Journal
LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 72, Issue 25, Pages 2825-2838Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(03)00199-1
Keywords
heart; adenosine receptors; species differences (guinea pig, rat); atrial myocardium; ventricular myocardium
Funding
- NIA NIH HHS [AG00525, AG09559] Funding Source: Medline
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Various species have been used as models to study the effects of adenosine (ADO) on atrial and ventricular myocardium, but few direct tissue comparisons between species have been made. This study further characterizes adenosine A(1) receptor binding, adenylate cyclase activity and direct and indirect A(1) receptor-mediated functional activity in atrial and ventricular tissue from Sprague-Dawley rats and Hartley guinea pigs. Rat right atria (RA) were found to be significantly more sensitive to cyclopentyladenosine (CPA), while guinea pig left atria (LA) were more sensitive to CPA. After the addition of isoproterenol (ISO), the reduction of CPA response in rat RA was significantly greater than in guinea pig; however, after ISO treatment, the guinea pig LA was more sensitive to CPA than the rat. Adenylate cyclase inhibition by CPA was significantly greater in atria and ventricles obtained from guinea pig than rat. In competition binding experiments; guinea pig RA had significantly more high affinity sites than rat, but the K(i)s Were not significantly different. There were no significant differences between guinea pig LA and rat LA. Guinea pig ventricular tissue had fewer high, affinity sites than rat without any differences in their K-i values. In antagonist saturation experiments, the density and affinity of A(1) receptors in guinea pig cardiac membranes were, significantly greater than in rat. Our results indicate definite species differences as well as tissue differences between rat and guinea pig. These differences must be considered when interpreting studies using rat and guinea pig tissue as models for cardiac function. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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