Abstract
This study describes the anti-inflammatory actions of NPC 18884, a non-peptide bradykinin B 2 receptor antagonist in bradykinin and carrageenan-induced inflammation in the mouse model of pleurisy. The selectivity of NPC 18884 was assessed in the pleurisy caused by histamine, substance P and des-Arg 9-bradykinin. NPC 18884 given intraperitoneally or orally inhibited bradykinin-induced leukocytes influx (ID 50 value of 63 nmol/kg and 141 nmol/kg, respectively). The NPC 18884 also inhibited the exudation induced by bradykinin ( P<0.05). NPC 18884 given either intraperitoneally or orally caused dose-dependent inhibition of the exudation and total and differential cell content caused by intrapleural injection of carrageenan (1%, assessed 4 h after), with mean ID 50 values of 132 and 295 nmol/kg, respectively. The NPC 18884 actions installs rapidly (0.5 h), lasted for up to 4 h and were selective for the bradykinin B 2 receptors; at similar doses it had no significant effect against the inflammatory responses induced by des-Arg 9-bradykinin, histamine or substance P. These results indicate that the novel non-peptide bradykinin B 2 receptor antagonist, NPC 18884, exhibited selective intraperitoneal and oral anti-inflammatory properties when assessed in the inflammatory reaction induced by bradykinin and carrageenan in the mice model of pleurisy.
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