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Remarkable progress in understanding the pathophysiology and underlying mechanisms of hereditary angioedema has led to the development of effective treatment for this disorder. Progress in three separate areas has catalyzed our understanding of hereditary angioedema. The first is the recognition that HAE type I and type II result from a deficiency in the plasma level of functional C1 inhibitor. This observation has led to a detailed understanding of the SERPING1 mutations responsible for this deficiency as well as the molecular regulation of C1 inhibitor expression and function. The second is that the fundamental cause of swelling is enhanced contact system activation leading to increased generation of bradykinin. Substantial progress has been made in defining the parameters regulating bradykinin generation and catabolism as well as the receptors that transduce the biologic effects of kinins. The third is the understanding that tissue swelling in hereditary angioedema primarily involves the function of endothelial cell adherens junctions. This knowledge is driving increased attention to the role of endothelial biology in determining disease activity in hereditary angioedema. While there has been considerable progress made, large gaps still remain in our knowledge. Important areas that remain poorly understood include the factors that lead to very low plasma functional C1 inhibitor levels, the triggers of contact system activation in hereditary angioedema, and the role of the bradykinin B1 receptor. The phenotypic variability of hereditary angioedema has been extensively documented but never understood. The mechanisms discussed in this chapter likely contribute to this variability. Future progress in understanding these mechanisms should provide new means to improve the diagnosis and treatment of hereditary angioedema.
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Methods for Testing Immunological Factors. DRUG DISCOVERY AND EVALUATION: PHARMACOLOGICAL ASSAYS 2016. [PMCID: PMC7122208 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-05392-9_45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Hypersensitivity reactions can be elicited by various factors: either immunologically induced, i.e., allergic reactions to natural or synthetic compounds mediated by IgE, or non-immunologically induced, i.e., activation of mediator release from cells through direct contact, without the induction of, or the mediation through immune responses. Mediators responsible for hypersensitivity reactions are released from mast cells. An important preformed mediator of allergic reactions found in these cells is histamine. Specific allergens or the calcium ionophore 48/80 induce release of histamine from mast cells. The histamine concentration can be determined with the o-phthalaldehyde reaction.
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Ferrer M. Immunological events in chronic spontaneous urticaria. Clin Transl Allergy 2015; 5:30. [PMID: 26309723 PMCID: PMC4549074 DOI: 10.1186/s13601-015-0074-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is a highly debilitating skin disease associated with systemic features. We have made significant progress in several aspects relating to this condition. However, the exact physiopathology remains unknown. There is mounting evidence for an autoimmune basis, demonstrated by the CSU serum ability to activate healthy donors skin mast cells and blood basophils. However, it is only seen among 35–40% of patients. Mast cells and basophils play an important role in this skin condition. Both cells in CSU patients have unique features that differentiate them from basophils and mast cells from healthy donors. In the case of basophils, basopenia is typically found in CSU patients. Basophils from CSU patients also tend to be hyporesponsive to stimuli that act through the IgE receptor, responsive to other stimuli as MCP-1 or C5a, and hyperesponsive when incubated with sera. Eosinophils are also present in CSU skin biopsies, yet their exact role has not yet been defined. Likewise, endothelial cells also play a function, as indirectly demonstrated by an increase of vasoactive peptides in skin and plasma of CSU patients’ samples. All these facts orchestrate a systemic inflammation response producing a significant increase of several inflammatory markers. Unfortunately, we lack a unitary model that could explain the exact role of each of these players. In this review, we will describe the history and discover the pathway to the present knowledge on the immunological facts of this disease.
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- Marta Ferrer
- Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pio XII, 36, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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Savage WJ, Tobian AAR, Savage JH, Wood RA, Schroeder JT, Ness PM. Scratching the surface of allergic transfusion reactions. Transfusion 2012; 53:1361-71. [PMID: 22998777 DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03892.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Allergic transfusion reactions (ATRs) are a spectrum of hypersensitivity reactions that are the most common adverse reaction to platelets and plasma, occurring in up to 2% of transfusions. Despite the ubiquity of these reactions, little is known about their mechanism. In a small subset of severe reactions, specific antibody has been implicated as causal, although this mechanism does not explain all ATRs. Evidence suggests that donor, product, and recipient factors are involved, and it is possible that many ATRs are multifactorial. Further understanding of the mechanisms of ATRs is necessary so that rationally designed and cost-effective prevention measures can be developed.
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- William J Savage
- Division of Transfusion Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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The effect of a variety of non IgE-mediated stimuli on histamine release from mast cells from different locations is described. Sensory neuropeptides are shown to resemble other polycationic compounds in preferentially activating mast cells from the rat while having a limited effect on human mast cells, except possibly those from skin. Similar results were obtained with the putative non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic neurotransmitter ATP, thereby questioning the role of neuronal mast cell activation in allergy and inflammation. Bradykinin also acted selectively against rat cells while complement-derived and formylmethionyl peptides were effective against human basophils and cutaneous mast cells. The latter results may indicate a role for the skin cell in local inflammatory responses involving complement activation and in host resistance to bacterial infection. Rat mast cells and human basophils were most responsive to hyperosmolar challenge but significant effects were obtained from human pulmonary mast cells obtained by bronchoalveolar lavage. The latter cells may thus be implicated in exercise-induced asthma. The plasma substitute dextran was a specific secretagogue for the rat while morphine sulphate largely induced histamine release from human cutaneous mast cells. The latter result may account for anaphylactoid reactions to the opiate. In total these data emphasize the functional heterogeneity of mast cells from different locations and highlight the particular pharmacological properties of the skin mast cell in man.
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- F L Pearce
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, UK
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Pachlopnik JM, Horn MP, Fux M, Dahinden M, Mandallaz M, Schneeberger D, Baldi L, Vogel M, Stadler BM, Miescher SM. Natural anti-FcεRIα autoantibodies may interfere with diagnostic tests for autoimmune urticaria. J Autoimmun 2004; 22:43-51. [PMID: 14709412 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2003.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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IgG autoantibodies against the alpha-chain of the high affinity IgE receptor are claimed to play a pathogenetic role in autoimmune urticaria. The best methods for detection of functional autoantibodies are currently the autologous serum skin test and the basophil histamine release assay. A simplified and feasible screening test would facilitate the diagnosis of autoimmune urticaria. Here we offer an explanation for the difficulties in establishing a screening test for autoantibodies directed against the alpha-chain of the high affinity IgE receptor in autoimmune urticaria. Identical autoantibodies in chronic urticaria patients and healthy donors belonging to the natural autoantibody repertoire were found by sequence analysis of anti-alpha-chain autoantibodies isolated by repertoire cloning from antibody libraries. These natural autoantibodies bound to the receptor and triggered histamine release but only if IgE was previously removed from the receptor. Diagnostic assays used for detection of antibodies directed against the IgE receptor may require signal comparison with and without the artificial removal of IgE, immune complexes, and complement in order to avoid false positive or negative results. After IgE removal diagnostic tests will detect natural autoantibodies against the high affinity IgE receptor regardless of whether they are pathogenic or not.
