title: Histamine-induced calcium released from cultured human mucosal microvascular endothelial cells from nasal inferior turbinate.
abstract: Changes in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in cultured human mucosal microvascular endothelial cells (HMMECs) from nasal inferior turbinate were measured using a fluorescent Ca(2+)-sensitive dye, fura-2, and photometric fluorescence microscopy. Histamine caused a transient increase in intracellular free Ca2+ in cell populations and in individual cells, followed by a decrease to a sustained elevation. Histamine (100 microM) elevated [Ca2+]i in HMMECs up to 563 +/- 20 nM from a resting level of 60 +/- 45 nM (means +/- SD, n = 31). Promethazine (a histamine H1 receptor antagonist) inhibited [Ca2+]i increase during histamine stimulation, whereas cimetidine (a H2 receptor antagonist) and thioperamide (a H3 receptor antagonist) showed no inhibition. These results suggest that the histamine increase [Ca2+]i in HMMECs induces both a Ca2+ release from stores and a Ca2+ influx through activation of the H1 receptor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minamino
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamashita
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006633:Histamine Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011968:Receptors, Histamine / Q000502:physiology*; D012130:Respiratory Hypersensitivity / Q000503:physiopathology; D014420:Turbinates
chemical_list: D006633:Histamine Antagonists; D011968:Receptors, Histamine; D006632:Histamine; D002118:Calcium