title: The adenosine kinase inhibitor, 5-iodotubercidin, is not protective against cerebral ischemic injury in the gerbil.
abstract: 5-Iodotubercidin is a potent inhibitor of the enzyme adenosine kinase. It has a recognized ability to enhance interstitial fluid levels of the cerebroprotective purine, adenosine, in the hypoxic brain, and an anticonvulsant action, which is thought to be a consequence of its ability to increase extracellular adenosine levels. 5-Iodotubercidin (1 mg/kg, i.p.) was therefore tested for its ability to reduce cerebral ischemic injury in a gerbil model. Unanesthetized gerbils were subjected to a 5 min period of bilateral carotid artery occlusion and then maintained in an environmental chamber at 30 degrees C for 5 hr to counteract the hypothermia-inducing action of 5-iodotubercidin. As estimated from the extent of the increases in locomotor activity and the magnitude of hippocampal CAI layer pyramidal cell loss, 5-iodotubercidin (1 mg/kg) failed to have a cerebroprotective effect against ischemic injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Phillis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smith-Barbour
mesh_terms: D000248:Adenosine Kinase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005849:Gerbillinae; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D014372:Tubercidin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C034214:5-iodotubercidin; D000248:Adenosine Kinase; D014372:Tubercidin