title: Suppression of endotoxin-induced corticosterone secretion in rats by H1-antihistamine.
abstract: Corticosterone (CS) secretion is stimulated in rats by an intraperitoneal injection of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or by subjecting the animals to immobilization stress. LPS injection caused a significant increase in the lung histamine level and a sharp reduction in the number of intact peritoneal mast cells. Injection of compound 48/80, a histamine liberator, provoked an increase in the histamine levels of the blood and lung and a decrease in the number of intact peritoneal mast cells with a concomitant increase in CS secretion. Administration of histamine, at a dose of 10 mg/kg, induced a marked increase in CS release. LPS-induced CS secretion was attenuated by pretreatment with an H1-antihistamine, promethazine (PMZ), whereas an H2-antihistamine, metiamide, had no effect. In contrast, PMZ was ineffective on CS release provoked by immobilization stress. These results suggest that LPS-induced CS release is mediated, in part, by histamine released in the peripheral tissues, whereas an immobilization stress-induced increase is not mediated by the amine.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D011398:Promethazine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology; D003189:p-Methoxy-N-methylphenethylamine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D003189:p-Methoxy-N-methylphenethylamine; D006632:Histamine; D011398:Promethazine; D003345:Corticosterone