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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-9-6
pubmed:abstractText
Histamine H1-antagonists inhibit the weal-and-flare responses to the intradermal injection of platelet activating factor (PAF) in humans, and PAF response is reduced in histamine-depleted skin sites. This indicates that mast cell histamine release is likely to be the mechanism of this response. We have therefore studied the interaction of PAF with cutaneous mast cells by observing whether it releases histamine directly from human dispersed foreskin mast cells, potentiates the activity of known mast cell stimulants or liberates histamine releasing factors (HRFs) from human platelets and leucocytes to release mast cell histamine by an indirect mechanism. At a concentration of 100 microM both PAF C18 and PAF C16 caused near maximal release (83.5 +/- 4.3% and 88.2 +/- 4.5% respectively) of the total histamine content of the cell. This release was not inhibited in the absence of extracellular Ca2+, by the lack of metabolic energy or in the presence of the PAF antagonists WEB 2086 (100 nM-3 microM) or BN 52021 (100 nM-10 microM). These results indicate a cytotoxic mechanism of histamine release by PAF 100 microM. PAF (10 nM-1 microM) failed to potentiate the mast cell-stimulating activity of anti-IgE, calcium ionophore A23187 or substance P and it did not induce the release of HRFs for skin mast cells when incubated with platelets and leucocytes in concentrations up to 1 microM.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0954-7894
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
377-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1695868-Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic, pubmed-meshheading:1695868-Blood Platelets, pubmed-meshheading:1695868-Calcimycin, pubmed-meshheading:1695868-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:1695868-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:1695868-Child, pubmed-meshheading:1695868-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:1695868-Energy Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:1695868-Histamine, pubmed-meshheading:1695868-Histamine Release, pubmed-meshheading:1695868-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1695868-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:1695868-Leukocytes, pubmed-meshheading:1695868-Lymphokines, pubmed-meshheading:1695868-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1695868-Mast Cells, pubmed-meshheading:1695868-Platelet Activating Factor, pubmed-meshheading:1695868-Skin, pubmed-meshheading:1695868-Substance P, pubmed-meshheading:1695868-Tumor Markers, Biological
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Platelet activating factor does not release histamine from human dispersed cutaneous mast cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Southampton General Hospital, U.K.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't