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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-3-14
pubmed:abstractText
Bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) to various stimuli is one of the major clinical features of bronchial asthma. In this study, the effect of a thromboxane A2 (TXA2) receptor antagonist, AA-2414, on BHR to methacholine was evaluated in 15 patients with asthma. The methacholine inhalation test was performed before and after oral administration of AA-2414 for 4 days (20 or 40 mg/day). The provocative concentration of methacholine producing a 20% fall in FEV1 (PC20) was measured as an index of BHR. There was a significant increase in PC20 (p less than 0.01) from 0.43 (geometric SEM, 1.42) mg/ml to 0.93 (geometric SEM, 1.43) mg/ml after 40 mg/day of AA-2414, whereas baseline values of FVC and FEV1 were not changed by the treatment. Twenty milligrams per day of AA-2414 did not alter the PC20 value nor the parameter of baseline pulmonary functions. These findings might support our hypothesis that the subthreshold concentration of TXA2 in the bronchial tissues, which has no effect on bronchomotor tone per se, may be involved in BHR in asthma. Further studies with more potent and specific TXA2 receptor antagonists are needed to confirm the conclusion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0091-6749
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
23-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1825100-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:1825100-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1825100-Asthma, pubmed-meshheading:1825100-Benzoquinones, pubmed-meshheading:1825100-Bronchi, pubmed-meshheading:1825100-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:1825100-Drug Synergism, pubmed-meshheading:1825100-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1825100-Forced Expiratory Volume, pubmed-meshheading:1825100-Heptanoic Acids, pubmed-meshheading:1825100-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1825100-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1825100-Methacholine Chloride, pubmed-meshheading:1825100-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1825100-Quinones, pubmed-meshheading:1825100-Receptors, Prostaglandin, pubmed-meshheading:1825100-Receptors, Thromboxane, pubmed-meshheading:1825100-Thromboxane A2, pubmed-meshheading:1825100-Vital Capacity
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of a thromboxane A2 receptor antagonist (AA-2414) on bronchial hyperresponsiveness to methacholine in subjects with asthma.
pubmed:affiliation
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't