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. 1996 May;118(2):355–363. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15410.x

Inhibition of glycolysis and enhanced mechanical function of working rat hearts as a result of adenosine A1 receptor stimulation during reperfusion following ischaemia.

B A Finegan 1, G D Lopaschuk 1, M Gandhi 1, A S Clanachan 1
PMCID: PMC1909613  PMID: 8735638

Abstract

1. This study examined effects of adenosine and selective adenosine A1 and A2 receptor agonists on glucose metabolism in rat isolated working hearts perfused under aerobic conditions and during reperfusion after 35 min of global no-flow ischaemia. 2. Hearts were perfused with a modified Krebs-Henseleit buffer containing 1.25 mM Ca2+, 11 mM glucose, 1.2 mM palmitate and insulin (100 muu ml-1), and paced at 280 beats min-1. Rates of glycolysis and glucose oxidation were measured from the quantitative production of 3H2O and 14CO2, respectively, from [5-3H/U-14C]-glucose. 3. Under aerobic conditions, adenosine (100 microM) and the adenosine A1 receptor agonist, N6-cyclohexyladenosine (CHA, 0.05 microM), inhibited glycolysis but had no effect on either glucose oxidation or mechanical function (as assessed by heart rate systolic pressure product). The improved coupling of glycolysis to glucose oxidation reduced the calculated rate of proton production from glucose metabolism. The adenosine A1 receptor antagonist, 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine (DPCPX 0.3 microM) did not alter glycolysis or glucose oxidation per se but completely antagonized the adenosine- and CHA-induced inhibition of glycolysis and proton production. 4. During aerobic reperfusion following ischaemia, CHA (0.05 microM) again inhibited glycolysis and proton production from glucose metabolism and had no effect on glucose oxidation. CHA also significantly enhanced the recovery of mechanical function. In contrast, the selective adenosine A2a receptor agonist, CGS-21680 (1.0 microM), exerted no metabolic or mechanical effects. Similar profiles of action were seen if these agonists were present during ischaemia and throughout reperfusion or when they were present only during reperfusion. 5. DPCPX (0.3 microM), added at reperfusion, antagonized the CHA-induced improvement in mechanical function. It also significantly depressed the recovery of mechanical function per se during reperfusion. Both the metabolic and mechanical effects of adenosine (100 microM) were antagonized by the nonselective A1/A2 antagonist, 8-sulphophenyltheophylline (100 microM). 6. These data demonstrate that inhibition of glycolysis and improved recovery of mechanical function during reperfusion of rat isolated hearts are mediated by an adenosine A1 receptor mechanism. Improved coupling of glycolysis and glucose oxidation during reperfusion may contribute to the enhanced recovery of mechanical function by decreasing proton production from glucose metabolism and the potential for intracellular Ca2+ accumulation, which if not corrected leads to mechanical dysfunction of the postischaemic myocardium.

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