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. 1992 Apr;105(4):933–940. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1992.tb09081.x

Effects of BRL 38227 on neurally-mediated responses in the guinea-pig isolated bronchus.

D M Good 1, J C Clapham 1, T C Hamilton 1
PMCID: PMC1908705  PMID: 1504720

Abstract

1. In guinea-pig isolated bronchus treated with indomethacin (2.8 microM), electrical field stimulation (EFS; 10 Hz, 0.5 ms, 60-70 V, for 10 s) evoked a tetrodotoxin (3 microM)-sensitive, biphasic contraction comprising a rapid, atropine (1 microM)-sensitive cholinergic response succeeded by a slowly developing, capsaicin (10 microM)-sensitive, non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic excitatory (NANCe) response. 2. BRL 38227 (0.3-3 microM), salmeterol (0.003-3 microM) and ketotifen (1.0-300 microM) each produced concentration-dependent inhibition of both NANCe and cholinergic responses to EFS in guinea-pig isolated bronchus. 3. Substance P (SP; 1 microM) and neurokinin A (NKA; 0.07 microM) produced contractions equivalent in magnitude to the NANCe response to EFS, which were inhibited by salmeterol (1 microM), but not by BRL 38227 (3 microM) or ketotifen (100 microM). 4. Acetylcholine (ACh; 6 microM) was equi-effective with the electrical activation of cholinergic neurones. BRL 38227 (3 microM) slightly inhibited responses to ACh (6 microM). Salmeterol (1 microM) and ketotifen (100 microM) markedly inhibited responses to ACh (6 microM). 5. In bronchial rings pre-contracted with ACh (100 microM), BRL 38227 (0.1-30 microM), salmeterol (0.001-3 microM) and ketotifen (0.1-100 microM) each produced concentration-dependent relaxation. Unlike ketotifen, BRL 38227 and salmeterol only partially (18.8 +/- 2.1% and 51.8 +/- 3.9% respectively) reversed the ACh-induced contraction. 6. The (+)-analogue of BRL 38227, BRL 38226 (0.3-100 microM), was without effect on responses to EFS and had no effect on the inhibition caused by BRL 38227.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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