1980 Volume 29 Issue 4 Pages 149-156
Bronchial reactivity to methacholine and histamine in monkeys with beta-adrenergic blockade was studied by measuring respiratory impedance. Propranolol (5mg/kg body weight/day) was given orally for 10 days and the degree of beta adrenergic blockade was assessed by changes in hyperglycemic and chronotropic responses to the injection of adrenaline. Propranolol treatment produced a more distinct beta-adrenergic blockade in cynomolgus than in Japanese monkeys. In both groups, the bronchial responses to histamine challenge by injection or aerosolized administration were not altered after propranolol treatment. Propranolol treatment increased to bronchial reaction to methacholine injection although it showed no significant change to aerosolized methacholine.