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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-1-12
pubmed:abstractText
1. The thermal precipitants of asthma (exercise and hyperventilation) appear to have a unique pathogenesis that does not alter bronchial responsiveness. In the present work, we tested whether hyperpnoea interacts with other constrictor stimuli.2. To provide data on this issue, we exposed 17 subjects with asthma to isocapnic hyperventilation of frigid air (HV), methacholine (METH) and histamine (HIS) alone and in combination.3. With HV (mean ventilation=55.6+/-7.7 litres/min), METH (2.20+/-0.7 mmol/l) and HIS (10.35+/-5.04 mmol/l) alone, the decrements in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) from baseline were 27.4+/-3.4, 27.4+/-3.8 and 32.4+/-3% respectively (n=9). Giving the agonists simultaneously did not produce additive effects (Delta FEV1 HV+METH=32.8+/-3.6%; HV+HIS=28.7+/-5.1%). None of the individual or combined responses was significantly different from each other. Changing the sequence of the experiments and giving METH at the height of the HV-induced bronchial narrowing, instead of during hyperpnoea, did not alter the findings (n=8). The maximum fall in FEV1 after both bronchoconstrictors in this experiment (Delta FEV1=32.3+/-4.3%) was not significantly different from either alone (HV=22.8+/-1.0%; METH=27.3+/-1.9%). When METH and HIS were administered together, however (n=5), a positive interaction ensued (METH=1.53+/-0.56 mmol/l, Delta FEV1=15.6+/-4.6%; HIS=4.77+/-2.07 mmol/l, Delta FEV1=18. 8+/-3.1%; METH+HIS Delta FEV1=33.4+/-5.2%; P<0.001 compared with the individual effects).4. These results indicate that HV does not interact with stimuli that directly or indirectly modulate airway calibre. It is unclear if this effect represents protection conferred from increased bronchial blood flow or derives from differences in effector mechanisms between the thermal and pharmacological agonists.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0143-5221
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
611-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Lack of interaction of hyperpnoea with methacholine and histamine in asthma.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-5067, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.