Abstract
Adenosine receptor agonists and agents enhancing pericellular concentrations of adenosine possess antiinflammatory properties. In the present study, we found that R-phenylisopropyladenosine (R-PIA), 5'-N-ethylcarboxamido adenosine (NECA), other agonists of adenosine receptors and dipyridamole, an adenosine uptake inhibitor, inhibited tumor necrosis factor (TNF) production by endotoxin-stimulated human monocytes in a concentration- dependent manner with no inhibition of interleukin-6. The rank order of agonist potency is characteristic of neither A1 nor A2 receptors and suggests the involvement of another receptor subtype. The effect of R-PIA on TNF was in part abolished by the antagonist 8-sulfophenyltheophylline. In endotoxin-treated rats, R-PIA pretreatment (2.5 mg/kg) reduced serum TNF levels by 98%, with no modification of serum IL6 levels. TNF inhibition could be an important mechanism by which adenosine analogs exert their antiinflammatory action.
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