Does an impaired adenosine mediated feedback control play a role in the development of hereditary dystrophic cardiomyopathy?
A study was carried out to investigate whether or not an impairment of the adenosine mediated negative inotropic effect in the presence of beta adrenoceptor stimulation plays a role in the pathogenesis of the hereditary cardiomyopathy of the Syrian hamster. In electrically driven papillary muscles isolated from the hearts of cardiomyopathic (strain BIO 8262) and age matched healthy control Syrian hamsters the effects of isoprenaline, adenosine, and adenosine in the presence of isoprenaline were studied within the first 30 days of life (the prenecrotic stage of the disorder). In both cardiomyopathic and control hamsters adenosine antagonised the positive inotropic effect of isoprenaline, whereas adenosine alone had no or, only a weak, inhibitory effect on the force of contraction. The effects in both groups were similar. The effect of isoprenaline on the force of contraction also did not differ in the two groups. The data show that in both cardiomyopathic and control hamsters adenosine
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