Human Lung Tissue and Anaphylaxis: EVIDENCE THAT CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDES MODULATE THE IMMUNOLOGIC RELEASE OF MEDIATORS THROUGH EFFECTS ON MICROTUBULAR ASSEMBLY

AUTOR(ES)

Kaliner, Michael

RESUMO

The addition of specific antigen to IgE-sensitized human lung tissue causes the secretion of the mediators histamine and slow-reacting substance of anaphylaxis. The mechanisms by which increased levels of cyclic AMP suppress and increased levels of cyclic GMP enhance this secretory process were studied. Colchicine, an agent which disrupts many secretory reactions by binding to microtubules in their disassembled 6S form, was a relatively ineffective inhibitor of the antigen-induced release of mediators unless lung fragments were incubated at 4°C for 60 min to induce microtubular disassembly. As colchicine appeared to inhibit the immunologic secretion of mediators from human lung tissue most effectively after microtubular disassembly, the capacity of colchicine to modulate the release reaction indicated the state of microtubular assembly; inhibition by colchicine signaled a shift to the colchicine-sensitive 6S subunits whereas failure to inhibit suggested maintenance in the colchicine-resistant polymerized state.

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