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Wirth KJ, Löhn M. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Comorbidities: Linked by Vascular Pathomechanisms and Vasoactive Mediators? MEDICINA (KAUNAS, LITHUANIA) 2023; 59:medicina59050978. [PMID: 37241210 DOI: 10.3390/medicina59050978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 05/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is often associated with various other syndromes or conditions including mast cell activation (MCA), dysmenorrhea and endometriosis, postural tachycardia (POTS) and small fiber neuropathy (SFN). The causes of these syndromes and the reason for their frequent association are not yet fully understood. We previously published a comprehensive hypothesis of the ME/CFS pathophysiology that explains the majority of symptoms, findings and chronicity of the disease. We wondered whether some of the identified key pathomechanisms in ME/CFS are also operative in MCA, endometriosis and dysmenorrhea, POTS, decreased cerebral blood flow and SFN, and possibly may provide clues on their causes and frequent co-occurrence. Our analysis indeed provides strong arguments in favor of this assumption, and we conclude that the main pathomechanisms responsible for this association are excessive generation and spillover into the systemic circulation of inflammatory and vasoactive tissue mediators, dysfunctional β2AdR, and the mutual triggering of symptomatology and disease initiation. Overall, vascular dysfunction appears to be a strong common denominator in these linkages.
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- Klaus J Wirth
- Institute of General Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Frankfurt am Main, Goethe-University, Theodor-Stern Kai 7, D-60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of General Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Frankfurt am Main, Goethe-University, Theodor-Stern Kai 7, D-60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Malm L. Re-sensitization of desensitized histamine H1 receptors in the human skin takes more than 18 hours. Skin Res Technol 2019; 26:61-66. [PMID: 31423656 DOI: 10.1111/srt.12764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND It is known since the time of testing histamine on pieces of guinea pig's jejunum that histamine receptors can develop insensitivity. The aim was to find evidence for desensitization of histamine H1 receptors in the human skin in vivo and, if found, to study the time for such receptors to regain normal sensitivity. MATERIALS AND METHODS A skin prick test with histamine (10 mg mL-1 ) was set in areas where a large histamine wheal was evoked 2, 6, 18, 24 or 72 hours earlier. A skin prick test with histamine (10 mg mL-1 ) was also set in an area where an allergen wheal was evoked 2 or 6 hours earlier. Heights, diameters and areas were measured on photographs of side views of plaster casts of the evoked skin elevations. RESULTS Histamine wheals, called test wheals, in areas where large histamine wheals were evoked 2, 6 or 18 hours earlier, were smaller than histamine wheals, called initial wheals, in earlier non-stimulated areas. Test wheals from the 18 hours experiment were smaller than test wheals from the 72 hours experiment. Test wheals evoked in areas where allergen wheals were evoked 2 or 6 hours earlier were smaller than corresponding initial wheals. CONCLUSION Histamine-evoked wheals and IgE-mediated allergic wheals reduce the sensitivity of histamine H1 receptors in the human skin. It takes between 18 and 72 hours to restore the sensitivity. Similarities between the development of histamine wheals in the human skin and histaminergic migraine with aura are discussed.
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- Lars Malm
- Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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Galajda Z, Balla J, Szentmiklosi AJ, Biro T, Czifra G, Dobrosi N, Cseppento A, Patonay L, Roszer T, Balla G, Popescu LM, Lekli I, Tosaki A. Histamine and H1 -histamine receptors faster venous circulation. J Cell Mol Med 2012; 15:2614-23. [PMID: 21199332 PMCID: PMC4373430 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2010.01254.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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The study has analysed the action of histamine in the rabbit venous system and evaluated its potential role in contraction during increased venous pressure. We have found that a great variety exists in histamine sensitivity and H(1) -histamine receptor expression in various types of rabbit veins. Veins of the extremities (saphenous vein, femoral vein, axillary vein) and abdomen (common iliac vein, inferior vena cava) responded to histamine by a prominent, concentration-dependent force generation, whereas great thoracic veins (subclavian vein, superior vena cavas, intrathoracic part of inferior vena cava) and a pelvic vein (external iliac vein) exhibited slight sensitivity to exogenous histamine. The lack of reactivity to histamine was not due to increased activity of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) or heme oxygenase-1. H(1) -histamine receptor expression of veins correlated well with the histamine-induced contractions. Voltage-dependent calcium channels mediated mainly the histamine-induced force generation of saphenous vein, whereas it did not act in the inferior vena cava. In contrast, the receptor-operated channels were not involved in this response in either vein. Tyrosine phosphorylation occurred markedly in response to histamine in the saphenous vein, but not in the inferior vena cava. Histamine induced a prominent ρ kinase activation in both vessels. Protein kinase C and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) were not implicated in the histamine-induced intracellular calcium sensitization. Importantly, transient clamping of the femoral vein in animals caused a short-term constriction, which was inhibited by H(1) -histamine receptor antagonist in vivo. Furthermore, a significantly greater histamine immunopositivity was detected in veins after stretching compared to the resting state. We conclude that histamine receptor density adapts to the actual requirements of the circulation, and histamine liberated by the venous wall during increased venous pressure contributes to the contraction of vessels, providing a force for the venous return.
