title: On the mechanism of action of sodium orthovanadate in inducing histamine release from rat peritoneal mast cells.
abstract: Sodium orthovanadate produced a dose-dependent release of histamine and prostaglandin D2 from rat peritoneal mast cells. The release of histamine was selectively inhibited by the anion channel blockers SITS and DIDS, and by theophylline and dibutyryl cyclic-AMP, but was unaffected by disodium cromoglycate and lanthanum ions. Unlike IgE-directed ligands, vanadate did not produce any change in the intracellular concentration of cyclic-AMP but did promote a substantial uptake of calcium-45 from the incubation medium. This effect paralleled the release of histamine. These results are discussed in terms of the possible mode of action of vanadate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University College London, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: al-Laith
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Pearce
mesh_terms: D017878:4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid; D012856:4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000838:Anions / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000032:analysis; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D005260:Female; D006636:Histamine Release / Q000187:drug effects*; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000187:drug effects; D007811:Lanthanum / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000166:cytology; D015230:Prostaglandin D2 / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013806:Theophylline / Q000494:pharmacology; D014638:Vanadates / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000838:Anions; D007473:Ion Channels; C028521:lanthanum chloride; D012856:4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid; D014638:Vanadates; D010042:Ouabain; D007811:Lanthanum; D013806:Theophylline; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017878:4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid; D015230:Prostaglandin D2; D002118:Calcium