Electrical field stimulation causes oxidation of exogenous histamine in Krebs-Henseleit buffer: A potential source of error in studies of isolated airways
Autor: | Ingrid M. Garrelds, H. Rolien Raatgeep, Johan C. de Jongste, Albert W.M. Toorenenbergen, Anthon R. Hulsmann |
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Rok vydání: | 1993 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
chemistry.chemical_element Bronchi Buffers Toxicology Oxygen chemistry.chemical_compound Culture Techniques Internal medicine medicine Humans Respiratory system Aged Pharmacology Middle Aged Ascorbic acid Electric Stimulation In vitro Electrophysiology medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology chemistry Methacholine Oxidation-Reduction Histamine medicine.drug Respiratory tract |
Zdroj: | Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods. 30:149-152 |
ISSN: | 1056-8719 |
Popis: | Electric field stimulation (EFS) relaxes human histamine-precontracted airways in vitro. This relaxation is only partly neurally mediated. Nonneural relaxation has been also shown in blood vessels and is due to the generation of oxygen radicals by EFS. In isolated airways the origin of the nonneural component of the relaxation is not clear. Because exogenous catecholamines are oxidized during EFS of carbogenated Krebs-Henseleit (K-H) buffer, we questioned whether this is also the case for exogenous histamine. Human airways precontracted with histamine or methacholine were exposed to either EFS-stimulated carbogenated K-H buffer that also contained histamine or methacholine or unstimulated buffer. Airways exposed to EFS-stimulated buffer that contained histamine relaxed, whereas airways exposed to buffer containing methacholine or exposed to unstimulated buffer did not. It appeared that the histamine concentrations in the organ baths decreased during 30 min of EFS. This decrease was significantly reduced in the presence of ascorbic acid. We conclude that EFS causes oxidation of histamine in carbogenated K-H buffer, and this may at least partly explain the nonneural component of EFS-induced relaxations of precontracted human isolated airways. Therefore, histamine should not be used to induce precontraction in EFS experiments. |
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