AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 269, Issue 4 469-F479, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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Selective A1 adenosine receptor antagonism augments beta-adrenergic-induced renin release in vivo

C. A. Pfeifer, F. Suzuki and E. K. Jackson
Center for Clinical Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania 15213-2582, USA.

This study determines, in vivo, whether endogenous adenosine/A1 receptor interactions at juxtaglomerular cells restrain the release of renin induced by receptor-mediated activation of the adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate pathway and whether endogenous adenosine/A2 receptor interactions diminish this restraining response. The following four pharmacological probes were employed: 1) 1,3-dipropyl-8-cyclopentylxanthine (DPCPX) and 2) FK-453, both selective A1 receptor antagonists; 3) FR-113452, a nearly inactive enantiomer of FK-453; and 4) KF-17837, a selective A2 receptor blocker. Adult Sprague-Dawley rats were prepared (adrenalectomized, renal denervated, uninephrectomized, and treated with indomethacin, aldosterone, and hydrocortisone) to minimize endogenous stimulation of renin release and received either vehicle (control group) or one of the four drugs. Intrarenal infusions of isoproterenol (3, 30, and 100 ng.kg-1.min-1) caused dose-related increases in plasma renin activity (PRA). This PRA response was significantly augmented in the groups receiving DPCPX (P = 0.0010) or FK-453 (P = 0.0001) but was not altered in the groups treated with FR-113452 (P = 0.3422) or KF-17837 (P = 0.2155). Systemic and renal hemodynamics and renal electrolyte excretions were monitored and could not account for the PRA augmentation caused by the A1 antagonists. This study clearly demonstrates that endogenous adenosine acts on the A1 receptor to restrain the renin release induced by activation of intrarenal beta-adrenoceptors and is not counteracted by endogenous activation of the A2 receptor.

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