INVITRO RESPONSIVENESS OF HUMAN ASTHMATIC BRONCHUS TO CARBACHOL, HISTAMINE, BETA-ADRENOCEPTOR AGONISTS AND THEOPHYLLINE
INVITRO RESPONSIVENESS OF HUMAN ASTHMATIC BRONCHUS TO CARBACHOL, HISTAMINE, BETA-ADRENOCEPTOR AGONISTS AND THEOPHYLLINE
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2125.1986.tb02956.x
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发表时间:
1986-12-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
PATERSON, JW
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作者:
GOLDIE, RG;SPINA, D;PATERSON, JW
1 Responses of human bronchial strip preparations to contractile and relaxant agonists were measured in preparations from non-diseased and from asthmatic lung obtained 3-15 h post-mortem. 2 The potencies of carbachol and histamine were approximately two times less in asthmatic than in non-diseased bronchi. This was statistically significant for carbachol (P < 0.05), but not for histamine (P > 0.05). These results clearly indicate that the bronchial hyperreactivity to airway spasmogens observed in asthma is exclusively an in vivo phenomenon not involving increasing sensitivity of bronchial smooth muscle. 3 The potencies of the .beta.-adrenoceptor agonists isoprenaline, fenoterol and terbutaline were significantly reduced by 4-5 fold in asthmatic bronchi compared with non-diseased airways. In contrast, theophylline was equipotent in the two populations of airway preparations. Thus, it appears that severe asthma is associated with decreased bronchial smooth muscle .beta.2-adrenoceptor function.