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  • Title: Adenosine's role in regulating basal coronary arteriolar tone.
    Author: Gewirtz H, Olsson RA, Brautigan DL, Brown PR, Most AS.
    Journal: Am J Physiol; 1986 Jun; 250(6 Pt 2):H1030-6. PubMed ID: 3717357.
    Abstract:
    This study examined the role of adenosine in regulating coronary arteriolar tone under basal conditions in the normal coronary circulation. Measurements of hemodynamics and flow (microspheres) were made in eight closed-chest, sedated pigs at 1) control and 2) after 10 min of infusion of adenosine deaminase (ADA, 10 U X kg-1 X min-1) into the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery. Heart rate was held constant by atrial pacing. Transmural flow in the distal LAD zone did not change versus control (1.81 +/- 0.36) with ADA (1.78 +/- 0.46). However, in comparison with control the distal LAD:circumflex zone transmural flow ratio (0.96 +/- 0.04) declined (P less than 0.01) during ADA infusion (0.93 +/- 0.04). Similarly, the distal LAD:circumflex zone transmural flow resistance ratio increased significantly (P less than 0.01) versus control (1.04 +/- 0.05) in response to intracoronary ADA infusion (1.08 +/- 0.04). Regional myocardial oxygen consumption in the distal LAD zone did not change versus control (16.9 +/- 3.3 3.3 ml X min-1 X 100 g-1) during ADA (16.9 +/- 4.5). Additional studies in 15 open-chest swine given intracoronary infusion of ADA demonstrated that 1) the enzyme penetrates the interstitial fluid (ISF) and 2) attains ISF levels which are adequate to reduce basal adenosine concentration 10 fold even if substantial increase in adenosine production occurs in response to ADA. Thus, since destruction of adenosine by ADA caused only very modest relative reduction in regional flow, it is likely that the nucleoside plays only a limited role in regulation of arteriolar tone under basal conditions in the normal coronary circulation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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