumption increases fibrosis in response to carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) and that treatment of mice with an A2AR antagonist prevents and/or reverses this ethanol-induced increase in liver fibrosis. Neither the expression or activity of CYP2E1, required for bio-activation of CCl4, nor AST and ALT activity in the plasma were affected by ethanol, indicating that moderate ethanol did not increase the direct hepatotoxicity of CCl4. However, ethanol feeding enhanced HSC activation and exacerbated liver fibrosis upon exposure to CCl4. This was associated with an increased sinusoidal angiogenic response in the liver. Treatment with A2AR antagonist both prevented and reversed the ability of ethanol to exacerbate liver fibrosis. CONCLUSION Moderate ethanol consumption exacerbates hepatic fibrosis upon exposure to CCl4. A2AR antagonism may be a potential pharmaceutical intervention to decrease hepatic fibrosis in response to ethanol.
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López-Cruz L, Salamone JD, Correa M. The Impact of Caffeine on the Behavioral Effects of Ethanol Related to Abuse and Addiction: A Review of Animal Studies. JOURNAL OF CAFFEINE RESEARCH 2013; 3:9-21. [PMID: 24761272 PMCID: PMC3643311 DOI: 10.1089/jcr.2013.0003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The impact of caffeine on the behavioral effects of ethanol, including ethanol consumption and abuse, has become a topic of great interest due to the rise in popularity of the so-called energy drinks. Energy drinks high in caffeine are frequently taken in combination with ethanol under the popular belief that caffeine can offset some of the intoxicating effects of ethanol. However, scientific research has not universally supported the idea that caffeine can reduce the effects of ethanol in humans or in rodents, and the mechanisms mediating the caffeine-ethanol interactions are not well understood. Caffeine and ethanol have a common biological substrate; both act on neurochemical processes related to the neuromodulator adenosine. Caffeine acts as a nonselective adenosine A1 and A2A receptor antagonist, while ethanol has been demonstrated to increase the basal adenosinergic tone via multiple mechanisms. Since adenosine transmission modulates multiple behavioral processes, the interaction of both drugs can regulate a wide range of effects related to alcohol consumption and the development of ethanol addiction. In the present review, we discuss the relatively small number of animal studies that have assessed the interactions between caffeine and ethanol, as well as the interactions between ethanol and subtype-selective adenosine receptor antagonists, to understand the basic findings and determine the possible mechanisms of action underlying the caffeine-ethanol interactions.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
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- Àrea de Psicobiologia, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain
- Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
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Antilipogenic and anti-inflammatory activities of Codonopsis lanceolata in mice hepatic tissues after chronic ethanol feeding. J Biomed Biotechnol 2011; 2012:141395. [PMID: 22013387 PMCID: PMC3195523 DOI: 10.1155/2012/141395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2011] [Accepted: 08/08/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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This study evaluated the antilipogenic and anti-inflammatory effects of Codonopsis lanceolata (C. lanceolata) root extract in mice with alcohol-induced fatty liver and elucidated its underlying molecular mechanisms. Ethanol was introduced into the liquid diet by mixing it with distilled water at 5% (wt/v), providing 36% of the energy, for nine weeks. Among the three different fractions prepared from the C. lanceolata root, the C. lanceolata methanol extract (CME) exhibited the most remarkable attenuation of alcohol-induced fatty liver with respect to various parameters such as hepatic free fatty acid concentration, body weight loss, and hepatic accumulations of triglyceride and cholesterol. The hepatic gene and protein expression levels were analysed via RT-PCR and Western blotting, respectively. CME feeding significantly restored the ethanol-induced downregulation of the adiponectin receptor (adipoR) 1 and of adipoR2, along with their downstream molecules. Furthermore, the study data showed that CME feeding dramatically reversed ethanol-induced hepatic upregulation of toll-like receptor- (TLR-) mediated signaling cascade molecules. These results indicate that the beneficial effects of CME against alcoholic fatty livers of mice appear to be with adenosine- and adiponectin-mediated regulation of hepatic steatosis and TLR-mediated modulation of hepatic proinflammatory responses.
