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Query: EC:4.6.1.1 (adenylate cyclase)
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This study examines the cellular basis and specificity of the effects of adenosine on early afterdepolarizations (EADs), delayed afterdepolarizations (DADs), and triggered activity (TA) induced by various drugs with different mechanisms of action. Membrane potential and currents were measured in isolated guinea pig ventricular myocytes. Adenosine (10-100 microM) significantly (p less than 0.05) reduced the amplitude of DADs and suppressed TA induced by isoproterenol (10-50 nM) and forskolin (1 microM) but not those induced by dibutyryl cAMP (1 microM), ouabain (1-5 microM), and 7.2 mM [Ca2+]o. Adenosine also abolished EADs and TA induced by isoproterenol. In contrast, adenosine failed to abolish EADs and TA induced by quinidine (3 microM) or those that occurred spontaneously (i.e., in the absence of drugs). Transient inward current (ITi) was induced on repolarization after 2-second-long single depolarizing voltage steps or after 12-second-long trains of 300-msec depolarizing pulses. Concomitant with the attenuation of DADs, adenosine suppressed ITi caused by isoproterenol and forskolin but not those induced by ouabain, dibutyryl cAMP, and elevated [Ca2+]o. The amplitude of ITi was dependent on the magnitude of the activating voltage step, but the suppression of ITi by adenosine was not. The selective A1-adenosine receptor antagonist N-0861 (9-methyladenine derivative) antagonized the effects of adenosine on afterdepolarizations, ITi, and TA. In myocytes from guinea pigs treated with pertussis toxin, adenosine failed to attenuate DADs and ITi or abolish TA induced by isoproterenol or forskolin. In parallel experiments, isoproterenol (10 nM) raised cellular cAMP from 5.7 +/- 0.2 to 8.1 +/- 0.1 pmol and the selective A1 receptor agonist cyclopentyladenosine (5 microM) reduced it to 6.5 +/- 0.2 pmol (p less than 0.05). Thus, adenosine specifically attenuates afterdepolarizations and abolishes TA by suppressing ITiS that are associated with stimulation of adenylate cyclase via a pertussis toxin-sensitive A1 receptor-mediated action. In conclusion, the response of TA to adenosine may identify a mechanism of afterdepolarization related to stimulation of adenylate cyclase.
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PMID:Adenosine-sensitive afterdepolarizations and triggered activity in guinea pig ventricular myocytes. 155 Dec

The effect of adenosine on phosphoinositide hydrolysis was examined in 1321N1 human astrocytoma cells. Adenosine, L-N6-phenylisopropyladenosine (L-PIA), and 5'-(N-ethylcarboxamido)adenosine (NECA) inhibited histamine-stimulated accumulation of inositol phosphates in a concentration-dependent manner. The potency order of adenosine analogues for inhibition of inositol phosphate accumulation was L-PIA greater than adenosine greater than NECA, a finding indicating that A1-class adenosine receptors are involved in the inhibition. The reduction in inositol phosphate accumulation by L-PIA was blocked by an adenosine receptor antagonist, 8-phenyltheophylline. Stimulation of A1-class adenosine receptors inhibited isoproterenol-stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation as well as histamine-induced inositol phosphate accumulation. Both inhibitory effects were blocked by pretreatment of the cells with pertussis toxin [islet-activating protein (IAP)]. L-PIA also inhibited guanosine 5'-(gamma-thio)triphosphate (GTP gamma S)-stimulated accumulation of inositol phosphates in membrane preparations, and 8-phenyl-theophylline antagonized the inhibition. L-PIA could not inhibit GTP gamma S-induced accumulation of inositol phosphates in IAP-treated membranes. Gi/Go, purified from rabbit brain, inhibited GTP gamma S-stimulated accumulation of inositol phosphates in a concentration-dependent manner in membrane preparations. These results suggest that stimulation of A1-class adenosine receptors interacts with the IAP-sensitive G protein(s), resulting in the inhibitions of phospholipase C as well as adenylate cyclase in human astrocytoma cells.
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PMID:Adenosine inhibits histamine-induced phosphoinositide hydrolysis mediated via pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein in human astrocytoma cells. 165 Mar 98

