title: In vivo functional antagonism between isoproterenol and bronchoconstrictants in the dog.
abstract: The functional antagonism between isoproterenol and methacholine, histamine and serotonin, as described in vitro in respiratory smooth muscle was explored in vivo in a canine model. Infusions of isoproterenol were administered during brief peaks of bronchospasm produced by aerosolized methacholine and histamine, or during sustained bronchospasm produced by infused serotonin. In eight mongrel dogs anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium, the mean protection by infused isoproterenol against methacholine challenge decreased from 60.6 to 29.1% as the mean lung resistance (RL) was increased from 78 to 232% over base line by a fourfold increase in methacholine (P less than 0.002). In six dogs, the mean protection by isoproterenol against histamine decreased from 55.5 to 26.9% as the opposing RL increased from 80 to 182% over base line with a fourfold increase in histamine (P less than 0.02). However, with serotonin infusions there was only a small 18% mean decrease in protection (P = 0.05), associated with a correspondingly small 37% mean increase in dose of serotonin despite a 269% mean increase in resistance (P = 0.02). In all cases, the loss of protection correlated more closely with the dose of constrictant than the resistance increase over base line. These findings demonstrate in vivo functional antagonism between isoproterenol and the dose of bronchoconstrictant but not necessarily resistance increase per se.
authors.affiliation: Medical Service, Edward Hines Jr., Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Illinois.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Jenne
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Shaughnessy
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Druz
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Manfredi
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Vestal
mesh_terms: D000403:Airway Resistance / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D001986:Bronchial Spasm / Q000139:chemically induced; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004285:Dogs; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology; D016210:Methacholine Chloride; D008688:Methacholine Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D008688:Methacholine Compounds; D016210:Methacholine Chloride; D012701:Serotonin; D006632:Histamine; D007545:Isoproterenol