Role of adenosine in norepinephrine-induced coronary vasodilation

1997 ◽  
Vol 273 (2) ◽  
pp. H557-H565 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Van Bibber ◽  
D. W. Stepp ◽  
K. Kroll ◽  
E. O. Feigl

Adenosine has been postulated to be the physiological transmitter coupling increases in coronary blood flow to increases in myocardial metabolism. The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the role of adenosine in the coronary hyperemia due to norepinephrine. In 11 anesthetized, closed-chest canine preparations, the left main coronary artery was cannulated and perfused with blood at 100 mmHg. Coronary blood flow and myocardial oxygen consumption were measured, and interstitial adenosine concentration was estimated from arterial and coronary venous measurements using a distributed model. Adenosine receptor blockade with 8-phenyltheophylline (8-PT) was used to shift the adenosine dose-response curve 12-fold. During intracoronary norepinephrine infusion, coronary blood flow and myocardial oxygen consumption increased similarly before and after 8-PT, demonstrating a lack of an effect from the adenosine receptor blockade. Before 8-PT, estimated interstitial adenosine increased to a vasoactive concentration (220 nM); however, the temporal correlation with coronary blood flow was poor. After 8-PT, a similar increase in estimated interstitial adenosine was found, demonstrating that there was no augmentation in adenosine concentration to overcome the adenosine receptor blockade. Thus adenosine could not be responsible for the increase in coronary blood flow after adenosine receptor blockade and therefore is not required for norepinephrine-induced hyperemia.

1999 ◽  
Vol 276 (5) ◽  
pp. H1425-H1433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toyotaka Yada ◽  
Keith Neu Richmond ◽  
Richard van Bibber ◽  
Keith Kroll ◽  
Eric O. Feigl

Adenosine has been postulated to mediate the increase in coronary blood flow when myocardial oxygen consumption is increased. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of adenosine when myocardial oxygen consumption was augmented by cardiac paired-pulse stimulation without the use of catecholamines. In 10 anesthetized closed-chest dogs, coronary blood flow was measured in the left circumflex coronary artery, and myocardial oxygen consumption was calculated using the arteriovenous oxygen difference. Cardiac interstitial adenosine concentration was estimated from coronary venous and arterial plasma adenosine measurements using a previously described multicompartmental, axially distributed mathematical model. Paired stimulation increased heart rate from 55 to 120 beats/min, increased myocardial oxygen consumption 104%, and increased coronary blood flow 92%, but the estimated interstitial adenosine concentration remained below the threshold for coronary vasodilation. After adenosine-receptor blockade with 8-phenyltheophylline (8-PT), coronary blood flow and myocardial oxygen consumption were not significantly different from control values. Paired-pulse pacing during adenosine-receptor blockade resulted in increases in myocardial oxygen consumption and coronary blood flow similar to the response before 8-PT. Coronary venous and estimated interstitial adenosine concentration did not increase to overcome the adenosine blockade by 8-PT. These results demonstrate that adenosine is not required for the local metabolic control of coronary blood flow during pacing-induced increases in myocardial oxygen consumption.


2000 ◽  
Vol 278 (1) ◽  
pp. H74-H84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johnathan D. Tune ◽  
Keith Neu Richmond ◽  
Mark W. Gorman ◽  
Ray A. Olsson ◽  
Eric O. Feigl

The purpose of this investigation was to quantitatively evaluate the role of adenosine in coronary exercise hyperemia. Dogs ( n = 10) were chronically instrumented with catheters in the aorta and coronary sinus, and a flow probe on the circumflex coronary artery. Cardiac interstitial adenosine concentration was estimated from arterial and coronary venous plasma concentrations using a previously tested mathematical model. Coronary blood flow, myocardial oxygen consumption, heart rate, and aortic pressure were measured at rest and during graded treadmill exercise with and without adenosine receptor blockade with either 8-phenyltheophylline (8-PT) or 8- p-sulfophenyltheophylline (8-PST). In control vehicle dogs, exercise increased myocardial oxygen consumption 4.2-fold, coronary blood flow 3.8-fold, and heart rate 2.5-fold, whereas mean aortic pressure was unchanged. Coronary venous plasma adenosine concentration was little changed with exercise, and the estimated interstitial adenosine concentration remained well below the threshold for coronary vasodilation. Adenosine receptor blockade did not significantly alter myocardial oxygen consumption or coronary blood flow at rest or during exercise. Coronary venous and estimated interstitial adenosine concentration did not increase to overcome the receptor blockade with either 8-PT or 8-PST as would be predicted if adenosine were part of a high-gain, negative-feedback, local metabolic control mechanism. These results demonstrate that adenosine is not responsible for local metabolic control of coronary blood flow in dogs during exercise.


