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. 1993 Mar;108(3):705-10.
doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1993.tb12865.x.

The modulation of inflammatory oedema by calcitonin gene-related peptide

P Newbold  1 , S D Brain
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The modulation of inflammatory oedema by calcitonin gene-related peptide

P Newbold et al. Br J Pharmacol. 1993 Mar.

Abstract

1. The effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) when given with or as a pretreatment to oedema inducing agents was investigated in the skin and paws of male Wistar and Sprague Dawley rats. 2. Oedema formation at intradermally-injected sites in the skin was measured by a 125I-labelled human serum albumin accumulation technique and paw oedema was measured by a weight displacement technique. 3. CGRP (30 pmol) when given with, or as a 20 min pretreatment, markedly potentiated oedema formation induced by substance P (100 pmol) in rat skin. In comparison, CGRP had little effect on 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, 0.1-3 nmol)-induced oedema when given as a co-injection but significantly potentiated 5-HT-induced oedema when given as a 20 min pretreatment in the skin. Similar results were obtained in both Wistar and Sprague Dawley rats. 4. Pretreatment with CGRP (30 pmol) had little modulatory effect on oedema induced by substance P (100 pmol) in the presence of the vasodilator prostanoid, prostaglandin E1 (PGE1, 850 pmol) in the skin of Wistar rats. 5. Pretreatment with CGRP (30 pmol) caused a non-significant increase in carrageenin (300 micrograms)-induced oedema in the hind paw of Wistar rats. Capsaicin (100 nmol) given as a pretreatment had little effect on carrageenin-induced oedema. 6. CGRP (30 pmol), given as a pretreatment, had little modulatory effect on 5-HT (3 nmol)-induced oedema in the paw of Wistar rats but a non-significant decrease in paw oedema was observed in Sprague Dawley rats. 7. The results suggest that CGRP, either given together with .or as a pretreatment to mediators of increased microvascular permeability, depending on circumstance, can act in a synergistic manner to increase oedema formation. Little evidence was obtained for an anti-inflammatory effect of CGRP in either the rat skin or paw.

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