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  • Title: A2-purinoceptor-mediated relaxation in the guinea-pig coronary vasculature: a role for nitric oxide.
    Author: Vials A, Burnstock G.
    Journal: Br J Pharmacol; 1993 Jun; 109(2):424-9. PubMed ID: 8358543.
    Abstract:
    1. The Langendorff heart preparation was used to investigate the mechanism of action of the endothelium-dependent vasodilatation evoked by adenosine and its analogues in the guinea-pig coronary vasculature. 2. The relative order of potency of adenosine and its analogues in causing a reduction in perfusion pressure was D-5'-(N-ethylcarboxamide)adenosine (NECA) = 2-[p-(2-carboxyethyl)phenylethylamino]-5'-N- ethylcarboxamidoadenosine (CGS 21680)> R-N6-(2-phenylisopropyl)adenosine (R-PIA) = adenosine = 2-chloroadenosine (2-CA) > S-N6-(2-phenylisopropyl)adenosine (S-PIA) = N6-cyclopentyl-adenosine (CPA); thus suggesting the presence of A2-purinoceptors in this preparation. 3. 8-(p-Sulphophenyl)theophylline (8-PSPT; 3 x 10(-5) M) significantly reduced both the maximum amplitude and area of the vasodilatation produced in response to adenosine (5 x 10(-10) -5 x 10(-8) mol) without having any effect on the response to the P2-purinoceptor agonist, 2-methylthioATP. The relaxation induced by adenosine (5 x 10(-12) -5 x 10(-8) mol) was unaffected by the selective A1-purinoceptor antagonist 1,3-dipropyl-8-cyclopentylxanthine (DPCPX; 10(-8) M). This antagonist profile suggests that only A2-purinoceptors are present in the guinea-pig coronary vasculature. 4. The areas of the vasodilator response to adenosine (5 x 10(-10) -5 x 10(-7 mol), NECA (5 x 10(-12) -5 x 10(-7) mol) and CGS 21680 (5 x 10(-12) -5 x 10(-10) mol) were significantly reduced by NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME; 3 x 10(-5) M). The amplitude of the responses to low concentrations of adenosine (5 x 10-10-5 x 10-9mol), NECA (5 x 1011 mol) and CGS 21680 (5 x 1011-5 x 10-9mol)were significantly reduced by L-NAME (3 x 10-5 M).5. L-Arginine (1.5 x 10-3 M) significantly reversed the inhibition, by L-NAME (3 x 10-5 M), of the relaxant response to adenosine (5 x 10-8 mol), NECA (5 x I0- mol) and CGS 21680 (5 x 10-11 mol).6. Indomethacin (10-6 M) did not inhibit the response to adenosine, except at low doses (5 x 10-11-5 x 10-10 mol).7. It is concluded that in the guinea-pig coronary vasculature, while a major part of the vasodilator action of adenosine is probably directly via A2-receptors on the smooth muscle, activation of a subpopulation of A2-purinoceptors on endothelial cells by adenosine and its analogues induces relaxation via production of nitric oxide; prostanoids appear to play a minimal role in the relaxation induced by adenosine as in most other preparations.
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