Article: Adenosine receptor modulation: potential implications in veterinary medicine.
Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997)
2009 Volume 179, Issue 1, Page(s) 38–49
Abstract: Adenosine is a purine nucleoside whose concentration increases during inflammation and hypoxia and the many roles of this molecule are becoming better understood. Increased reactivity to adenosine of the airways of asthmatic but not of normal subjects ... ...
Abstract | Adenosine is a purine nucleoside whose concentration increases during inflammation and hypoxia and the many roles of this molecule are becoming better understood. Increased reactivity to adenosine of the airways of asthmatic but not of normal subjects underlines the role of adenosine in airway inflammation. The identification and pharmacological characterisation of different adenosine receptors have stimulated the search for subtype-specific ligands able to modulate the effects of this molecule in a directed way. Several compounds of different chemical classes have been identified as having potential drawbacks, including side effects resulting from the broad distribution of the receptors across the organism, have prevented clinical application. In this article, the effects of adenosine's different receptors and the intracellular signalling pathways are reviewed. The potential of adenosine receptor modulation as a therapeutic target for chronic airway inflammation is considered, taking equine recurrent airway disease and feline asthma as examples of naturally occurring airway obstructive diseases. Other potential applications for adenosine receptor modulation are also discussed. As the intrinsic molecular events of adenosine's mechanism of action become uncovered, new concrete therapeutic approaches will become available for the treatment of various conditions in veterinary medicine. |
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MeSH term(s) | Adenosine/physiology ; Animals ; Asthma/drug therapy ; Asthma/immunology ; Asthma/physiopathology ; Asthma/veterinary ; Bronchoconstriction ; Cat Diseases/drug therapy ; Cat Diseases/immunology ; Cat Diseases/physiopathology ; Cats ; Horse Diseases/drug therapy ; Horse Diseases/immunology ; Horse Diseases/physiopathology ; Horses ; Inflammation ; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/drug therapy ; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/immunology ; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/physiopathology ; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/veterinary ; Purinergic P1 Receptor Agonists ; Purinergic P1 Receptor Antagonists ; Receptors, Purinergic P1/physiology ; Signal Transduction |
Chemical Substances | Purinergic P1 Receptor Agonists ; Purinergic P1 Receptor Antagonists ; Receptors, Purinergic P1 ; Adenosine (K72T3FS567) |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2009-01 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article ; Review |
ZDB-ID | 428614-5 |
ISSN | 1532-2971 ; 1090-0233 ; 0372-5545 |
ISSN (online) | 1532-2971 |
ISSN | 1090-0233 ; 0372-5545 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.08.005 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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