ABSTRACT-We have investigated the effect of NZ-107, an inhibitor of bronchocon striction induced by slow reacting substance of anaphylaxis (SRS-A), on tracheal re sponses to adenosine in the guinea pig. In the presence of an adenosine uptake inhibi tor, dipyridamole (1 ,u M), NZ-107 (0.3-1 uM) enhanced adenosine-induced relaxa tion in 30 nM leukotriene D4 (LTD4)-precontracted trachea, whereas aminophylline (AP, 10-30 uM), an adenosine receptor antagonist, markedly inhibited it. NZ-107 (1 p M) also enhanced the relaxation induced by forskolin, an adenylate cyclase activa tor, but not that by nitroprusside (NP), a guanylate cyclase activator. AP (30 PM) affected neither forskolin nor NP-induced relaxation. NZ-107 (1 UM) and AP (30 pM) inhibited to about the same extent the contractile response to an adenosine A, receptor agonist, the R(-)-enantiomer of N6-(2-phenylisopropyl)-adenosine (R-PIA). The R-PIA-induced contraction was completely blocked by 5 pM indomethacin. NZ 107 (1 pM) did not affect the contraction induced by PGD2, but significantly reduced that of PGF2a . AP (30 p M) had no effect on PGF20 and PGD2-induced contractions. These results suggest that NZ-107 may have a unique profile for adenosine responses in bronchial asthma.