The role of mast cells and histamine in leukocyte-endothelium interactions in four rat strains |
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Authors: | Selma C. Tromp Geert Jan Tangelder Dick W. Slaaf Robert S. Reneman S. van Velzen Wim Engels E. van Breda M. G. A. oude Egbrink |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, NL-6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands, NL;(2) Department of Biophysics, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, NL-6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands, NL;(3) Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, NL-6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands, NL |
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Abstract: | The objective of the present study was to determine the role of mast cells and histamine in leukocyte-endothelium interactions in mesenteric venules of four rat strains: Brown Norway, Lewis, Sprague-Dawley and Wistar. Intravital microscopy showed that the mast cell stabilizer cromoglycate (5 mg/kg i.v. just before exteriorization of the mesentery) did not affect the baseline level and velocity of leukocyte rolling in any of the four strains. This finding is in agreement with the observation that cromoglycate pretreatment only slightly influenced mast cell degranulation in all strains except the Brown Norway. After mast cell stabilization, only in Sprague-Dawley did topical administration of histamine (10–4 M) result in a significant increase in the level of leukocyte rolling and a decrease in the rolling velocity compared with the time control. Histamine induced leukocyte adhesion only in the Brown Norway strain. In conclusion, the hypothesis presented in other studies, that degranulation of mast cells, and more specifically the release of histamine, is of major importance for the induction of leukocyte-endothelium interactions in rat mesenteric venules is not generally applicable; the present study shows a clear strain dependency. Received: 18 July 1997 / Received after revision: 17 November 1997 / Accepted: 13 March 1998 |
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Keywords: | Mast cell degranulation Mast cell stabilization Cromoglycate Leukocyte rolling Mesentery Strain specificity |
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