Cetirizine more potently exerts mast cell-stabilizing property than diphenhydramine

Cetirizine, a second-generation antihistamine, and diphenhydramine, a first-generation antihistamine, are among the most widely used anti-allergic drugs. In addition to longer duration of action and less incidence of sedative side effects, recent clinical studies also indicate a higher potency of cetirizine than diphenhydramine in the treatment or prevention of allergic disorders. In the present study, using the differential-interference contrast (DIC) microscopy, we examined the effects of cetirizine and diphenhydramine (1 μM to 1 mM) on the degranulation from rat peritoneal mast cells. Using fluorescence imaging of a water-soluble dye, lucifer yellow, we also examined their effects on the deformation of the plasma membrane. At relatively higher concentrations (100 μM, 1 mM), both cetirizine and diphenhydramine significantly reduced the numbers of degranulating mast cells. Of note, at 1 mM, cetirizine more markedly reduced the number than diphenhydramine, almost entirely suppressing the degranulation of mast cells. Additionally, 1 mM cetirizine and levocetirizine, another second-generation antihistamine, almost totally inhibited the process of exocytosis in mast cells and washed out the trapping of the lucifer yellow on the cell surface, while diphenhydramine and chlorpheniramine, another first-generation antihistamine, did not. This study provided in vitro evidence for the first time that cetirizine more potently inhibited the process of exocytosis in mast cells than diphenhydramine, indicating its higher potency as a mast cell-stabilizer. Such mast cell-stabilizing property of cetirizine could be ascribed to its counteracting effect on the plasma membrane deformation in degranulating mast cells.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Drug discoveries & therapeutics - 16(2022), 5 vom: 20. Nov., Seite 245-250

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fujimura, Ririka [VerfasserIn]
Asada, Ayano [VerfasserIn]
Aizawa, Misato [VerfasserIn]
Kazama, Itsuro [VerfasserIn]

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8GTS82S83M
Anti-Allergic Agents
Cetirizine
Diphenhydramine
Exocytosis
Histamine H1 Antagonists
Journal Article
Mast cell-stabilizing property
Mast cells
YO7261ME24

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Date Completed 22.11.2022

Date Revised 22.11.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.5582/ddt.2022.01067

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM347760848