title: The inhibition of histamine release from rat peritoneal mast cells by non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs and its reversal by calcium.
abstract: 1 The non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs, indomethacin, flufenamate and meclofenamate, inhibited the release of histamine from rat peritoneal mast cells induced by pharmacological or immunological challenge in vitro. 2 Anti-inflammatory steroids had little effect on histamine release from the mast cells. 3 Th inhibition of histamine release by the aspirin-like drugs was not prevented by incubation with glucose, unlike the inhibition of 2,4,dinitrophenol or antimycin-A. This suggests that the non-steroid anti-inflammatory compounds do not act by preventing the energy production from oxidative metabolism, required for histamine release. 4 The inhibition of the calcium ionophore A23187-induced histamine release by the aspirin-like drugs was reversed by an increase in the calcium concentration of the incubation medium. 5 The results suggest that the non-steroid anti-inflammatory compounds inhibit histamine release by actions on calcium influx into the mast cell, or on calcium mobilization or utilization within the mast cell.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006636:Histamine Release / Q000187:drug effects*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000166:cytology; D051381:Rats; D003189:p-Methoxy-N-methylphenethylamine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D003189:p-Methoxy-N-methylphenethylamine; D002118:Calcium