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Wang X, Li Y, Lou H, Yang Z, Wang J, Liang X, Bian Y. Strychni Semen Combined with Atractylodes Macrocephala Koidz Attenuates Rheumatoid Arthritis by Regulating Apoptosis. Curr Comput Aided Drug Des 2024; 20:518-533. [PMID: 37550914 DOI: 10.2174/1573409919666230807154555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that can lead to joint pain and disability, and seriously impact patients' quality of life. Strychni Semen combined with Atractylodes Macrocephala koidz (SA) have pronounced curative effect on RA, and there is no poisoning of Strychni Semen (SS). However, its pharmacological mechanisms are still unclear. OBJECTIVE In this study, we aimed to investigate the pharmacological mechanisms of Strychni Semen combined with Atractylodes Macrocephala Koidz (SA) for the treatment of RA. METHODS We used network pharmacology to screen the active components of SA and predict the targets and pathways involved. Results originating from network pharmacology were then verified by animal experiments. RESULTS Network pharmacology identified 81 active ingredients and 141 targets of SA; 2640 disease- related genes were also identified. The core targets of SA for the treatment of RA included ALB, IL-6, TNF and IL-1β. A total of 354 gene ontology terms were identified by Gene ontology (GO) enrichment analysis. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analysis results showed that SA was closely associated with TNF signaling pathways in the treatment of RA. Furthermore, according to the predicted results of network pharmacology, we established a rat model of Adjuvant Arthritis (AA) for in vivo experiments. Analysis showed that each treatment group led to an improvement in paw swelling, immune organ coefficient and synovial tissue morphology in AA rats to different degrees, inhibit the expression levels of IL-1β, TNF-α and IL-6, upregulated the levels of Fas, Bax and Caspase 3, down-regulated the expression levels of Fas-L, Bcl-2 and p53. CONCLUSION SA has an anti-RA effect, the mechanism underlying the therapeutic action of SA in AA rats was related to the regulation of apoptosis signaling pathways.
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- Xiaoxin Wang
- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 4655 Daxue Road, Ji'nan, 250355, Shandong, Peoples R China
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- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 4655 Daxue Road, Ji'nan, 250355, Shandong, Peoples R China
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- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 4655 Daxue Road, Ji'nan, 250355, Shandong, Peoples R China
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- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 4655 Daxue Road, Ji'nan, 250355, Shandong, Peoples R China
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- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 4655 Daxue Road, Ji'nan, 250355, Shandong, Peoples R China
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- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 4655 Daxue Road, Ji'nan, 250355, Shandong, Peoples R China
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- American Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Roseville, MN 55113, USA
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Rodrigues M, Barbosa RI, Neves LMS, Kuriki HU, Gonçalves ECD, Santos ARS, Dutra RC, Marcolino AM. Therapeutic ultrasound ameliorates hyperalgesia and edema on CFA-induced persistent inflammatory response in mice. BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF ANESTHESIOLOGY (ELSEVIER) 2023; 73:626-634. [PMID: 36075468 PMCID: PMC10533980 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjane.2022.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND The present study investigated the effects of pulsed and continuous ultrasound (USP and USC) in edema and hyperalgesia after chronic inflammatory process induced by Complete Freund's Adjuvant-CFA and analyzing the relationship of the application frequency of ultrasound, in pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine production. METHODS Forty-five animals were divided into 9 groups; all animals from groups 2 to 9 were subjected to a persistent inflammation model induced by CFA in mice. We report the effects and the underlying action mechanisms of USP and USC in the animals which were irradiated two, three or five times a week on the left hind paw. The analyses performed in this study were: evaluation of hind paw edema through the plethysmometer, evaluation of thermal hyperalgesia through withdrawal test using a water container at 44.5°C (± 0.5°C), and the plantar region of the left paw which was removed for analysis of cytokines. RESULTS Our results showed that USP and USC consistently reduced paw edema, and pulsed ultrasound showed a higher significant effect than the continuous mode. Moreover, groups with irradiation frequency of five times a week presented an inhibition of the edema, and groups with frequency of three or two times a week reduced mainly hyperalgesia, in comparison with the control group. The beneficial effects of the US then seem to be associated with upregulation of anti- and pro-inflammatory mediators, such as IL-10 and IL-6, respectively. CONCLUSION This study provided evidence that ultrasound constitutes an important non-pharmacological intervention for the management of inflammatory and pain states.
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- Mariana Rodrigues
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Reabilitação, Departamento de Ciências da Saúde, Laboratório de Avaliação e Reabilitação do Aparelho Locomotor, Araranguá, SC, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Reabilitação, Departamento de Ciências da Saúde, Laboratório de Avaliação e Reabilitação do Aparelho Locomotor, Araranguá, SC, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Reabilitação e Desempenho Funcional, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Reabilitação, Departamento de Ciências da Saúde, Laboratório de Avaliação e Reabilitação do Aparelho Locomotor, Araranguá, SC, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Araranguá, Departamento de Ciências da Saúde, Laboratório de Autoimunidade e Imunofarmacologia, Araranguá, SC, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Laboratório de Neurobiologia da Dor e Inflamação, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Araranguá, Departamento de Ciências da Saúde, Laboratório de Autoimunidade e Imunofarmacologia, Araranguá, SC, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Reabilitação, Departamento de Ciências da Saúde, Laboratório de Avaliação e Reabilitação do Aparelho Locomotor, Araranguá, SC, Brazil.
