Abstract
We studied the effect of alteration in temperature on the contractile responses of human airway tissue in vitro. Responses to histamine, carbachol and potassium chloride were studied in two successive cumulative concentration response curves (CCRC) in each tissue in which the first CCRC was carried out at 37 °C and the second CCRC at either 20 or 37 °C. In the second histamine CCRC both at 37 and 20°C the efficacy, i.e. the maximal response (Tmax) was reduced and at 20 °C the potency was reduced, i.e. the concentration required to produce half the maximum response (EC 50) was increased. Potassium chloride Tmax was potentiated in the second CCRC at 37 °C but not at 20 °C. Reduction in temperature potentiated carbachol-induced contractile responses, i.e. the Tmax was significantly increased. Cooling produced a drop in baseline tension whereas warming the tissues or the addition of ouabain, 5 × 10 −5 M, to the bath produced a rise in baseline tension. It is concluded that contractile responses of human airway smooth muscle to carbachol but not histamine or potassium chloride are potentiated by cooling.
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