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- Zoltan Galajda
- Department of Surgery, Institute of Vascular Surgery, Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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Ortonne JP. Urticaria and its subtypes: the role of second-generation antihistamines. Eur J Intern Med 2012; 23:26-30. [PMID: 22153526 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2011.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2010] [Revised: 09/07/2011] [Accepted: 09/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Urticaria is a heterogeneous group of debilitating skin disorders characterized by wheals, pruritus, and frequently angioedema. The various forms of urticaria are often chronic and can exact a toll on quality of life. New diagnostic criteria and management guidelines are available to assist primary care physicians in the identification and proper treatment of different subtypes of urticaria. Second-generation antihistamines are recommended as first-line therapy because of their high degree of efficacy and safety. It is important to note, however, that European indications for most agents in this class are limited to specific forms of urticaria. The exception is desloratadine, the only second-generation antihistamine approved for the treatment of all urticaria subtypes in the European Union. Guidelines and best practice suggest that doses of antihistamines up to 4 times higher than those normally recommended for urticaria may benefit patients who do not respond to standard doses of antihistamines. Adjunctive therapy with leukotriene receptor antagonists may be advantageous in certain subgroups of patients who have suboptimal responses to antihistamine monotherapy. In all cases, physicians should work closely with patients to ensure proper adherence to prescribed regimens-a component that is often lacking but holds the key to successful outcomes.
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- Jean-Paul Ortonne
- Department of Dermatology, Hôpital de L'Archet 2-BP 3079, 151 Route St.-Antoine de Ginestière, 06202, Nice, France.
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Piao H, Nagai S, Tsurumaki T, Niki T, Higuchi H. Potentiation by neuropeptide Y of histamine H1 receptor-mediated contraction in rat blood vessels. Vascul Pharmacol 2006; 46:260-70. [PMID: 17169617 DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2006.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2006] [Revised: 10/01/2006] [Accepted: 10/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Histamine-induced contraction and its potentiation by neuropeptide Y were investigated in rat blood vessels. Rat arteries and veins constricted with single concentrations of histamine dose-dependently (0.1-100 microM). This histamine-induced contraction immediately desensitized. Histamine H1 receptor antagonists, 1 microM mepyramine and 1 microM diphenhydramine, abolished this transient contraction completely, whereas cimetidine, phentolamine, reserpine and tetrodotoxin failed to inhibit the contraction. Histamine H1 receptor mRNA level by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction was quite parallel to histamine H1 receptor-mediated contraction, indicating that the contraction is mediated through histamine H1 receptors in the smooth muscle. Neuropeptide Y (10 nM in arteries and 3 nM in veins, respectively) significantly potentiated histamine H1 receptor-mediated contraction via neuropeptide Y1 receptors in most of rat blood vessels. Since the phospholipase C inhibitors, neomycin (1 mM) and 2-nitro-4-carboxyphenyl-N, N-diphenylcarbamate (NCDC, 10 microM), respectively, specifically abolished the potentiation, the potentiation by neuropeptide Y may depend on activation of phospholipase C.
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- Honglan Piao
- Division of Pharmacology, Department of Molecular genetics and Signal Transduction Research, Course for Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan
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Wilkins BW, Chung LH, Tublitz NJ, Wong BJ, Minson CT. Mechanisms of vasoactive intestinal peptide-mediated vasodilation in human skin. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2004; 97:1291-8. [PMID: 15155712 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00366.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is known to induce histamine release in human skin and to include a nitric oxide (NO)-dependent dilation in several other vascular beds. However, the relative contribution of histamine and NO to VIP-mediated vasodilation in human skin is unknown. Forty-three subjects volunteered to participate in two studies designed to examine the mechanism of VIP-mediated vasodilation in human skin. Study 1 examined the contribution of NO in the skin blood flow response to eight doses of VIP ranging from 25 to 800 pmol. In addition, study 1 examined a specific role for NO in VIP-mediated dilation. Study 2 examined the relative contribution of NO and histamine to VIP-mediated dilation via H1 and H2 histamine receptors. Infusions were administered to skin sites via intradermal microdialysis. Red blood cell flux was measured by using laser-Doppler flowmetry (LDF), and cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC; LDF/mean arterial pressure) was calculated and normalized to maximal vasodilation. VIP-mediated vasodilation includes a NO-dependent component at doses above 100 pmol, where NO synthase inhibition significantly attenuates CVC (P < 0.05). Inhibition of H1 receptors attenuates the rise in CVC to exogenous VIP (P < 0.05); however, combined H1-receptor inhibition and NO synthase inhibition further reduced VIP-mediated vasodilation compared with either H1 inhibition or NO synthase inhibition alone (P < 0.05). In contrast to H1-receptor inhibition, H2-receptor inhibition did not affect vasodilation to exogenous VIP. Thus, in human skin, VIP-mediated vasodilation includes a NO-dependent component that could not be explained by H1- and H2-receptor activation.
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- Brad W Wilkins
- Department of Human Physiology , University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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The pain of migraine is often throbbing suggesting an important role for the cranial blood vessels and their innervation by the trigeminal nerve. It is proposed that clinically effective anti-migraine compounds, such as 5-HT(1B/1D) agonists, have actions that include inhibiting calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) release from trigeminal nerves. Human studies suggest that histamine can induce migraine possibly by activating nitric oxide (NO) synthase to promote endogenous NO production. The present studies investigated the effect of histamine and its antagonists on the cranial blood vessels using intravital microscopy to assess directly the diameter of dural arteries in sodium pentobarbitone anaesthetised rats. Electrical stimulation of a closed cranial window produces, by local depolarisation of nerves, dural vessel dilation that is monitored continuously on-line using video-microscopy and a video dimension analyser. Histamine infusion caused immediate and reproducible dilation of meningeal blood vessels (103.5+/-6%; n=40) that could be blocked by H(1)- (mepyramine) and H(2) (famotidine)-receptor antagonists (P<0.05), as well as a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor (N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methylester; P<0.05). Neurogenic dural vasodilation was not inhibited by H(2)-receptor antagonists, but was significantly inhibited by a H(1)-receptor antagonist at the high dose of 10 mg/kg. The present studies demonstrate that histamine is likely to activate NO synthase to promote NO production. There is also evidence that H(1)-receptors may be present on trigeminal neurones as the H(1)-receptor antagonist inhibited neurogenic vasodilation, albeit at a large dose.
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- Simon Akerman
- Headache Group, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, WC1N 3BG, London, UK
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Hollingsworth SJ, Dialysis M, Barker SG. "Long haul" flight and deep vein thrombosis: a model to help investigate the benefit of aspirin and below-knee compression stockings. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2001; 22:456-62. [PMID: 11735185 DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2001.1487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE to develop a model simulating factors of "long haul" flight to investigate the relationship with DVT. MATERIALS AND METHODS volunteers (19 males: 20 females) sat for 6 h in a warm (>25 degrees C), dry environment, limited in movement, consuming alcohol (40 ml of 40% alcohol/hour) and salted foods (300 g). Half of the subjects received 150 mg aspirin and wore especially designed below-knee, compression stockings (Class 1 profile). Changes in full blood counts were recorded, and as an indication of DVT formation, plasma was analysed for D-dimer. Limb swelling was assessed from leg measurements. RESULTS after 6 h, in controls, there were significant rises in platelet packing (Pct p<0.04), total platelet numbers (p<0.003) and total numbers of white blood cells (WBC's p<0.001). With aspirin plus stockings, there were similar significant rises in total platelet numbers (p<0.002) and total WBC's (p<0.001). In both groups, significant rises were seen in all WBC types (except basophils). Wearing compression stockings prevented calf swelling seen in controls after 6 h (p<0.002). No subject developed a DVT, or a change in levels of D-dimer. CONCLUSION changes in the cellular components of blood, particularly WBC's, combined with vaso-compression and reduced flow could predispose towards DVT. Aspirin, combined with compression stockings, may provide prophylaxis.
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- S J Hollingsworth
- The Academic Vascular Unit, Department of Surgery, The Royal Free and University College London Medical School, Mortimer Street, London, W1N 8AA, U.K
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Karkanis T, Jiao Y, Hurley BR, Li S, Pickering JG, Sims SM. Functional receptor-channel coupling compared in contractile and proliferative human vascular smooth muscle. J Cell Physiol 2001; 187:244-55. [PMID: 11268004 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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We have previously identified a human vascular smooth muscle clone that can reversibly convert between proliferative and contractile phenotypes. Here we compared receptor-channel coupling in these cells using fura-2 to monitor [Ca(2+)](i) and patch-clamp to record currents. Histamine elevated [Ca(2+)](i) in all cells and caused contraction of cells exhibiting the contractile phenotype. The rise of [Ca(2+)](i) persisted in Ca(2+)-free solution and was abolished by thapsigargin, indicating involvement of stores. Whole cell electrophysiological recording revealed that histamine evoked transient outward K(+) current, indicating functional receptor-channel coupling. The time-course and amplitude of the histamine-activated current were similar in cells of the proliferative and contractile phenotypes. Moreover, a large conductance K(+) channel was recorded in cell-attached patches and was activated by histamine as well as the Ca(2+) ionophore A-23187, identifying it as the large conductance Ca(2+)-dependent K(+) channel. This K(+) channel showed similar characteristics and activation in both proliferative and contractile phenotypes, indicating that expression was independent of phenotype. In contrast, histamine also elicited an inward Cl(-) current in some contractile cells, suggesting differential regulation of this current depending on phenotype. These studies demonstrate the usefulness of this human vascular cell clone for studying functional plasticity of smooth muscle, while avoiding complications arising from extended times in culture.
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- T Karkanis
- Department of Physiology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Grossmann M, Jamieson MJ, Kirch W. Histamine response and local cooling in the human skin: involvement of H1- and H2-receptors. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1999; 48:216-22. [PMID: 10417499 PMCID: PMC2014297 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.1999.00994.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AIMS Histamine may contribute locally to cutaneous blood flow control under normal and pathologic conditions. The objective of this study was to observe the influence of skin temperature on histamine vasodilation, and the roles of H1-and H2-receptors using novel noninvasive methods. METHODS Eleven healthy subjects received, double-blind, single doses of the H1-receptor antagonist cetirizine (10 mg), cetirizine (10 mg) plus the H2-receptor antagonist cimetidine (400 mg), or placebo on separate occasions. Histamine was dosed cumulatively by iontophoresis to the forearm skin at 34 degrees C and 14 degrees C. Laser-Doppler flux (LDF) was measured at the same sites using customised probeholder/iontophoretic chambers with Peltier cooling elements. Finger mean arterial pressure (MAP) was measured and cutaneous vascular conductance calculated as LDF/MAP. RESULTS Histamine vasodilation was reduced in cold skin. Cetirizine shifted the histamine dose-response at both temperatures: statistically significantly at 14 degrees C only. Combined H1- and H2-receptor antagonism shifted the response significantly at both temperatures. CONCLUSIONS H1- and H2-receptors mediate histamine-induced skin vasodilation. The sensitivity of these receptors, particularly the H1- receptor, is attenuated at low skin temperature. Whether the reduced effect in cold skin represents specific receptor or postreceptor desensitization, or nonspecific attenuation of cutaneous vasodilation remains to be elucidated.
