title: Effect of inosine on function and adenine nucleotide content of the isolated working rat heart: studies of postischemic reperfusion.
abstract: Inosine added to the perfusion medium for isolated working rat heart induced a dose-dependent coronary vasodilator and positive functional effect. Inosine increased coronary flow (ml/min) from 11.8 +/- 0.5 (control, n = 16) to 15.6 +/- 0.6 (0.1 mM, n = 10), to 18.2 +/- 1.1 (0.5 mM, n = 6), and to 18.4 +/- 0.8 (1.0 mM, n = 14). Left ventricular systolic pressure was increased (LVSP, mm Hg) from 72.5 +/- 1.1 (control) to 75.4 +/- 1.7 (0.1 mM) to 78.7 +/- 2.1 (0.5 mM) and to 82.6 +/- 1.5 (1.0 mM). and cardiac output (CO, ml/min) from 26.4 +/- 2.0 (control) to 29.6 +/- 2.3 (0.1 mM), to 30.2 +/- 3.5 (0.5 mM), and to 37.4 +/- 2.0 (1.0 mM). At the end of 30-min reperfusion after a 15-min period of global total ischemia (n = 9), the functional parameters were significantly reduced (coronary flow 8.5 +/- 0.4 ml/min, LVSP 63 +/- 1.9 mm Hg, CO 13.6 +/- 1.9 ml/min). When inosine was present in the perfusion medium during the entire experimental protocol, coronary flow and heart function were also enhanced in a dose-dependent manner. The content of cardiac ATP (mumol/g) was decreased at the end of the 15-min ischemic period (1.89 +/- 0.17, n = 7; control 3.85 +/- 0.05, n = 4), and inosine had no effect. At the end of the 30-min postischemic reperfusion period, the ATP pool had recovered to an appreciable extent (3.01 +/- 0.11, n = 9) and was higher when 1.0 mM inosine had been infused (3.44 +/- 0.11, n = 7). Thus, inosine increased coronary flow dose dependently and, as a consequence, the function of the isolated perfused working heart both under control conditions and during the postischemic reperfusion period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Munich, F.R.G.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Zimmer
mesh_terms: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000032:analysis*; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007288:Inosine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D015425:Myocardial Reperfusion; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D007288:Inosine; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate