title: Time course of histamine-induced bronchoconstriction and its adrenergic and H2 modulation.
abstract: We characterized the complete time course of histamine-induced bronchoconstriction and its modulation via the release of endogenous catecholamines and by its actions on H2-receptors in anesthetized, tracheostomized, paralyzed, and artificially ventilated mongrel dogs. Respiratory resistance (R) and elastance (E) were estimated continuously with a recursive least squares estimator. Three protocols were followed in which multiple histamine bolus injections were given 1 h apart. We found that the time courses of E and R had consistent patterns (transient peak that returned to baseline within 1000 sec) even in cases of low mean arterial pressure (MAP). Indomethacin pre-treatments prevented tachyphylaxis to repeated i.v. challenges. beta-blockade produced a mild increase in baseline and a potentiation of the histamine-induced response in E and these effects were not altered with further alpha-or H2-blockade. Blockade of alpha-receptors increased the time to recovery in both E and MAP presumably by decreasing blood flow. Finally, we suggest that preventing the H2-receptor induced increase in bronchial blood flow may have increased the time to maximal E without affecting the recovery time.
authors.affiliation: Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lauzon
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dechman
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Bates
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016084:Bronchoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects*; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism; D004285:Dogs; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D011968:Receptors, Histamine / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic; D011968:Receptors, Histamine; D006632:Histamine