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- M Grossmann
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
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O'Dowd A, Miller DJ. Analysis of an H1 receptor-mediated, zinc-potentiated vasoconstrictor action of the histidyl dipeptide carnosine in rabbit saphenous vein. Br J Pharmacol 1998; 125:1272-80. [PMID: 9863657 PMCID: PMC1565695 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The contractile action of the dipeptide carnosine (beta-alanyl-L-histidine), active as a Zn.carnosine complex (Zn. Carn), was investigated in isolated rings of rabbit saphenous vein (RSV) and was found to be antagonized by the H1 antagonist mepyramine. Mepyramine-sensitive, histamine-induced contractures in RSV, were smaller (73+/-0.1%) and less well sustained than carnosine-induced contractures. Schild plot values for mepyramine antagonism were, for carnosine-induced contractures; pA2 = 7.97+/-0.12, slope= 1.33+/-0.06 (r = 0.793) and for histamine-induced contractures; pA2 = 8.48+/-0.07, slope = 0.63+/-0.05, r = 0.957). Serotonergic antagonists methiothepin and ketanserin, antagonize both carnosine- and histamine-induced contractures in RSV, probably reflecting coincidental inhibition at the H1-receptor. Carnosine, with Zn present, can inhibit the H1-specific binding of [3H]-mepyramine to isolated guinea-pig cerebellar membranes (log IC50s - 2.78+/-0.02, -3.93+/-0.03 and -4.64+/-0.03 at 10, 30 and 80 microM Zn respectively; values corrected for the Zn-specific inhibition which has a logIC50 of -4.20). In the radioligand binding assay, the effect of carnosine can be described as a function of Zn. Carn concentration with an apparent logIC50 of -5.61. This value is consistent with that obtained from the functional studies on RSV. Histamine-induced contractures have an indomethacine-sensitive component (27.2+/-8.3% of control response), not apparent with carnosine-induced contractures. Like histamine, carnosine evoked an H2-mediated (cimetidine-sensitive) relaxation in the presence of mepyramine, but was less potent (10.8+/-3.1% residual tension at 10 mM carnosine compared with 13.4+7.5% at 0.1 mM histamine). Carnosine, like mepyramine, can 'reveal' the H2-mediated relaxation of histamine providing further evidence that carnosine binds at the H1 receptor. We conclude that carnosine can act at the smooth muscle H1-receptor to provoke vasoconstriction and that it also has the potential to act at H1-receptors in CNS.
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- A O'Dowd
- MRC Clinical Research Initiative in Heart Failure and Institute of Biomedical & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Monge L, García-Villalón AL, Fernández N, García JL, Gómez B, Diéguez G. In vitro relaxation of dog cerebral veins in response to histamine is mediated by histamine H2 receptors. Eur J Pharmacol 1997; 338:135-41. [PMID: 9455995 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(97)81941-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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There is little information on the histamine receptor mechanisms involved in cerebral venodilation, thus the role of histamine present in human cerebrospinal fluid is difficult to assess. In isolated canine pial veins, concentration-response curves to histamine (10[-7]-10[-3] M), the histamine H1 receptor agonist, 2-pyridylethylamine (10[-6]-10[-2] M), the histamine H2 receptor agonist, dimaprit (S-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) isothiourea dihydrochloride, 10[-6]-10[-2] M), and the histamine H3 receptor agonist, imetit (S-[2-(1 midazol-4-yl)ethyl]isothiourea dihydrobromide, 10[-7]-10[-3] M) were isometrically determined. In resting veins, histamine, 2-pyridylethylamine and dimaprit had no significant effect, whereas in endothelin-1-precontracted veins, these drugs produced concentration-dependent relaxation (Emax in % of active tone and pD2 were: for histamine, 72 +/- 6 and 5.36 +/- 0.09; for 2-pyridylethylamine, 59 +/- 5 and 3.28 +/- 0.05; for dimaprit, 65 +/- 7 and 4.81 +/- 0.10, respectively). The relaxations in response to histamine and dimaprit were competitively antagonized by the histamine H2 receptor antagonist, cimetidine (3 x 10[-6]-10[-4] M) (pA2 = 6.07 +/- 0.03 for histamine, and 6.09 +/- 0.07 for dimaprit), but were not affected by the histamine H1 receptor antagonist, chlorpheniramine (10[-6] M) or the histamine H3 receptor antagonist, thioperamide (N-cyclohexyl-4-(1-H-imidazol-4-yl)-1-piperidine-carbothioamide maleate, 10[-6] M). The relaxation in response to 2-pyridylethylamine was inhibited by cimetidine (10[-5] M), but not by chlorpheniramine (10[-6] M). Imetit produced a small contraction in resting veins (14 +/- 4 mg) and precontracted veins (20 +/- 3 mg), which was not modified by thioperamide (10[-6] M). The relaxation of veins in response to histamine was not modified by endothelium removal, nor by the inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase, N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (10[-4] M), or the cyclooxygenase inhibitor, meclofenamate (10[-5] M). Therefore, in pial veins: (1) histamine produces relaxation by activation of histamine H2 receptors, probably located in the smooth musculature, with no participation of histamine H1 and H3 receptors, and (2) endothelium, nitric oxide and prostanoids are probably not involved in the relaxation in response to histamine.
