title: Adenosine receptor mediated stimulation of ventilation in man.
abstract: We wanted to examine how adenosine stimulates ventilation in man. Bolus doses of adenosine were given i.v. in an antebrachial vein in multiples of 2.65 mg. The minute ventilation was increased by adenosine 5.3 to 15.9 mg (median values) from control 12.6 +/- 1.9 l min-1 to 42.5 +/- 4.7 l min-1 in a dose-dependent manner. The adenosine receptor antagonist theophylline, 58.3 +/- 3.3 (mean +/- SEM) mumol l-1 plasma, inhibited the response by approximately 25%. Dipyridamole 10 mg, an adenosine uptake blocker, enhanced the effect of adenosine by approximately 60%. The ventilation was not affected by metoprolol, atropine, naloxone or cromolyn sodium but was attenuated by hyperventilation. The respiratory stimulation started before chest pain and cardiovascular effects such as AV-block were encountered. It is concluded that this respiratory stimulation shows characteristics of adenosine receptor mediated responses but the location of such adenosine receptors is uncertain. The findings are compatible with a stimulatory or facilitating effect of adenosine on afferent pathways.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jonzon
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sylvén
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Beermann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brandt
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000328:Adult; D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000187:drug effects; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002628:Chemoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology; D004205:Cromolyn Sodium / Q000494:pharmacology; D004176:Dipyridamole / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006985:Hyperventilation / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008790:Metoprolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011983:Receptors, Purinergic / Q000502:physiology*; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects*; D013806:Theophylline / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011983:Receptors, Purinergic; D004176:Dipyridamole; D001285:Atropine; D013806:Theophylline; D008790:Metoprolol; D000241:Adenosine; D004205:Cromolyn Sodium