PMID: 11322446Apr 27, 2001Paper

Role of adenosine 5'-triphosphate in vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage: human investigations

Neurosurgery
R L MacdonaldM Borsody

Abstract

Adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) is a vasoactive compound found in high concentrations inside erythrocytes. This compound may contribute to vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). We assessed the hypothesis that ATP contributes to vasospasm in humans. ATP and hemoglobin concentrations were measured in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from humans with SAH and in blood incubated in vitro. The vasoactivity of the human CSF samples and of fractionated (fractions with molecular weight greater than or less than 10 kDa) and unfractionated blood incubated in vitro was assessed by application of samples to canine basilar artery segments under isometric tension. ATP in human CSF declined within 72 hours of SAH to concentrations too low to contract cerebral arteries. Vasoactivity of human CSF correlated with the concentration of hemoglobin. The vasoactivity of incubated erythrocyte hemolysates remained high despite a decline in ATP concentrations. Fractionation of incubated erythrocyte hemolysates showed that for incubation periods up to 7 days, all vasoactivity was in a fraction of molecular weight greater than 10 kDa. ATP is unlikely to contribute to vasospasm because the concentrations in CSF after SAH in humans are not high enough to c...Continue Reading

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