Differential effects of methylxanthines on local cerebral blood flow and glucose utilization in the conscious rat

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology
J J Grome, V Stefanovich

Abstract

The aim of this study was to test the effects of the three "classical" methylxanthines, theophylline, caffeine and theobromine, on local cerebral blood flow and glucose utilization. Equimolar doses (1.6 mumol/kg/min i.v.) of theophylline and caffeine produced increases in local cerebral glucose utilization and decreases in local cerebral blood flow. These compounds, therefore, re-set the ratio of cerebral blood flow per unit of glucose utilization at a lower level. These results are interpreted with respect to the known adenosine antagonist properties of caffeine and theophylline. Theobromine, a substance with less significant adenosine antagonist properties, had minimal effects on local cerebral blood flow and glucose utilization at a dose of 1.6 mumol/kg/min i.v. These data may provide supportive evidence for the hypothesis that adenosine plays an important role in cerebral blood flow-metabolism coupling.

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