Effect of a calcitonin gene‐related peptide antagonist (CGRP8–37) on skin vasodilatation and oedema induced by stimulation of the rat saphenous nerve

British Journal of Pharmacology - Tập 110 Số 2 - Trang 772-776 - 1993
Katherine J. Escott1, Susan D. Brain1
1Pharmacology Group, Division of Biomedical Sciences, King's College, Manresa Road, London SW3 6LX

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The effect of the calcitonin gene‐related peptide antagonist (CGRP8–37, 400 nmol kg−1, i.v.) on the increased blood flow induced by calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP), vasodilator prostaglandins, and topical capsaicin was measured with a laser Doppler blood flow meter in rat abdominal skin. The saphenous nerve was electrically stimulated and the effect of CGRP8–37 (400 nmol kg−1, i.v.) on the increased blood flow (measured by laser Doppler flowmetry) and oedema formation (measured by the extravascular accumulation of [125I]‐albumin) was investigated in the rat hind paw. CGRP8–37 (400 nmol kg−1, i.v.) had no effect on basal cutaneous blood flow at uninjected sites and sites injected with Tyrode buffer, but acted selectively to inhibit the increased blood flow induced by intradermal CGRP (10 pmol/site, P < 0.05), but not that induced by prostaglandin E2 (PGE2, 300 pmol/site) or carba‐prostacyclin (cPGI2, 100 pmol/site). Capsaicin (0.1–33 mm), applied topically, acted in a dose‐related manner to increase blood flow. CGRP8–37 (400 nmol kg−1, i.v.) almost totally inhibited blood flow induced by capsaicin (10 mm; P < 0.05) but did not significantly inhibit blood flow induced by a higher dose of capsaicin (33 mm). The increased blood flow induced by short stimulation of the saphenous nerve (10 V, 1 ms, 2 Hz for 30 s) was inhibited by 76%, 5 min after i.v. CGRP8–37 (400 nmol kg−1, i.V., P < 0.05). A longer (5 min) electrical stimulation of the saphenous nerve caused oedema formation, in addition to increased blood flow. The oedema formation was significantly inhibited by CGRP8–37 (400 nmol kg−1, i.v., P < 0.05). The results suggest that the potent microvascular vasodilator neuropeptide, CGRP, is responsible for the increased blood flow observed after short stimulation of the saphenous nerve and that endogenous CGRP contributes in a pro‐inflammatory manner to neurogenic oedema formation in the rat hind paw.

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British Journal of Pharmacology

Tập 110 Số 2

772-776

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