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  • Title: Inhibition of compound 48/80-mediated histamine release from isolated rat mast cells by oosponol-related compounds (4-acyl-isocoumarins).
    Author: Kimura M, Waki I, Kokubo M.
    Journal: Jpn J Pharmacol; 1978 Oct; 28(5):693-7. PubMed ID: 82631.
    Abstract:
    Oosponol (4-hydroxymethylketone-8-hydroxyisocoumarin) is a metabolic product isolated from Oospora astringens which originated from house dust in a room of an asthmatic patient. The compound and the structurally related isocoumarins were studied to determine the inhibition of histamine release induced by compound 48/80 from isolated rat peritoneal mast cells. The released histamine was assayed by fluorometry. The compounds tested were not observed to release histamine. Some of 4-acyl-isocoumarins inhibited the histamine release at doses less than 10 micrometers, whereas the 3-acyl- and the 4-alkyl-compounds were not effective at doses over 100 microns. The pretreatment of mast cell with the compound for 15 min before the application of compound 48/80 was more effective than the simultaneous administration. The mode of inhibitory action of KIT-302, 4-(4'-carboxy-benzoyl)-isocoumarin, was non-competitive antagonism to compound 48/80 on the mast cells.
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