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J Appl Physiol 73: 1537-1541, 1992;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 73, Issue 4 1537-1541, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of bradykinin on airway neural responses in vitro

M. Miura, M. G. Belvisi and P. J. Barnes
Department of Thoracic Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, United Kingdom.

We investigated the effects of bradykinin (BK) on airway excitatory nonadrenergic noncholinergic (e-NANC) and cholinergic nerves in vitro. Neural responses were elicited by electrical field stimulation in guinea pig airways in vitro before and after the addition of BK (10(-10)-10(-7) M). Captopril (10(-5) M) and phosphoramidon (10(-6) M) were added to prevent degradation of BK, and all neural responses were measured in the presence of indomethacin (10(-5) M) and propranolol (10(-6) M). BK potentiated e-NANC responses in bronchi in a concentration-dependent manner (10(-10)-10(-7) M) without changing concentration-response curves to exogenously applied substance P (10(-10)-10(-5) M). BK significantly potentiated e-NANC neural constrictor responses by 22 +/- 7% at 10(-8) M (mean +/- SE, n = 5, P < 0.05) and 32 +/- 7% at 10(-7) M (n = 8, P < 0.01), compared with changes in time-matched control tissues (7 +/- 2%, n = 8). The potentiation of e-NANC responses by BK was abolished by pretreatment with a specific B2-receptor antagonist, HOE 140 (10(-7) M). Cholinergic constrictor responses elicited to electrical field stimulation were not affected by the addition of BK (up to 10(-7) M). These results suggest that BK potentiates e-NANC bronchoconstrictor responses prejunctionally via a B2-receptor.


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