{"title":"Effects of theophylline compared with prednisolone on late phase airway leukocyte infiltration in guinea pigs.","authors":"R W Gristwood, J Llupiá, A G Fernández, P Berga","doi":"10.1159/000235388","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effects of prednisolone, theophylline or salbutamol treatment were studied on leukocyte numbers in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid taken 72 h after ovalbumin challenge in sensitized guinea pigs. Ovalbumin challenge resulted in an approximate 3-fold increase in the number of eosinophils in BAL fluid. This increase was significantly reduced by oral administration of prednisolone (59% inhibition with 10 mg/kg x 2) theophylline (56% with 50 mg/kg x 2) but not by salbutamol (10 mg/kg x 2). A comparison with the bronchodilator potency of the above drugs indicated that in guinea pigs salbutamol appears relatively selective as a bronchodilator, prednisolone is selective as an inhibitor of eosinophilia whilst theophylline displays a balance of both activities.</p>","PeriodicalId":13810,"journal":{"name":"International archives of allergy and applied immunology","volume":"94 1-4","pages":"293-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000235388","citationCount":"22","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International archives of allergy and applied immunology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000235388","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The effects of prednisolone, theophylline or salbutamol treatment were studied on leukocyte numbers in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid taken 72 h after ovalbumin challenge in sensitized guinea pigs. Ovalbumin challenge resulted in an approximate 3-fold increase in the number of eosinophils in BAL fluid. This increase was significantly reduced by oral administration of prednisolone (59% inhibition with 10 mg/kg x 2) theophylline (56% with 50 mg/kg x 2) but not by salbutamol (10 mg/kg x 2). A comparison with the bronchodilator potency of the above drugs indicated that in guinea pigs salbutamol appears relatively selective as a bronchodilator, prednisolone is selective as an inhibitor of eosinophilia whilst theophylline displays a balance of both activities.