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. 1985 Oct;76(4):1412–1417. doi: 10.1172/JCI112118

Possible role of adenosine in the macula densa mechanism of renin release in rabbits.

S Itoh, O A Carretero, R D Murray
PMCID: PMC424090  PMID: 2997277

Abstract

This study was designed to examine: (a) the effects of adenosine and its analogues on renin release in the absence of tubules, glomeruli, and macula densa, and (b) whether adenosine may be involved in a macula densa-mediated renin release mechanism. Rabbit afferent arterioles (Af) alone and afferent arterioles with macula densa attached (Af + MD) were microdissected and incubated for two consecutive 30-min periods. Hourly renin release rate from a single arteriole (or an arteriole with macula densa) was calculated and expressed as ng AI X h-1 X Af-1 (or Af + MD-1)/h (where AI is angiotensin I). Basal renin release rate from Af was 0.69 +/- 0.09 ng AI X h-1 X Af-1/h (means +/- SEM, n = 16) and remained stable for 60 min. Basal renin release rate from Af + MD was 0.20 +/- 0.04 ng AI X h-1 X Af + MD-1/h (n = 6), which was significantly lower (P less than 0.0025) than that from Af. When adenosine (0.1 microM) was added to Af, renin release decreased from 0.72 +/- 0.16 to 0.24 +/- 0.04 ng AI X h-1 X Af-1/h (P less than 0.025; n = 9). However, when adenosine was added to Af + MD, no significant change in renin release was observed. N6-cyclohexyl adenosine (an A1 adenosine receptor agonist) at 0.1 microM decreased renin release from Af from 0.69 +/- 0.14 to 0.39 +/- 0.12 ng AI X h-1 X Af-1/h (n = 5, P less than 0.05). However, 5'-N-ethylcarboxamide adenosine (an A2 adenosine receptor agonist) either at 0.1 microM or at 10 microM had no effect. Theophylline, at a concentration (10 microM) that does not block phosphodiesterase but does block adenosine receptors, increased renin release from Af + MD from 0.21 +/- 0.03 to 0.46 +/- 0.08 ng AI X h-1 X Af + MD-1/h (P less than 0.05; n = 8). The results are consistent with the hypotheses that adenosine decreases renin release via the activation of A1 adenosine receptors, and that adenosine may be an inhibitory signal from the macula densa to juxtaglomerular cells.

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