Figure 3.
Involvement of the prostanoid EP receptors in prostaglandin E2 (PGE2)-induced relaxation of rat tracheal strips and monkey airway samples under induced tone. (A) Response of rat tracheal strips under induced tone to selective EP receptor agonists (ONO-D1-004 (filled circle), ONO-AE1-259 (circle), ONO-AE-248 (filled square) and ONO-AE1-329 (square)=EP1–4 respectively, n=3). (B) Inhibition of PGE2-induced relaxation of rat tracheal strips by ONO-AE3-208 (100 nM) and GW627368X (1 μM) (PGE2 in the presence of the appropriate vehicle (filled circle), PGE2 in the presence of ONO-AE3-208 (square) or GW62768X (circle), n=4). (C) Response of Cyno monkey airway samples under induced tone to selective EP receptor agonists (ONO-D1-004 (filled circle), ONO-AE1-259 (circle), ONO-AE-248 (filled square) and ONO-AE1-329 (square)=EP1-4, respectively, and PGE2 (filled triangle), n=3). Data represent mean±SEM.