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J Appl Physiol 59: 1866-1873, 1985;
8750-7587/85 $5.00
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 59, Issue 6 1866-1873, Copyright © 1985 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of repeated antigen exposure on antigen-and mediator-induced bronchospasm in sheep

S. R. Kleeberger, E. M. Wagner, G. K. Adams 3rd, A. M. Dannenberg Jr and E. W. Spannhake

We studied the effects of repeated exposures of antigen on airway reactivity to mediators of anaphylaxis and immediate response to the antigen. Seven antigen-sensitive sheep were exposed to aerosols of Ascaris suum antigen 5 times biweekly; a control group of seven sheep underwent the same exposure regimen with saline vehicle. Sheep were assigned to experimental (Ascaris) or control groups so the distribution of animals with regard to bronchial reactivity to mediators was about the same. Airway reactivity was assessed by determining the effects of aerosolized histamine (10-1,000 micrograms), prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha, 10-300 micrograms), and a stable analogue of thromboxane A2 (U-46619, 1-100 micrograms) on lung resistance (RL) and dynamic lung compliance (Cdyn). Before treatment, experimental and control groups showed similar changes in RL and Cdyn, with analogue greater than histamine greater than PGF2 alpha. At the highest dose of each agonist, mean increases in RL were 50, 123, and 29%, respectively, and mean decreases in Cdyn were 21, 45, and 12%. During the first 15-min exposures to antigen aerosol, mean RL had increased by 125% and Cdyn decreased by 38% of base-line values; hyperinflation following the exposures reduced the changes to 56 and 31%, respectively. Changes in RL and Cdyn during the final antigen exposures and following postexposure hyperinflation were reduced significantly (P less than 0.05) compared with the initial exposures. Baseline RL and Cdyn before and after the exposures to antigen or saline were not significantly different. Airway reactivity to histamine, PGF2 alpha, or analogue was not significantly altered in these atropinized animals over the range of doses studied.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)




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