| Literature DB >> 13811230 |
H O COLLIER, J A HOLGATE, M SCHACHTER, P G SHORLEY.
Abstract
Bradykinin was found to be a potent bronchoconstrictor agent in the guinea-pig anaesthetized with urethane. This action was not affected by vagotomy, or by treatment of the animal with mepyramine, atropine, lysergic acid diethylamide, or cortisone. Adrenaline and isoprenaline suppressed the bronchoconstrictor responses to bradykinin and histamine. Small doses of acetylsalicylic acid, however, suppressed only that to bradykinin. Bradykinin also produced bronchoconstriction in the isolated perfused lungs of the guinea-pig. The closely related peptide, wasp kinin, was also a potent bronchoconstrictor.Entities:
Keywords: BRONCHI/pharmacology; KALLIKREIN/pharmacology
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Year: 1960 PMID: 13811230 PMCID: PMC1481942 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1960.tb01247.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Pharmacol Chemother ISSN: 0366-0826