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Table 1 Effects of nicotine on des-Arg9-bradykinin- and bradykinin-induced airway contractions

From: Nicotine enhances murine airway contractile responses to kinin receptor agonists via activation of JNK- and PDE4-related intracellular pathways

Incubation time

Nicotine (μM)

 

des-Arg9-bradykinin

 

Bradykinin

  

n

E max (mN)

pEC 50

n

E max (mN)

pEC 50

Day 1

0 (Ctrl)

17

1.21 ± 0.19

6.49 ± 0.12

15

0.99 ± 0.18

5.81 ± 0.13

 

10

18

1.33 ± 0.17

6.52 ± 0.11

16

1.29 ± 0.16

5.79 ± 0.18

Day 2

0 (Ctrl)

16

1.47 ± 0.19

6.56 ± 0.14

17

1.51 ± 0.23

6.15 ± 0.27

 

10

16

1.52 ± 0.19

6.94 ± 0.13

17

1.86 ± 0.19

6.75 ± 0.35

Day 4

0 (Ctrl)

18

1.16 ± 0.13

6.96 ± 0.19

21

1.40 ± 0.20

6.72 ± 0.38

 

1

16

1.89 ± 0.26

6.28 ± 0.50

19

2.10 ± 0.34

6.57 ± 0.36

 

10

21

2.04 ± 0.25 **

7.20 ± 0.20

22

2.18 ± 0.26 *

7.30 ± 0.25

  1. Tracheal segments were cultured for 1, 2 or 4 days in presence of vehicle (0.1% DMSO, Ctrl) or nicotine (1 or 10 μM). Emax and pEC50 for des-Arg9-bradykinin and bradykinin are presented as mean ± S.E.M. Statistical analysis was performed using unpaired student's t-test with Welch's correction. Nicotine vs. Ctrl (DMSO). * P < 0.05, **P < 0.01. n = number of experiments performed.