title: Strain differences in histamine release from peritoneal mast cells in rats.
abstract: 1. Peritoneal mast cells from Brown-Norway (BN) rats were compared with those from Wistar and Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. 2. Peritoneal mast cells from BN rats showed the smallest values in number, cell diameter and histamine contents compared with those from Wistar and SD rats. 3. BN rat peritoneal mast cells were more sensitive to compound 48/80 and anti-IgE than were those from Wistar and SD rats, and they showed a higher response to A23187 than did cells from Wistar rats. 4. The histamine release from passively sensitized peritoneal mast cells was weaker in BN rats than was that from Wistar and SD rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohishi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toyota
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kamei
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000494:pharmacology; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D048429:Cell Size; D006636:Histamine Release / Q000502:physiology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000166:cytology; D051381:Rats; D011914:Rats, Inbred BN; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013045:Species Specificity; D003189:p-Methoxy-N-methylphenethylamine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; C026408:anti-IgE antibodies; D000001:Calcimycin; D003189:p-Methoxy-N-methylphenethylamine