1. After blocking K+ currents with 10 mM-tetraethylammonium (TEA) or TEA plus 250 microM-3,4-diaminopyridine (3,4-DAP). motor nerve terminal Ca2+ currents were recorded using focal extracellular electrodes. Two transmitters released from the terminal. ATP and acetylcholine (ACh), were then applied, and the effects on the nerve terminal Ca2+ current were measured. 2. ATP (50 microM) reduced the Ca2+ current by 34%, but this action is prevented when hydrolysis to adenosine is blocked by alpha,beta-methyladenosine 5'-diphosphate (200 microM). Thus, inhibition by ATP presumably occurs subsequent to ATP hydrolysis to adenosine. 3. Adenosine (50 microM) inhibited the terminal Ca2+ current by 29%. This was mimicked by the adenosine analogue L-phenylisopropyl adenosine (L-PIA) and blocked by theophylline (100 microM), which antagonizes adenosine receptors at micromolar concentrations. 4. ACh (100 microM) or the anticholinesterase methane sulphonyl fluoride (MSF; 1 mM) also depressed the terminal Ca2+ current. This response was mimicked by muscarine (100 microM) and antagonized by atropine (100 microM) or pirenzipine (4 microM), which is generally specific for M1 receptors. 5. Addition of Ba2+, which blocks adenosine-mediated K+ currents, had no effect on the inhibitory effects of either adenosine or ACh; similarly, neither adenosine nor ACh in the bath affected K+ current records obtained after blocking all inward currents with 10 mM-Co2+ and focal application of tetrodotoxin. 6. Incubation of the muscle for 4 h in pertussis toxin (10(-5) g ml-1) eliminated both adenosine- and ACh-induced inhibition of the terminal Ca2+ current. This result indicates the possible involvement of a G protein in the transduction of the feedback pathway. 7. Neither cyclic AMP analogues, the adenylate cyclase activator forskolin (10 microM), the phorbol ester phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA; 3 microM) nor the diacylglycerol analogue 1,2-oleoylacetylglycerol (OAG; 3 microM) had any effect on adenosine- or ACh-induced depression of the terminal Ca2+ current. Therefore, pathways involving these particular second messengers are most probably not involved. 8. The effects of adenosine and ACh are non-additive. 9. These results indicate that ATP and ACh, which are released during exocytosis, may inhibit their own release through attenuation of the terminal Ca2+ current via autoreceptors coupled to a G protein.
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PMID:Autoreceptor-mediated purinergic and cholinergic inhibition of motor nerve terminal calcium currents in the rat. 165 22

Adenosine contracts pregnant and nonpregnant guinea pig myometrial smooth muscle (MSM). We have 1) described dissociation of A1-adenosine receptors from adenylate cyclase inhibition in nonpregnant MSM (M. A. Smith, J. L. Silverstein, D. P. Westfall, and I. L. O. Buxton, Cell. Signal. 1: 357-365, 1989); 2) described appearance of such inhibitory coupling in pregnant MSM [W. P. Schiemann, D. P. Westfall, and I. L. O. Buxton, Am. J. Physiol. 261 (Endocrinol. Metab. 24): E141-E150, 1991]; and 3) demonstrated a role for myometrial A1 receptors in the rapid formation of D-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P3] in nonpregnant MSM and the cyclooxygenase dependence of this effect (W. P. Schiemann, K. O. Doggwiller, and I. L. O. Buxton. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 258: 429-437, 1991). To further characterize adenosine action in pregnant tissue, we explored A1 coupling to increased phosphoinositide hydrolysis in near-term pregnant MSM. The A1-receptor agonist (+)-N6-(2-phenylisopropyl)adenosine stimulates the rapid dose-dependent formation of Ins(1,4,5)P3 and stimulates rapid degradation of uterine inositol monophosphates (InsP) in a manner paralleling increases in inositol polyphosphates. Both A1-mediated responses were blocked by the A1 antagonist 8-(p-sulfophenyl)theophylline, and, unlike the effect observed in nonpregnant MSM, treatment of pregnant MSM with either meclofenamate or indomethacin failed to block A1-mediated increases in Ins(1,4,5)P3. Pretreatment of MSM with either Li+ or pertussis toxin failed to alter either Ins(1,4,5)P3 formation or InsP degradation. Furthermore, assay of inositol phosphomonoesterase (InsPase) activity in the presence or absence of Li+ confirmed the existence of an MSM Li(+)-insensitive InsPase enzyme.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Adenosine A1-receptor coupling to phosphoinositide metabolism in pregnant guinea pig myometrium. 165 16

