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Allergy Asthma Immunol Res. 2018 Jan;10(1):52-61. doi: 10.4168/aair.2018.10.1.52.

β₂-Adrenoceptor Blockade Deteriorates Systemic Anaphylaxis by Enhancing Hyperpermeability in Anesthetized Mice.

Allergy, asthma & immunology research

Wei Yang, Toshishige Shibamoto, Yuhichi Kuda, Tao Zhang, Mamoru Tanida, Yasutaka Kurata

Affiliations

  1. Department of Physiology II, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Japan.
  2. Department of Infectious Disease, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
  3. Department of Physiology II, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Japan. [email protected].
  4. Department of Colorectal and Hernia Surgery, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.

PMID: 29178678 PMCID: PMC5705484 DOI: 10.4168/aair.2018.10.1.52

Abstract

PURPOSE: Patients treated with propranolol, a nonselective β-adrenoceptor antagonist, develop severe anaphylaxis, but the mechanism remains unknown. We determined effects of β₁- and β₂-adrenoceptor antagonists on the anaphylaxis-induced increase in vascular permeability in mice.

METHODS: In anesthetized ovalbumin-sensitized C57BL mice, mean arterial blood pressure (MBP) was measured, and Evans blue dye extravasation and hematocrit (Hct) were assessed at 20 minutes after antigen injection. The following pretreatment groups (n=7/group) were studied: (1) sensitized control (non-pretreatment), (2) propranolol, (3) the selective β₂-adrenoceptor antagonist ICI 118,551, (4) the selective β₁-adrenoceptor antagonist atenolol, (5) adrenalectomy, (6) the selective β₂-adrenoceptor agonist terbutaline, and (7) non-sensitized groups.

RESULTS: The antigen injection decreased MBP, and increased Hct and vascular permeability in the kidney, lung, mesentery, and intestine, but not in the liver or spleen. Pretreatment with ICI 118,551, propranolol and adrenalectomy, but not atenolol, reduced the survival rate and augmented the increases in Hct and vascular permeability in the kidney, intestine, and lung as compared with the sensitized control group. Pretreatment with terbutaline abolished the antigen-induced alterations. Plasma epinephrine levels were increased significantly in the sensitize control mice.

CONCLUSIONS: Blockade of β₂-adrenoceptor can deteriorate systemic anaphylaxis by augmenting hyperpermeability-induced increase in plasma extravasation by inhibiting beneficial effects of epinephrine released from the adrenal glands in anesthetized mice.

Copyright © 2018 The Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology · The Korean Academy of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease

Keywords: Anaphylactic shock; Evans blue dye; anesthetized mice; epinephrine; vascular leakage; β-blocker

Conflict of interest statement

There are no financial or other issues that might lead to conflict of interest.

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