Phosphoramidon potentiates the endothelin-1-induced bronchopulmonary response in guinea-pigs |
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Authors: | Elisabeth Boichot, Fran oise Pons, Vincent Lagente, Caroline Touvay, Jean-Michel Mencia-Huerta,Pierre Braquet |
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Affiliation: | Institut Henri Beaufour, 1, avenue des Tropiques, 91952, Les Ulis Cedex, France |
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Abstract: | We investigated the effect of the endopeptidase-inhibitor, phosphoramidon, on the bronchopulmonary response induced by endothelin-1 in vivo or in isolated perfused lungs. In vivo aerosol administration of 1 or 3 μg/ml endothelin-1 for 2 min provoked no significant bronchopulmonary response. When awake animals were pretreated by an aerosol of phosphoramidon (0.1 mM, for 15 min), the bronchopulmonary response induced by 1 and 3 μg/ml endothelin-1 was markedly enhanced. In isolated guinea-pig lungs, aerosol administration of endothelin-1 (3 μg/ml, for 2 min) evoked a low increase in pulmonary inflation pressure. Treatment of awake animals with an aerosol of phosphoramidon before lung recollection led to a significant potentiation of the endothelin-1-induced increase in pulmonary inflation pressure. These results demonstrate that phosphoramidon potentiates the in vivo and in vitro bronchopulmonary response evoked by low doses of endothelin-1 and suggest that endopeptidase-like enzymes present in the airway tissue modulate the effect of the peptide. |
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