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. 1984 Mar;81(3):533–541. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1984.tb10106.x

Evidence that the P1-purinoceptor in the guinea-pig taenia coli is an A2-subtype.

G Burnstock, J M Hills, C H Hoyle
PMCID: PMC1986865  PMID: 6320941

Abstract

The effects of 5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine (NECA), L-NECA, 2-chloroadenosine, N6-phenylisopropyladenosine (L-PIA and D-PIA), cyclohexyladenosine (CHA), and adenosine were examined on the guinea-pig taenia coli. All the analogues except L-NECA caused relaxations; the order of potency for the series was: NECA greater than 2-chloroadenosine greater than L-PIA greater than CHA greater than D-PIA greater than adenosine. L-PIA was twice as potent as D-PIA in inducing relaxations of the guinea-pig taenia coli. Adenosine and its analogues that induce relaxation all caused a slow membrane hyperpolarization; differences in the rates of hyperpolarization and latencies were apparent, although not statistically significant. The duration of the response to adenosine was significantly less than that for any adenosine analogue. Ion studies, using the sucrose gap, revealed that responses to the analogues were attenuated in elevated extracellular potassium or reduced extracellular chloride. 8-Phenyltheophylline, a potent P1-purinoceptor antagonist, caused a rightward shift of all the adenosine and analogue concentration-response curves. Dipyridamole, an adenosine uptake inhibitor, potentiated the relaxations to adenosine but had no significant effect on the relaxations induced by the analogues. It is concluded that NECA, 2-chloroadenosine, L-PIA, CHA, D-PIA and adenosine mediate their relaxant effects via an extracellular P1-purinoceptor which displays characteristics of the A2-subtype as determined by the rank order of agonist potency. Electrophysiological analysis of the responses to each of the analogues did not reveal any marked differences in the modes of action even between NECA and L-PIA (preferential A2- and A1-receptor agonists, respectively).

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