title: Evidence for an endogenous cAMP-adenosine pathway in the rat kidney.
abstract: In the rat kidney, exogenous adenosine-3'-5'-monophosphate (cAMP) is converted to adenosine via the metabolism of cAMP to adenosine-5'-monophosphate by phosphodiesterase and adenosine-5'-monophosphate to adenosine by 5'-nucleotidase. Our purpose was to investigate whether in the rat kidney adenosine is synthesized from endogenous cAMP via the same pathway. Rat kidneys were perfused with Tyrode's solution, and stabilized for 3 hr to minimize basal renal purine secretion. In control experiments (n = 6), the renal venous secretion rate of adenosine, inosine, hypoxanthine and Sigmapurines (adenosine + inosine + hypoxanthine) did not change over the two 10-min experimental periods. In contrast, the beta adrenoceptor agonist (+/-)-isoproterenol (1 and 10 microM added to the perfusate) caused a significant (1-factor analysis of variance with repeated measures; n = 31) increase in the renal venous secretion of adenosine (P <.0001), inosine (P <.0007), hypoxanthine (P <.0007) and Sigmapurines (P <.0001) as measured by high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection. The Sigmapurines was the most discriminating index of isoproterenol-induced changes in purine release, and the renal venous secretion of Sigmapurines was significantly (2-factor analysis of variance with repeated measures) attenuated by inhibition of beta adrenoceptors with propranolol (.1 microM, n = 6; P <.05), phosphodiesterase with 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (1 mM, n = 5; P <.002) and 5'-nucleotidase with alpha, beta-methyleneadenosine-5'-diphosphate (0.1 mM, n = 5; P <.03). Our data indicate that activation of beta adrenoceptors increases purine biosynthesis in the rat kidney via a mechanism that involves phosphodiesterase and 5'-nucleotidase. These results support the existence of an endogenous cAMP-adenosine pathway in the rat kidney.
authors.affiliation: Center for Clinical Pharmacology, Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mi
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine / Q000494:pharmacology; D015720:5'-Nucleotidase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000241:Adenosine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D019271:Hypoxanthine / Q000378:metabolism; D007288:Inosine / Q000378:metabolism; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010477:Perfusion; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D019271:Hypoxanthine; D007288:Inosine; D011433:Propranolol; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D015720:5'-Nucleotidase; D000241:Adenosine; D007545:Isoproterenol; D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine