title: Blockade of adenosine receptors unmasks a stimulatory effect of ATP on cardiac contractility.
abstract: 1. The effects of ATP, alpha,beta-methylene ATP and beta,gamma-methylene ATP on the contractile tension of guinea-pig isolated left atria were evaluated. 2. ATP (1-100 microM) produced a concentration-dependent negative inotropic effect; this response was converted to a positive inotropic effect in the presence of the antagonist of adenosine A1 receptors, 1,3-dipropyl-8-cyclopentylxanthine (DPCPX; 0.1 microM), and in the presence of 8-phenyltheophylline (10 microM), an antagonist of A1 and A2 receptors. 3. The positive inotropic effect of ATP was antagonized by the P2 receptor antagonist, suramin (500 microM). Reactive blue 2 (30-500 microM), a putative P2y receptor antagonist, concentration-dependently reduced and finally abolished the effect of ATP. 4. In the presence of 8-phenyltheophylline, the stable analogues of ATP, alpha,beta-methylene ATP and beta,gamma-methylene ATP (1-30 microM), produced a concentration-dependent increase in atrial contractility of a lesser degree than that induced by ATP. 5. The results suggest that when inhibitory adenosine receptors are blocked, ATP produces a positive inotropic effect, probably mediated by P2y receptor stimulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mantelli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amerini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Filippi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ledda
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D058915:Purinergic P1 Receptor Antagonists; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D013498:Suramin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013806:Theophylline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D014227:Triazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D014970:Xanthines / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; D058915:Purinergic P1 Receptor Antagonists; D014227:Triazines; D014970:Xanthines; C005147:5'-adenylyl (beta,gamma-methylene)diphosphonate; C012842:Cibacron Blue F 3GA; D013498:Suramin; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; C051360:1,3-dipropyl-8-cyclopentylxanthine; D013806:Theophylline; C028322:8-phenyltheophylline; C002630:alpha,beta-methyleneadenosine 5'-triphosphate