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| Title |
Histamine induced elevation of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase activity in human monocytes
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| Published in |
Inflammation Research, October 1987
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| DOI | 10.1007/bf01968814 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
C. A. Holden, S. C. Chan, S. Norris, J. M. Hanifin |
| Abstract |
We have previously reported histamine desensitization of human blood mononuclear leukocytes resulting in reduced cAMP responses to beta-adrenergic agonists, histamine and prostaglandin E1. This heterologous desensitization occurred at low, micromolar histamine concentrations and was accompanied by elevation of cAMP-phosphodiesterase (PDE) activity in these cells. We have now investigated the activity of PDE in the lymphocyte and monocyte fractions of mononuclear leukocytes to determine the site of histamine effect. PDE activity per cell was higher in monocytes (0.075 +/- 0.070 units) than lymphocytes (0.026 +/- 0.08) units). Monocytes responded to 10(-6) M histamine stimulation with a much greater increase in PDE activity (0.354 +/- 0.1 units) than did lymphocytes (0.047 +/- 0.015 units). Histamine receptor studies, using thiazolylethylamine and chlorpheniramine as H1-agonist and antagonist respectively and dimaprit and cimetidine as H2-agonists and antagonists respectively, indicated that the histamine stimulation of PDE activity is mediated predominantly through H1 histamine receptor in the monocytes and the H1 receptor in the lymphocytes. Previously histamine had been thought to increase cyclic AMP by acting on H2 receptors to activate adenylate cyclase. Our studies show that stimulation of H1 or H2 receptors by low histamine concentration can cause the opposite effect i.e. increased catabolism and a net reduction in cAMP levels. The localization of this effect predominantly to monocytes indicates a potentially important mechanism for histamine action on immune regulation. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 4 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Professor > Associate Professor | 2 | 50% |
| Researcher | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 50% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 December 2023.
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#8,534,976
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#362
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#3,493
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#1
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