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Paul S, Khanapur S, Rybczynska AA, Kwizera C, Sijbesma JW, Ishiwata K, Willemsen AT, Elsinga PH, Dierckx RA, van Waarde A. Small-Animal PET Study of Adenosine A1 Receptors in Rat Brain: Blocking Receptors and Raising Extracellular Adenosine. J Nucl Med 2011; 52:1293-300. [DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.111.088005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Peng Z, Borea PA, Varani K, Wilder T, Yee H, Chiriboga L, Blackburn MR, Azzena G, Resta G, Cronstein BN. Adenosine signaling contributes to ethanol-induced fatty liver in mice. J Clin Invest 2009; 119:582-94. [PMID: 19221436 DOI: 10.1172/jci37409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2008] [Accepted: 01/07/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Fatty liver is commonly associated with alcohol ingestion and abuse. While the molecular pathogenesis of these fatty changes is well understood, the biochemical and pharmacological mechanisms by which ethanol stimulates these molecular changes remain unknown. During ethanol metabolism, adenosine is generated by the enzyme ecto-5'-nucleotidase, and adenosine production and adenosine receptor activation are known to play critical roles in the development of hepatic fibrosis. We therefore investigated whether adenosine and its receptors play a role in the development of alcohol-induced fatty liver. WT mice fed ethanol on the Lieber-DeCarli diet developed hepatic steatosis, including increased hepatic triglyceride content, while mice lacking ecto-5'-nucleotidase or adenosine A1 or A2B receptors were protected from developing fatty liver. Similar protection was also seen in WT mice treated with either an adenosine A1 or A2B receptor antagonist. Steatotic livers demonstrated increased expression of genes involved in fatty acid synthesis, which was prevented by blockade of adenosine A1 receptors, and decreased expression of genes involved in fatty acid metabolism, which was prevented by blockade of adenosine A2B receptors. In vitro studies supported roles for adenosine A1 receptors in promoting fatty acid synthesis and for A2B receptors in decreasing fatty acid metabolism. These results indicate that adenosine generated by ethanol metabolism plays an important role in ethanol-induced hepatic steatosis via both A1 and A2B receptors and suggest that targeting adenosine receptors may be effective in the prevention of alcohol-induced fatty liver.
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- Zhongsheng Peng
- New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Parkinson FE, Xiong W, Zamzow CR, Chestley T, Mizuno T, Duckworth ML. Transgenic expression of human equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 in mouse neurons. J Neurochem 2009; 109:562-72. [PMID: 19222701 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.05991.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Transgenic mice that express human equilibrative nucleoside transporter subtype 1 (hENT1) under the control of a neuron-specific enolase promoter have been generated. Southern blot and PCR revealed the presence of the transgene in five founder mice. Mice from each founder line were examined by reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR and found to express hENT1 in RNA isolated from whole brain, cerebral cortex, striatum, hippocampus, and cerebellum but not liver, kidney, heart, lung or skeletal muscle. Cortical synaptosomes prepared from transgenic mice had significantly increased [(3)H]adenosine uptake and [(3)H]nitrobenzylthioinosine binding, relative to samples from wild-type mice. In behavioral tests, transgenic mice had altered responses to caffeine and ethanol, two drugs that inhibit and enhance, respectively, adenosine receptor activity. Caffeine-induced locomotor stimulation was attenuated whereas the hypnotic effect of ethanol was enhanced in transgenic mice. Caffeine was more potent in inhibiting ethanol-induced motor incoordination in wild-type than in transgenic mice. No differences in expression of mouse genes for adenosine receptors, nucleoside transporters, or purine metabolizing enzymes were detected by RT-PCR analyses. These data indicate that expression of hENT1 in neurons does not trigger adaptive changes in expression of adenosine-related genes. Instead, hENT1 expression affects dynamic changes in endogenous adenosine levels, as revealed by altered behavioral responses to drugs that affect adenosine receptor signalling.
