title: Intravenous adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in hemorrhagic shock in rats.
abstract: The effect of intravenous (iv) infusion of 6.25 mumol of ATP-MgCl2 on survival and tissue ATP levels in hemorrhagic shock was investigated using a rat model. Mortality in ATP-MgCl2-treated shocked rats was 50% compared with 53% in saline-treated controls. Tissue ATP levels in ATP-MgCl2-treated shocked rats did not differ from those in saline-treated shocked rats nor from those in sham-operated controls. After iv infusion of 6.25 mumol of [8-14C]ATP-MgCl2, shocked, sham-operated, and nephrectomized rats had similar tissue distributions of 14C. The 14C in heart, lung, kidney, and liver of shocked and sham-operated rats was present almost entirely as nonphosphorylated [8-14C]ATP catabolites. It is concluded that ATP-MgCl2 iv did not benefit survival or enhance tissue ATP levels in shocked animals and that the administered ATP was rapidly and extensively degraded.
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D009392:Nephrectomy; D051381:Rats; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate