title: Role of peripheral adenosine A(1) receptors in the regulation of sleep apneas in rats.
abstract: The effects of administration of N(6)-p-sulfophenyladenosine (p-SPA), a peripheral adenosine A(1) receptor agonist, and 8-(p-sulfophenyl)theophylline (p-SPT), a peripheral adenosine A(1) receptor blocker, on spontaneous apneas were studied in 10 adult Sprague-Dawley rats by monitoring respiration, sleep, and blood pressure for 6 h. Intraperitoneal injection of p-SPA (1 mg/kg) to rats suppressed spontaneous central apneas during non-rapid eye movement sleep by 50% in comparison to control recordings (p = 0.03). This effect was blocked by pretreatment with an equimolar dose of p-SPT (0.67 mg/kg) indicating that p-SPA suppression of apneas was receptor mediated in the peripheral nervous system. Administration of p-SPA did not affect apnea expression in rapid eye movement sleep and had no effect on sleep or blood pressure at the dose tested. Administration of p-SPT (0.67, 6.7, and 30 mg/kg) to rats had no effect on apneas, sleep, or blood pressure. The lack of p-SPT effect on sleep apneas argues against a physiologic role for endogenous adenosine in the peripheral nervous system as a modulator of sleep apnea expression under baseline conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60612, USA.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Carley
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Radulovacki
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008297:Male; D058906:Purinergic P1 Receptor Agonists; D058915:Purinergic P1 Receptor Antagonists; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018047:Receptors, Purinergic P1 / Q000502:physiology*; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013806:Theophylline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C109113:N(6)-(4-sulfophenyl)adenosine; D058906:Purinergic P1 Receptor Agonists; D058915:Purinergic P1 Receptor Antagonists; D018047:Receptors, Purinergic P1; C031433:8-(4-sulfophenyl)theophylline; D013806:Theophylline; D000241:Adenosine