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(Circulation. 1997;95:2108-2114.)
© 1997 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Vesnarinone Limits Infarct Size via Adenosine-Dependent Mechanisms in the Canine Heart

Masafumi Kitakaze, MD; Tetsuo Minamino, MD; Hiroharu Funaya, MD; Koichi Node, MD; Yoshiro Shinozaki, BS; Hidezo Mori, MD; Masatsugu Hori, MD

From the First Department of Medicine, Osaka University School of Medicine, Suita (M.K., T.M., H.F., K.N., M.H.), and Tokai University School of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Isehara (Y.S., H.M.), Japan.

Correspondence to Masafumi Kitakaze, MD, PhD, The First Department of Medicine, Osaka University School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita 565, Japan.

Background Recently, vesnarinone, a synthetic inotropic agent, was reported to inhibit adenosine transport into cells, which may increase adenosine levels in the heart and in turn mediate cardioprotection. Thus, vesnarinone may also have protective effects in sustained ischemia-reperfusion, because adenosine limits infarct size.

Methods and Results In open-chest dogs, the left anterior descending coronary arteries were occluded for 90 minutes followed by 6 hours of reperfusion. Vesnarinone limited infarct size compared with controls (6.8±2.2% versus 44.7±3.9%), which was completely reversed by a nonselective adenosine receptor antagonist, 8-sulfophenyltheophylline (44.1±6.8%), and partially blunted by an inhibitor of ecto-5'-nucleotidase, ,ß-methyleneadenosine 5'-diphosphate (AMP-CP, 28.9±4.7%). Dipyridamole, an inhibitor of adenosine uptake into cells, only modestly limited infarct size (27.4±5.5%). Furthermore, vesnarinone increased adenosine release during coronary hypoperfusion, which was attenuated by AMP-CP. In vitro, vesnarinone increased the activity of ecto-5'-nucleotidase of the myocardium.

Conclusions We conclude that vesnarinone potently limits infarct size via adenosine-dependent mechanisms, mainly through activation of ecto-5'-nucleotidase.

Key Words: ischemia • reperfusion • adenosine • myocardial infarction • coronary disease

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