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  • Title: Involvement of leukotriene B(4) in substance P-induced itch-associated response in mice.
    Author: Andoh T, Katsube N, Maruyama M, Kuraishi Y.
    Journal: J Invest Dermatol; 2001 Dec; 117(6):1621-6. PubMed ID: 11886531.
    Abstract:
    Intradermal injection of substance P elicits an itch sensation in human subjects and an itch-associated response in mice. The substance P-induced itch-associated response in mice is not inhibited by antihistamine. Therefore, the mechanisms of substance P-induced itch-associated response are unclear. In this study, we demonstrated one of the mechanisms. Substance P induces an arachidonate cascade to produce prostaglandins and leukotriene. In this study we considered whether arachidonate metabolites are involved in the substance P-induced itch-associated response. A phospholipase A(2) inhibitor arachidoryltrifluoromethyl ketone inhibited the substance P-induced itch-associated response in mice. Pre treatment with the glucocorticoids betamethasone and dexamethasone also produced inhibition of the substance P-induced itch-associated response in mice as well as humans. The 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor zileuton, but not the cyclooxygenase inhibitors indomethacin and diclofenac, suppressed substance P-induced itch-associated response. The leukotriene B(4) receptor antagonist 5-[2-(2-carboxyethyl)-3-[6-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5E-hexenyl]oxyphenoxy]valeric acid produced inhibition, whereas pranlukast (leukotriene C(4)/D(4)/E(4) receptor antagonist) and 5(Z)-7-[1S,2S, 3S,5R-3-(trans-b-styren)sulfonamido-6,6-dimethylbi cyclo(3,1,1)hept-2-yl]-5-heptenoic acid (EP(1) receptor antagonist) were without effect. Furthermore, when the production of leukotriene B(4) and prostaglandin E(2) was measured in skin injected with substance P and in mouse keratinocytes applied with substance P, the level of both products increased. As leukotriene B(4), but not prostaglandin E(2), also induces the itch-associated response in mice, these results suggest that leukotriene B(4) and keratinocytes, cutaneous cells which produced leukotriene B(4), play an important role in substance P-induced itch-scratch response in mice. Leukotriene B(4) receptor antagonist and 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor may be novel antipruritic drugs.
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