“We conclude that vesnarinone inhibits the uptake of adenosine in cardiovascular cells, which contributes to cytoprotection.”
“… vesnarinone … adenosine was inhibited dose-dependently {% inhibition of -3H-adenosine uptake at 10 and 30 microM of vesnarinone: 14 and 33% (C2C12), 47 and 72% (HCASMC), … by 8-sulfophenyltheophylline, an adenosine receptor antagonist, and was partially blunted by alpha,beta-methyleneadenosine 5'-diphosphate, an inhibitor of ecto-5'-nucleotidase.”