TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of cetirizine on early allergic response
AU - Naclerio, Robert M.
AU - Proud, David
AU - Kagey-Sobotka, Anne
AU - Freidhoff, Linda
AU - Norman, Philip S.
AU - Lichtenstein, Lawrence M.
PY - 1989/6
Y1 - 1989/6
N2 - A double blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study was performed to determine the effect of cetirizine, an H1 antihistamine, on the immediate nasal allergic response. Ten persons underwent nasal challenge with antigen after premedication with 20 mg of cetirizine or placebo QD for 2 days. The response was monitored by counting the number of sneezes and by measuring the levels of histamine, prostaglandin D2, leukotriene C4, albumin, and TAME-esterase activity in recovered nasal lavages. The results showed a significant reduction in sneezing and in the amounts of recovered albumin, TAME-esterase activity, and leukotriene C4 but no reduction in the amounts of recovered his-tamine and prostaglandin D2. These results suggest that cetirizine does not inhibit mast cell activation but inhibits the consequences of the released histamine on H1 receptors: sneezing and increased vascular permeability. The results further suggest that mast cell release of histamine is the direct result of antigen stimulation, as opposed to reflex activation, and that other cells in addition to mast cells generate leukotrienes during the early allergic response.
AB - A double blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study was performed to determine the effect of cetirizine, an H1 antihistamine, on the immediate nasal allergic response. Ten persons underwent nasal challenge with antigen after premedication with 20 mg of cetirizine or placebo QD for 2 days. The response was monitored by counting the number of sneezes and by measuring the levels of histamine, prostaglandin D2, leukotriene C4, albumin, and TAME-esterase activity in recovered nasal lavages. The results showed a significant reduction in sneezing and in the amounts of recovered albumin, TAME-esterase activity, and leukotriene C4 but no reduction in the amounts of recovered his-tamine and prostaglandin D2. These results suggest that cetirizine does not inhibit mast cell activation but inhibits the consequences of the released histamine on H1 receptors: sneezing and increased vascular permeability. The results further suggest that mast cell release of histamine is the direct result of antigen stimulation, as opposed to reflex activation, and that other cells in addition to mast cells generate leukotrienes during the early allergic response.
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U2 - 10.1288/00005537-198906000-00006
DO - 10.1288/00005537-198906000-00006
M3 - Article
C2 - 2566879
AN - SCOPUS:0024319346
SN - 0023-852X
VL - 99
SP - 596
EP - 599
JO - Laryngoscope
JF - Laryngoscope
IS - 6
ER -