Shusterman Dennis, Murphy Mary-Alice, Walsh Paula, Balmes John R
Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Rhinology. 2002 Sep;40(3):141-6.
To understand the mechanism underlying the nasal congestive response to irritant challenge.
We exposed 22 subjects--8 with seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR), 6 with perennial allergic rhinitis (PAR), and 8 normals--to chlorine (Cl2) gas (1.0 ppm x 15 min.) by nasal CPAP mask. Control exposures (filtered air) were carried out on separate days, with counter-balancing of exposure order. Nasal airway resistance (NAR) was measured in triplicate before and after the provocation sequence using active posterior rhinomanometry. For each subject, this experiment was repeated twice, after [double-blinded] pre-treatment with: 1) ipratropium bromide (IB) 0.6% nasal spray, and 2) vehicle.
As a group, allergic rhinitics (SAR + PAR) showed greater [Cl2] exposure-related increases in NAR than did normals on placebo (vehicle) pretreatment days (p < 0.05). IB pre-treatment, however, did not have a systematic effect on Cl2-induced congestion.
Cholinergic mechanisms do not appear to be responsible for the nasal congestive response to irritant provocation.
了解对刺激性激发产生鼻充血反应的潜在机制。
我们通过鼻持续气道正压通气面罩,让22名受试者(8名季节性变应性鼻炎患者、6名常年性变应性鼻炎患者和8名正常人)暴露于氯气(Cl2)气体(1.0 ppm,持续15分钟)中。在不同日期进行对照暴露(过滤空气),并对暴露顺序进行交叉平衡。在激发序列前后,使用主动后鼻测压法对鼻气道阻力(NAR)进行三次测量。对每名受试者,在[双盲]预处理后重复该实验两次,预处理分别为:1)0.6%异丙托溴铵(IB)鼻喷雾剂,2)赋形剂。
作为一个整体,在安慰剂(赋形剂)预处理日,变应性鼻炎患者(季节性变应性鼻炎 + 常年性变应性鼻炎)与正常人相比,NAR随[Cl2]暴露增加得更多(p < 0.05)。然而,IB预处理对Cl2诱导的充血没有系统性影响。
胆碱能机制似乎不是对刺激性激发产生鼻充血反应的原因。