The presence and site of production of endothelin-1 (ET-1) was investigated in biopsies obtained from the nasal mucosa of 10 healthy human subjects and 10 patients affected by chronic rhinitis. The presence and localization of receptors for ET-1 was also investigated. Bioptic fragments were examined by scanning electron microscopy. ET-1 was present in the vessels and in the respiratory epithelium of normal subjects, whereas in patients affected by epithelial metaplasia induced by chronic rhinitis, it was absent in the metaplastic epithelium and present in the endothelium and vascular wall. Receptors for ET (A- and B-receptor subtypes) were localized in the vessels of the nasal mucosa, both in normal and in pathological subjects. In particular, A-receptors were identified in the vascular wall, whereas B-receptors were mainly distributed in the endothelium. We suggest that ET-1 is involved in the homeostasis of nasal blood flow (shunting the blood toward the deep cavernous plexus and inducing mucosal swelling) by an autocrine and/or paracrine mechanism. Normal epithelium seems to be important in this mechanism, since it is able to produce ET. However, when pathologic conditions induce squamous or cuboidal metaplasia, the epithelium is no longer able to play this role

Presence and location of endothelin and endothelin-binding sites in human nasal mucosa under normal and metaplastic conditions / M.Gulisano; T.Barni; G.Fantoni; G.Polli; P.Porzio; P.Pacini; G.B.Vannelli. - In: CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH. - ISSN 0302-766X. - STAMPA. - 293:(1998), pp. 509-516.

Presence and location of endothelin and endothelin-binding sites in human nasal mucosa under normal and metaplastic conditions.

GULISANO, MASSIMO;BARNI, TULLIO;PACINI, PAOLO;VANNELLI, GABRIELLA
1998

Abstract

The presence and site of production of endothelin-1 (ET-1) was investigated in biopsies obtained from the nasal mucosa of 10 healthy human subjects and 10 patients affected by chronic rhinitis. The presence and localization of receptors for ET-1 was also investigated. Bioptic fragments were examined by scanning electron microscopy. ET-1 was present in the vessels and in the respiratory epithelium of normal subjects, whereas in patients affected by epithelial metaplasia induced by chronic rhinitis, it was absent in the metaplastic epithelium and present in the endothelium and vascular wall. Receptors for ET (A- and B-receptor subtypes) were localized in the vessels of the nasal mucosa, both in normal and in pathological subjects. In particular, A-receptors were identified in the vascular wall, whereas B-receptors were mainly distributed in the endothelium. We suggest that ET-1 is involved in the homeostasis of nasal blood flow (shunting the blood toward the deep cavernous plexus and inducing mucosal swelling) by an autocrine and/or paracrine mechanism. Normal epithelium seems to be important in this mechanism, since it is able to produce ET. However, when pathologic conditions induce squamous or cuboidal metaplasia, the epithelium is no longer able to play this role
1998
293
509
516
M.Gulisano; T.Barni; G.Fantoni; G.Polli; P.Porzio; P.Pacini; G.B.Vannelli
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