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Kianian F, Karimian SM, Kadkhodaee M, Takzaree N, Seifi B, Sadeghipour HR. Protective effects of ascorbic acid and calcitriol combination on airway remodelling in ovalbumin-induced chronic asthma. PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY 2020; 58:107-115. [PMID: 31942829 PMCID: PMC7006747 DOI: 10.1080/13880209.2019.1710218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Context: Airway remodelling is one of the most refractory problems in asthma. According to the critical roles of oxidative stress and inflammation in airway remodelling, it is supposed that ascorbic acid and calcitriol have beneficial effects. However, a combination of antioxidants may be more effective for asthma therapy.Objective: This study investigated the protective effects of ascorbic acid in combination with calcitriol on airway remodelling in ovalbumin (OVA)-induced chronic asthma.Materials and methods: BALB/c mice were assigned into seven groups: (1) Control; (2) Asthma; (3) Ineffective C (orally 39 mg/kg ascorbic acid); (4) Ineffective D (intraperitoneally 1.5 μg/kg calcitriol); (5) Effective C (orally 130 mg/kg ascorbic acid); (6) Effective D (intraperitoneally 5 μg/kg calcitriol); (7) Combination (orally 39 mg/kg ascorbic acid + intraperitoneally 1.5 μg/kg calcitriol). All animals were sensitized and challenged with OVA except in the control group (normal saline). In all treatment groups, mice were administrated vitamins 30 min before each challenge (three times per week for 8 consecutive weeks).Results: In comparison with the asthma group, co-administration of ineffective doses of ascorbic acid and calcitriol led to the decreased levels of IL-13 (50.5 ± 1.85 vs. 42.13 ± 0.37 pg/mL, p = 0.02) and IgE (58.74 ± 0.43 vs. 45.78 ± 2.05 ng/mL, p = 0.003) as well as the reduction of goblet hyperplasia and subepithelial fibrosis (5 vs. 1 score, p = 0.001 and 5 vs. 2 score, p = 0.001, respectively).Discussion and conclusions: Combination of ascorbic acid with calcitriol in ineffective doses improves airway remodelling due to additive effects possibly through reduction of oxidative stress and inflammation. This study provides a scientific basis for further research and clinical applications of ascorbic acid and calcitriol and can be generalized to the broader pharmacological studies.
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- Farzaneh Kianian
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Anatomy and Histology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- CONTACT Hamid Reza Sadeghipour Department of Physiology, Tehran, University of Medical Sciences, Poorsina Ave, Tehran, Iran
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Kianian F, Karimian SM, Kadkhodaee M, Takzaree N, Seifi B, Adeli S, Harati E, Sadeghipour HR. Combination of ascorbic acid and calcitriol attenuates chronic asthma disease by reductions in oxidative stress and inflammation. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2019; 270:103265. [PMID: 31404684 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2019.103265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2019] [Revised: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Airway inflammation and oxidative stress are the two major characteristics of asthma pathogenesis. Therefore, this study evaluated the protective effects of ascorbic acid in combination with calcitriol on the oxidative damages and inflammation in asthma model. All animals, except in the control group, were sensitized and challenged with ovalbumin. One day after the last challenge, samples of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was collected for the assessment of total white blood cell counts and differential count of white blood cell and plasma was used for the measurement of pro-oxidant/antioxidant balance level. Lung tissue samples were also stored for examining peribronchial inflammatory cell infiltration, phosphorylated nuclear factor-kappa B expression and measurement of malondialdehyde level. Induction of asthma caused significant increases in total white blood cell counts, percentage of neutrophils and eosinophils and a decrease in the percentage of lymphocytes. Moreover, asthma resulted in significant increases of peribronchial inflammatory cell infiltration, phosphorylated nuclear factor-kappa B expression and malondialdehyde level. However, no significant changes were observed in pro-oxidant/antioxidant balance level with the induction of asthma. Co-administration of low doses of ascorbic acid and calcitriol returned all to the levels measured before sensitization and challenge. Combination of low doses of ascorbic acid with calcitriol improves mouse asthma model by a possible additive effects through the decrease of oxidative stress and inflammation.
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- Farzaneh Kianian
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Anatomy and Histology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Electrophysiology Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian Center of Neurological Research, Neuroscience Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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El-Kady MM, Girgis ZI, Abd El-Rasheed EA, Shaker O, Attallah MI, Soliman AA. Role of selective blocking of bradykinin receptor subtypes in attenuating allergic airway inflammation in guinea pigs. Eur J Pharmacol 2016; 788:152-159. [PMID: 27321873 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2016.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Revised: 06/10/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The present study was designed to evaluate the potential role of bradykinin antagonists (R-715; bradykinin B1 receptor antagonist and icatibant; bradykinin B2 receptor antagonist) in treatment of allergic airway inflammation in comparison to dexamethasone and montelukast. R-715 as dexamethasone significantly decreased peribronchial leukocyte infiltration, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) albumin and interleukin 1β as well as serum OVA-specific IgE level. Also, R-715 like montelukast significantly decreased BALF cell count (total and eosinophils). Icatibant showed negative results. The current findings suggest that selective bradykinin B1 receptor antagonists may have the therapeutic potential for the treatment of allergic airway inflammation.
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- Mohamed M El-Kady
- Department of Medical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, 11559, Egypt.
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, 11559, Egypt.
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, 11559, Egypt.
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, 11559, Egypt.
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, 11559, Egypt.
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, 11559, Egypt.