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- Fiona E Parkinson
- Departments of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Fujimoto Sakata S, Fujino M, Matsuda K, Maeda M, Ohira H, Kawasaki K, Tamaki N. Mechanism of liver tyrosine aminotransferase increase in ethanol-treated mice and its effect on serum tyrosine level. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 2008; 53:489-95. [PMID: 18202536 DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.53.489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Liver tyrosine aminotransferase (TAT) activity is known to increase with ethanol treatment; however, the mechanism of this increase is unclear. Upon investigation we found that TAT activity and mRNA levels started to increase 2 h after ethanol administration and continued to increase until 6 h after ethanol administration. The increase in ethanol-induced TAT activity could not be explained by calorie loading after fasting, since ethanol loading increased TAT expression, while glucose loading decreased TAT expression. In addition, liver TAT activity was not related to serum tyrosine levels. TAT activity increased when an adenosine A2 agonist, 5'-N-ethylcarboxamide adenosine, was given. Since TAT activity is increased by cAMP, and ethanol increases cAMP production via an adenosine receptor-dependent mechanism, this increase in ethanol-induced TAT activity may occur via an adenosine receptor-dependent mechanism.
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Nagy LE. Molecular aspects of alcohol metabolism: transcription factors involved in early ethanol-induced liver injury. Annu Rev Nutr 2004; 24:55-78. [PMID: 15189113 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.24.012003.132258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Alcohol metabolism takes place primarily in the liver. Initial exposures to ethanol have a major impact on the hepatic redox state and intermediary metabolism as a consequence of ethanol metabolism via alcohol dehydrogenase. However, upon continued exposure to ethanol, the progression of liver injury involves ethanol metabolism via CYP2E1 and consequent oxidant stress, as well as potential direct effects of ethanol on membrane proteins that are independent of ethanol metabolism. Multiple organ systems contribute to liver injury, including the innate immune system and adipose tissue. In response to ethanol exposure, specific signal transduction pathways, including NFkappaB and the mitogen-activated protein kinase family members ERK1/2, JNK, and p38, are activated. These complex responses to ethanol exposure translate into activation of nuclear transcription factors and altered gene expression within the liver, leading to the development of steatosis and inflammation in the early stages of alcohol-induced liver injury.
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- Laura E Nagy
- Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4906, USA.
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Othman T, Sinclair CJD, Haughey N, Geiger JD, Parkinson FE. Ethanol alters glutamate but not adenosine uptake in rat astrocytes: evidence for protein kinase C involvement. Neurochem Res 2002; 27:289-96. [PMID: 11958530 DOI: 10.1023/a:1014955111742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Glutamate is the primary excitatory neurotransmitter in brain. By stimulating neuronal activity, glutamate increases cellular energy utilization, enhances ATP hydrolysis and promotes the formation of adenosine. Adenosine has receptor-mediated effects that reduce or oppose the excitatory effects of glutamate. As a possible mechanism for ethanol's ability to inhibit excitatory effects of glutamate and enhance inhibitory effects of adenosine, we tested the hypothesis that ethanol promotes [3H]glutamate uptake and inhibits [3H]adenosine uptake. Using primary cultures of rat astrocytes, we found that acute treatment with ethanol (50 mM, 30 min) inhibited [3H]glutamate uptake and reduced protein kinase C (PKC)-induced stimulation of [3H]glutamate uptake. Prolonged treatment (50 mM, 3 day) with ethanol, however, increased both [3H]glutamate uptake and PKC activity. Contrary to other cell types, neither acute or chronic ethanol exposure affected [3H]adenosine uptake in astrocytes. These data indicate that in rat cortical astrocytes ethanol affects [3H]glutamate uptake but not [3H]adenosine uptake by affecting PKC modulation of transporter activity.