1992 ◽  
Vol 263 (4) ◽  
pp. H1045-H1053
Author(s):  
S. E. Martin ◽  
J. T. Kuvin ◽  
S. Offenbacher ◽  
B. M. Odle ◽  
R. E. Patterson

We previously reported that coronary constriction following neuropeptide Y (NPY) was alleviated by cyclooxygenase blockade. To determine the role of thromboxane A2 (TxA2), anesthetized dogs received two paired doses of NPY given 2 h apart. Nine control dogs received NPY alone. Nine test dogs received one of three TxA2 receptor antagonists given between the doses of NPY. Also, five dogs received NPY during which prostaglandins were measured. In controls, NPY decreased coronary blood flow and increased aortic pressure; coronary resistance was increased significantly. Heart rate fell, and myocardial oxygen consumption was unchanged. Thromboxane receptor blockers significantly relieved the coronary constrictor effect of NPY. The reduction in coronary blood flow was blunted, while heart rate, first derivative of left ventricular pressure, and myocardial oxygen consumption were unchanged. Alleviation by TxA2 receptor blockade paralleled that reported for cyclooxygenase inhibitors. Also, significant increases in coronary venous TxA2 were seen at the time of maximal increases in coronary resistance, while prostacyclin was unchanged. In summary, TxA2 appears to mediate part of the coronary constrictor effect of NPY.


1982 ◽  
Vol 243 (4) ◽  
pp. H628-H633 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. N. Bacchus ◽  
S. W. Ely ◽  
R. M. Knabb ◽  
R. Rubio ◽  
R. M. Berne

The role of adenosine in matching myocardial oxygen supply to demand by regulating coronary blood flow has been the subject of intensive study. The present experiments were designed to determine the relationship among myocardial oxygen consumption, coronary blood flow, and adenosine production as estimated by pericardial adenosine accumulation under several physiological conditions in the same animal. Conscious chronically instrumented dogs were used to measure changes in coronary blood flow, myocardial oxygen consumption, and pericardial adenosine accumulation during two levels of treadmill exercise, excitement caused by loud noises, and feeding (the presentation and consumption of a meal). The results show significant increases in the adenosine production with all experimental procedures and significant linear correlations between myocardial oxygen consumption and coronary blood flow (r = 0.78), myocardial oxygen consumption and adenosine production (r = 0.73), and adenosine production and coronary blood flow (r = 0.88). These data show that increases in adenosine production by the normally oxygenated myocardium can be the physiological mechanism for matching oxygen supply to increased oxygen demand in the conscious dog.


2005 ◽  
Vol 288 (5) ◽  
pp. H2154-H2162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cuihua Zhang ◽  
Jarrod D. Knudson ◽  
Srinath Setty ◽  
Alberto Araiza ◽  
Ü. Deniz Dincer ◽  
...  

