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We patch tested 141 patients with 0.05% aq. thimerosal and 222 patients with 0.05% aq. mercuric chloride, including 63 children. The frequency of positive patch test reactions to thimerosal was 16.3%. There was a marked preponderance in the young age groups after vaccination, while none of 36 infants (aged 3-48 months) reacted to thimerosal. Positive reactions to mercuric chloride were found in 23 (10.4%) of 222 patients. We also sensitized guinea pigs with diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT) vaccine containing 0.01% thimerosal and succeeded in inducing hypersensitivity to thimerosal. From patch testing in humans and animal experiments, it is suggested that 0.01% thimerosal in vaccines can sensitize children, and that hypersensitivity to thimerosal is due to the thiosalicylic part of the molecule and correlates with photosensitivity to piroxicam.
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PMID:A probable role for vaccines containing thimerosal in thimerosal hypersensitivity. 186

The administration of 0.1-0.5% of ethanol produces a slow increase in the transepithelial potential (TEP) of about 2 mV in the bovine pigment epithelium (RPE) under ordinary room lighting. However, virtually no response could be observed when ethanol was administered in the dark. Because of this apparent light sensitivity, the ethanol induced response (EIR) was investigated to determine its spectral response characteristics, temporal interaction with light, and the effects of a variety of metabolic inhibitors as well as pertussis and cholera toxins. The spectral response curve peaked at 520 nm with a narrow half width. The EIR was found to be inhibited by pertussis toxin but not cholera toxin. Inhibition of either phospholipase A2 or lipoxygenase/cyclooxygenase resulted in a marked inhibition of the EIR. The incubating solutions of the apical surface of bovine and cultured chick embryo RPE were analyzed by RP-HPLC under conditions of weak white light and darkness. Two peaks in the chromatogram were observed to vary with these conditions and the presence of nordihydroguaiaretic acid simulated the effects of darkness. The RP-HPLC studies did not involve the employment of ethanol. Two different experimental procedures revealed the photosensitivity of the isolated RPE to weak light and suggest that light initiates or promotes arachidonic acid metabolism. A possible regulatory effect of retinoids was also indicated.
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PMID:Photosensitivity of the isolated pigment epithelium and arachidonic acid metabolism: preliminary results. 780

Dopamine is a light-adaptive signal that desensitizes the retina, while cannabinoids reportedly increase photosensitivity. The presynaptic membrane of goldfish retinal cones has dopamine D2 receptors and cannabinoid CB1 receptors. This work focused on whether dopamine D2 receptor agonist quinpirole and cannabinoid CB1 receptor agonist WIN 55212-2 (WIN) interacted to modulate voltage-dependent membrane currents of cones. A conventional patch-clamp method was used to record depolarization evoked whole-cell outward currents (Iout) and an inward calcium current (ICa) from the inner segment of cones in goldfish retinal slices. WIN had biphasic actions: low concentrations (<1 microM) increased the currents via Gs, while higher concentrations (>1 microM) decreased the currents via Gi/Go. Neither dopamine nor the D2 agonist quinpirole (1-20 microM) had a significant effect on either Iout or ICa. Quinpirole at 50 microM had a mild suppressive (approximately 20%) effect on Iout. However, quinpirole (<10 microM) completely blocked the enhancement of both currents seen with 0.7 microM WIN. The effect of quinpirole was blocked by sulpiride and by pertussis toxin, indicating that quinpirole was acting via a D2 receptor-Gi/o coupled mechanism. The suppressive action of 50 microM quinpirole (approximately 20%) was not additive with the suppressive effect of 3 microM WIN (approximately 40%). D2 agonists via Gi/o oppose the action of low concentrations of CB1 agonists acting via Gs to modulate cone membrane currents, suggesting a role in shaping the cone light response and/or sensitivity to changes in ambient light conditions. The nonadditive effect of high concentrations of WIN and quinpirole suggests that both decrease membrane currents via the same transduction pathway, Gi/Go protein kinase A (PKA).
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PMID:Inhibitory interaction of cannabinoid CB1 receptor and dopamine D2 receptor agonists on voltage-gated currents of goldfish cones. 1513 83