title: Adenosine A1 and A2 receptors mediate tone-dependent responses in feline pulmonary vascular bed.
abstract: Adenosine produces tone-dependent pulmonary vascular responses; however, the adenosine receptor subtype mediating these responses is unknown. In the present study, the adenosine receptor subtypes mediating tone-dependent responses were investigated, Intralobar injections of adenosine,ATP, and analogues under low-tone conditions caused dose-related increases in lobar arterial pressure; the order of potency was alpha,beta-methylene ATP (alpha,beta-metATP) > N6-cyclopentyladenosine (CPA) > ATP > adenosine. Under low-tone conditions, pressor responses to adenosine, ATP, and CPA, an adenosine A1-receptor agonist, were reduced by KW-3902, an adenosine A1-receptor antagonist, whereas KW-3902 and meclofenamate had no effect on responses to alpha,beta-metATP, norepinephrine, serotonin, or angiotensin II. Under elevated-tone conditions, injections of adenosine, ATP, and analogues caused dose-related decreases in lobar arterial pressure, and adenosine was 10-fold less potent than 5'-(N-cyclopropyl)-carboxamidoadenosine (CPCA), an A2-receptor agonist, and ATP. KF-17837, an A2-receptor antagonist, reduced vasodilator responses to adenosine and CPCA, whereas responses to ATP, isoproterenol, diethylamine-NO, lemakalim, and bradykinin were not changed. The vasodilator responses to adenosine were not attenuated by Nw-nitro-L-arginine benzyl ester, methylene blue, or U-37883A. These results suggest that vasoconstrictor responses to adenosine are mediated by A1 receptors and the release of vasoconstrictor prostanoids, and that, under elevated-tone conditions, vasodilator responses are mediated by A2 receptors but not the release of nitric oxide or the activation of guanylate cyclase or K+ATP channels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA.
authors.forename: D Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: DeWitt
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Neely
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Kadowitz
mesh_terms: D000218:Adamantane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000241:Adenosine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008751:Methylene Blue / Q000494:pharmacology; D009025:Morpholines / Q000494:pharmacology; D009129:Muscle Tonus / Q000502:physiology*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D058906:Purinergic P1 Receptor Agonists; D018047:Receptors, Purinergic P1 / Q000502:physiology*; D014970:Xanthines / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D009025:Morpholines; D058906:Purinergic P1 Receptor Agonists; D018047:Receptors, Purinergic P1; D014970:Xanthines; C081198:KF 17837; C082658:U 37883A; C071057:N(w)-nitroarginine benzyl ester; C073525:rolofylline; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D001120:Arginine; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D000241:Adenosine; D000218:Adamantane; D008751:Methylene Blue