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Neumann J, Grobe JM, Weisgut J, Schwelberger HG, Fogel WA, Marušáková M, Wache H, Bähre H, Buchwalow IB, Dhein S, Hofmann B, Kirchhefer U, Gergs U. Histamine can be Formed and Degraded in the Human and Mouse Heart. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:582916. [PMID: 34045955 PMCID: PMC8144513 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.582916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Histamine is metabolized by several enzymes in vitro and in vivo. The relevance of this metabolism in the mammalian heart in vivo is unclear. However, histamine can exert positive inotropic effects (PIE) and positive chronotropic effects (PCE) in humans via H2-histamine receptors. In transgenic mice (H2-TG) that overexpress the human H2 receptor in cardiomyocytes but not in wild-type littermate mice (WT), histamine induced PIE and PCE in isolated left or right atrial preparations. These H2-TG were used to investigate the putative relevance of histamine degrading enzymes in the mammalian heart. Histidine, the precursor of histamine, increased force of contraction (FOC) in human atrial preparations. Moreover, histamine increased the phosphorylation state of phospholamban in human atrium. Here, we could detect histidine decarboxylase (HDC) and histamine itself in cardiomyocytes of mouse hearts. Moreover, our data indicate that histamine is subject to degradation in the mammalian heart. Inhibition of the histamine metabolizing enzymes diamine oxidase (DAO) and monoamine oxidase (MAO) shifted the concentration response curves for the PIE in H2-TG atria to the left. Moreover, activity of histamine metabolizing enzymes was present in mouse cardiac samples as well as in human atrial samples. Thus, drugs used for other indication (e.g. antidepressants) can alter histamine levels in the heart. Our results deepen our understanding of the physiological role of histamine in the mouse and human heart. Our findings might be clinically relevant because we show enzyme targets for drugs to modify the beating rate and force of the human heart.
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- Joachim Neumann
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Molecular Biology Laboratory, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Research Core Unit Metabolomics and Institute of Pharmacology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Klinik für Herzchirurgie, Herzzentrum der Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Centre of the University Clinics Halle (Saale), Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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Escobedo-Avila I, Vargas-Romero F, Molina-Hernández A, López-González R, Cortés D, De Carlos JA, Velasco I. Histamine impairs midbrain dopaminergic development in vivo by activating histamine type 1 receptors. Mol Brain 2014; 7:58. [PMID: 25112718 PMCID: PMC4237960 DOI: 10.1186/s13041-014-0058-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Histamine (HA) regulates the sleep-wake cycle, synaptic plasticity and memory in adult mammals. Dopaminergic specification in the embryonic ventral midbrain (VM) coincides with increased HA brain levels. To study the effect of HA receptor stimulation on dopamine neuron generation, we administered HA to dopamine progenitors, both in vitro and in vivo. Results Cultured embryonic day 12 (E12) VM neural stem/progenitor cells expressed transcripts for HA receptors H1R, H2R and H3R. These undifferentiated progenitors increased intracellular calcium upon HA addition. In HA-treated cultures, dopamine neurons significantly decreased after activation of H1R. We performed intrauterine injections in the developing VM to investigate HA effects in vivo. HA administration to E12 rat embryos notably reduced VM Tyrosine Hydroxylase (TH) staining 2 days later, without affecting GABA neurons in the midbrain, or serotonin neurons in the mid-hindbrain boundary. qRT-PCR and Western blot analyses confirmed that several markers important for the generation and maintenance of dopaminergic lineage such as TH, Lmx1a and Lmx1b were significantly diminished. To identify the cell type susceptible to HA action, we injected embryos of different developmental stages, and found that neural progenitors (E10 and E12) were responsive, whereas differentiated dopaminergic neurons (E14 and E16) were not susceptible to HA actions. Proliferation was significantly diminished, whereas neuronal death was not increased in the VM after HA administration. We injected H1R or H2R antagonists to identify the receptor responsible for the detrimental effect of HA on dopaminergic lineage and found that activation of H1R was required. Conclusion These results reveal a novel action of HA affecting dopaminergic lineage during VM development.
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- Instituto de Fisiología Celular-Neurociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D,F,-04510, Mexico.
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Szukiewicz D, Szewczyk G, Mittal TK, Rongies W, Maslinski S. Involvement of histamine and histamine H2 receptors in nicotinamide-induced differentiation of human amniotic epithelial cells into insulin-producing cells. Inflamm Res 2010; 59 Suppl 2:S209-11. [PMID: 20012149 DOI: 10.1007/s00011-009-0132-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN Human amniotic epithelial cells (HAEC) resemble stem cells in their ability to differentiate into all three germ layers: endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm. Histamine receptors are expressed on HAEC. We examined the influence of histamine, and H(1) and H(2) antagonists on the generation of pancreatic islet beta-like cells from HAEC. MATERIALS AND METHODS HAEC were isolated after term pregnancies (N = 12) and cultured for 14 days with nicotinamide (10 mM) in normoxia. Altogether, 72 cultures were established. Histamine (100 microM) effects were investigated with mepyramine (10 microM) or cimetidine (10 microM). After 7 and 14 days, the mean concentration of C-peptide (MCCP) in the culture medium was measured immunoenzymatically as a marker of pancreatic differentiation. RESULTS MCCP was approximately threefold higher on day 14, compared to day 7. Histamine significantly increased MCCP, and more evident differences were observed after 7 days of culture than after 14 days. The mean percent increase +/-SEM in MCCP amounted to 142.19 +/- 21.7 and 79.03 +/- 12.35 compared to the controls on day 7 and 14, respectively. H(2) blockade significantly reduced histamine-related increase in MCCP, both on day 7 and 14 by 88.7 +/- 14.3 and 39.2 +/- 12.4%, respectively. H(1) receptor antagonist did not affect MCPP. CONCLUSION Nicotinamide-induced pancreatic differentiation of HAEC into beta-like cells may be augmented, probably at its earlier stage, by histamine acting via H(2) receptors.
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- D Szukiewicz
- Department of General and Experimental Pathology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
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Agasse F, Bernardino L, Silva B, Ferreira R, Grade S, Malva JO. Response to Histamine Allows the Functional Identification of Neuronal Progenitors, Neurons, Astrocytes, and Immature Cells in Subventricular Zone Cell Cultures. Rejuvenation Res 2008; 11:187-200. [DOI: 10.1089/rej.2007.0600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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- Fabienne Agasse
- Neuroprotection and Neurogenesis in Brain Repair Group, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Neuroprotection and Neurogenesis in Brain Repair Group, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Neuroprotection and Neurogenesis in Brain Repair Group, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Neuroprotection and Neurogenesis in Brain Repair Group, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Neuroprotection and Neurogenesis in Brain Repair Group, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Neuroprotection and Neurogenesis in Brain Repair Group, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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