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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI118245

Adenosine A2b receptors evoke interleukin-8 secretion in human mast cells. An enprofylline-sensitive mechanism with implications for asthma.

I Feoktistov and I Biaggioni

Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 32732-2195, USA.

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Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 32732-2195, USA.

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Published October 1, 1995 - More info

Published in Volume 96, Issue 4 on October 1, 1995
J Clin Invest. 1995;96(4):1979–1986. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI118245.
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Adenosine potentiates mast cell activation, but the receptor type and molecular mechanisms involved have not been defined. We, therefore, investigated the effects of adenosine on the human mast cell line HMC-1. Both the A2a selective agonist CGS21680 and the A2a/A2b nonselective agonist 5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine (NECA) increased cAMP, but NECA was fourfold more efficacious and had a Hill coefficient of 0.55, suggesting the presence of both A2a and A2b receptors. NECA 10 microM evoked IL-8 release from HMC-1, but CGS21680 10 microM had no effect. In separate studies we found that enprofylline, an antiasthmatic previously thought to lack adenosine antagonistic properties, is as effective as theophylline as an antagonist of A2b receptors at concentrations achieved clinically. Both theophylline and enprofylline 300 micro completely blocked the release of IL-8 by NECA. NECA, but not CGS21680, increases inositol phosphate formation and intracellular calcium mobilization through a cholera and pertussis toxin-insensitive mechanism. In conclusion, both A2a and A2b receptors are present in HMC-1 cells and are coupled to adenylate cyclase. In addition, A2b receptors are coupled to phospholipase C and evoke IL-8 release. This effect is blocked by theophylline and enprofylline, raising the possibility that this mechanism contributes to their antiasthmatic effects.

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