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  • Title: Intracellular trapping of adenosine during myocardial ischemia by L-homocysteine.
    Author: Henrichs KJ, Matsuoka H, Schaper W.
    Journal: Basic Res Cardiol; 1986; 81(3):267-75. PubMed ID: 3753392.
    Abstract:
    Experiments were carried out to test the hypothesis whether adenosine produced by ATP catabolism during ischemia can be trapped with L-homocysteine and be re-utilized during reperfusion. During intraatrial infusion of L-homocysteine (100 mg/kg/h), the ischemic accumulation of adenine nucleosides and oxypurines in dog myocardium was found to be less than 50% of that during control ischemia. A high proportion of adenosine was recovered as S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine. On reperfusion, S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine. On reperfusion, S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine tissue content remained high. After 3 hours of reperfusion approximately 50% of the accumulated S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine were still found in the tissue. Infusion of L-homocysteine did not cause an accumulation of S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine in the nonischemic myocardial tissue. L-homocysteine treatment caused a further depletion of ATP during reperfusion after 30 minutes of ischemia, which can be interpreted as a toxic effect. We conclude that L-homocysteine is indeed able to trap adenosine produced by ATP breakdown, but the reaction is not readily reversible and is therefore not useful for quick restoration of postischemic ATP levels.
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