title: Immunopharmacological actions of the new antiallergic drug 11-oxo-11H-pyrido[2,1-b]quinazoline-2-carboxylic acid. Effects on type I hypersensitivity reactions in human leukocytes and in human and monkey lungs.
abstract: The effects of 11-oxo-11H-pyrido[2,1-b]-quinazoline-2-carboxylic acid (Sm 857), a new antiallergic drug, on histamine release from human leukocytes and from human and monkey lungs were investigated. Sm 857 dose-dependently inhibited histamine release induced by mite antigen, anti-human IgE, calcium ionophore A23187 (A23187) and protein A from peripheral leukocytes of atopic patients, but had no effect on the levels of cyclic AMP and GMP in human leukocytes. In addition, antigen- or anti-human IgE-induced anaphylactic histamine release from human and monkey lung fragments passively sensitized with human reaginic serum sensitive to mite antigen as well as A23187-induced histamine release from non-sensitized monkey lung fragments, were inhibited dose-dependently by Sm 857. However, no inhibition of spontaneous histamine release from human leukocytes or monkey lung fragments by Sm 857 was observed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism; D006636:Histamine Release / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D008251:Macaca; D008925:Mites / Q000276:immunology; D011799:Quinazolines / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D011799:Quinazolines; D000001:Calcimycin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D006152:Cyclic GMP; C051309:doqualast