PMID- 9515033 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19980501 LR - 20141120 IS - 0022-2828 (Print) IS - 0022-2828 (Linking) VI - 30 IP - 3 DP - 1998 Mar TI - Relative importance of adenosine A1 and A3 receptors in mediating physiological or pharmacological protection from ischemic myocardial injury in the rabbit heart. PG - 579-85 AB - Although ischemic preconditioning (IP) in several species can be pharmacologically mimicked by selective adenosine A1 or A3 receptor agonists, it is currently unclear which receptor subtype (A1 and/or A3) is physiologically involved in mediating IP. To investigate this question, we determined (a) the affinity of adenosine for rabbit adenosine A1 and A3 receptors, and (b) the effects of selective rabbit A1 receptor blockade on IP and adenosine-mediated cardioprotection in a rabbit Langendorff model of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. Adenosine was 19-fold selective for inhibition of N6-(4-amino-3-[125I]iodobenzyl)adenosine (125I-ABA) binding to recombinant rabbit A1 v rabbit A3 receptors (A1 Ki: 28 nm; A3 Ki 532 nm). Buffer-perfused rabbit hearts were exposed to 30 min regional ischemia and 120 min of reperfusion, and infarct size was measured by tetrazolium staining and normalized for area-at-risk (IA/AAR). Ischemic preconditioning (5 min global ischemia and 10 min reperfusion) or adenosine (20 micro M, 5 min) perfusion reduced infarct size (IA/AAR) to 17+/-3 and 14+/-2%, respectively (controls: 59+/-2%). Ischemic preconditioning and adenosine-mediated cardioprotection were completely blocked (57+/-2 and 61+/-4% IA/AAR, respectively) in the presence of a rabbit A1-selective concentration (50 nm) of the antagonist BWA1433 (rabbit A1 Ki: 3 nm; A3 Ki; 746 n m). Thus, whereas recent studies have demonstrated that selective A1 or A3 receptor agonists can both pharmacologically mimic IP, the results of the present study suggest that the adenosine-mediated component of IP in the isolated rabbit heart is preferentially mediated by adenosine A1 receptors, potentially due to adenosine's selectivity for this receptor subtype. CI - Copyright 1998 Academic Press Limited FAU - Hill, R J AU - Hill RJ AD - Department of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Diseases, Central Research Division, Pfizer Inc., Groton, CT 06340, USA. FAU - Oleynek, J J AU - Oleynek JJ FAU - Magee, W AU - Magee W FAU - Knight, D R AU - Knight DR FAU - Tracey, W R AU - Tracey WR LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - J Mol Cell Cardiol JT - Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology JID - 0262322 RN - 0 (Purinergic P1 Receptor Agonists) RN - 0 (Purinergic P1 Receptor Antagonists) RN - 0 (Receptor, Adenosine A3) RN - 0 (Receptors, Purinergic P1) RN - 0 (Xanthines) RN - 121496-66-0 (BW A1433) RN - K72T3FS567 (Adenosine) SB - IM MH - Adenosine/metabolism MH - Animals MH - CHO Cells MH - Cricetinae MH - In Vitro Techniques MH - Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial MH - Male MH - Myocardial Reperfusion Injury/*metabolism/physiopathology/*prevention & control MH - Purinergic P1 Receptor Agonists MH - Purinergic P1 Receptor Antagonists MH - Rabbits MH - Receptor, Adenosine A3 MH - Receptors, Purinergic P1/genetics/*metabolism MH - Transfection MH - Xanthines/pharmacology EDAT- 1998/05/09 00:00 MHDA- 1998/05/09 00:01 CRDT- 1998/05/09 00:00 PHST- 1998/05/09 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1998/05/09 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1998/05/09 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0022-2828(97)90621-0 [pii] AID - 10.1006/jmcc.1997.0621 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Mol Cell Cardiol. 1998 Mar;30(3):579-85. doi: 10.1006/jmcc.1997.0621.