Pulmonary actions of the neurokinin1-specific agonist [Sar9,Met(O2)11]-substance P

Neuropeptides
C A YiamouyiannisS A Silbaugh

Abstract

We examined the relationship between airway obstruction and plasma extravasation produced by the intravenous administration of the selective NK1 receptor agonist [Sar9, Met(O2)11]-substance P(SP). Conscious guinea-pigs were injected with Evans' blue dye followed by intravenous [Sar9,Met(O2)11]-SP. Animals were killed 3 min later and airway obstruction, determined via excised lung gas volumes, and plasma extravasation in the trachea, mainstem bronchi and intrapulmonary airways quantitated. Maximal plasma protein extravasation occurred at a dose about 30 times less than that required to elicit airway obstruction. Neither the neutral endopeptidase (NEP) inhibitor, thiorphan, or the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, captopril, altered the extravasation response to [Sar9,Met(O2)11]-SP. However, thiorphan alone or combined with captopril produced a small but significant potentiation of the airway obstructive response. The marked difference between pulmonary gas trapping and Evans' blue extravasation responses suggest that [Sar9,Met(O2)11]-SP-induced airway obstruction is not secondary to increased pulmonary edema.

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