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- L Monge
- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain
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Bedarida G, Bushell E, Blaschke TF, Hoffman BB. H1- and H2-histamine receptor-mediated vasodilation varies with aging in humans. Clin Pharmacol Ther 1995; 58:73-80. [PMID: 7628185 DOI: 10.1016/0009-9236(95)90074-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Aging is associated with alterations in the responses to several important vasoactive drugs. We have investigated histamine-mediated venodilation across the adult age range using the human hand vein compliance technique. Histamine produces dilation in human veins by activating both H1- and H2-receptors. METHODS Full dose-response curves to histamine were constructed in 16 healthy volunteers (mean age, 47 +/- 20 years; age range, 21 to 80 years) by infusing histamine (2 to 136 ng/min) into dorsal hand veins preconstricted with the alpha-adrenergic selective agonist phenylephrine. RESULTS Histamine was an efficacious venodilator across the age range; the average maximal response (Emax) was 122 +/- 45% and the geometric mean ED50 (the dose producing half-maximal response) was 16.6 ng/min for all subjects. Dose-response curves to histamine were repeated after infusion of the H2-selective antagonist cimetidine at a dose sufficient to completely block the H2-mediated response (49 micrograms/min). Cimetidine did not inhibit the Emax in the elderly as much as it did in the young subjects. The Emax to histamine in the presence of cimetidine plotted against age showed a significant relationship (r = 0.62, p = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that, although the overall histamine-induced venodilation is conserved in aging, there is a loss of the signal transduction pathway activated by way of H2-receptors but no loss in function of H1-receptors. Consequently, these results suggest differential changes in function of H1- versus H2-histamine receptors with aging. Because H1-receptors are coupled to endothelial-derived relaxing factor release and because H2-receptors activate cyclic adenosine monophosphate in smooth muscle, the results are compatible with hypothesis that there are specific changes in these signal transduction pathways with aging.
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- G Bedarida
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Stanford University Medical Center, CA 94305-5113, USA
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Fernández N, García-Villalón AL, Borbujo J, Monge L, García JL, Gómez B, Diéguez G. Cooling effects on the histaminergic response of rabbit ear and femoral arteries: role of the endothelium. ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA 1994; 151:441-51. [PMID: 7976417 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.1994.tb09766.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The effects of cooling on the isometric response of rabbit isolated central ear (cutaneous) and femoral (non-cutaneous) arteries to histamine were determined at 37 degrees C and 24 degrees C (cooling). Under resting tension, both types of arteries contracted to histamine (10(-7)-10(-3) M), and the sensitivity of ear arteries, but not of femoral arteries was lower at 24 than at 37 degrees C. Chlorpheniramine (10(-7) M) blocked the contraction of both types of arteries to histamine at both temperatures. In ear arteries, endothelium removal or treatment with the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 10(-5) M) did not affect the contraction to histamine at 37 degrees C, but it reversed the decreased contraction at 24 degrees C. In femoral arteries, endothelium removal or L-NAME (10(-5) M) did not affect the response to histamine at 37 and 24 degrees C. Ear and femoral arteries precontracted with endothelin-1 (10(-8)-10(-7) M) and pretreated with chlorpheniramine (10(-5) M) relaxed to histamine (10(-7)-10(-4) M), and the sensitivity of this relaxation in ear arteries, but not in femoral arteries, increased at 24 degrees C. The relaxation of ear and femoral arteries to histamine was not modified by endothelium removal, L-NAME (10(-5) M) or meclofenamate (10(-5) M), but it was blocked by cimetidine (10(-6) M) at 37 degrees C and 24 degrees C. These results suggest: (1) ear and femoral arteries have contracting H1 and relaxing H2 receptors, probably located on smooth musculature, and (2) cooling reduces the contraction and increases the relaxation of cutaneous arteries to histamine: the reduction of this contraction could be caused by an augmented availability of endothelial nitric oxide, and the increment of this relaxation could be caused by an augmented sensitivity of H2 receptors of smooth musculature induced by cooling. These features do not seem to occur in deep vessels.
