title: Adenosine A1 receptors mediate hypoxia-induced inhibition of electrically evoked transmitter release from rat striatal slices.
abstract: We have examined the role of adenosine in mediating effects of mild hypoxia on electrically evoked transmitter release. Rat striatal slices, preincubated with [3H]dopamine and [14C]choline, were superfused continuously and stimulated electrically. Before and during the second stimulation, some slices were superfused with Krebs' solution with lowered oxygen. This mild hypoxia caused a significant increase of the electrically evoked outflow of endogenous adenosine, hypoxanthine and inosine into the superfusion buffer, whereas electrically evoked release of [3H]dopamine and [14C]acetylcholine was significantly decreased. The addition of 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine, a selective adenosine A1 receptor antagonist, blocked the hypoxia-induced inhibitory effect on the evoked release of these two transmitters in a concentration-dependent manner. In summary, the results show that reduction of the oxygen supply to striatal slices results in an increased release of endogenous adenosine, which, by acting on adenosine A1 receptors, decreases the electrically evoked release of dopamine and acetylcholine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Fredholm
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D000241:Adenosine / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D058915:Purinergic P1 Receptor Antagonists; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018047:Receptors, Purinergic P1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D014970:Xanthines / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D058915:Purinergic P1 Receptor Antagonists; D018047:Receptors, Purinergic P1; D014970:Xanthines; C051360:1,3-dipropyl-8-cyclopentylxanthine; D000241:Adenosine; D000109:Acetylcholine; D004298:Dopamine