Selective inhibition by mepacrine of the release of “rabbit aorta contracting substance” evoked by the administration of bradykinin
Selective inhibition by mepacrine of the release of “rabbit aorta contracting substance” evoked by the administration of bradykinin
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Mepacrine 选择性抑制缓激肽给药引起的“兔主动脉收缩物质”的释放
DOI:
10.1111/j.2042-7158.1972.tb08953.x
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发表时间:
1972
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
N. D. Hai
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作者:
B. Vargaftig;N. D. Hai
Intra-arterial injection of bradykinin or of arachidonic acid to guinea-pig isolated lungs is followed by the appearance in the effluent of “rabbit aorta contracting substance”(RCS). Formation of RCS is blocked by nonsteroidal acidic antiinflammatory drugs (Piper & Vane, 1969; Vargaftig & Dao Hai, 1971) and by various sulfhydryl and antioxidant agents (Vargaftig & Dao Hai, 1972). RCS has been distinguished from prostaglandin (PG) F, a and E,, and indirect evidence suggests that their cyclic peroxide precursor is related with the activity of RCS (Gryglewski & Vane, 1971). Activation of an acylhydrolase is a necessary requirement for the triggering of the chain of events that ultimately leads to PG synthesis, except when the fatty acid precursor, as arachidonic acid, is directly provided, thus shortcutting the reaction. Evidence that the triggering enzyme is phospholipase A (phosphatide acylhydrolase, EC 3.1. 1.4.) has been summarized by Kunze & Vogt (1970). We have tested the hypothesis that bradykinin and arachidonic acid act at different critical points of the chain of reactions leading ultimately to RCS formation: evidence that the anti-inflammatory and antimalarial agent mepacrine blocks the release of RCS by bradykinin, but is ineffective when arachidonic acid is used, is provided as follows.Release of RCS from isolated perfused guinea-pig lungs was tested as previously described (Vargaftig & Dao Hai, 1971) by a modification of the method of Piper & Vane (1969). Guinea-pig lungs were perfused with Krebs solution containing antagonists to noradrenaline, 5-hydroxytryptamine and acetylcholine (phenoxybenzamine, lo-’; methysergide and atropine, g litre-l), at a flow of 10 ml/min. The effluent superfused a cascade of isolated organs: rabbit aorta and pulmonary artery, to detect RCS, and a strip of rat stomach, to detect prostaglandins. Organ contractions and bronchial pressure were recorded through appropriate transducers on a Grass No. 7 Polygraph. The following drugs were used: arachidonic acid (Mann Research Labs); bradykinin and methysergide (Sandoz); phenoxybenzamine (Smith Kline & French) and PGF, ct (provided by Dr. A. van Dorp, Unilever, The Netherlands); mepacrine dihydrochloride (Rhone Poulenc). Arachidonic acid (10-20 pg) was injected through the pulmonary artery into five isolated guinea-pig lungs. This was followed by the appearance in the perfusate of RCS activity, which was unaffected by a 10 min perfusion of the lung with Krebs solution containing mepacrine (20 pg/ml), whereas the RCS activity which followed the injection of 10 pg of bradykinin into five guinea-pig lungs was completely blocked. A thirty min perfusion with mepacrine-free Krebs solution resulted in complete recovery for the release of RCS by bradykinin (Fig. 1). To ascertain the site of action, mepacrine was directly superfused upon the organ cascade, by-passing the lungs. Under such conditions, RCS released by bradykinin was clearly unaffected, showing that blockade occurs at the pulmonary level. Suppression by mepacrine of the release of RCS when evoked by bradykinin but not when evoked by arachidonic acid is the first example of such a selective inhibition reported up to now. RCS is a prostaglandin precursor, probably the cyclic peroxide (Gryglewski & Vane, 1971) which requires the activation of an acylhydrolase, as phospholipase A, to be set free (Kunze & Vogt, 1970). Administration of arachidonic acid shortcuts the enzyme activation, directly providing the recognized substrate for PGF, a and for PGE, formation (Anggard & Samuelsson, 1965). Mepacrine displays