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. 1983 Sep;80(1):149–153. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1983.tb11060.x

Inhibition by purines of the inotropic action of isoprenaline in rat atria.

P R Hughes, T W Stone
PMCID: PMC2044977  PMID: 6317127

Abstract

The effects of a series of adenosine derivatives were examined on the catecholamine-stimulated electrically-driven rat left atrium in vitro. All the purines tested reduced the positive inotropic action of isoprenaline, 0.1 microM, with the potency order: L-N6-phenlylisopropyladenosine (L-PIA) greater than 5'-N-ethylcarboxamide adenosine (NECA) greater than D-PIA greater than 2-chloroadenosine greater than adenosine. Dipyridamole did not change the IC50 of adenosine. The adenosine deaminase inhibitor, 2'deoxycoformycin, produced a small but nonsignificant shift to the left of the adenosine concentration-response curve. The cardiac depressant effects of these purines were reversed by theophylline and the IC50 values were unchanged in the presence of atropine or in atria taken from reserpine-treated rats. It is concluded that the purine receptor mediating these effects should not be classified on the A1/A2 system. The relationship between functionally characterized purine receptors and those originally defined as modulating adenylate cyclase is discussed.

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