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The action of adenosine on renal blood flow and kidney function in dogs was studied with bolus injections and infusion of adenosine into the renal artery. Simultaneous infusions of theophylline, 1–5×10−6 mol/min into the renal artery which did not affect renal function by itself inhibited the adenosine induced vasoconstriction. From the bolus injection studies a dose response curve (DRC) was constructed. Theophylline shifted the DRC to the right in a parallel manner. pA2-pA10 was 0.98 indicating that theophylline inhibition of the adenosine effects may be interpreted as a competitive antagonism. Infusions of adenosine (0.3–1.1 μmol/min) caused a reduction of urine volume, sodium excretion and glomerular filtration rate (GFR). The decrease of GFR after adenosine infusion by 31.4% could be diminished by theophylline. It is suggested that adenosine action is based mainly on a constriction of the vasa afferentia in the outer zone of the cortex.
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with the technical assistance of O. Jacobs
Part of this work was presented on the 14. Frühjahrstagung der Deutschen Pharmakologischen Gesellschaft, Mainz, 18.–21. 3. 1973.
Supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
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Oßwald, H. Renal effects of adenosine and their inhibition by theophylline in dogs. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch. Pharmacol. 288, 79–86 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00501815
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