Adenosine inhibits platelet aggregation and elevates the levels of cytoplasmic Ca2+ induced by thrombin, 0.3 U/ml). When given at the maximal (100 microM) concentration, adenosine completely inhibits the aggregation, but only partially (by 55%) suppresses the growth of Ca2+, blocking both its entry and intracellular depot mobilization. Adenosine is likely to affect intracellular Ca2+, by activating adenylate cyclase, since 2',5'-didesoxyadenosine (1 mM) prevents the effect of adenosine, by inhibiting the enzyme, whereas the phosphodiesterase inhibitor papaverine (1 microM) potentiates its effect. When stimulated with adrenaline, 1 microM, adenosine and dibutyryl-cAMP are also able to inhibit platelet aggregation in the absence of cytoplasmic Ca2+ growth.
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PMID:[Mechanism of action of adenosine on intracellular calcium and platelet aggregation]. 166 65

Adenosine is a locally active factor that is produced intracellularly and extracellularly in adipose tissue. Adenosine binds to receptors in the plasma membrane of adipocytes; this activates a guanine triphosphate binding protein that inhibits adenylate cyclase activity and, hence, lipolysis. Lactation results in an enhanced responsiveness of adipocytes to beta-agonists, which stimulate lipolysis, and, paradoxically, to adenosine, which inhibits lipolysis. These adaptations are partly due to increases in ligand binding and to changes in postreceptor components of the signal transduction systems. Somatotropin is implicated in the chronic adaptations of the beta-adrenergic system, whereas insulin, somatotropin, glucocorticoids, and at least one unidentified factor have a role in the chronic control of the adenosine system of adipocytes.
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PMID:Adenosine and the control of adrenergic regulation of adipose tissue lipolysis during lactation. 167 24

Adenosine is a potent paracrine/autocrine feedback inhibitor of cell activation in a variety of tissues. Adenosine action was studied in pituitary cells, in which spontaneous electrical activity causes characteristic oscillations of the cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration, [Ca2+]i. Cells of the GH3B6 rat pituitary tumor line were studied by microspectrofluorimetry using the Ca2+ probes indo-1 and fura-2, in part in combination with electrophysiological tight seal whole cell recordings, obtained with the novel approach of patch perforation. It was demonstrated that adenosine receptor activation by N6-(R-phenyl-isopropyl)-adenosine (PIA) caused a block of electrical activity and abolished the ensuing alterations in [Ca2+]i. PIA mimicked the inhibitory action of somatostatin. Adenosine effects are mediated by A1 receptors in these cells and are antagonized by IBMX, an adenosine receptor blocker. PIA also suppressed action potentials that were elicited by the activation of protein kinase C with the phorbol ester PMA, or during the second phase of TRH action. In contrast, no interference was notable on TRH-induced intracellular Ca2+ mobilization. In addition to the abolition of Ca2+ transients, PIA lowers basal [Ca2+]i in some cells. It is proposed that in addition to the inhibition of adenylate cyclase, A1 receptor action on [Ca2+]i is an important element in the control of excitable pituitary cells.
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PMID:Adenosine A1 receptor-induced inhibition of Ca2+ transients linked to action potentials in clonal pituitary cells. 168 Jul 18

