Experimental studies on human bronchial smooth muscle in vitro

Rom J Physiol. 1993 Jul-Dec;30(3-4):161-6.

Abstract

The aim of this study was the investigation of bronchial reactivity in human bronchial smooth muscle in vitro. In fact, the study has two purposes: to achieve the best methods of research on human bronchial strips reactivity in vitro; to reveal the effect of acetylcholine and histamine on bronchial smooth muscle; The contractile effect of acetylcholine appears at 10(-6) M in the organ-bath; the maximal acetylcholine contraction was obtained at 10(-3) M in the organ-bath. Histamine induced a maximal contraction at 10(-3) M, but a concentration of 10(-3) M in the organ bath had no effect.

MeSH terms

  • Acetylcholine / pharmacology
  • Aged
  • Bronchi / drug effects
  • Bronchi / physiology*
  • Bronchoconstriction / physiology
  • Histamine / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle, Smooth / drug effects
  • Muscle, Smooth / physiology*
  • Osmolar Concentration

Substances

  • Histamine
  • Acetylcholine