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Bansal P, Saw S, Govindaraj D, Arora N. Intranasal administration of a combination of choline chloride, vitamin C, and selenium attenuates the allergic effect in a mouse model of airway disease. Free Radic Biol Med 2014; 73:358-65. [PMID: 24905385 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2014.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2013] [Revised: 05/01/2014] [Accepted: 05/07/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Respiratory allergic disease is an inflammatory condition accompanied by oxidative stress. Supplementation of an anti-inflammatory agent with antioxidants may have a therapeutic effect. In this study, the effects of choline chloride in combination with antioxidants were evaluated via the intranasal route in a mouse model of allergic airway disease. Balb/c mice were sensitized on days 0, 7, and 14 and challenged on days 25-30 with cockroach extract (CE) and with a booster challenge on day 38. They were treated with choline chloride (ChCl; 1mg/kg), vitamin C (Vit C; 308.33 mg/kg), and selenium (Se; 1mg/kg) alone or in combination via the intranasal route on days 31, 33, 35, 37, and 39. The mice were sacrificed on day 40 to collect blood, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, lungs, and spleen. Mice immunized with CE showed a significant increase in airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), lung inflammation, Th2 cytokines, and the oxidative stress markers intracellular reactive oxygen species and 8-isoprostanes compared to the phosphate-buffered saline control group. A significant decrease was observed in these parameters with all the treatments (p<0.01). The highest decrease was noticed in the ChCl+Vit C+Se-treated group, with AHR decreased to the normal level. This group also showed the highest decrease in airway inflammation (p<0.001), IL-4 and IL-5 (p<0.001), IgE and IgG1 (p<0.001), NF-κB (p<0.001), and 8-isoprostane levels (p<0.001). Glutathione peroxidase activity, which was decreased significantly in CE-immunized mice, was restored to normal levels in this group (p<0.001). IL-10 level was decreased in CE-immunized mice and was restored to normal by combination treatment. The combination treatment induced FOXP3(+) cells in splenocyte culture, responsible for the upregulation of IL-10. In conclusion, the combination of choline chloride, vitamin C, and selenium via the intranasal route reduces AHR, inflammation, and oxidative stress, probably by causing IL-10 production by FOXP3(+) cells, and possesses therapeutic potential against allergic airway disease.
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- Preeti Bansal
- Allergy and Immunology Section, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi 110007, India; Department of Biotechnology, University of Pune, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, India
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- Allergy and Immunology Section, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi 110007, India; Department of Biotechnology, University of Pune, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, India
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- Allergy and Immunology Section, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi 110007, India
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- Allergy and Immunology Section, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi 110007, India.
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Lapraz JC, Hedayat KM, Pauly P. Endobiogeny: a global approach to systems biology (part 2 of 2). Glob Adv Health Med 2014; 2:32-44. [PMID: 24416662 PMCID: PMC3833520 DOI: 10.7453/gahmj.2013.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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ENDOBIOGENY AND THE BIOLOGY OF FUNCTIONS ARE BASED ON FOUR SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS THAT ARE KNOWN AND GENERALLY ACCEPTED: (1) human physiology is complex and multifactorial and exhibits the properties of a system; (2) the endocrine system manages metabolism, which is the basis of the continuity of life; (3) the metabolic activity managed by the endocrine system results in the output of biomarkers that reflect the functional achievement of specific aspects of metabolism; and (4) when biomarkers are related to each other in ratios, it contextualizes one type of function relative to another to which is it linked anatomically, sequentially, chronologically, biochemically, etc.
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- Jean-Claude Lapraz
- Société internationale de médecine endobiogénique et de physiologie intégrative, Paris, France
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- American Society of Endobiogenic Medicine and Integrative physiology, San Diego, California, United States
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- Société internationale de médecine endobiogénique et de physiologie intégrative, Paris, France
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Ho CY, Cheng YT, Chau CF, Yen GC. Effect of diallyl sulfide on in vitro and in vivo Nrf2-mediated pulmonic antioxidant enzyme expression via activation ERK/p38 signaling pathway. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2012; 60:100-107. [PMID: 22118872 DOI: 10.1021/jf203800d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Increasing oxidative stress is intimately involved in the pathogenesis of lung failure. Nuclear factor-erythroid 2 related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a key element in redox homeostasis. Nrf2 regulates antioxidant-associated genes that are often the target of phytochemicals in chemoprevention. This study evaluated the effect of diallyl sulfide (DAS), which is present in garlic, on the expression of antioxidant enzymes in the rat lung and the Nrf2 modulation in MRC-5 lung cells. DAS increased the activities of glutathione S-transferase, glutathione reductase, and catalase as well as the GSH/GSSG ratio compared with the lung of untreated control rats (p < 0.05). The pulmonic superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1, and catalase mRNA levels were also significantly increased (p < 0.05) after DAS treatment. Following DAS treatment, DAS level was measured in the plasma after 7 days of oral administration, and the C(max) value was 15 ± 4.2 μM. The total amount of pulmonic Nrf2 and the nuclear translocation of Nrf2 were elevated in DAS-treated rats, clarifying the effect of DAS on the modulation of antioxidant enzymes. Furthermore, DAS could induce nuclear translocation of Nrf2 via ERK/p38 signaling pathway in lung MRC-5 cells. This study demonstrates that DAS administration can significantly induce the activity of antioxidant enzymes in rat lungs and suggests a possible use for DAS as a dietary preventive agent against oxidative stress-induced lung injury.
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- Cheng-Ying Ho
- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuokuang Road, Taiching 402, Taiwan
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