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  • Title: Enhanced Ca2+ sensitization of the bronchial smooth muscle contraction in antigen-induced airway hyperresponsive rats.
    Author: Chiba Y, Sakai H, Suenaga H, Kamata K, Misawa M.
    Journal: Res Commun Mol Pathol Pharmacol; 1999; 106(1-2):77-85. PubMed ID: 11127810.
    Abstract:
    To investigate the alteration in acetylcholine (ACh)-induced increase in Ca2+ sensitization of bronchial smooth muscle contraction concurrent with the airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), the ACh-induced increases in cytosolic Ca2+ ([Ca2+]) level and contractile response were simultaneously determined by using Fura-2 loaded bronchial smooth muscle. The left main bronchi were isolated from AHR rats which were sensitized and repeatedly challenged with DNP-Ascaris antigen. The tissue ring preparations were incubated in loading solution containing 10 microM Fura-2AM for 3 hr at room temperature. Then the isometrical contraction and [Ca2+]i (F340/F380) were monitored. Although the ACh (10(-3) M)-induced contractile response in AHR group (322 +/- 60 % of 60 mM K+ induced contraction) was significantly greater than that in control animals (173 +/- 15 %, p<0.05), the ACh (10(-3) M)-induced increase in [Ca2+]i was without significant difference between the two groups (128 +/- 15 and 171 +/- 29% of 60 mM K+ -induced increase in [Ca2+]i, respectively). These findings suggest that an augmentation of ACh-induced Ca2+ sensitization may occur in bronchial smooth muscle of the rats with antigen-induced AHR.
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