title: [A mechanism underlying histamine-induced contraction in isolated rabbit lingual artery].
abstract: To understand the contractile response to histamine, drug-induced tension developments were measured in intact and staphylococcal alpha-toxin-treated permeabilized smooth muscle preparations of rabbit lingual artery. Histamine produced an endothelium-independent contraction; the observed effect was antagonized by diphenhydramine and was attenuated by nifedipine. Histamine produced only transient contraction in the Ca(2+)-free bathing media. In permeabilized preparations, histamine-induced contraction was abolished by ryanodine (in the presence of caffeine) or prior repeated application of caffeine; however, contraction produced by IP3 was still observed under the same experimental condition as that of the histamine study. Histamine- or caffeine-induced contraction was abolished in the permeabilized preparations by prior repeated application of IP3; caffeine or IP3 produced contraction after repeated application of histamine. Ryanodine in the presence of histamine was ineffective on caffeine-induced contraction, suggesting that histamine by itself may not have the ability to act on caffeine-sensitive Ca2+ release channels. Neomycin and H-7 completely abolished the histamine-induced contraction. Hence, it is suggested that histamine can contract the lingual artery via H1-receptor-coupled phospholipase C activation, and the contraction consists of a phasic response evoked by Ca2+ release from the IP3- and caffeine-sensitive Ca2+ storage site and the tonic response generated by the voltage-dependent influx of Ca2+. It is also postulated that IP3 produced by histamine may be able to produce Ca2+ release from only a part of the intracellular Ca2+ stores in the smooth muscle of rabbit lingual artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Kanagawa Dental College, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Todoki
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Okabe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002110:Caffeine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D004155:Diphenhydramine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006633:Histamine Antagonists; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D011817:Rabbits; D014059:Tongue / Q000098:blood supply*; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006633:Histamine Antagonists; D002110:Caffeine; D006632:Histamine; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D004155:Diphenhydramine; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D002118:Calcium