EFFECT OF NOREPINEPHRINE ON INVITRO HISTAMINE-RELEASE FROM RAT MAST-CELLS

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作者
ALM, PE [1 ]
BLOOM, GD [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV UMEA,DEPT HISTOL,S-90187 UMEA,SWEDEN
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INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF ALLERGY AND APPLIED IMMUNOLOGY | 1979年 / 60卷 / 01期
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10.1159/000232323
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R392 [医学免疫学];
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100102 ;
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The effect of norepinephrine on compound 48/80-induced histamine release from rat peritoneal mast cells, was studied in an in vitro system. It was found that norepinephrine, within the concentration range 10-5-10-3M, exerts a significant, dose-related, repressive effect. This effect is greatly potentiated by the β-antagonist practolol (10-3M), throughout the concentration range of 10-11-10-3M norepinephrine. Meth-oxyamine, a selective α-adrenergic agonist, also represses histamine release in a dose-dependent manner; however, it is not as potent as norepinephrine. The present results would seem to suggest that the repressive effect on histamine release, observed within a low concentration range of norepinephrine, may be due to α-adrenoceptor mechanisms. © 1979 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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