TY - JOUR
T1 - Airway neural responses to kinins
T2 - Tachyphylaxis and role of receptor subtypes
AU - Reynolds, Curt J.
AU - Togias, Alkis
AU - Proud, David
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - To further define the role of neural responses in the hyperreactivity of inflamed human upper airways to bradykinin (BK), we determined if repeated challenges with BK led to tachyphylaxis of neurally mediated responses in subjects with perennial allergic rhinitis. We also tested the hypothesis that enhanced reactivity to kinins in inflamed airways was caused by induction of B1-kinin receptors by comparing the effects of the selective B1-receptor agonist, des-Arg10-lysylbradykinin, and the B2 receptor agonist, BK, in the lower airways of asthmatics and in the upper airways of subjects with perennial allergic rhinitis. Repeated BK challenges led to tachyphylaxis of sneezing and of neurally mediated serous glandular secretion in subjects with perennial allergic rhinitis. Surprisingly, tachyphylaxis of increased local vascular permeability was also observed. By contrast, repeated challenges with BK in normal subjects led to reproducible increases in vascular permeability. Provocation with des-Arg10-lysylbradykinin did not cause bronchoconstriction in asthmatic subjects or increase glandular secretion or vascular permeability in the upper airways of subjects with rhinitis. We conclude that increased reactivity to kinins in inflamed human airways is mediated, at least in part, by neural reflexes, and is not caused by induction of B1-receptors.
AB - To further define the role of neural responses in the hyperreactivity of inflamed human upper airways to bradykinin (BK), we determined if repeated challenges with BK led to tachyphylaxis of neurally mediated responses in subjects with perennial allergic rhinitis. We also tested the hypothesis that enhanced reactivity to kinins in inflamed airways was caused by induction of B1-kinin receptors by comparing the effects of the selective B1-receptor agonist, des-Arg10-lysylbradykinin, and the B2 receptor agonist, BK, in the lower airways of asthmatics and in the upper airways of subjects with perennial allergic rhinitis. Repeated BK challenges led to tachyphylaxis of sneezing and of neurally mediated serous glandular secretion in subjects with perennial allergic rhinitis. Surprisingly, tachyphylaxis of increased local vascular permeability was also observed. By contrast, repeated challenges with BK in normal subjects led to reproducible increases in vascular permeability. Provocation with des-Arg10-lysylbradykinin did not cause bronchoconstriction in asthmatic subjects or increase glandular secretion or vascular permeability in the upper airways of subjects with rhinitis. We conclude that increased reactivity to kinins in inflamed human airways is mediated, at least in part, by neural reflexes, and is not caused by induction of B1-receptors.
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U2 - 10.1164/ajrccm.159.2.9804132
DO - 10.1164/ajrccm.159.2.9804132
M3 - Article
C2 - 9927354
AN - SCOPUS:0033048359
SN - 1073-449X
VL - 159
SP - 431
EP - 438
JO - American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
JF - American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
IS - 2
ER -