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- Jana M Pachlopnik
- Institute of Immunology, Sahlihaus 1, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
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Shigematsu S, Ishida S, Gute DC, Korthuis RJ. Bradykinin-induced proinflammatory signaling mechanisms. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002; 283:H2676-86. [PMID: 12388246 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00538.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Intravital microscopic techniques were used to examine the mechanisms underlying bradykinin-induced leukocyte/endothelial cell adhesive interactions (LECA) and venular protein leakage (VPL) in single postcapillary venules of the rat mesentery. The effects of bradykinin superfusion to increase LECA and VPL were prevented by coincident topical application of either a bradykinin-B(2) receptor antagonist, a cell-permeant superoxide dismutase (SOD) mimetic or antioxidant, or inhibitors of cytochrome P-450 epoxygenase (CYPE) or protein kinase C (PKC) but not by concomitant treatment with either SOD, a mast cell stabilizer, or inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase, cyclooxygenase, xanthine oxidase, NADPH oxidase, or platelet-activating factor. Immunoneutralizing P-selectin or intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) completely prevented bradykinin-induced leukocyte adhesion and emigration but did not affect VPL. On the other hand, stabilization of F-actin with phalloidin prevented bradykinin-induced leukocyte emigration and VPL but did not alter leukocyte adhesion. These data indicate that bradykinin induces LECA in rat mesenteric venules via a B(2)-receptor-initiated, CYPE-, oxidant- and PKC-mediated, P-selectin- and ICAM-1-dependent mechanism. Bradykinin also produced VPL, an effect that was initiated by stimulation of B(2) receptors and involved CYPE and PKC activation, oxidant generation, and cytoskeletal reorganization but was independent of leukocyte adherence and emigration.
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- Sakuji Shigematsu
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport 71130, USA
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Reynolds CJ, Togias A, Proud D. Airways hyper-responsiveness to bradykinin and methacholine: effects of inhaled fluticasone. Clin Exp Allergy 2002; 32:1174-9. [PMID: 12190655 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2002.01443.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although inhaled corticosteroids are the most effective anti-inflammatory agents available for the treatment of asthma, they have, at best, only modest effects on airways responsiveness to methacholine. Thus, hyper-responsiveness to methacholine is a relatively insensitive monitor of the effectiveness of glucocorticoids in asthmatic subjects. OBJECTIVE The study aimed to determine if airways hyper-responsiveness to bradykinin provides a more sensitive index of glucocorticoid responsiveness in asthmatic subjects than does hyper-responsiveness to methacholine. METHODS A double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group study comparing the effects of inhaled fluticasone (220 micro g twice daily) on responsiveness to the two stimuli in asthmatic subjects who had never previously received corticosteroid therapy. Drug (n = 13) or placebo (n = 12) were administered for 16 weeks. Responsiveness to bradykinin and methacholine was determined at baseline and at 4 week intervals. RESULTS Placebo did not alter responsiveness to either stimulus compared to baseline. Fluticasone treatment significantly reduced responsiveness to bradykinin (P < 0.001 by Friedman anova) and methacholine (P = 0.02), but changes in responsiveness to bradykinin were significantly greater than those in methacholine responsiveness (P = 0.002). Bradykinin responsiveness was decreased at all treatment times compared to baseline, while methacholine responsiveness was not decreased until 8 weeks of therapy. When data were analyzed as changes from baseline (DeltaLog PD20), DeltaLog PD20 for methacholine was not different at any time-point between the two treatment groups. By contrast, DeltaLog PD20 for bradykinin was significantly greater in patients receiving fluticasone compared to those on placebo at all but the 16-week treatment time. Ten of 13 subjects receiving fluticasone failed, on at least one post-treatment visit, to show a 20% fall in forced expiratory volume (FEV1), even at the highest dose of bradykinin. CONCLUSIONS Airways responsiveness to bradykinin is more profoundly, and more rapidly, reduced by inhaled glucocorticoids than is responsiveness to methacholine. Airways hyper-responsiveness to bradykinin provides a convenient and sensitive monitor of glucocorticoid responsiveness in asthma.
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- C J Reynolds
- Department of Medicine, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Fadel R, Ramboer I, Chatterjee N, Rihoux JP, Derde MP. Cetirizine inhibits bradykinin-induced cutaneous wheal and flare in atopic and healthy subjects. Allergy 2000; 55:888-91. [PMID: 11003455 DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2000.00322.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Kinins are vasoactive mediators involved in allergic reactions. When applied on the skin or in the nose, bradykinin (BK) elicits inflammation that is poorly affected by previous H1-blockade. The aim of this study was to compare the possible effect of cetirizine (an H1-antagonist) on wheal and flare responses to BK, histamine, and compound 48/80 in atopic and healthy subjects. METHODS In a randomized, double-blind, crossover study, eight atopic and eight healthy subjects received cetirizine (10 mg/day) or placebo for 3 days before cutaneous tests. Intradermal tests (IDT) and prick tests (PT) were performed with BK (20 nmol/ml for IDT and 20 micromol/ml for PT), histamine (100 microg/ml IDT and 100 mg/ml PT), and compound 48/80 (100 microg/ml IDT and 100 mg/ml PT) as positive controls and saline as negative control. The skin responses were monitored by measurement of wheal and flare areas. RESULTS BK, histamine, and 48/80 induced wheal and flare reactions in all placebo-treated subjects. Histamine elicited larger wheal and flare reactions than BK and 48/80. IDT with BK induced four- to six-fold larger wheal and flare reaction than PT. No differences in BK-induced wheal and flare were observed between atopic and healthy subjects. In atopic subjects, cetirizine induced a significant reduction of flare reactions after the BK test (80% for IDT, and 94% for PT [P<0.01]). Moreover, cetirizine reduced significantly BK-induced wheals by 70% for IDT (P<0.01) and 65% for PT (P<0.01). A similar inhibiting effect of cetirizine was also observed in healthy subjects. CONCLUSIONS These findings showed that the wheal and flare reactions induced by BK challenge were markedly inhibited by previous intake of cetirizine. The mechanism by which this effect is mediated cannot be established at present.
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- R Fadel
- Centre d'Allergie, Algiers, Algeria
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Fadel R, Ramboer I, Chatterjee N, Rihoux JP, Derde MP. Cetirizine inhibits bradykinin-induced cutaneous wheal and flare in atopic and healthy subjects. Allergy 2000; 55:382-5. [PMID: 10782524 DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2000.055004382.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Kinins are vasoactive mediators involved in allergic reactions. When applied on the skin or in the nose, bradykinin (BK) elicits inflammation that is poorly affected by previous H1-blockade. The aim of this study was to compare the possible effect of cetirizine (an H1-antagonist) on wheal and flare responses to BK, histamine, and compound 48/80 in atopic and healthy subjects. METHODS In a randomized, double-blind, crossover study, eight atopic and eight healthy subjects received cetirizine (10 mg/day) or placebo for 3 days before cutaneous tests. Intradermal tests (IDT) and prick tests (PT) were performed with BK (20 nmol/ml for IDT and 20 micromol/ml for PT), histamine (100 microg/ml IDT and 100 mg/ml PT), and compound 48/80 (100 microg/ml IDT and 100 mg/ml PT) as positive controls and saline as negative control. The skin responses were monitored by measurement of wheal and flare areas. RESULTS BK, histamine, and 48/80 induced wheal and flare reactions in all placebo-treated subjects. Histamine elicited larger wheal and flare reactions than BK and 48/80. IDT with BK induced four- to sixfold larger wheal and flare reaction than PT. No differences in BK-induced wheal and flare were observed between atopic and healthy subjects. In atopic subjects, cetirizine induced a significant reduction of flare reactions after the BK test (80% for IDT, and 94% for PT [P < 0.01]). Moreover, cetirizine reduced significantly BK-induced wheals by 70% for IDT (P < 0.01) and 65% for PT (P < 0.01). A similar inhibiting effect of cetirizine was also observed in healthy subjects. CONCLUSIONS These findings showed that the wheal and flare reactions induced by BK challenge were markedly inhibited by previous intake of cetirizine. The mechanism by which this effect is mediated cannot be established at present.
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- R Fadel
- Centre d'Allergie, Algiers, Algeria
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Reissmann S, Pineda F, Vietinghoff G, Werner H, Gera L, Stewart JM, Paegelow I. Structure activity relationships for bradykinin antagonists on the inhibition of cytokine release and the release of histamine. Peptides 2000; 21:527-33. [PMID: 10822108 DOI: 10.1016/s0196-9781(00)00171-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Highly potent bradykinin antagonists were found to inhibit bradykinin-induced release of cytokines but to stimulate histamine release. Both actions show structural requirements completely different from those for bradykinin B1 and B2 receptors, indicating that the release of some cytokines from spleen mononuclear cells and of histamine from rat mast cells is not mediated by these receptors. Most potent bradykinin antagonists release histamine at lower concentrations than does bradykinin itself. Dimers of bradykinin antagonists are the most potent compounds for histamine release. In contrast to enhanced histamine release, potent inhibition of cytokine release enhances the applicability of these compounds as anti-inflammatory drugs. Many of the peptides designed for high B2-receptor antagonism were found to be compared by their concentrations far more potent for inhibition of cytokine release than for smooth muscle contraction. Thus, for some antagonists inhibition of cytokine release was detected at concentrations as low as 10(-15) M. The rational design of peptide and nonpeptide bradykinin antagonists for therapeutic use requires not only knowledge about the potency but also knowledge about the structure-activity relationships of such important side effects as cytokine and histamine release.
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- S Reissmann
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Biological Faculty, Friedrich-Schiller University, 07743 Jena, Germany.
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Griesbacher T, Rainer I. 5-hydroxytryptamine release from skin mast cells in vivo induced by peptide but not by nonpeptide ligands for bradykinin receptors. IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY 1999; 43:195-201. [PMID: 10596853 DOI: 10.1016/s0162-3109(99)00103-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A number of biologically active peptides including bradykinin (BK) are known to elicit an unspecific, non-receptor-mediated release of mediators from mast cells. We have investigated whether novel, nonpeptide BK B2 receptor ligands, i.e., the antagonists N-[N-[3-[(3-bromo-2-methylimidazo(1,2-a]pyridin-8-yl)oxymethyl]-2, 4-dichlorophenyl]-N-methylaminocarbonylmethyl]-4-(dimethylamino carbonyl)cinnamylamide hydrochloride (FR167344) and (E)-3-(6-acetamido-3-pyridyl)-N-[N-(2,4-dichloro-3-¿(2-methyl-8-quinolin yl)oxymethyl¿ phenyl]-N-methylaminocarbonylmethyl]acryamide (FR173657), and the agonist 8-[2,6-dichloro-3-[N-[(E)-4-(N-methylcarbamoyl)cinnamidoacetyl+ ++]-N-methylamino] benzyloxy]-2-methyl-4-(2-pyridylmethoxy)quinoline (FR190997), would be devoid of this unspecific action. Paw oedema in anaesthetized rats was observed following subplantar injection of BK, FR190997, the B2 antagonist D-Arg-[Hyp3, Thi5, D-Tic7, Oic8]-BK (icatibant, previously Hoe-140), the B1 agonist des-Arg9-BK (DABK) and the B1 antagonist des-Arg9 [Leu8]-BK (DALBK). The effect of BK was inhibited by systemic pretreatments with icatibant and methysergide in an additive manner, whereas the local effect of icatibant was only sensitive to methysergide. Oedema induced by DABK and DALBK was also attenuated by methysergide. Mepyramine pretreatment was ineffective for all oedema-producing agents. Effects of FR190997 were abolished by pretreatment with icatibant. FR167344 and FR173657 did not induce oedema formation. Depletion of mast cells by compound 48/80 mimicked the effects of methysergide on BK and icatibant and had no effect on FR190997. It is concluded that the novel nonpeptide receptor ligands are devoid of the unspecific mast cell-degranulating action observed with the peptide ligands.
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- T Griesbacher
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Graz, Austria.
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Dvorak AM. Histamine content and secretion in basophils and mast cells. PROGRESS IN HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CYTOCHEMISTRY 1999; 33:III-IX, 169-320. [PMID: 10319376 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6336(98)80006-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Biochemical determinations of the histamine content and secretion from basophils and mast cells have been available for some time, and much of the complex anatomy of these cellular populations and their release reactions has been documented using the electron microscope. The ultrastructural analyses led to the description of vesicular transport between secretory granules and the plasma membrane as a mechanism for secretion from basophils and mast cells--a process termed piecemeal degranulation. Proof of concepts incorporated in a general degranulation model put forth in 1975 (DVORAK, H.F. and DVORAK, A.M.) requires high magnification imaging of a granule constituent in trafficking vesicles in the process of a stimulated release reaction in which the constituent release is monitored biochemically. Development and application of a new enzyme-affinity method to detect histamine at high magnifications in well-preserved ultrastructural samples have provided the necessary means to establish proof that appropriate secretagogues can stimulate the vesicular transport of histamine in basophils and mast cells during release reactions monitored biochemically. The background information necessary to the understanding of this result is presented here, as well as the development and verification of the diamine oxidase-gold method to image histamine in human mast cell granules as the test system. Also presented are applications using this technology to examine histamine stores and secretion in vitro, in vivo, and ex vivo in human basophils and mast cells and in mouse mast cells. Specifically examined are histamine stores developing in maturing mast cells induced to develop de novo from cultured human cord blood cells, secretagogue-stimulated release and recovery of histamine stores from isolated, purified human lung mast cells ex vivo, cytokine-stimulated degranulation of human skin mast cells and their histamine stores in vivo, piecemeal degranulation of human gut mast cells and their histamine stores in inflammatory bowel disease in vivo, piecemeal degranulation of mouse skin mast cells and their histamine stores in inflammatory eye disease in an interleukin-4 transgenic mouse model in vivo, and the stimulated secretion and recovery of histamine from human basophils ex vivo.
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- A M Dvorak
- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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The past decade has seen renewed interest in the potential role of kinins in airway diseases. The correlation between kinin generation and symptoms of inflammation, together with the demonstration that administration of kinins to the airway mucosa can induce relevant symptoms, provides strong circumstantial support for a role of kinins in the pathogenesis of airway diseases, such as allergic and viral rhinitis and asthma. Definitive studies of the effects of blockade of kinin actions on symptomatic responses, however, are still needed. The effects of kinins in the airways, and the mechanisms by which they exert their actions clearly vary depending on the presence of inflammation in the airways. Although a growing body of evidence implicates activation of sensory nerves as an important component of kinin effects in inflamed airways, the components of inflammation that modify the response of these sensory nerves, the mechanisms by which neuronal responsiveness alters, and the degree of selectivity of neuronal activation to bradykinin are all topics that require further delineation.
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- D Proud
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224-6801, USA.
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Griesbacher T, Althuber P, Zenz M, Rainer I, Griengl S, Lembeck F. Vespula vulgaris venom: role of kinins and release of 5-hydroxytryptamine from skin mast cells. Eur J Pharmacol 1998; 351:95-104. [PMID: 9698210 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(98)00276-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Wasp venoms contain several active components, among them kinin-related peptides. Like bradykinin and [Thr6]bradykinin, Vespula vulgaris venom caused paw oedema following subplantar injection in anaesthetized rats. The oedema was partly inhibited by the bradykinin B2 receptor antagonist icatibant (Hoe 140); the remaining part was abolished by additional pretreatment with 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) receptor antagonists or mast cell depletion. Histamine receptor antagonists were ineffective. Capsaicin pretreatment attenuated oedema formation indicating a neurogenic sensory component. Nociceptive behavioural responses induced by the venom in unanaesthetized rats were abolished by icatibant. It is concluded that kinins, either contained in the venom or released from the tissue, play the predominant role in the inflammatory and algesic effects. The inflammatory effects only partly rely on direct, bradykinin receptor-mediated mechanisms while the remaining part depends on the release of 5-HT from skin mast cells. The algesic effects of the venom are entirely due to direct B2 receptor activation.
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- T Griesbacher
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Graz, Austria.
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Champion HC, Santiago JA, Czapla MA, Bivalacqua TJ, Ilgenfritz C, Kadowitz PJ. Comparison of responses to T-kinin and bradykinin in the mesenteric vascular bed of the cat. Peptides 1997; 18:1357-64. [PMID: 9392837 DOI: 10.1016/s0196-9781(97)00197-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Responses to T-kinin and bradykinin were compared in the mesenteric vascular bed of the cat. Under constant-flow conditions, injection of T-kinin and bradykinin into the perfusion circuit induced similar dose-related decreases in perfusion pressure. Responses to T-kinin and bradykinin were inhibited by the kinin B2 receptor antagonist Hoe-140, but were not altered by the B1 receptor antagonist des-Arg9-[Leu8]-BK, the histamine H1 antagonist pyrilamine, the histamine H2 receptor antagonist cimetidine, or the H3 receptor antagonist thioperamide. Vasodilator responses to T-kinin and bradykinin were attenuated by the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, N omega Nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), but were not altered by the cyclooxygenase inhibitor, sodium meclofenamate, or the K+ ATP channel antagonist, U37883A. These data suggest that vasodilator responses to T-kinin and bradykinin are mediated by kinin B2 receptor stimulated release of nitric oxide from the endothelium, but that the activation of kinin B1 receptors, the release of vasodilator prostaglandins, or the opening of K+ ATP channels are not involved in the response to T-kinin in the mesenteric vascular bed of the cat.
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- H C Champion
- Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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Austin CE, Dear JW, Neighbour H, Lund V, Foreman JC. The contribution of histamine to the action of bradykinin in the human nasal airway. IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY 1996; 34:181-9. [PMID: 8886862 DOI: 10.1016/0162-3109(96)00136-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Bradykinin, 10 to 1000 micrograms given by aerosol into the nasal cavity of normal, healthy volunteers, produced a dose-related increase of nasal airway resistance. Bradykinin also reduced the minimal nasal cross-sectional area (Amin), increased albumin release into nasal lavage fluid and increased the symptoms of nasal inflammation. Pretreatment with cetirizine (10 mg orally) reduced the fall in Amin induced by bradykinin, 300 micrograms, but not by bradykinin, 100 micrograms. Pre-treatment of the subjects with the H1 histamine receptor antgonist cetirizine (10 mg, orally) or terfenadine (60 mg, orally) 3 h before bradykinin administration caused significant reduction of the bradykinin-induced increase in nasal airway resistance in the upper range of bradykinin doses (300-1000 micrograms) but not in the lower range (10-100 micrograms). Cetirizine reduced the albumin release into the nasal airway and the symptoms induced by bradykinin, 1000 micrograms. Following nasal challenge with bradykinin 300 micrograms or 1000 micrograms, no increase could be detected in the histamine content of nasal lavage fluid. Isolated human nasal cells released histamine in response to bradykinin, 33 and 100 microM, anti-IgE and calcium ionophore, A23187. We conclude that the actions of bradykinin in the human nasal airway are, in part, accounted for by the release of histamine.