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- N Fernández
- Departamento de Fisiología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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Dachman WD, Bedarida G, Blaschke TF, Hoffman BB. Histamine-induced venodilation in human beings involves both H1 and H2 receptor subtypes. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1994; 93:606-14. [PMID: 8151062 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(94)70072-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Histamine is a potent vasodilatory substance released during anaphylaxis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanism by which histamine produces venodilation in humans in vivo with the use of the dorsal hand-vein compliance technique. In healthy volunteers full dose-response curves were constructed by infusing histamine, before and after administration of an H1 or H2 antagonist or both antagonists, into dorsal hand veins preconstricted with the alpha-adrenergic agonist phenylephrine. In the presence of the H1 antagonist brompheniramine (530 ng/min), the maximal venodilatory response to histamine decreased from 128% +/- 57% to 78% +/- 15% (p < 0.05). In the presence of H2 antagonist cimetidine (49 micrograms/min), the maximal venodilatory response to histamine decreased from 120% +/- 33% to 48% +/- 26% (p < 0.01). Concurrent infusion of histamine with the combination of cimetidine and diphenhydramine resulted in almost complete abolishment of histamine-induced venodilation. Methylene blue (6.8 micrograms/min), an inhibitor of the action of endothelium-derived relaxing factor, decreased the vasodilatory response to histamine from 131% +/- 23% to 73% +/- 24% (p = 0.01). The results suggest that the venodilatory response of histamine is mediated through both H1 and H2 receptor subtypes and that this response is mediated in part by endothelium-derived relaxing factor.
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- W D Dachman
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Stanford University Medical Center, CA 94305
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Ebeigbe AB, Cabanie M. Responses of isolated human epigastric arteries to histamine. JOURNAL OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 1992; 39:201-9. [PMID: 1527352 DOI: 10.1016/0165-1838(92)90013-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Responses to histamine have been studied on ring preparations of epigastric artery obtained from normal and from pregnancy-induced hypertensive (PIH) women to characterize the mode of action of histamine in this vascular preparation. In non-contracted arterial rings, histamine elicited concentration-dependent H1 receptor-mediated contractions, competitively antagonised by mepyramine and cicletanine with pA2 values of 9.1 and 7.5, respectively. Arterial rings from pregnancy-induced hypertensive patients displayed greater sensitivity to histamine, but no change in maximal contractions, and were (at the EC30 histamine response) more susceptible to antagonism by mepyramine and cicletanine. Following precontraction by noradrenaline, histamine elicited relaxation responses only in the presence of H1 receptor antagonists. Endothelium removal or exposure to methylene blue significantly attenuated histamine-induced relaxation; the residual relaxations under these conditions appear to be due to a direct effect on H2 receptor on smooth muscle cells. The results show that, in human epigastric artery, histamine elicits H1 receptor-mediated contractions and that, following NA precontraction and in the presence of H1 receptor blockade, relaxations occur. Arterial rings from pregnancy-induced hypertensive patients showed modest but somewhat greater sensitivity to histamine, as well as being more susceptible to cicletanine and mepyramine.
