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Contractile response of horse deep dorsal penile vein to histamine

International Journal of Impotence Research volume 14, pages 85–92 (2002)Cite this article

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The present investigation was designed to evaluate the effect of histamine on isolated rings of horse deep dorsal penile vein. Under precontracted or basal conditions, histamine evoked an endothelium-independent contraction. Preincubation of the vein rings with the selective H1 receptor antagonist, mepyramine, shifted the concentration–response curve for histamine and to the H1 receptor agonist 2-pyridylethylamine to the right in a competitive manner. Pretreatment with cimetidine, a specific H2 receptor antagonist, did not modify the pEC50 and maximal contraction of the histamine response. Cimetidine and propranolol failed to induce a change in the relaxation caused by dimaprit, the H2 receptor agonist. Histamine contraction was unaffected by thioperamide, the specific H3 receptor antagonist. (R)-α-methylhistamine, the H3 receptor agonist, also induced contractions which persisted in the presence of either thioperamide or tetrodotoxin. These data indicate that horse deep dorsal penile vein shows an endothelium-independent contraction response to histamine, mainly mediated by H1 receptors.

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The authors thank the Guadalajara and Madrid Municipal Slaughterhouse for kindly supplying fresh tissue. This study was financed by grant from DGES (PM98/0088) Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Spain.

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    A C Martínez, D Prieto, M Hernández, A García-Sacristán & S Benedito

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Martínez, A., Prieto, D., Hernández, M. et al. Contractile response of horse deep dorsal penile vein to histamine. Int J Impot Res 14, 85–92 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijir.3900830

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