Abstract
Saliva of the tick, Ixodes dammini, antagonizes anaphylatoxin, abolishing both the effects of anaphylatoxin on guinea pig ileum preparations regularly stimulated with histamine and the local edema caused by intradermal injection of anaphylatoxin into guinea pigs. Saliva of these ticks, however, did not modify polymorphonuclear leukocyte aggregation induced by anaphylatoxin. Bradykinin and lysil-bradykinin were inactivated, but angiotensin I, angiotensin II, and substance P were not affected. Amino acids were released rapidly following incubation of saliva with bradykinin, but slowly from des-arg-9-bradykinin. These results suggest the presence of a salivary carboxypeptidase with specificity for terminal basic amino acids. Such activity may inactivate anaphylatoxin and bradykinin at the site of tick attachment.
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