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J Appl Physiol 67: 856-861, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 67, Issue 2 856-861, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Capsaicin-induced bronchodilation in mild asthmatic subjects: possible role of nonadrenergic inhibitory system

J. W. Lammers, P. Minette, M. T. McCusker, K. F. Chung and P. J. Barnes
Department of Thoracic Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

We investigated whether stimulation of vagal afferent nerve fibers with inhaled capsaicin could induce a nonadrenergic inhibitory reflex in nine mild asthmatic subjects. Changes in total respiratory resistance (Rrs) were measured with a forced oscillation technique. First we induced a rise of 71 +/- 15% in Rrs (P less than 0.001) after leukotriene D4 aerosol. Subsequent inhalation of capsaicin (2 nmol) caused no significant change in mean Rrs of -1.1 +/- 8.2%. After the muscarinic receptor antagonist ipratropium bromide (120 micrograms) was inhaled, leukotriene D4 increased Rrs by 103 +/- 9% (P less than 0.001). Capsaicin subsequently caused bronchodilation in all subjects (Rrs = -22.3 +/- 2.7%, P less than 0.001). Ethanol-saline (diluent) alone caused a nonsignificant fall in Rrs (-9.9 +/- 4.7%) but a deep breath and coughing resulted in bronchodilation (-16.9 +/- 6.1%, P less than 0.05 and -11.6 +/- 2.9%, P less than 0.01, respectively). As observed in normal subjects, capsaicin may initiate an inhibitory reflex, presumably of nonadrenergic origin. This reflex could not be distinguished from that caused by coughing or by deep inhalation. A defect in nonadrenergic mechanisms, at least in mild asthma, seems unlikely.


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