Mice heterozygous for both A1 and A2A adenosine receptor genes show similarities to mice given long-term caffeine
Mice heterozygous for both A1 and A2A adenosine receptor genes show similarities to mice given long-term caffeine
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DOI:
10.1152/japplphysiol.90971.2008
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发表时间:
2009-02-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Fredholm, Bertil B.
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作者:
Yang, Jiang-Ning;Bjorklund, Olga;Fredholm, Bertil B.
Yang JN, Bjorklund O, Lindstrom-Tornqvist K, Lindgren E, Eriksson TM, Kahlstrom J, Chen JF, Schwarzschild MA, Tobler I, Fredholm BB. Mice heterozygous for both A(1) and A(2A) adenosine receptor genes show similarities to mice given long-term caffeine. J Appl Physiol 106: 631-639, 2009. First published November 26, 2008; doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90971.2008.-Caffeine is believed to exert its stimulant effects by blocking A(2A) and A(1) adenosine receptors (A(2A)R and A(1)R). Although a genetic knockout of A(2A)R eliminates effects of caffeine, the phenotype of the knockout animal does not resemble that of caffeine treatment. In this study we explored the possibility that a mere reduction of the number of A(1)Rs and A(2A)Rs, achieved by deleting one of the two copies of the A(1)R and A(2A)R genes, would mimic some aspects of long-term caffeine ingestion. The A(1)R and A(2)AR double heterozygous (A(1)R-A(2A)R dHz) mice indeed had approximately one-half the number of A(1)R and A(2A)R, and there were little compensatory changes in A(2B) or A(3) adenosine receptor (A(2B)R or A(3)R) expression. The ability of a stable adenosine analog to activate receptors was shifted to the right by caffeine and in A(1)R-A(2A)R dHz tissue. Caffeine (0.3 g/l in drinking water for 7-10 days) and A(1)R-A(2A)R dHz genotype increased locomotor activity (LA) and decreased heart rate without significantly influencing body temperature. The acute stimulatory effect of a single injection of caffeine was reduced in A(1)R-A(2A)R dHz mice and in mice treated long term with oral caffeine. Thus at least some aspects of long-term caffeine use can be mimicked by genetic manipulation of the A(1)R and A(2A)R.