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- Timothy Othman
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Othman T, Legare D, Sadri P, Lautt WW, Parkinson FE. A preliminary investigation of the effects of maternal ethanol intake during gestation and lactation on brain adenosine A(1) receptor expression in rat offspring. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2002; 24:275-9. [PMID: 11943515 DOI: 10.1016/s0892-0362(01)00211-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ethanol exposure during fetal development can result in behavioral and neurological deficits, including reduced cognitive functions, retarded growth, and craniofacial abnormalities. Adenosine is an endogenous neuromodulator that fine-tunes the release and/or synaptic activities of several neurotransmitters, including glutamate, dopamine, and serotonin. Our aim was to determine whether ethanol exposure during early development affects adenosine receptors, particularly the A1 receptor subtype, in adult rats. Female rats were given water or 15% (vol/vol) ethanol in water prior to mating and throughout gestation and lactation. Sixty-day-old male rat offspring from these dams were randomly selected and assayed for adenosine A1 receptor expression in four brain areas: cortex, cerebellum, hippocampus, and striatum. Our results indicate that ethanol intake by dams decreased body and brain weights of offspring and reduced both A1 receptor mRNA and protein density in cortex and cerebellum. These preliminary findings indicate that ethanol intake by dams during pregnancy and lactation can affect adenosine A1 receptor signalling in the offspring. A pair-fed controlled study is warranted to explore these findings further.
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- Timothy Othman
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Campisi P, Carmichael FJ, Crawford M, Orrego H, Khanna JM. Role of adenosine in the ethanol-induced potentiation of the effects of general anesthetics in rats. Eur J Pharmacol 1997; 325:165-72. [PMID: 9163563 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(97)00124-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Acetate, derived from ethanol metabolism in the liver, is released into the circulation and utilized in many tissues including the brain. The subsequent metabolism of acetate results in the production of adenosine that has a number of effects in the central nervous system. The purpose of the present studies, therefore, was to investigate the contribution of metabolically generated adenosine to the ethanol-induced potentiation of the inhalational agents isoflurane and sevoflurane. Changes in the anesthetic requirement for isoflurane and sevoflurane were determined in rats using the tail-clamp procedure. Both ethanol and sodium acetate reduced anesthetic requirement for isoflurane and sevoflurane in a dose-dependent fashion. The effect of acetate on anesthetic requirement was completely blocked by the administration of the adenosine receptor blocker, 8-phenyltheophylline. The ethanol-induced reduction in anesthetic requirement, however, was only partially blocked by 8-phenyltheophylline. Direct intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of the water-soluble adenosine receptor blocker, 8-sulfophenyltheophylline, also completely blocked the effect of acetate and partially blocked the effect of ethanol. This i.c.v. administration demonstrates that the actions of ethanol and acetate on anesthetic requirement are a central nervous system effect. The i.c.v. administration of the adenosine A1 receptor subtype agonist, R-phenylisopropyl adenosine, potentiated the anesthetic effects of isoflurane and suggests that the A receptor mediates the observed potentiation of anesthetic effect. This is further supported by the concomitant administration of 5-N-ethylcarboxamido adenosine, a non-selective adenosine agonist, with the selective A1 antagonist, 8-cyclopentyltheophylline, showing A1 receptor potentiation of anesthetic requirements. The studies show that (1) acetate potentiates the anesthetic effects of the inhalational anesthetics, sevoflurane and isoflurane; (2) acetate contributes in part to the effect of ethanol on anesthetic potency through metabolically generated adenosine; (3) these effects are likely mediated via adenosine A1 receptor subtypes.
