title: Studies on the adenosine-receptor mediating the augmentation of histamine-induced inositol phospholipid hydrolysis in guinea-pig cerebral cortex.
abstract: Incubation (45 min) of slices of guinea-pig cerebral cortex with adenosine alone had no significant effect on the accumulation of [3H]-inositol phosphates but enhanced the response to histamine H1-receptor stimulation in a concentration-dependent manner. The effect of adenosine on agonist-stimulated inositol phospholipid hydrolysis appeared to be selective for histamine H1-receptor stimulation since it did not augment the phosphoinositide responses to carbachol, noradrenaline, 5-hydroxytryptamine or elevated KCl. The accumulation of [3H]-inositol phosphates induced by histamine increased linearly between 5 and 45 min incubation with agonist. However, following the simultaneous addition of histamine and adenosine, there was a marked delay in the appearance of the augmentation produced by adenosine. The augmentation of [3H]-inositol phosphate accumulation was mimicked by a number of adenosine analogues. The rank order of potency was; cyclopentyladenosine greater than R-phenyl-isopropyladenosine 5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine greater than 2-chloroadenosine. This is consistent with the order expected for an adenosine A1-receptor effect but the EC50 values were in the micro- rather than nanomolar range. The response to 2-chloroadenosine was antagonized by the xanthine adenosine-antagonists, cyclopropyltheophylline, 8-phenyltheophylline, 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine and theophylline, and the non-xanthine alloxazine.
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000243:Adenosine Deaminase / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*; D011983:Receptors, Purinergic / Q000502:physiology*; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D011983:Receptors, Purinergic; D013779:Tetrodotoxin; D006632:Histamine; D000243:Adenosine Deaminase; D000241:Adenosine