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- C E Austin
- Department of Pharmacology, University College London, UK
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Independently of their agonistic or antagonistic activity on different isolated tissue preparations, the kinin analogues investigated induce histamine release on rat peritoneal mast cells. The effectivity of most compounds is 10 to 100 times higher than that of bradykinin. Beside the positively charged amino acids, the elongation at the N-terminus with hydrophobic amino acids and the replacement of amino acids in the bradykinin sequence (especially at position 7) with aromatic residues is important for a high histamine-releasing activity.
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- G Vietinghoff
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Rostock, Germany
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Suzuki-Nishimura T, Oku N, Nango M, Uchida MK. PEI6, a new basic secretagogue in rat peritoneal mast cells: characteristics of polyethylenimine PEI6 resemble those of compound 48/80. GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY 1995; 26:1171-8. [PMID: 7590104 DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(95)99001-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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1. Polyethylenimine with a molecular weight of 600 (PEI6) was the simplest and the most useful to investigate mast cell-activating mechanisms via pertussis toxin (IAP)-sensitive G protein pathway. 2. IAP, lidocaine, or dibutyryl cyclic AMP were inhibitors of the histamine release induced by PEI6, but anti-allergic drug DSCG, the calcium antagonist, D-600, kinase inhibitors, H-7 and K252a, or the calmodulin inhibitor, W-7 were not. 3. The additive effects of compound 48/80 and PEI6 suggested that the action sites for PEI6 overlapped the binding sites of compound 48/80. 4. Mast cell activation induced by PEI6 was sugar-specifically inhibited by N-acetylglucosamine(Glc-NAc)-specific lectins and/or by sialic acid (Sia)-specific lectins, suggesting that the action sites for PEI6 were glycoproteins having GlcNAc and/or Sia residues. 5. Four glycoproteins seemed to be involved in histamine release, including the IAP-sensitive G-protein pathway.
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- T Suzuki-Nishimura
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Meiji College of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan
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Amon U, Nitschke M, Dieckmann D, Gibbs BF, Wehrhahan C, Wolff HH. Activation and inhibition of mediator release from skin mast cells: a review of in vitro experiments. Clin Exp Allergy 1994; 24:1098-104. [PMID: 7889422 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1994.tb03314.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- U Amon
- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Lübeck, Germany
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Zuraw BL, Sugimoto S, Parsons CL, Hugli T, Lotz M, Koziol J. Activation of urinary kallikrein in patients with interstitial cystitis. J Urol 1994; 152:874-8. [PMID: 8051740 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)32595-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A potential pathophysiological role for the urinary kallikrein-kinin system is suggested by the prominent symptoms of bladder pain and urinary frequency in interstitial cystitis. Kallikrein activity in the urine of 84 patients with interstitial cystitis and 33 normal volunteers was determined by cleavage of the synthetic substrate Val-Leu-Arg-pNA. Interstitial cystitis patients had significantly higher levels of kallikrein activity than did the normal volunteers. Kallikrein activity was correlated with symptoms of bladder pain and voiding frequency. The percentage of total urinary kallikrein in the active form correlated with active kallikrein levels and was also increased in interstitial cystitis patients, particularly those with higher levels of pain. Patients who underwent hydrodistention and subsequently experienced relief from the bladder symptoms had a decrease in urinary kallikrein levels, whereas patients who failed to improve following hydrodistention did not.
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- B L Zuraw
- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037
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Matsuda K, Niitsuma A, Uchida MK, Suzuki-Nishimura T. Inhibitory effects of sialic acid- or N-acetylglucosamine-specific lectins on histamine release induced by compound 48/80, bradykinin and a polyethylenimine in rat peritoneal mast cells. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 1994; 64:1-8. [PMID: 7513032 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.64.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The effects of seven lectins with various sugar-specificities on histamine release from rat peritoneal mast cells induced by non-immunologic stimuli were studied. The non-immunologic stimuli used were three basic secretagogues, compound 48/80, bradykinin and PEI6 (polyethylenimine with a molecular weight of 600). In this study, we observed inhibition of the histamine release by Macckia amurensis mitogen and Solanum tuberosum agglutinin (100 micrograms/ml at 37 degrees C for 10 min), which are specific for sialic acid-alpha 2,3-N-acetyl galactosamine (Sia alpha 2,3GalNAc) and N-acetyl glucosamine (GlcNAc) oligomers, respectively. The effects of Phytolacca americana mitogen and Sambucus sieboldiana agglutinin were different. Three lectins specific for mucin type oligosaccharides inhibited the histamine release induced by compound 48/80 but not that induced by bradykinin or PEI6. Since bradykinin and PEI6 additively enhanced the histamine release induced by compound 48/80, they partially shared the same signalling pathways. Glycoproteins with bisecting GlcNAc and Sia residues, as described previously (Jpn. J. Pharmacol. 57, 79-90, 1991), seemed to be one of the action sites for compound 48/80, bradykinin and PEI6. In addition to the direct activation of the pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins, we propose another mechanism of non-immunologic stimuli via specific glycoproteins on rat peritoneal mast cells. The apparent sugar residues involved were asparagine-linked oligosaccharides with Sia (especially Sia alpha 2,3Gal), GlcNAc oligomers and/or bisecting GlcNAc.
