Research Article

Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide Reverses Ammonium Metavanadate-Induced Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Rats

Table 5

Lung vanadium contents after AMV and/or PACAP treatments. Rats received AMV aerosols (AMV; 5 mg/m3/h) for 15 minutes followed or not by PACAP aerosols (AMV + P38; 0.1 mM) for 10 additional minutes. Control rats (controls) received the vehicle only. Values are expressed as means ± SEM ( = 8 for each experimental group). versus controls (Tukey’s multiple comparison post  hoc test).

ControlsAMVAMV + P38

AMV (µg/g)UQL2.32 ± 0.912.38 ± 1.14

UQL: under the quantification limit.