1. The uptake of [3H] adenosine into specific populations of cells in the inner retina has been demonstrated. In mammalian retina, the exogenous adenosine that is transported into cells is phosphorylated, thereby maintaining a gradient for transport of the purine into the cell. 2. Endogenous stores of adenosine have been demonstrated by localization of cells that are labeled for adenosine-like immunoreactivity. In the rabbit retina, certain of these cells, the displaced cholinergic, GABAergic amacrine cells, are also labeled for adenosine. 3. Purines are tonically released from dark-adapted rabbit retinas and cultured embryonic chick retinal neurons. Release is significantly increased with K+ and neurotransmitters. The evoked release consists of adenosine, ATP, and purine metabolites, and while a portion of this release is Ca2+ dependent, one other component may occur via the bidirectional purine nucleoside transporter. 4. Differential distributions of certain enzymes involved in purine metabolism have also been localized to the inner retina. 5. Heterogeneous distributions of the two subtypes of adenosine receptors, A1 and A2, have been demonstrated in the mammalian retina. Coupling of receptors to adenylate cyclase has also been demonstrated. 6. Adenosine A1 receptor agonists significantly inhibit the K(+)-stimulated release of [3H]-acetylcholine from the rabbit retina, suggesting that endogenous adenosine may modulate the light-evoked or tonic release of ACh.
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PMID:Adenosine in vertebrate retina: localization, receptor characterization, and function. 168 15

The effects of an adenosine analog, N6-phenyl-isopropyl-adenosine (PIA), on the glucagon-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity in rat hepatic membranes were studied. Adenosine at high concentrations (greater than 10 microM) has been reported exclusively to inhibit the adenylate cyclase via intracellular P-sites of the hepatic membrane. The stimulation by glucagon of the enzyme was attenuated by nanomolar concentrations of PIA in the presence of low concentrations (less than 1.0 microM) of GTP, indicating the effect of the guanine nucleotide inhibitory system (Ni). This inhibition by PIA required the presence of sodium chloride and was antagonized with isobutyl methylxanthine, an antagonist for the extracellular R-site receptors. The inhibitory effects of PIA disappeared and reversed into a stimulatory phase with increasing concentrations of GTP, suggesting the presence of a stimulatory (Ns) and an inhibitory (Ni) guanine nucleotide system of the enzyme in the action of the adenosine. PIA concentrations over a micromolar were observed to stimulate the enzyme activity in a GTP-dependent manner, indicating the presence of the stimulatory receptor (A2 or Ra) coupled to the Ns. These results suggest that receptors for adenosine of the inhibitory type (A1 or Ri) and the stimulatory type (A2 or Ra) are present on the rat hepatic membrane, showing multiple controls of the adenylate cyclase system, depending on the cellular concentrations of GTP and/or sodium chloride.
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PMID:Multiple controls by adenosine receptors on the adenylate cyclase in the rat hepatic membrane. 169 17

Effects of cholera toxin and forskolin on pig epidermal adenylate cyclase system were investigated. Both agents increased cyclic AMP levels of epidermis. Marked accumulations were observed in the presence of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor, isobutylmethylxanthine (IBMX). It has been known that hormone-stimulated adenylate cyclase responses are modified by various chemical treatments. Following long term incubation with hydrocortisone, Ro10-1670, and colchicine, the epidermal beta-adrenergic adenylate cyclase response was increased without the alteration of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase activity. Adenosine-, and histamine-adenylate cyclase responses were unchanged by hydrocortisone treatment, and were decreased by Ro10-1670 and colchicine treatments. Following the long term incubation with these chemicals, effects of cholera toxin and forskolin were investigated. Colchicine-treated skin revealed the increased cholera toxin-, and forskolin-induced cyclic AMP accumulations. Neither hydrocortisone- nor Ro10-1670-treated skin revealed alterations of cholera toxin-, and forskolin-effect. The stimulatory effect of colchicine on the cholera toxin-, and forskolin-effect was observed at doses of the beta-adrenergic augmentation effect. Our results indicate that among the chemicals which reveal the beta-adrenergic augmentation effect, colchicine is unique in that it also increases cholera toxin-, and forskolin-induced cyclic AMP accumulations of epidermis.
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PMID:Cholera toxin- and forskolin-induced cyclic AMP accumulations of pig skin (epidermis). Modulation by chemicals which reveal the beta-adrenergic augmentation effect. 170 21


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