The ‘calcium gating mechanism’ in the anaphylactic histamine release from guinea pig mast cells

1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Schoetensack ◽  
G. Poblete-Freundt ◽  
W. Schmutzler
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cells ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Histamine Release ◽  
Gating Mechanism ◽  
Calcium Gating ◽  
Anaphylactic Histamine Release

Salmeterol inhibits anaphylactic histamine release from guinea-pig isolated mast cells

1994 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grazia Gentilini ◽  
Maria Grazia Bello ◽  
Silvia Raspanti ◽  
Daniela Bindi ◽  
Sabrina Mugnai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cells ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Histamine Release ◽  
Anaphylactic Histamine Release

Substance P-induced histamine release in tracheally perfused guinea pig lungs

1995 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 1234-1241 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Lilly ◽  
A. E. Hall ◽  
I. W. Rodger ◽  
L. Kobzik ◽  
K. J. Haley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cells ◽  
Substance P ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Histamine Release ◽  
Receptor Activation ◽  
Neurokinin A ◽  
Histamine Liberation ◽  
Nk1 Antagonist ◽  
Nk2 Receptor ◽  
Receptor Agonists And Antagonists

The capacity of substance P (SP) and endogenously released tachykinins to liberate histamine was examined in isolated tracheally perfused guinea pig lungs. Increasing doses of tracheally injected SP were associated with the recovery of increasing amounts of histamine from lung effluent. The mechanism of SP-induced histamine liberation was explored in studies with neurokinin-(NK) receptor agonists and antagonists. Tracheal injection of either the NK1 agonist [Sar9,Met(O2)11]SP or the NK2 agonist [beta-Ala8]-neurokinin A-(4–10) was associated with a significant increase in histamine recovery from lung effluent. In addition, both the NK1 antagonist CP-99994 and the NK2 antagonist SR-48968 significantly inhibited SP-induced histamine release. These findings support the hypothesis that SP can liberate histamine from guinea pigs lungs by a mechanism that depends predominantly on NK1- and NK2-receptor activation. The liberation of endogenous tachykinins by acute tracheal injection of capsaicin was also associated with augmented histamine recovery, which was inhibited by combined NK1- and NK2-receptor blockade. Tracheal injection of SP was associated with an increase in the percentage of airway mast cells exhibiting histological evidence of degranulation. This study demonstrates that exogenous SP, as well as endogenous tachykinins released from capsaicin-sensitive neurons, can liberate histamine, most likely from airway mast cells, by a mechanism that depends predominantly on the activation of NK1 and NK2 receptors.

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