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. 1989 Aug;97(4):1165–1173. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1989.tb12575.x

Analysis of the relaxant effects of AH 21-132 in guinea-pig isolated trachealis.

R C Small 1, J P Boyle 1, S Duty 1, K R Elliott 1, R W Foster 1, A J Watt 1
PMCID: PMC1854606  PMID: 2551442

Abstract

1. Experiments have been performed with the dual intent of analysing the mechanism by which AH 21-132 relaxes airways smooth muscle and determining whether the effects of this compound can be distinguished from those of theophylline. 2. AH 21-132 (0.25-8 microM) and theophylline (1-1000 microM) each caused concentration-dependent suppression of the spontaneous tone of guinea-pig isolated trachealis. The maximal effect of AH 21-132 was equivalent to that of theophylline. No evidence was obtained that the tissue became sensitized or desensitized to the action of AH 21-132. 3. Propranolol (1 microM) profoundly antagonized the tracheal relaxant action of isoprenaline but not that of AH 21-132. 4. In indomethacin (2.8 microM)-treated tissues, tone was induced by K+-rich (120 mM) Krebs solution, acetylcholine (ACh, 1 mM) or histamine (200 microM). Log concentration-relaxation curves for AH 21-132, isoprenaline and theophylline were all moved to the right in the presence of the spasmogens, the smallest rightward shift being induced by histamine and the greatest by ACh. While maximal effects of AH 21-132 and theophylline were unaffected by the spasmogens, that of isoprenaline was reduced by KCl and ACh. 5. In tissues treated with indomethacin (2.8 microM), AH 21-132 (0.1-100 microM) inhibited the spasmogenic effects of potassium chloride (KCl), ACh and histamine in a concentration-dependent manner. The inhibition was characterized by rightward shifts in the spasmogen concentration-effect curves with depression of their maxima.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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