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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 285: C592-C598, 2003. First published April 30, 2003; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00470.2002
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MEMBRANE TRANSPORTERS, ION CHANNELS, AND PUMPS

Uptake of histamine by mouse peritoneal macrophages and a macrophage cell line, RAW264.7

Satoshi Tanaka, Katsuya Deai, Mariko Inagaki, and Atsushi Ichikawa

Department of Physiological Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan

Submitted 7 October 2002 ; accepted in final form 27 April 2003

We have previously demonstrated that dietary histamine is accumulated in the spleens of L-histidine decarboxylase (HDC)-deficient mice, which lack endogenous histamine synthesis. To characterize the clearance system for dietary histamine in mice, we investigated the cell type and mechanism responsible for histamine uptake in the spleens of HDC-deficient mice. Immunohistochemical analyses using an antihistamine antibody indicated that a portion of the CD14+ cells in the spleen is involved in histamine storage. Peritoneal macrophages obtained from Balb/c mice and a mouse macrophage cell line, RAW264.7, had potential for histamine uptake, which was characterized by a low affinity and high capacity for histamine. The histamine uptake by RAW264.7 cells was observed at physiological temperature and was potently inhibited by pyrilamine, chlorpromazine, quinidine, and chloroquine, moderately inhibited by N{alpha}-methylhistamine, dopamine, and serotonin, and not affected by tetraethylammonium and 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium. Intracellular histamine was not metabolized in RAW264.7 cells and was released at physiological temperature in the absence of extracellular histamine. These results suggest that histamine uptake by macrophages may be involved in the clearance of histamine in the local histamine-enriched environment.

cation transporter; chlorpromazine; pyrilamine; quinidine


Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: A. Ichikawa, Dept. of Physiological Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto Univ., Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan (E-mail: aichikaw{at}pharm.kyot-u.ac.jpo).






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