title: Biphasic response of cutaneous blood flow induced by passive cutaneous anaphylaxis in rats.
abstract: In the immediate phase of passive cutaneous anaphylaxis, sensitized skin mast cells release various mediators when activated by antigen. The present study investigated the effects of the mediators on cutaneous blood flow at the antigen-antibody reaction site. Induction of passive cutaneous anaphylaxis produced a biphasic response consisting of an initial decrease, followed by a sustained increase, in the cutaneous blood flow. The initial phase was almost eliminated by the 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor antagonist methysergide, whereas the second phase was sensitive to the histamine H(2) receptor antagonist ranitidine. The histamine H(1) receptor antagonist chlorpheniramine, the denervation of sensory nerves with capsaicin, the cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin, or the bradykinin B(2) receptor antagonist D-arginyl-L-arginyl-L-prolyl-trans-4-hydroxy-L-prolylglycyl-3-(2-thienyl)-L-alanyl-L-seryl-D-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-3-isoquinolinecarbonyl-L-(2alpha,3beta,7abeta)-octahydro-1H-indole-2-carbonyl-L-arginine (HOE140) did not affect the blood-flow changes caused by the anaphylaxis. These results suggest that 5-hydroxytryptamine and histamine H(2) receptors mediate the initial decrease and the subsequent increase in cutaneous blood flow, respectively, induced by passive cutaneous anaphylaxis in rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Shizuoka-City, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken-ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Tomohisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Tomonari
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tajima
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakayama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002211:Capsaicin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D010323:Passive Cutaneous Anaphylaxis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011914:Rats, Inbred BN; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D002211:Capsaicin; D007213:Indomethacin