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- K Matsuda
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Meiji College of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan
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Sawutz DG, Faunce DM, Houck WT, Haycock D. Characterization of bradykinin B2 receptors on human IMR-90 lung fibroblasts: stimulation of 45Ca2+ efflux by D-Phe substituted bradykinin analogues. Eur J Pharmacol 1992; 227:309-15. [PMID: 1335417 DOI: 10.1016/0922-4106(92)90009-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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[3H]Bradykinin binds to intact human IMR-90 fetal lung fibroblasts in a time and dose-dependent manner. Binding equilibrium was attained by 120 minutes at 4 degrees C. [3H]Bradykinin binding was saturable; Scatchard analysis of saturation binding data demonstrated a single binding site having a KD = 1.8 +/- 0.2 nM and a receptor concentration of 17.4 +/- 4.0 fmol/10(5) cells. The calculated value for KD(k-1/k1) from the association (k1 = 4.71 x 10(6) mol-1 min-1) and dissociation (k-1 = 1.13 x 10(-2) min-1) rate constants was 2.4 nM. The rank order of potency observed for bradykinin peptide agonists, bradykinin > Lys-bradykinin > Met,Lys-bradykinin > Ile,Ser-bradykinin >> des-Arg9-bradykinin, is consistent with that of a bradykinin B2 receptor. Bradykinin stimulated efflux of 45Ca2+ from IMR-90 cells dose dependently with an EC50 = 331 +/- 50 pM. 45Ca2+ efflux was also demonstrated with Lys-bradykinin and Met-Lys-bradykinin but not by des-Arg10-kallidin (100 nM) or NKA (1 microM). Hoe-140 inhibited bradykinin-induced 45Ca2+ efflux (IC50 = 3 +/- 2 nM). D-Phe7-substituted bradykinin analogues stimulated 45Ca2+ efflux dose dependently and this stimulation of 45Ca2+ efflux was inhibited by Hoe-140. These results suggest that D-Phe7 substituted bradykinin analogues are agonists at the bradykinin B2 receptor in IMR-90 cells.
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- D G Sawutz
- Department of Enzymology and Receptor Biochemistry, Sterling Winthrop Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Malvern, PA 19355
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Kinins contribute to the acute inflammatory response and are implicated in the pathophysiology of inflammatory disease. The development of therapeutically viable agents that counteract the effects of kinins is, therefore, potentially very rewarding. Since kinin actions are generally mediated via an interaction with cell-surface receptors, one approach is the development of site-specific receptor antagonists. The emphasis in this review is to outline our current understanding of the properties of bradykinin receptors and the potential therapeutic applications for drugs acting at these sites. As a result of the recent introduction of potent bradykinin receptor antagonists and the cloning of bradykinin receptor genes, considerable advances in kinin research can now be confidently anticipated.
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- J M Hall
- Pharmacology Group, King's College London, U.K
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Tainsh KR, Liu WL, Lau HY, Cohen J, Pearce FL. Mast cell heterogeneity in man: unique functional properties of skin mast cells in response to a range of polycationic stimuli. IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY 1992; 24:171-80. [PMID: 1282507 DOI: 10.1016/0162-3109(92)90073-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Human mast cell heterogeneity was assessed by histochemical and detailed functional criteria using mast cells isolated from foreskin, uterine myometrium and lung parenchyma. The skin mast cells were histochemically distinct from their counterparts in the other two tissues by being predominantly insensitive to blockage of dye-binding following formalin fixation (ca. 80%). Functionally, a wide range of structurally diverse polycationic compounds induced selective histamine release from the skin mast cells (ca. 10% at top concentrations) although these cells were less responsive to immunological ligands and calcium ionophores when compared with the uterine and lung cells. The basic compounds, polyarginine and histone, proved to be more generalised histamine liberators as compared with their structural analogues, polylysine and protamine sulphate, probably by virtue of their high content of arginine residues and hydrophobic nature (histone). Studies with the anaphylatoxin, C3a, and its analogues 21R and C3ades Arg on skin mast cells emphasized the importance of basic amino acids for histamine-liberating peptides. Skin mast cells also proved more susceptible than their uterine counterparts to lysis by the detergents, Triton X-100 and Tween 20, suggesting that fundamental differences in membrane structure and/or fluidity might account for functional heterogeneity within the human mast cell population.
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- K R Tainsh
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, UK
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Li Kam Wa TC, Cooke ED, Turner P. Effects of selective histamine receptor antagonists on skin responses to intradermal bradykinin in healthy volunteers. J Pharm Pharmacol 1992; 44:869-72. [PMID: 1453314 DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.1992.tb03224.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The effects of chlorpheniramine and cimetidine on the cutaneous responses to intradermal injections of bradykinin were investigated in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study. Chlorpheniramine significantly attenuated the increase in cutaneous blood flow and erythema induced by bradykinin but not the weal response. Cimetidine was without influence on these parameters and the effects of the combined therapy of chlorpheniramine and cimetidine were not significantly different from those due to chlorpheniramine alone. These results suggest that the cutaneous vasodilator effect of bradykinin is in part due to histamine release acting on histamine H1-receptors.
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- T C Li Kam Wa
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, UK
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Khalil Z, Helme RD. The quantitative contribution of nitric oxide and sensory nerves to bradykinin-induced inflammation in rat skin microvasculature. Brain Res 1992; 589:102-8. [PMID: 1384924 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(92)91167-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Using a blister model in the rat hind footpad, the present study undertook to examine the relative contribution of sensory nerves and nitric oxide (NO) to the inflammatory response induced by bradykinin (BK). Using this model, combined with laser Doppler flowmetry, we were able to simultaneously monitor two parameters of the inflammatory response, namely vasodilatation (VD) and plasma extravasation (PE). Perfusion of BK (1, 10 or 100 microM) over the blister base elicited both VD and PE responses which were dose-dependent. The VD response was of rapid onset, sustained at the lowest concentration (1 microM), and showed tachyphylaxis at the highest two concentrations (10 and 100 microM). The PE response, however, was delayed in onset at the lower concentration but the response was maintained at all concentrations. The endothelium-independent vasodilator, sodium nitroprusside. (SNP, 100 microM), was used as an internal control and elicited a rapid maintained VD response. In rats pretreated as neonates with capsaicin to destroy primary sensory afferents, the inflammatory response to 10 microM BK was significantly smaller (50% and 64% decrease in VD and PE, respectively). The selective inhibitor of NO synthase, NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NORAG) at 100 microM significantly attenuated the inflammatory response to BK in control rats (76% and 60% decrease in VD and PE, respectively) with a further decrease in the response in capsaicin pretreated rats. The inactive stereoisomer NG-nitro-D-arginine (D-NORAG) (100 microM) did not affect the inflammatory response to BK. The vasodilator response to SNP was intact in capsaicin pretreated rats and was not affected by either L-NORAG or D-NORAG.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- Z Khalil
- National Research Institute of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, North West Hospital, Parkville, Vic., Australia
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Kindgen-Milles D, Klement W. Pain and inflammation evoked in human skin by bradykinin receptor antagonists. Eur J Pharmacol 1992; 218:183-5. [PMID: 1383008 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(92)90164-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We showed the intrinsic effects of the bradykinin (BK) receptor antagonists, NPC 567 (D-Arg-[Hyp3,D-Phe7]BK) and NPC 349 (D-Arg-[Hyp3,Thi5,8,D-Phe-7]BK), in the skin of humans. NPC 567 and NPC 349 caused dose-dependent pain, wheal, and flare on intracutaneous injection. After bradykinin, only the pain, but not the wheal and flare reactions were dose-dependent. The intravenous application of antihistamines (dimetidinmaleate and ranitidine) had little effect on pain intensity and reduced both wheal and flare response to the antagonists but not to bradykinin. We conclude that NPC 567 and NPC 349 have pain-evoking and histamine-releasing properties in the skin of humans which may limit their therapeutic and experimental use.
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- D Kindgen-Milles
- Abteilung für Experimentelle Anaesthesiologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
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Rajakulasingam K, Polosa R, Lau LC, Church MK, Holgate ST, Howarth PH. The influence of terfenadine and ipratropium bromide alone and in combination on bradykinin-induced nasal symptoms and plasma protein leakage. Clin Exp Allergy 1992; 22:717-23. [PMID: 1387041 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1992.tb00196.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Nasal instillation of bradykinin elicits many of the characteristic features of rhinitis. To assess the relevance of histamine release from metachromatic cells and the activation of cholinergic pathways, we investigated the effects of terfenadine, a histamine H1-receptor antagonist, and ipratroprium bromide, a selective antimuscarinic agent, on bradykinin induced rhinorrhoea, nasal airways resistance (NAR), nasal pain and plasma protein leakage. Oral terfenadine (120 mg) or matched placebo and nasal ipratropium bromide (80 micrograms) or matched placebo were administered at 4 hr and 30 min respectively prior to bradykinin nasal challenge in two randomized, double-blind and cross-over studies on eight non-rhinitic subjects. Thus subjects received either double-placebo, oral terfenadine and nasal placebo, oral placebo and nasal ipratopium bromide or oral terfenadine and nasal ipratropium bromide, as pretreatment. Bradykinin challenge induced mean maximal increases of 57%, 59%, 77% and 72% in NAR on the placebo, terfenadine, ipratropium bromide and terfenadine plus ipratropium bromide pretreatment days respectively. These increments were not significantly different. Similarly rhinorrhoea and nasal pain induced by bradykinin nasal challenge were not significantly different on the four challenge days. Bradykinin nasal challenge caused a mean maximal increase in albumin levels in recovered nasal lavages of 11.5, 13.0, 12.2 and 12.3 times of baseline levels on the placebo, terfenadine, ipratropium bromide and terfenadine plus ipratroprium bromide pretreatment days respectively. Similarly total protein levels achieved a mean maximal increase of 8.0, 8.2, 7.9 and 8.8 times of baseline levels on these challenge days. The increments in both albumin and total protein did not significantly differ on the 4 challenge days.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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The pathology of bronchial asthma demonstrates a multicellular process. In an attempt to elucidate the cellular biology of airways inflammation, it becomes important to understand not only the biology of each individual cell type but also the interaction between different cells. This review focuses on a documentation of some of the biological effects of the constituent cells in the airway mucosa and a discussion of their potential interactions through the release and action of different cytokines. It seems likely that future research will address the in vivo release of different cytokine molecules in the asthmatic process using techniques of molecular biology. There likely will be increasing information available about the regulation and the actions of these molecules on target cells and tissues. Elucidation of some of the complex interactions between different cells and the role of different cytokine molecules may provide a novel approach to the therapy of bronchial asthma.
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- T M Litchfield
- Department of Allergy and Allied Respiratory Disorders, U.M.D.S. Guy's Hospital, London, England
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Cohan VL, MacGlashan DW, Warner JA, Lichtenstein LM, Proud D. Mechanisms of mediator release from human skin mast cells upon stimulation by the bradykinin analog, [DArg0-Hyp3-DPhe7]bradykinin. Biochem Pharmacol 1991; 41:293-300. [PMID: 1703413 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(91)90489-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We have used the bradykinin analog, [DArg0-Hyp3-DPhe7]-bradykinin, as a model stimulus with which to examine peptide-induced mediator release from human skin mast cells (SMC) and to compare it with IgE-mediated release from the same cells. The bradykinin analog was an effective histamine secretagogue, inducing a comparable maximal level of release to that observed for anti-IgE. By contrast to anti-IgE, however, [DArg0-Hyp3-DPhe7]-bradykinin did not stimulate marked release of prostaglandin D2 (PGD2) from these cells. In experiments where cells were exposed to both stimuli simultaneously, histamine release was additive, while PGD2 release was the same as that observed for anti-IgE alone. The kinetics of [DArg0-Hyp3-DPhe7]-bradykinin-stimulated histamine release were rapid, with 50% of maximal release being achieved within 30 sec, compared to 2-3 min for anti-IgE. Interestingly, when both stimuli were applied simultaneously, the kinetics of release were intermediate between those of either stimulus alone. Studies of the signal transduction pathways that may be involved in [DArg0-Hyp3-DPhe7]-bradykinin-induced histamine release revealed striking differences to results obtained with anti-IgE. While agents that increase intracellular cyclic AMP have a pronounced inhibitory effect on IgE-mediated release, forskolin, isobutylmethylxanthine and isoproterenol were all totally ineffective at inhibiting histamine release induced by the bradykinin analog. Similarly, staurosporine, a relatively selective inhibitor of protein kinase C, and the phorbol ester, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) an activator of this enzyme, both have pronounced effects on IgE-mediated histamine release from SMC but were completely inactive with regard to [DArg0-Hyp3-DPhe7]-bradykinin-stimulated release. SMC stimulated with this peptide showed characteristic changes in intracellular free calcium levels, as assessed by digital video microscopy. This response differs from that induced by anti-IgE in that it had a more rapd onset, achieved a lower peak, and decayed much more rapidly. Analysis at the single cell level showed that cells that responded in this fashion upon exposure to the bradykinin analog were capable of showing an additional response upon subsequent exposure to anti-IgE. We conclude that histamine release from SMC in response to [DArg0-Hyp3-DPhe7]-bradykinin occurs via a completely different mechanism from that in response to IgE-mediated stimuli. Peptide-induced release is rapid and is not susceptible to pharmacologic manipulation of intracellular cyclic AMP or protein kinase C but utilizes a rapid transient shift in intracellular calcium concentrations as part of its signal transduction pathway.
