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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 423, Issue 1, Pages 63-70Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(01)01042-1
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allergic rhinitis; cedar pollen; nasal blockage; nitric oxide (NO); sneeze
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We have developed a reproducible allergic rhinitis model showing biphasic nasal blockage on repetitive inhalation challenge with Japanese cedar pollen in sensitised guinea pigs. The role of nitric oxide (NO) in inducing nasal blockage was evaluated with this model. N-omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), a non-selective NO synthase (NOS) inhibitor, intravenously administered before the challenge, significantly inhibited both early and late nasal blockage by approximately 80% and 50%, respectively. When L-NAME treatment was performed after the challenge, the late response was inhibited by approximately 70%. This inhibition was completely reversed by co-administration of L-arginine. However, aminoguanidine and L-NS-(1-iminoethyl)lysine, selective inhibitors of inducible NOS, negligibly influenced the degree of nasal blockage. Meanwhile, the a-adrenergic agonist, naphazoline, strongly suppressed both early and late nasal blockage. These results indicate that NO, likely produced by constitutive rather than inducible NOS, plays a major role in the occurrence of biphasic nasal blockage, primarily by inducing vasodilatation. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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