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Rui Z, Zhang L, Li X, Han J, Yuan Y, Ding H, Liu Y, Ding X. Pterostilbene exert an anti‐arthritic effect by attenuating inflammation, oxidative stress, and alteration of gut microbiota. J Food Biochem 2022; 46:e14011. [PMID: 35060152 DOI: 10.1111/jfbc.14011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2021] [Revised: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Ze Rui
- Department of Foot and Ankle Surgery The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University Tai'an City China
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- Department of Medical Examination The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University Tai'an City China
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- Department of Foot and Ankle Surgery The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University Tai'an City China
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- Department of Foot and Ankle Surgery The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University Tai'an City China
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- Department of Critical Medicine Tai'an Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Tai'an City China
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- Shandong Liming Vocational and Technical College Tai'an City China
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- Department of Foot and Ankle Surgery The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University Tai'an City China
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- Department of Foot and Ankle Surgery The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University Tai'an City China
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Zeng Z, Yan K, Liu W. Specneuzhenide Ameliorate Complete Freund Adjuvant Induced Arthritis in Rats: Involvement of NF-κB and HO-1/Nrf-2 Pathway. J Oleo Sci 2022; 71:551-561. [DOI: 10.5650/jos.ess21413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Zhaohui Zeng
- Department of Orthopedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University
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Wang X, Feng Y, Fu J, Wu C, He B, Zhang H, Wang X, Dai W, Sun Y, Zhang Q. A Lipid Micellar System Loaded with Dexamethasone Palmitate Alleviates Rheumatoid Arthritis. AAPS PharmSciTech 2019; 20:316. [PMID: 31602546 DOI: 10.1208/s12249-019-1449-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Accepted: 06/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Glucocorticoids have been confirmed to be effective in the treatment of a variety of inflammatory diseases. However, their application encounters limitations in terms of tissue distribution and bioavailability in vivo. To address these key issues, we designed and developed a nanopreparation by using egg yolk lecithin/sodium glycocholate (EYL/SGC) and utilize such mixed micelles (MMs) to encapsulate dexamethasone palmitate (DMP) for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The prepared DMP-MMs had an average particle size of 49.18 ± 0.43 nm and were compared with an emulsion-based dexamethasone palmitate. Pharmacokinetic and in vivo fluorescence imaging showed that mixed micelles had higher bioavailability and targeting efficiency in inflammatory sites. An arthritis rat model was established via induction by Complete Freund's Adjuvant (CFA), followed by the efficacy studies by the observations of paw volume, histology, spleen index, pro-inflammatory cytokines, and CT images. It was confirmed that intravenous injection of DMP-MMs exhibited advantages in alleviating joint inflammation compared with the emulsion system. Composed of pharmaceutical adjuvants only, the nanoscale mixed micelles seem a promising carrier system for the RA treatment with lipophilic drugs.
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Wang Y, Han CC, Cui D, Luo TT, Li Y, Zhang Y, Ma Y, Wei W. Immunomodulatory Effects of CP-25 on Splenic T Cells of Rats with Adjuvant Arthritis. Inflammation 2018; 41:1049-1063. [PMID: 29473135 DOI: 10.1007/s10753-018-0757-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease in which T cells play an important role. Paeoniflorin-6-oxy-benzenesulfonate (CP-25) shows a strong anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effect in the joint of adjuvant arthritis (AA) rats, but the role of the spleen function is still unclear. The aim of this study was to research how CP-25 regulated spleen function of AA rats. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were administered with CP-25 (50 mg/kg) orally from day 17 to 29 after immunization. The spleen histopathological changes were analyzed by hematoxylin-eosin staining. G protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRKs) and prostaglandin receptor subtypes (EPs) were screened by Western blot and immunohistochemistry. The co-expression of GRK2 and EP2 as well as GRK2 and EP4 was measured by immunofluorescence and co-immunoprecipitation. The expression of GRK2 and EP4 in splenic T cells was further detected by immunofluorescence. CP-25 was found to relieve the secondary paw swelling, attenuate histopathologic changes, and downregulate GRK2, EP2 and EP4 expression in AA rats. Additionally, CP-25 not only downregulated the co-expression of GRK2 and EP4 but also downregulated GRK2, EP4 expression in splenic T cells of AA rats. From these results, we can infer that CP-25 play an anti-inflammatory and immune function by affecting the function of the splenic T cells.
