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J Appl Physiol 66: 1054-1058, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 66, Issue 3 1054-1058, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Influence of body temperature on histamine-induced bronchoconstriction in guinea pigs

I. Macquin-Mavier, M. Benichou, A. M. Lorino, H. Lorino, N. Istin and A. Harf
Departement de Physiologie, Faculte de Medecine, Creteil, France.

The effects of body temperature on histamine-induced bronchoconstriction were investigated in anesthetized, paralyzed, and mechanically ventilated guinea pigs. Four groups of guinea pigs were studied with constant body temperatures of 40, 38, 35, and 32 degrees C, respectively. Histamine was infused for 5 min at a rate of 50 ng.kg-1.s-1. Body cooling from 40 to 32 degrees C augmented the bronchomotor responses to histamine, which eventually rose almost fourfold. The enhancement of histamine-induced bronchoconstriction induced by body cooling was not suppressed by pretreating guinea pigs with 5 mg/kg hexamethonium or 5 mg/kg hexamethonium plus 3 mg/kg atropine; neither was the enhancement of histamine-induced bronchoconstriction suppressed in pithed guinea pigs, demonstrating that the autonomic nervous system is not involved in potentiating bronchoconstriction at low body temperatures. These results suggest that, at low body temperatures, increased airway responsiveness to histamine may be because of some direct effect of temperature on bronchial airway smooth muscle.




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