The metabolic syndrome is associated with activation of the renin-angiotensin system. However, whether the coronary vascular response to ANG II is altered under this condition is unknown. Experiments were conducted in control and chronically high-fat-fed dogs with the prediabetic metabolic syndrome both in vitro (isolated coronary arterioles, 60–110 μm) and in vivo (anesthetized and conscious). We found that plasma renin activity and ANG II levels are elevated in high-fat-fed dogs and that this increase in ANG II is associated with a significant increase in ANG II-mediated coronary vasoconstriction in isolated coronary arterioles and in anesthetized open-chest dogs. The vasoconstriction to ANG II is abolished by ANG II type 1 (AT1) receptor blockade. In conscious chronically instrumented dogs, AT1 receptor blockade with telmisartan improved the balance between coronary blood flow and myocardial oxygen consumption in the high-fat-fed dogs but not in normal control dogs, i.e., the relationship between coronary venous Po2 and myocardial oxygen consumption was shifted upward, toward normal control values. Quantitative assessment of coronary arteriolar AT1 and ANG II type 2 (AT2) receptor mRNA levels by real-time PCR revealed no significant difference between normal control and high-fat-fed dogs; however, Western blot analysis showed a significant increase in AT1 receptor protein level with no change in AT2 receptor protein density. These findings indicate that AT1 receptor-mediated coronary constriction is augmented in the prediabetic metabolic syndrome and contributes to impaired control of coronary blood flow via increases in circulating ANG II and/or coronary arteriolar AT1 receptor density.


2001 ◽  
Vol 280 (2) ◽  
pp. H868-H875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johnathan D. Tune ◽  
Keith Neu Richmond ◽  
Mark W. Gorman ◽  
Eric O. Feigl

The role of ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP +) channels, nitric oxide, and adenosine in coronary exercise hyperemia was investigated. Dogs ( n = 10) were chronically instrumented with catheters in the aorta and coronary sinus and instrumented with a flow transducer on the circumflex coronary artery. Cardiac interstitial adenosine concentration was estimated from arterial and coronary venous plasma concentrations using a previously tested mathematical model. Experiments were conducted at rest and during graded treadmill exercise with and without combined inhibition of KATP + channels (glibenclamide, 1 mg/kg iv), nitric oxide synthesis ( N ω-nitro-l-arginine, 35 mg/kg iv), and adenosine receptors (8-phenyltheophylline, 3 mg/kg iv). During control exercise, myocardial oxygen consumption increased ∼2.9-fold, coronary blood flow increased ∼2.6-fold, and coronary venous oxygen tension decreased from 19.9 ± 0.4 to 13.7 ± 0.6 mmHg. Triple blockade did not significantly change the myocardial oxygen consumption or coronary blood flow response during exercise but lowered the resting coronary venous oxygen tension to 10.0 ± 0.4 mmHg and during exercise to 6.2 ± 0.5 mmHg. Cardiac adenosine levels did not increase sufficiently to overcome the adenosine receptor blockade. These results indicate that combined inhibition of KATP + channels, nitric oxide synthesis, and adenosine receptors lowers the balance between total oxygen supply and consumption at rest but that these factors are not required for local metabolic coronary vasodilation during exercise.


1982 ◽  
Vol 243 (3) ◽  
pp. H480-H487 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. E. Jones ◽  
T. W. Hurst ◽  
J. R. Randall

The role of adenosine in coronary functional hyperemia was tested using the adenosine antagonist aminophylline. In 11 dogs left coronary blood flow (LCBF) and left ventricular oxygen extraction [(a-v)O2] were monitored. Myocardial oxygen consumption (MVO2) was calculated. Before aminophylline was administered, intracoronary infusion of 6.8 micrograms/min norepinephrine increased LCBF and MVO2 by 40-80%. Simultaneous infusion of adenosine further increased LCBF. Fifteen minutes after injection of 100 mg aminophylline, norepinephrine still increased LCBF, and the ratio delta LCBF/delta MVO2 was unchanged (P greater than 0.05). Although the functional hyperemia was not blunted, the response to infused adenosine was abolished by aminophylline. In 20 additional dogs myocardial adenosine was determined. Before norepinephrine infusion myocardial adenosine with and without aminophylline was 12.7 and 14.3 nmol/g dry wt, respectively (P greater than 0.05). During norepinephrine infusion an increase in adenosine correlated well with increases in MVO2 and LCBF, but the increase in adenosine was not greater after aminophylline. Thus the failure of aminophylline to blunt functional hyperemia was not due to a higher adenosine level after aminophylline. These results do not support a role for adenosine in functional hyperemia elicited by norepinephrine.


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