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- Yang Wang
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Anhui Medical University, Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicine, Ministry of Education, Anhui Collaborative Innovation Center of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicine, Meishan Road 81, Hefei, 230032, China
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Anhui Medical University, Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicine, Ministry of Education, Anhui Collaborative Innovation Center of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicine, Meishan Road 81, Hefei, 230032, China
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Anhui Medical University, Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicine, Ministry of Education, Anhui Collaborative Innovation Center of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicine, Meishan Road 81, Hefei, 230032, China
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Anhui Medical University, Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicine, Ministry of Education, Anhui Collaborative Innovation Center of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicine, Meishan Road 81, Hefei, 230032, China
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Anhui Medical University, Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicine, Ministry of Education, Anhui Collaborative Innovation Center of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicine, Meishan Road 81, Hefei, 230032, China
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Anhui Medical University, Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicine, Ministry of Education, Anhui Collaborative Innovation Center of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicine, Meishan Road 81, Hefei, 230032, China
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Anhui Medical University, Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicine, Ministry of Education, Anhui Collaborative Innovation Center of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicine, Meishan Road 81, Hefei, 230032, China.
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Anhui Medical University, Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicine, Ministry of Education, Anhui Collaborative Innovation Center of Anti-inflammatory and Immune Medicine, Meishan Road 81, Hefei, 230032, China.
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CUL4B promotes the pathology of adjuvant-induced arthritis in rats through the canonical Wnt signaling. J Mol Med (Berl) 2018; 96:495-511. [DOI: 10.1007/s00109-018-1635-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2017] [Revised: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Chen X, Wang Y, Zhu D, Zhang C. Effects of Prunus tomentosa total flavone on adjuvant-induced arthritis. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2017.1336941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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- Xi Chen
- Pathogen Biology Department, College of Basic Medicine, Beihua University, Jilin, P.R. China
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- The Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine Preventive Treatment of Disease, Zhuhai Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Zhuhai, P.R. China
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- E.N.T. Department, Zhuhai Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Zhuhai, P.R. China
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- Pharmacology Department, College of Pharmacy, Beihua University, Jilin, P.R. China
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Pavshintsev VV, Mitkin NA, Frolova OY, Kushnir EA, Averina OA, Lovat ML. Individual roles of brain and serum alcohol dehydrogenase isoforms in regulation of alcohol consumption in SPF Wistar rats. Physiol Behav 2017; 179:458-466. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2017] [Revised: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 07/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Shaheen MA, Salem SAM, Fouad DA, El-Fatah AAA. Intralesional tuberculin (PPD) versus measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine in treatment of multiple warts: a comparative clinical and immunological study. Dermatol Ther 2015; 28:194-200. [DOI: 10.1111/dth.12230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Maha Adel Shaheen
- Department of Dermatology and Venereology; Ain Shams University; Cairo Egypt
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- Department of Clinical Pathology; Ain Shams University; Cairo Egypt
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Effects of simvastatin, ezetimibe, and their combination on histopathologic alterations caused by adjuvant-induced arthritis. Inflammation 2015; 37:1035-43. [PMID: 24493323 DOI: 10.1007/s10753-014-9826-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of monotherapy with simvastatin or ezetimibe compared with those of an ezetimibe + simvastatin combination on the histopathologic aspects of arthritis induced by Complete Freund's Adjuvant in rats. The characteristics of diarthrosis were analyzed 7 and 28 days after arthritis induction with regard to the regularity and integrity of articular cartilage, the presence of leukocytes in blood vessels at the inflammation site, and the cytokine levels in articular tissue. Monotherapy with simvastatin or ezetimibe and the ezetimibe + simvastatin combination effectively reduced the cytokine levels (interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor) and articular lesions that are characteristic of this experimental disease. Although the results did not reveal significant differences between the monotherapy and the combined therapy, they suggest that these drugs have considerable antiinflammatory properties, as reflected by an attenuation of articular cartilage lesions mediated by a reduction in the levels of proinflammatory cytokines.
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Ahmad Fuaad AAH, Jia Z, Zaman M, Hartas J, Ziora ZM, Lin IC, Moyle PM, Batzloff MR, Good MF, Monteiro MJ, Skwarczynski M, Toth I. Polymer-peptide hybrids as a highly immunogenic single-dose nanovaccine. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2013; 9:35-43. [PMID: 23611619 DOI: 10.2217/nnm.13.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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AIM To explore four-arm star poly(t-butyl)acrylate (P(t)BA)-peptide and linear P(t)BA-peptide conjugates as a vaccine-delivery system against Group A Streptococcus. MATERIALS & METHODS P(t)BA nanoparticles bearing J14 peptide epitopes were prepared via alkyne-azide 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition 'click' reaction. The conjugated products were self-assembled into small or large nanoparticles. These nanoparticle vaccine candidates were evaluated in vivo and J14-specific antibody titers were assessed. RESULTS & DISCUSSION Mice vaccinated with the nanoparticles were able to produce J14-specific IgG antibodies without the use of an external adjuvant after a single immunization. We have demonstrated for the first time that the immune responses against self-assembled P(t)BA nanoparticles are stronger for the smaller sized (~20 nm) nanoparticles compared with the larger (~500 nm) P(t)BA nanoparticles. CONCLUSION PtBA analogs have the potential to be developed as potent carrier systems for single-dose synthetic vaccines.
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- Abdullah A H Ahmad Fuaad
- The University of Queensland (St Lucia), School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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