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. 1971 Jul;42(3):423–427. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1971.tb07127.x

Release of dopamine from bovine lung by specific antigen and by compound 48/80

P Eyre, TR Deline
PMCID: PMC1665675  PMID: 5560901

Abstract

1. Dopamine was shown to be released from the isolated lung of calves sensitized with horse serum by compound 48/80 and by specific antigen.

2. Dopamine contracts the bovine pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein. Phentolamine, the α-adrenoceptor blocking agent, inhibits this activity of dopamine and also strongly reduces the Schultz-Dale response of the pulmonary vessels.

3. The results are consistent with the suggestion that dopamine (together with histamine and 5-hydroxytryptamine) may participate in the pulmonary vasoconstriction associated with anaphylaxis in cattle.

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