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Cultured chick heart muscle cells degrade ATP during metabolic inhibition via ADP to AMP. Whether AMP is primarily deaminated to IMP or dephosphorylated to adenosine depends on the ‘metabolic block’ (glycolysis vs. oxidative phosphorylation). Inhibition of glycolysis (deoxyglucose) results in an inosine/adenosine ratio > 1 in the supernatant, whereas the nucleoside ratio is ≤ 1 during inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation (hypoxia, rotenone). EHNA, a blocker of adenosine deaminase, has little effect on inosine release during metabolic inhibition, consistent with the reported low activity of adenosine deaminase in cardiac muscle cells. The amount of adenosine and inosine released can be largely attenuated by two nucleoside carrier inhibitors, nitrobenzyl-thioinosine and dipyridamole, which suggests that nucleosides are produced intracellularly and subsequently released. These results indicate that the amount of inosine or adenosine released from the cardiomyocyte during impaired energy metabolism (e.g. ischemia) can be controlled by the metabolic state of the cell.
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Wagenknecht, B., Lieberman, M. Adenine nucleotide degradation in cultured chick heart muscle cells. Mol Cell Biochem 107, 119–125 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00225515
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