title: Immunopharmacological actions of the new antiallergic drug butyl 3'-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)oxanilate. 4th communication: effects on histamine release from human leukocytes and from human and monkey lung fragments.
abstract: The effects of butyl 3'-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)oxanilate (WP-833), a new antiallergic drug, on histamine release from human leukocytes and from human and monkey lung fragments were investigated. WP-833 showed no inhibition of antigen, anti-immunoglobulin E (IgE)- and calcium ionophore A23187-induced histamine release from leukocytes of atopic patients allergic to house dust mite. In addition, no influences of WP-833 on the levels of cyclic adenosine monophosphate and guanosine monophosphate in leukocytes from healthy subjects were observed. However, antigen- or anti-IgE-mediated histamine release from human and monkey lung fragments passively sensitized in vitro with human serum IgE sensitive to mite antigen was clearly inhibited by WP-833. Interestingly, prolonged pretreatment of lung fragments with WP-833 resulted in a decay in inhibition of anaphylactic histamine release. Spontaneous histamine release from human leukocytes and monkey lung fragments were not inhibited by WP-833.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001393:Azoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004205:Cromolyn Sodium / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006636:Histamine Release / Q000187:drug effects*; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000276:immunology; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008251:Macaca; D008297:Male; D013777:Tetrazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D062367:ortho-Aminobenzoates / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001393:Azoles; D013777:Tetrazoles; C036097:butyl 3-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)oxanilate; D062367:ortho-Aminobenzoates; D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D006152:Cyclic GMP; C012293:tranilast; D004205:Cromolyn Sodium