title: Induction of histamine release from rat peritoneal mast cells by histatins.
abstract: Human salivary histatins (Hsts), which belong to a salivary polypeptide family, have potent antifungal activity against Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans, and are expected to be useful as therapeutic reagents against Candida species. However, little is known about the effect of Hsts on host immune systems. Thus we conducted a series of in vitro experiments with rat mast cells to determine whether histatin 5 (Hst 5) or histatin 8 (Hst 8) has a histamine-releasing effect on mast cells. Both Hst 5 and Hst 8 induced histamine release from rat peritoneal mast cells in a dose-dependent manner (10(-9) to 10(-5) M). Hst 5 had a stronger releasing effect than Hst 8. The histamine release induced by Hst 5 (10(-6) M) was increased by the presence of 0.5 mM Ca2+, but decreased by 2mM Ca2+. Alternatively, the histamine release induced by Hst 8 (10(-6) M) was inhibited by the presence of Ca2+ (0.5 to 2 mM). These results suggest that Hsts have limited usefulness as therapeutic agents due to induction of histamine release from mast cells.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of lnternal Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitaichi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsushima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tatsumi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takagi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006636:Histamine Release / Q000187:drug effects*; D054808:Histatins; D008297:Male; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: C068075:HTN3 protein, human; D054808:Histatins; D009842:Oligopeptides; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides