Alteration in Ca2+ availability involved in antigen-induced airway hyperresponsiveness in rats.
Alteration in Ca2+ availability involved in antigen-induced airway hyperresponsiveness in rats.
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Ca2 可用性的改变与抗原诱导的大鼠气道高反应性有关。
DOI:
10.1016/0014-2999(95)00132-5
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发表时间:
1995
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
M. Misawa
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作者:
Y. Chiba;M. Misawa
The origin of Ca2+contributing to the enhancement of acetylcholine-induced bronchial smooth muscle constriction in airway hyperresponsiveness induced by antigen challenge was investigated. Under Ca2+-free (concomitant with 10−6M nicardipine) conditions, the contractile responses of bronchial rings to 1 mM acetylcholine were significantly greater in rings from rats with hyperresponsive airways (0.15 ± 0.04 g) than those of rings from normal rats (0.02 ± 0.004 g; P < 0.05). The cumulatively administered Ca2+induced a markedly greater bronchoconstriction in rings from rats with hyperresponsive airways in Ca2+-free solution when muscles were pretreated with 1 mM acetylcholine (in the presence of 10−6M nicardipine) than in rings from normal rats, whereas no significant difference in Ca2+-induced bronchoconstriction was observed between the two groups when muscles were pretreated with 60 mM K+(in the presence of 10−6M atropine). These findings suggest that enhancement of the availability of Ca2+released from intracellular stores and/or influxed through receptor-operated Ca2+channels in airway smooth muscles might be involved in the airway hyperresponsiveness to acetylcholine in rats.