Calcium and bicarbonate ions mediate the inhibition of mast cell histamine release by Avène spa water

• Published in: Fundamental & clinical pharmacology Vol. 14; no. 6; pp. 611 - 613
• Main Authors: Joly, Francine, Galoppin, Lysiane, Bordat, Pascal, Cousse, Henri, Neuzil, Eugène
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2000; Blackwell
• Subjects: Animals; Avène spa water; bicarbonate; Bicarbonates - metabolism; Biological and medical sciences; calcium; Calcium - metabolism; Diseases of the skin. Cosmetics; Edetic Acid - metabolism; histamine; Histamine Release - physiology; Male; mast cell; Mast Cells - metabolism; Medical sciences; Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects); Rats; Rats, Wistar; substance P; Substance P - pharmacology; Water - pharmacology; Rat; Substance P; Rodentia; Thermal water; In vitro; Hydrogencarbonates; Histamine; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Calcium ion; Animal; Mast cell; Inhibition; Mechanism of action; Release
• ISSN: 0767-3981; 1472-8206
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2000.tb00447.x

— Avène spa water (ASW) inhibits the histamine release induced in mast cells by substance P; the inhibition is reversed by EDTA and by EGTA. Calcium and magnesium ions, the major cations present in ASW, were experimented in simple saline solutions in the presence of various counter‐ions. Only calcium salts inhibited the peptidergic stimulation, with different potencies ruled by the nature of the counter‐anion (HCO3‐> Cl‐> SO24). On a Ca2+concentration basis, ASW was, however, more inhibitory, suggesting that other compounds present in ASW potentiate the effect of calcium.