title: The antinociceptive effect of intrathecally administered adenosine analogs in mice correlates with the affinity for the A1-adenosine receptor.
abstract: In the present study, the antinociceptive effects after intrathecal injection of each of 6 N6-substituted adenosine analogs and of 2-phenylaminoadenosine were compared with the affinity for the A1- and A2-adenosine receptors. Adenosine analogs, substituted in the N6-position, had stereoselective structure-dependent antinociceptive effects in the tail flick and hot plate assays after intrathecal injection in mice. The antinociceptive activity for N6-R- and S-phenylisopropyladenosine (R- and S-PIA), N6-R- and S-1-phenylethyladenosine, N6-1,1-dimethyl-2-phenylethyladenosine (methylPIA), and N6-cyclooctyladenosine correlated with the affinity for central A1-adenosine receptors. An adenosine analog, 2-phenylaminoadenosine, selective for A2-adenosine receptors was inactive in the two tests. These results strongly suggest that spinal A1-adenosine receptors are responsible for the antinociceptive effects of adenosine and its analogs after intrathecal injection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Karlsten
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Post
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hide
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Daly
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000700:Analgesics; D000818:Animals; D007278:Injections, Spinal; D051379:Mice; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000187:drug effects; D011983:Receptors, Purinergic / Q000187:drug effects*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D011983:Receptors, Purinergic; D000241:Adenosine