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  • Title: Relaxant effects of xanthines, a beta 2-receptor agonist and Ca2+ antagonists in guinea-pig tracheal preparations contracted by potassium or carbachol.
    Author: Nielsen-Kudsk JE, Karlsson JA, Persson CG.
    Journal: Eur J Pharmacol; 1986 Aug 22; 128(1-2):33-40. PubMed ID: 3758186.
    Abstract:
    Potassium (124 mM K+ Krebs) produced a biphasic contractile response in the guinea-pig isolated trachea. An initial phasic contraction was followed by a larger and sustained contraction. Repeated potassium-induced contractions in spontaneously contracted guinea-pig tracheas were not reproducible. However, reproducible K+ responses were obtained in the presence of indomethacin (10(-6) M) that almost abolished the spontaneous tone. This suggested that endogenous cyclooxygenase products were variably released by K+ and interfered with its contractile effects. Both phases of K+-induced contractions were inhibited in Ca2+-free/EGTA Krebs. In contrast, about 80% of the contractile response to carbachol persisted in this medium. Tracheas contracted by potassium (indomethacin present) were completely relaxed by theophylline and enprofylline but only partly relaxed by terbutaline. All bronchodilators completely relaxed carbachol-contracted preparations. Each bronchodilator was 2-3 times less potent to relax K+- than carbachol-induced contractions. In sharp contrast, two Ca2+ antagonists, verapamil and nimodipine, preferentially relaxed K+-induced contractions. The results obtained with Ca2+ antagonists, which are poorly effective in asthma, compared to the established antiasthma drugs, xanthines and beta 2-receptor agonists, may indicate that depolarization-induced mechanisms contribute little to bronchoconstriction in asthma.
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