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ACTA OTO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Volume 124, Issue 9, Pages 1053-1058Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00016480410022525
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dexamethasone; nasal allergy; nasal hypersensitivity; rat
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Objective-Histamine is a major chemical mediator in the development of nasal allergy, which is characterized by nasal hypersensitivity. In this study, we used rats sensitized by exposure to toluene diisocyanate (TDI) as an animal model of nasal hypersensitivity and examined changes in expression of histamine H-1 receptor (H1R) in the nasal mucosa. The effect of glucocorticoid on upregulation of H1R in nasal mucosa induced by TDI was also examined. Material and Methods-In rats sensitized by exposure to TDI, nasal allergy-like behavior was scored during a 10-min period after TDI provocation. The expression of H1R in the nasal mucosa was determined by means of a real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and a [H-3]mepyramine binding assay. Results-In TDI-sensitized rats, nasal allergy-like behavior, such as sneezing and watery rhinorrhea, was induced after intranasal application of TDI and nasal hypersensitivity to histamine was significantly increased. The level of H-1 R mRNA expression and the specific binding of [H-3]mepyramine in the nasal mucosa were significantly increased after intranasal application of TDI in TDI-sensitized rats. Pretreatment with dexamethasone significantly reduced both nasal allergy-like behavior and the upregulation of H1R induced by TDI in the rats. Conclusion-As shown in TDI-sensitized rats, our findings suggest that the upregulation of H1R in the nasal mucosa is one of the mechanisms responsible for nasal hypersensitivity behavior and nasal hypersensitivity to histamine and that the therapeutic effects of dexamethasone are, in part, due to its inhibitory action on the upregulation of H1R.
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