Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 62, Issue 4 1473-1479, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of substance P on cardiovascular and respiratory function in subjects

R. W. Fuller, D. L. Maxwell, C. M. Dixon, G. P. McGregor, V. F. Barnes, S. R. Bloom and P. J. Barnes

The effect of substance P (SP), administered both intravenously and by inhalation, has been studied in normal and asthmatic humans. Intravenous infusion of SP (0.2-3.3 pmol X kg-1 X min-1) achieving a plasma concentration of SP between 5 and 25 pM produced vasodilatation (mean +/- SD), maximal increase in skin temperature (0.9 +/- 0.3 degree C) (P less than 0.05), and fall in diastolic blood pressure (8.5 +/- 2.9 mmHg) (P less than 0.05) associated with an increase in heart rate (15 +/- 10 beats/min) (P less than 0.05). All subjects had a fall in Vp30 (airflow at 70% of forced vital capacity measured from total lung capacity after a forced partial expiratory flow maneuver) at low infusion rate (P less than 0.05) and a significant rise at the highest infusion rate (P less than 0.05). Ventilation at rest and when stimulated by transient hypoxia increased (mean increase in resting ventilation 0.73 +/- 0.4 l/min and mean percent increase in transient ventilatory hypoxic response 41 +/- 27%). There was a small nonsignificant increase in plasma norepinephrine but no change in epinephrine or histamine. Inhaled SP, up to 0.7 mumol, caused a small nonsignificant fall in airway function in asthmatic subjects. SP has demonstrable effects on vascular smooth muscle and control of ventilation but at the doses studied had little effect on airway function.

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