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In transient cerebral ischemia, extracellular purine catabolites and pial arteriolar diameter were measured continuously. Ischemia during one hour was induced by unilateral occlusion of left middle cerebral artery in feline. Extracellular purine catabolites were sampled by in vivo brain microdialysis technique from the gray matter at ectosylvian gyrus. These catabolites were analyzed by HPLC system. Simultaneously, reactivity of pial arteriole was observed and its diameter was measured through the cranial window using intravital microscope and width analyzer. Extracellular concentrations of adenosine, inosine, hypoxanthine and xanthine were found to be 0.80 +/- 0.16 microM, 2.01 +/- 0.95 microM, 4.01 +/- 2.73 microM and 3.93 +/- 2.39 microM, respectively. During ischemia, the concentration of adenosine increased 8.7-fold and arteriolar diameter was 170% of the resting state. These findings in extracellular adenosine concentration and pial arteriolar diameter during ischemia support a role of adenosine in regulation of cerebral blood flow. After reperfusion, arteriolar diameter had returned to 120% of the resting state. But 50 min after reperfusion, pial arteriole began to dilate again coincident with the peak of xanthine concentration. These results suggest that free radicals were produced and could affect pial arterioles 50 min after reperfusion.
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