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- V L Cohan
- Division of Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224
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Rhaleb NE, Télémaque S, Rouissi N, Dion S, Jukic D, Drapeau G, Regoli D. Structure-activity studies of bradykinin and related peptides. B2-receptor antagonists. Hypertension 1991; 17:107-15. [PMID: 1846119 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.17.1.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Thirty-seven compounds were tested as antagonists of kinin B2- and B1-receptors to identify the chemical changes required to obtain antagonism, improve antagonist affinity, and eliminate residual agonistic activities. Apparent affinity of antagonists was evaluated in terms of pA2 on the rabbit jugular vein, the dog carotid and renal arteries, the hamster urinary bladder, the guinea pig ileum, the rat vas deferens, the guinea pig trachea, and the rabbit aorta, using bradykinin and desArg9-bradykinin as B2- and B1-receptor activators. Replacement of Pro7 of bradykinin with D-Phe leads to antagonism; substitution of Pro3 by Hyp and extension of the peptide chain at the N-terminal with a D-Arg residue improves the affinity of antagonists; acetylation of N-terminal amine function reduces residual agonistic activity; these changes, combined with the replacement of Phe8 by Leu as in Ac-D-Arg[Hyp3,D-Phe7,Leu8]-bradykinin, led to potent full B2-receptor antagonists. Affinity of antagonists differs markedly between highly sensitive (rabbit jugular vein, dog carotid and renal artery), moderately sensitive (hamster urinary bladder, guinea pig ileum, and rat vas deferens), and insensitive preparations (the guinea pig trachea) in which antagonists act as potent stimulants. High concentrations of antagonists block bradykinin completely in the rabbit jugular vein but not in the guinea pig ileum, suggesting that kinins stimulate the moderately sensitive tissues by two mechanisms, of which only one is blocked by antagonists. It thus appears that kinins act on various B2-receptor subtypes or by different action mechanisms.
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- N E Rhaleb
- Medical School, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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Fox CC, Lazenby AJ, Moore WC, Yardley JH, Bayless TM, Lichtenstein LM. Enhancement of human intestinal mast cell mediator release in active ulcerative colitis. Gastroenterology 1990; 99:119-24. [PMID: 1693122 DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(90)91238-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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To further define the role of mast cells in the idiopathic inflammatory bowel diseases, mediator release from intestinal mast cells derived from actively inflamed and relatively quiescent areas of ulcerative colitis was studied. It was hypothesized that mast cells in the actively diseased segments would indicate involvement in the disease process by releasing a different profile of mediators than cells in uninflammed tissue. Mast cell-containing suspensions derived from matched segments of 12 ulcerative colitis specimens were compared for responsiveness to the mast cell stimulus goat anti-human immunoglobulin E. Supernatants from challenged cells were analyzed for levels of three mast cell mediators, histamine, prostaglandin D2, and the sulfidopeptide leukotriene C. Mast cells from the actively involved areas released significantly greater amounts of histamine, prostaglandin D2, and sulfidopeptide leukotriene. The difference in histamine release was not a result of greater stores of histamine in the active tissue cells, because the total histamine content of the mast cells from the active areas was not significantly greater. The enhanced release of both preformed and newly generated mediators indicates activation of those cells in the course of the disease and points to the mast cell contribution to the inflammatory process in these disorders.
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- C C Fox
- Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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The Mast Cell. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0889-8561(22)00266-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Bueb JL, Mousli M, Landry Y, Bronner C. A pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein is required to induce histamine release from rat peritoneal mast cells by bradykinin. AGENTS AND ACTIONS 1990; 30:98-101. [PMID: 1695472 DOI: 10.1007/bf01969009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Bradykinin, kallidin (Lys-bradykinin) and [Thi 5,8, D-Phe7]-bradykinin, a functional B2 antagonist, induce histamine release from rat peritoneal mast cells. The histamine release is dependent upon added calcium when mast cells are placed in calcium-free medium 30 min before being triggered with the kinins. Histamine release was dose-dependently inhibited by pertussis toxin (1-100 ng/ml) and by benzalkonium chloride (0.1-3 micrograms/ml). The efficiency of ionophore A23187 on histamine release was affected neither by pertussis toxin nor by benzalkonium chloride. The parallel response of rat peritoneal mast cells to kinins and to substance P suggest that these peptides have the same mechanisms of action i.e. activation of a pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein and of phospholipase C defining a peptidergic triggering pathway of mast cells.
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- J L Bueb
- Laboratoire de Neuroimmunopharmacologie, Université Louis Pasteur-Strasbourg I, Illkirch, France
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Lee PY, Pearce FL. Histamine secretion from mast cells stimulated with bradykinin. AGENTS AND ACTIONS 1990; 30:67-9. [PMID: 1695464 DOI: 10.1007/bf01969000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Bradykinin and a range of peptide analogues induced a dose-dependent release of histamine from rat peritoneal mast cells. The characteristics of the release were not consistent with the involvement of defined bradykinin receptors but indicated that the peptide acted through the putative mast cell polyamine receptor. Consistently, the effect of bradykinin was largely confined to serosal mast cells of the rat and hamster, while human histaminocytes were essentially unresponsive. These data do then not support a general role for kinin-induced activation of mast cells in human allergic disease.
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- P Y Lee
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, UK
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Bradykinin and its active metabolites are produced at the sites of their actions by kallikreins. They potently elicit a variety of biological effects: hypotension, bronchoconstriction, gut and uterine contraction, epithelial secretion in airway, gut, and exocrine glands, vascular permeability, pain, connective tissue proliferation, and eicosanoid formation. These effects are mediated by at least two broad classes of receptors. The most common is the B2 subtype. The Stewart and Vavrek peptides characterized by a DPhe7 substitution have provided powerful tools for study of bradykinin's actions by competitively and specifically blocking bradykinin B2 receptors. The significance of kinins in certain human diseases is being explored using these new tools and potential therapeutic agents. At present, human clinical trials are underway to test the usefulness of bradykinin receptor antagonists in the symptoms of the common cold and in the pain associated with severe burns. Trials for use in asthma will be initiated in 1990.
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- R M Burch
- Nova Pharmaceutical Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
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