title: Dose effects of adenine on myocardial ATP content in the post-anoxic nonworking rat heart.
abstract: 1. Tissue ATP levels were measured in Langendorff perfused nonworking rat hearts subjected to 50 min anoxia prior to reperfusion with Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate (KRB) buffer alone or supplemented with 50 microM or 1 mM adenine for 60 min. 2. ATP content was restored to the normoxic range in hearts reperfused with 50 microM adenine in KRB (20.82 +/- SEM 1.90 mumol/g dry weight vs 24.95 +/- 0.83 in normoxic hearts, P = NS). 3. Reperfusion with oxygenated KRB alone or buffer with 1 mM adenine failed to improve ATP levels (17.23 +/- 0.91 mumol/g dry weight for buffer alone, 15.60 +/- 0.46 with 1 mM adenine and 13.45 +/- 0.93 for anoxic hearts not reperfused). 4. These findings indicate that adenine at 50 microM dosage can restore ATP concentrations to the normoxic range after 60 in of anoxia in the nonworking rat heart while raising the adenine dose to 1 mM inhibited the tissue ATP content.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Halle
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Mirvis
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000225:Adenine