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- P Campisi
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Canada
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Griffith DA, Jarvis SM. Nucleoside and nucleobase transport systems of mammalian cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1996; 1286:153-81. [PMID: 8982282 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4157(96)00008-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 377] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- D A Griffith
- Research School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbary, UK
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Fredholm BB, Wallman-Johansson A. Effects of ethanol and acetate on adenosine production in rat hippocampal slices. PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY 1996; 79:120-3. [PMID: 8884869 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1996.tb00254.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Since adenosine has been shown to mediate some actions of ethanol we have examined the effect of ethanol (20 and 80 mM) or its metabolite acetate (5 and 20 mM) on the formation and release of adenosine by rat hippocampal slices. The ATP pool of the slices was radioactively labelled by preincubation with [3H]-adenine. The efflux of radioactivity under basal conditions and following ATP breakdown induced by combined hypoxia/hypoglycaemia was examined. Ethanol or acetate did not increase the total efflux of [3H]-purines, but changed the composition to a larger proportion of [3H]-adenosine. The release of endogenous adenosine was also increased. This type of effect exactly mirrors that previously reported for purine nucleoside transport inhibitors. The present results thus show that ethanol (20 mM) can increase adenosine release from a brain slice by a mechanism that probably involves transport inhibition.
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- B B Fredholm
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Mercader J, Gomez-Angelats M, del Santo B, Casado FJ, Felipe A, Pastor-Anglada M. Nucleoside uptake in rat liver parenchymal cells. Biochem J 1996; 317 ( Pt 3):835-42. [PMID: 8760370 PMCID: PMC1217560 DOI: 10.1042/bj3170835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Rat liver parenchymal cells express Na(+)-dependent and Na(+)- independent nucleoside transport activity. The Na(+)-dependent component shows kinetic properties and substrate specificity similar to those reported for plasma membrane vesicles [Ruiz-Montasell, Casado, Felipe and Pastor-Anglada (1992) J. Membr. Biol. 128, 227-233]. This transport activity shows apparent K(m) values for uridine in the range 8-13 microM and a Vmax of 246 pmol of uridine per 3 min per 10(5) cells. Most nucleosides, including the analogue formycin B, cis-inhibit Na(+)-dependent uridine transport, although thymidine and cytidine are poor inhibitors. Inosine and adenosine inhibit Na(+)-dependent uridine uptake in a dose-dependent manner, reaching total inhibition. Guanosine also inhibits Na(+)-dependent uridine uptake, although there is some residual transport activity (35% of the control values) that is resistant to high concentrations of guanosine but may be inhibited by low concentrations of adenosine. The transport activity that is inhibited by high concentrations of thymidine is similar to the guanosine-resistant fraction. These observations are consistent with the presence of at least two Na(+)-dependent transport systems. Na(+)-dependent uridine uptake is sensitive to N-ethylmaleimide treatment, but Na(+)-independent transport is not. Nitrobenzylthioinosine (NBTI) stimulates Na(+)-dependent uridine uptake. The NBTI effect involves a change in Vmax, it is rapid, dose-dependent, does not need preincubation and can be abolished by depleting the Na+ transmembrane electrochemical gradient. Na(+)-independent uridine transport seems to be insensitive to NBTI. Under the same experimental conditions, NBTI effectively blocks most of the Na(+)-independent uridine uptake in hepatoma cells. Thus the stimulatory effect of NBTI on the concentrative nucleoside transporter of liver parenchymal cells cannot be explained by inhibition of nucleoside efflux.