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- A B Ebeigbe
- Department of Physiology, College of Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Nigeria
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1. The vascular effects of cicletanine have been studied in vitro on ring preparations of inferior epigastric arteries from normotensive human females and human females with pregnancy-induced hypertension (preeclampsia). 2. Cicletanine (10(-7)-10(-3) M) elicited concentration-dependent relaxation of vessels precontracted with 10(-7) M noradrenaline (NA) or 60 mM K+ but was more potent in the former. Relaxation was significantly greater in rings from preeclamptic patients and was uninfluenced by endothelium removal. 3. The intracellular Ca-dependent contractile responses to 10(-5) M NA in Ca-free medium as well as the subsequent extracellular Ca-dependent contractions (on restoration of external Ca) were significantly attenuated dose-dependently by cicletanine (10(-5) M, 3 x 10(-4) M) in arterial rings from both normotensive and preeclamptic patients. Cicletanine also relaxed rings precontracted by 25 mM K+ but was ineffective against 80 mM K(+)-induced contractions. 4. The inhibition of intracellular Ca-dependent contractions was significantly greater in rings from preeclamptic than from normotensive patients whereas extracellular Ca-dependent contractions were comparably inhibited in both groups. Nifedipine, on the other hand, had little effect on the intracellular Ca-dependent contractions but significantly depressed extracellular Ca-dependent contractions. 5. Cicletanine-induced relaxation was uninfluenced by pretreatment with propranolol, ouabain, tetraethylammonium, procaine, indomethacin, cimetidine or tetrodotoxin but was antagonized by glibenclamide. 6. The results show that cicletanine inhibits contractile responses of human isolated inferior epigastric arteries by a mechanism unrelated to endothelial factors but associated with inhibition of calcium metabolism. An action of cicletanine on glibenclamide-sensitive K+ channels is also suggested. Cicletanine-induced inhibition was significantly greater in arteries from preclamptic patients.
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- A B Ebeigbe
- Department of Physiology, College of Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Nigeria
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Schoeffter P, Godfraind T. Characterization of histamine-induced contraction in rat isolated aorta. Eur J Pharmacol 1991; 197:193-200. [PMID: 1655473 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(91)90521-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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High concentrations of histamine (greater than 10 microM) contract rat aortic rings and the effect is greatly enhanced when the endothelium is removed. The present study was aimed at characterizing the histamine-induced contractions of de-endothelialized rat aortic rings. These contractions were poorly inhibited by the histamine H1-receptor antagonist, mepyramine (1 and 10 microM) and insensitive to the histamine H2-receptor antagonist, cimetidine (10 microM), and to the cyclooxygenase inhibitor, indomethacin (5 microM). In contrast, the alpha-adrenoceptor antagonists, prasozin and pentholamine, antagonized these contractions in a concentration-dependent manner (respective apparent pKB values 9.7 and 7.9) and nifedipine (3 microM) reduced them by about 75%. Pretreatment of de-endothelialized rings with 8-bromo-cyclic GMP and of intact rings with methylene blue resulted in respective inhibition and enhancement of histamine-induced contractions, quite similarly to the effects in the presence and in the absence of endothelium, respectively. Histamine elicited endothelium-dependent relaxation of aortic rings precontracted by prostaglandin F2 alpha. This relaxation was abolished in the presence of mepyramine (1 microM). However, mepyramine failed to mimic the enhancing effect of endothelium removal on histamine-induced contractions of resting aortic rings. It is concluded that, in rat aorta, (1) contractions induced by high concentrations of histamine (greater than 10 microM) are probably mediated by alpha 1-adrenoceptors; and (2) spontaneous, but not histamine-stimulated, release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor is mainly involved in the modulation of histamine-induced contractions.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Aorta, Thoracic/drug effects
- Aorta, Thoracic/physiology
- Cyclic GMP/physiology
- Endothelium, Vascular/drug effects
- Endothelium, Vascular/physiology
- Histamine/pharmacology
- In Vitro Techniques
- Male
- Nitric Oxide/metabolism
- Phentolamine/pharmacology
- Prazosin/pharmacology
- Pyrilamine/pharmacology
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Strains
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha/drug effects
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha/physiology
- Receptors, Histamine H1/drug effects
- Receptors, Histamine H1/physiology
- Vasoconstriction/drug effects
- Vasoconstriction/physiology
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- P Schoeffter
- Laboratoire de Pharmacodynamie Générale et de Pharmacologie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Bruxelles, Belgium
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