title: Increased desensitization by picomolar phorbol ester of the endothelium-mediated effect of histamine in the perfused rat mesenteric bed.
abstract: The vasodilatatory, endothelium-mediated, effect of histamine (H), through H1 receptor, in the isolated and perfused mesenteric bed of the rat, undergoes strong desensitization during perfusion or repetitive injections of noradrenaline (NA) and H. The mesenteric bed completely desensitized to H is responsive to carbachol (C) and this latter compound does not affect the H desensitization. The homologous desensitization to C effect is very small, attaining less than 10% after 30 min of continuous perfusion. In this work the effect of inhibitors or activators of protein-kinase(s)-C (PKC) are studied during continuous perfusion of H or C in preparations preconstricted by NA. Staurosporine antagonizes the onset of the H desensitization, while the rate of desensitization in increased by phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA). PMA, at a concentration from 10(-12) to 10(-10)M, selectively enhances the homologous desensitization of H, while at 10(-8)M it also produces a desensitization to C. At least two different PKC isoenzymes might be involved in the desensitization of the vasodilatatory effect of H and C in the isolated and perfused rat mesenteric bed.
authors: Dipartimento di Farmacologia Preclinica e Clinica M. Aiazzi Mancini, Università di Firenze, Italy.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Ignesti
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Pino
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Banchelli
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Ferrali
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Pirisino
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Raimondi
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D000470:Alkaloids / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D006632:Histamine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D010277:Parasympathomimetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D010477:Perfusion; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011969:Receptors, Histamine H1 / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D019311:Staurosporine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000633:toxicity*; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D010277:Parasympathomimetics; D011969:Receptors, Histamine H1; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D006632:Histamine; D002217:Carbachol; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D019311:Staurosporine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D009638:Norepinephrine