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- J Mercader
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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Wannamaker VL, Nagy LE. Equilibrative adenosine transport in rat hepatocytes after chronic ethanol feeding. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1995; 19:735-40. [PMID: 7573801 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1995.tb01575.x] [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: 01/26/2023]
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Acute treatment of cells with ethanol in vitro inhibits adenosine uptake via equilibrative nucleoside transporters. After longer periods of exposure to ethanol in culture, rechallenge with ethanol no longer inhibits adenosine uptake. Herein, we have investigated the long-term effects of ethanol consumption in vivo on equilibrative nucleoside transport. Rats were fed a liquid diet containing 35% of calories as ethanol (ethanol-fed). Control rats were pair-fed a liquid diet that isocalorically substituted maltose dextrins for ethanol. After 4 weeks of ethanol consumption, nucleoside transport was measured in isolated hepatocytes. Uptake of [3H]adenosine was lower in ethanol-fed rats compared with control. Influx of the nonmetabolizable nucleoside analog, [3H]formycin B, was also decreased after ethanol feeding. However, neither the number of nitrobenzylthioinosine (NBMPR) binding sites or inhibition of adenosine uptake by NBMPR were affected by ethanol feeding. In controls, acute treatment of isolated hepatocytes with 100 mM ethanol inhibited [3H]adenosine uptake by 30-40%. However, in ethanol-fed rats, acute challenge with ethanol did not inhibit [3H]adenosine uptake. These data demonstrate that long-term ethanol feeding decreases equilibrative nucleoside transport in hepatocytes independent of a change in the number of nucleoside transporters and renders adenosine uptake insensitive to inhibition by ethanol.
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- V L Wannamaker
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Nagy LE. Role of adenosine A1 receptors in inhibition of receptor-stimulated cyclic AMP production by ethanol in hepatocytes. Biochem Pharmacol 1994; 48:2091-6. [PMID: 7802699 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(94)90509-6] [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: 01/27/2023]
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Brief exposure of primary cultures of hepatocytes to ethanol had a biphasic effect on glucagon receptor-dependent cyclic AMP (cAMP) production: 25-50 mM ethanol decreased cAMP levels, whereas treatment with 100-200 mM ethanol increased cAMP. This biphasic effect was also observed after pretreatment with 10 microM 4-methylpyrazole, an inhibitor of alcohol dehydrogenase. Adenosine A1 and A2 receptors in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes are coupled to inhibition and stimulation of adenylyl cyclase, respectively. Since primary cultures of hepatocytes release adenosine into their extracellular media, we tested whether the acute effects of ethanol on cAMP were mediated by extracellular adenosine. Co-incubation with 2 U/mL adenosine deaminase prevented inhibition of cAMP production by 25-50 mM ethanol, but had no effect on stimulation by 100-200 mM ethanol. Pretreatment of hepatocytes with 110 nM 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dimethylxanthine, an adenosine A1 receptor antagonist, also completely blocked the inhibitory effects of ethanol on cAMP production. Low concentrations of ethanol enhanced the inhibitory effects of R(-)N6-(2-phenylisopropyl)adenosine, an A1 receptor agonist, on cAMP production in cells pretreated with adenosine deaminase to remove endogenous adenosine. These data suggest that endogenously produced adenosine can be an important modulator of the effects of ethanol on receptor-stimulated cAMP production in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes.
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- L E Nagy
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Nagy LE, DeSilva SE. Adenosine A1 receptors mediate chronic ethanol-induced increases in receptor-stimulated cyclic AMP in cultured hepatocytes. Biochem J 1994; 304 ( Pt 1):205-10. [PMID: 7998934 PMCID: PMC1137473 DOI: 10.1042/bj3040205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Cellular responses to adenosine depend on the distribution of the two adenosine receptor subclasses. In primary cultures of rat hepatocytes, adenosine receptors were coupled to adenylate cyclase via A1 and A2 receptors which inhibit and stimulate cyclic AMP production respectively. R-(-)-N6-(2-phenylisopropyl)-adenosine (R-PIA), the adenosine A1 receptor-selective agonist, inhibited glucagon-stimulated cyclic AMP production with an IC50 of 19 nM. This inhibition was blocked by the A1-specific antagonist 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dimethylxanthine (CPDX). 5'-N- Ethylcarboxamidoadenosine (NECA), an agonist which stimulates A2 receptors, increased cyclic AMP production with an EC50 of 0.6 microM. Treatment of primary cultures of rat hepatocytes with 100 mM ethanol for 48 h decreases the quantity and function of the inhibitory guanine-nucleotide regulatory protein (G(i)), resulting in a sensitization of receptor-stimulated cyclic AMP production [Nagy and deSilva (1992) Biochem. J. 286, 681-686]. When cells were cultured with 2 units/ml adenosine deaminase, to degrade extracellular adenosine, ethanol-induced increases in cyclic AMP production were completely prevented. Moreover, the specific A1-receptor antagonist, CPDX, also blocked the chronic effects of ethanol on receptor-stimulated cyclic AMP production. Treatment with adenosine deaminase or CPDX also prevented the decrease in quantity of the alpha subunit protein of G(i) observed in hepatocytes after chronic treatment with ethanol. Taken together, these results suggest that activation of adenosine A1 receptors on primary cultures of hepatocytes is involved in the development of chronic ethanol-induced sensitization of receptor-stimulated cyclic AMP production.
