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  • Title: Bronchoprotective and bronchodilator activity of anaritide (human atrial natriuretic factor [102-126]) infusion in the anesthetized guinea pig.
    Author: Englebach IM, Lappe RW, Hand JM.
    Journal: Pulm Pharmacol; 1988; 1(3):119-23. PubMed ID: 2980981.
    Abstract:
    The present study examined the bronchoprotective and bronchodilator efficacy of infused human atrial natriuretic factor [102-126] (Anaritide) in the guinea pig. Anesthetized and paralyzed male guinea pigs, ventilated via a tracheal cannula, were placed in a plethysmograph for measurement of agonist-induced changes in pulmonary mechanics. Reductions in dynamic compliance of the lung and airway conductance were produced either by 3 to 7 tidal volume breaths of leukotriene D4 (0.125 micrograms/ml) delivered through an ultrasonic nebulizer or by intravenous histamine (2.8 +/- 0.2 micrograms/kg). Infusion of Anaritide (1 microgram/kg/min), before evoking bronchoconstriction with either LTD4 or histamine, produced a significant protection against bronchoconstriction produced by aerosol LTD4, but not against histamine-induced bronchoconstriction of similar magnitude. In other experiments, Anaritide infusion (0.5-2 micrograms/kg/min) also rapidly reversed a stable LTD4-induced decrease in airway conductance, but did not produce a similar reversal of the decrease in dynamic compliance. The data provide evidence that intravenous Anaritide exerts both bronchoprotective and bronchodilator effects against LTD4-induced bronchospasm.
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