Subclassification of Neuronal Adenosine Receptors
Subclassification of Neuronal Adenosine Receptors
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神经元腺苷受体的亚分类
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1990
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L. Stelius
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L. Gustafsson;C. Wiklund;N. Wiklund;L. Stelius
It has been proposed that adenosine exerts its extracellular biological effects via two distinct receptor subclasses: A1 which mediate inhibition of adenylate cyclase and A2 receptors which mediate stimulation of the cyclase. In addition to their opposite effects on adenylate cyclase the receptors have distinct structure activity relationships for certain adenosine analogues. At A1-receptors the potency order is N6-R-phenylisopropyladenosine (R-PIA) ≥ S’-N-ethylcarboxamideadenosine (NECA) > S-PIA, whereas at A2-receptors it is NECA > R-PIA ≥ S-PIA (c.f. Stone 1985, Wiklund et al. 1989b). Stimulation or inhibition of adenylate cyclase is no longer regarded as a safe criterion for receptor type (Stone 1985). A further subdivision of A2 receptors into A2a and A2b was proposed, where A2a is a high affinity receptor (EC50 nanomolar range) and A2b is a low affinity receptor (EC50 micromolar range)(c.f. Bruns et al. 1987). Studies are at hand, suggesting adenosine receptors with agonist profiles that do not fit the definition of A1 and A2 receptors and a new class of adenosine receptors has been suggested: A3 (Ribeiro & Sebastiao 1986). We have previously reported a difference in structure activity relationships between adenosine A1 receptors at autonomic nerves versus those characterized e.g. in the CNS (Gustafsson et al. 1985, 1989, Wiklund et al. 1989a). The present study delineates presynaptic P1 receptors in the autonomic postganglionic nerves as clearly of A1 type, and probably constituting a novel subclass, A1b.