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“ Allopurinol , a xanthine oxidase inhibitor, may increase circulating pools of adenosine and may ultimately have antipsychotic and anxiolytic effects.”
“ Allopurinol (10 &mgr;M) significantly increased the level of adenosine in rat heart dialysate (n=6, p<0.05), which was inhibited by chelerythrine, 10 &mgr;M, an antagonist of protein kinase C (PKC).”
“In addition, allopurinol enhanced the diacylglycerol (DAG; 50 &mgr;M)‐induced also increases in adenosine production by 71.5±12.0% (n=6, P<0.05), to a level significantly (P<0.05) greater than the increase caused by DAG alone (33.0±10.6%).”
“In the presence of allopurinol (10 &mgr;M), a marked elevation of AMP‐primed dialysate adenosine in ischemia/reperfused rat hearts was observed.”
European journal of pharmacology • 2017 | View Paper
“ Allopurinol inhibits purine degradation under severe hypoxic conditions and results in a significant increase in brain tissue levels of adenosine and inosine.”
“Two possible mechanisms were associated to the nucleoside protection: (1) the peroxide-metabolyzed enzymes, GSH-per, showed a marked increase after 30 … important role of this enzyme in the nucleoside's action; (2) the adenosine catabolism induced an increase in uric acid level, and allopurinol , a purine … of adenosine ….”
“The results of this study indicate that allopurinol exerts specific effects on the vasodilatory component of adenosine and prevents the adenosine-suppressive effect on the renin-angiotensin system.”
“Allantoic acid production by the nodule cytosol fraction with inosine-5'-monophosphate , inosine, xanthosine-5'-monophosphate, xanthosine, hypoxanthine, or xanthine as substrates was NAD(+)-dependent and blocked by allopurinol.”