title: Blockade of adenosine A2A receptors by SCH 58261 results in neuroprotective effects in cerebral ischaemia in rats.
abstract: Blockade of adenosine receptors can reduce cerebral infarct size in the model of global ischaemia. Using the potent and selective A2A adenosine receptor antagonist, SCH 58261, we assessed whether A2A receptors are involved in the neuronal damage following focal cerebral ischaemia as induced by occluding the left middle cerebral artery. SCH 58261 (0.01 mg/kg either i.p. or i.v.) administered to normotensive rats 10 min after ischaemia markedly reduced cortical infarct volume as measured 24 h later (30% vs controls, p < 0.05). Similar effects were observed when SCH 58261 (0.01 mg/kg, i.p.) was administered to hypertensive rats (28% infarct volume reduction vs controls, p < 0.05). Neuroprotective properties of SCH 58261 administered after ischaemia indicate that blockade of A2A adenosine receptors is a potentially useful biological target for the reduction of brain injury.
authors.affiliation: Schering-Plough Research Institute, San Raffaele Science Park, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Monopoli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lozza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Forlani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mattavelli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ongini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000517:prevention & control; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate / Q000494:pharmacology; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D058915:Purinergic P1 Receptor Antagonists; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014230:Triazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: C098657:5-amino-7-(2-phenylethyl)-2-(2-furyl)pyrazolo(4,3-e)-1,2,4-triazolo(1,5-c)pyrimidine; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D058915:Purinergic P1 Receptor Antagonists; D011743:Pyrimidines; D014230:Triazoles; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate