title: Effects of nifedipine and felodipine on adenosine and inosine release from the hypoxemic rat cerebral cortex.
abstract: The cerebral cortical cup technique has been used to study the effects of nifedipine and felodipine on adenosine and inosine release from the rat brain. After basal and hypoxia (8% 02)-evoked control levels of purine release had been established, these 1,4-dihydropyridine calcium antagonists were administered intraperitoneally (1 mg/kg). Both agents depressed basal levels of purine efflux and suppressed the hypoxia-evoked release of adenosine and inosine. An inhibition of the transporter that mediates purine efflux from brain cells is likely to account for the suppression of release from the cerebral cortex. A reduced release of adenosine into the interstitial space also explains the ability of both agents to block the increase in CBF evoked by hypoxic challenges.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit 48201.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Phillis
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: O'Regan
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Walter
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D015736:Felodipine; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D007288:Inosine / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009568:Nitrendipine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D007288:Inosine; D009568:Nitrendipine; D009543:Nifedipine; D000241:Adenosine; D015736:Felodipine