IgE-Mediated Cardiac Hypersensitivity Reactions
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
- Vol. 57 (6), 529-534
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000232148
Abstract
To investigate the involvement of the heart in acute allergic reactions in a system immunologically analogous to that of humans, a model of cardiac anaphylaxis mediated by IgE antibodies was developed in the guinea pig. Hearts obtained from guinea pigs, passively sensitized with homologous antidinitrophenyl IgE antibodies, were perfused and challenged in vitro with antigen. Challenge resulted in sinus and ventricular tachycardia, atrioventricular conduction block and substantial histamine release. The results demonstrate that IgE antibodies can sensitize the heart and that the severity of cardiac dysfunction, which follows challenge with specific antigen, directly correlates with the magnitude of histamine released. Since myocardial ischemia and similar arrhythmias occur during immediate hypersensitivity reactions in humans, this experimental model will be helpful in the investigation of cardiac involvement in acute allergic reactions.Keywords
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