PMID: 11326971May 1, 2001Paper

Antigen-induced airway leakage in asthmatic guinea-pigs and the effects of BRL 55834

Zhonghua jie he he hu xi za zhi = Zhonghua jiehe he huxi zazhi = Chinese journal of tuberculosis and respiratory diseases
Z ShiW Luo

Abstract

To understand the role of airway leakage in asthma attack and investigate the effects of BRL 55834 on prophylaxis and treatment of asthma. Ten normal and seventeen sensitized guinea-pigs were divided into 5 groups. After being anesthetized, right carotid artery, right jugular vein and trachea were cannulated to monitor systemic blood pressure, inject drugs, mechanical ventilate and record airway insufflation pressure (AIP). All animals were pretreated with atropine and propranolol (1 mg/kg) 30 min before experiment. DMSO or BRL 55834 was administered intravenously 2 min before intravenous injection of evans blue (EB, 30 mg/kg), Ovalbumin (OA, 3 mg/ml) was inhaled using an ultrasonic nebulier for 30 seconds 1 min after injection of EB. (1) BRL 55834 (8 micrograms/kg) did not inhibit airway leakage in normal guinea-pig; (2) Airway leakage increased in sensitized guinea-pigs significantly after inhaling OA, 87 +/- 19 ng dye/mg tissue vs 53 +/- 7 ng dye/mg tissue in trachea (Tr); 119 +/- 67 ng dye/mg tissue vs 79 +/- 46 ng dye/mg tissue in main bronchus (MB); 65 +/- 44 ng dye/mg tissue vs 46 +/- 17 ng dye/mg tissue in central pulmonary airway (CiPA) and 50 +/- 31 ng dye/mg tissue vs 32 +/- 4 ng dye/mg tissue in peripheral pulmonary...Continue Reading

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