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- L E Nagy
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, ON, Canada
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Ethanol has been shown to increase markedly portal blood flow, primarily by increasing intestinal blood flow. This effect of ethanol is reproduced by acetate, infused at rates equivalent to those leading to endogenous acetate production following ethanol administration. The physiological mediator, adenosine, is also known to increase markedly intestinal and portal tributary blood flow. We have shown that adenosine receptor blockade with 8-phenyltheophylline completely abolishes the effects of ethanol, acetate, and adenosine on intestinal and portal blood flow, suggesting that increases in adenosine tone may constitute a common mechanism mediating the actions of both ethanol and acetate on the splanchnic vasculature. Studies are also presented that show that acetate administration has marked effects on central nervous system function. On two tests, motor coordination and anesthetic potency, both ethanol and acetate showed similar effects. The effects of acetate were fully abolished by 8-phenyltheophylline. The effects of ethanol were partially blocked by 8-phenyltheophylline, with a greater effect of this blocker being seen at low doses of alcohol. Whereas ethanol at low doses increased locomotor activity in mice, acetate markedly reduced it. The effect of acetate on locomotion was fully reversed by the adenosine receptor blocker 8-phenyltheophylline, whereas the activating effect of ethanol on locomotion was markedly enhanced by this blocker. These data suggest that the actions of ethanol on locomotor activity normally result from the combination of a direct stimulatory effect of ethanol per se and an inhibitory effect of acetate, produced endogenously from ethanol. When the latter effect of acetate is abolished by adenosine receptor blockade, the activating effect of ethanol is fully expressed.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- Y Israel
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Cahill CM, White TD, Sawynok J. Influence of calcium on the release of endogenous adenosine from spinal cord synaptosomes. Life Sci 1993; 53:487-96. [PMID: 8341135 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(93)90700-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Intrathecal administration of Ca2+ has been shown to produce antinociception which is thought to be partially mediated by the release of adenosine. In the present study we have examined directly the effects of varying Ca2+ concentrations on the release of endogenous adenosine, measured by HPLC with fluorescence detection, from rat spinal cord synaptosomes. Although increasing the concentration of extracellular Ca2+ reduces the total amount of adenosine detected extrasynaptosomally, the component derived from the release of adenosine per se is actually augmented. This release of adenosine occurs from dorsal but not ventral spinal cord synaptosomes and appears to originate from capsaicin-sensitive nerve terminals. The Ca2+ ionophore A23187 also releases adenosine, but this release is due to the extrasynaptosomal conversion of released nucleotide(s) to adenosine, as it is markedly reduced by ecto-5'-nucleotidase inhibitors. Release of adenosine by A23187 occurs from both the dorsal and ventral spinal cord, and is not capsaicin-sensitive. Ethanol, used as a vehicle for the ionophore, releases adenosine which is a mixture of adenosine and nucleotide from both dorsal and ventral spinal cord synaptosomes. These observations provide direct support for behavioural studies which demonstrate that methylxanthines block antinociception produced by intrathecal administration of Ca2+.
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- C M Cahill
- Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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