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Banzato R, Pinheiro-Menegasso NM, Novelli FPRS, Olivo CR, Taguchi L, de Oliveira Santos S, Fukuzaki S, Teodoro WPR, Lopes FDTQS, Tibério IFLC, de Toledo-Arruda AC, Prado MAM, Prado VF, Prado CM. Alpha-7 Nicotinic Receptor Agonist Protects Mice Against Pulmonary Emphysema Induced by Elastase. Inflammation 2024; 47:958-974. [PMID: 38227123 DOI: 10.1007/s10753-023-01953-9] [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: 10/23/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
Abstract
Pulmonary emphysema is a primary component of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a life-threatening disorder characterized by lung inflammation and restricted airflow, primarily resulting from the destruction of small airways and alveolar walls. Cumulative evidence suggests that nicotinic receptors, especially the α7 subtype (α7nAChR), is required for anti-inflammatory cholinergic responses. We postulated that the stimulation of α7nAChR could offer therapeutic benefits in the context of pulmonary emphysema. To investigate this, we assessed the potential protective effects of PNU-282987, a selective α7nAChR agonist, using an experimental emphysema model. Male mice (C57BL/6) were submitted to a nasal instillation of porcine pancreatic elastase (PPE) (50 µl, 0.667 IU) to induce emphysema. Treatment with PNU-282987 (2.0 mg/kg, ip) was performed pre and post-emphysema induction by measuring anti-inflammatory effects (inflammatory cells, cytokines) as well as anti-remodeling and anti-oxidant effects. Elastase-induced emphysema led to an increase in the number of α7nAChR-positive cells in the lungs. Notably, both groups treated with PNU-282987 (prior to and following emphysema induction) exhibited a significant decrease in the number of α7nAChR-positive cells. Furthermore, both groups treated with PNU-282987 demonstrated decreased levels of macrophages, IL-6, IL-1β, collagen, and elastic fiber deposition. Additionally, both groups exhibited reduced STAT3 phosphorylation and lower levels of SOCS3. Of particular note, in the post-treated group, PNU-282987 successfully attenuated alveolar enlargement, decreased IL-17 and TNF-α levels, and reduced the recruitment of polymorphonuclear cells to the lung parenchyma. Significantly, it is worth noting that MLA, an antagonist of α7nAChR, counteracted the protective effects of PNU-282987 in relation to certain crucial inflammatory parameters. In summary, these findings unequivocally demonstrate the protective abilities of α7nAChR against elastase-induced emphysema, strongly supporting α7nAChR as a pivotal therapeutic target for ameliorating pulmonary emphysema.
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- Rosana Banzato
- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biosciences, Instituto de Saúde e Sociedade, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Silva Jardim 136 sala 312, Santos, SP, 11015-020, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biosciences, Instituto de Saúde e Sociedade, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Silva Jardim 136 sala 312, Santos, SP, 11015-020, Brazil
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- Department of Biosciences, Instituto de Saúde e Sociedade, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Silva Jardim 136 sala 312, Santos, SP, 11015-020, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Rheumatology Division of the Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Department of Biosciences, Instituto de Saúde e Sociedade, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Silva Jardim 136 sala 312, Santos, SP, 11015-020, Brazil.
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Biselli PJC, Degobbi Tenorio Quirino Dos Santos Lopes F, Righetti RF, Moriya HT, Tibério IFLC, Martins MA. Lung Mechanics Over the Century: From Bench to Bedside and Back to Bench. Front Physiol 2022; 13:817263. [PMID: 35910573 PMCID: PMC9326096 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.817263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Lung physiology research advanced significantly over the last 100 years. Respiratory mechanics applied to animal models of lung disease extended the knowledge of the workings of respiratory system. In human research, a better understanding of respiratory mechanics has contributed to development of mechanical ventilators. In this review, we explore the use of respiratory mechanics in basic science to investigate asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We also discuss the use of lung mechanics in clinical care and its role on the development of modern mechanical ventilators. Additionally, we analyse some bench-developed technologies that are not in widespread use in the present but can become part of the clinical arsenal in the future. Finally, we explore some of the difficult questions that intensive care doctors still face when managing respiratory failure. Bringing back these questions to bench can help to solve them. Interaction between basic and translational science and human subject investigation can be very rewarding, as in the conceptualization of “Lung Protective Ventilation” principles. We expect this interaction to expand further generating new treatments and managing strategies for patients with respiratory disease.
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- Paolo Jose Cesare Biselli
- Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- *Correspondence: Paolo Jose Cesare Biselli,
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- Laboratory of Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Hospital Sírio-Libanês, Serviço de Reabilitação, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, Escola Politecnica, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Long-term endogenous acetylcholine deficiency potentiates pulmonary inflammation in a murine model of elastase-induced emphysema. Sci Rep 2021; 11:15918. [PMID: 34354132 PMCID: PMC8342425 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-95211-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Acetylcholine (ACh), the neurotransmitter of the cholinergic system, regulates inflammation in several diseases including pulmonary diseases. ACh is also involved in a non-neuronal mechanism that modulates the innate immune response. Because inflammation and release of pro-inflammatory cytokines are involved in pulmonary emphysema, we hypothesized that vesicular acetylcholine transport protein (VAChT) deficiency, which leads to reduction in ACh release, can modulate lung inflammation in an experimental model of emphysema. Mice with genetical reduced expression of VAChT (VAChT KDHOM 70%) and wild-type mice (WT) received nasal instillation of 50 uL of porcine pancreatic elastase (PPE) or saline on day 0. Twenty-eight days after, animals were evaluated. Elastase instilled VAChT KDHOM mice presented an increase in macrophages, lymphocytes, and neutrophils in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and MAC2-positive macrophages in lung tissue and peribronchovascular area that was comparable to that observed in WT mice. Conversely, elastase instilled VAChT KDHOM mice showed significantly larger number of NF-κB-positive cells and isoprostane staining in the peribronchovascular area when compared to elastase-instilled WT-mice. Moreover, elastase-instilled VAChT-deficient mice showed increased MCP-1 levels in the lungs. Other cytokines, extracellular matrix remodeling, alveolar enlargement, and lung function were not worse in elastase-instilled VAChT deficiency than in elastase-instilled WT-controls. These data suggest that decreased VAChT expression may contribute to the pathogenesis of emphysema, at least in part, through NF-κB activation, MCP-1, and oxidative stress pathways. This study highlights novel pathways involved in lung inflammation that may contribute to the development of chronic obstrutive lung disease (COPD) in cholinergic deficient individuals such as Alzheimer's disease patients.
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Costa PPC, Waller SB, dos Santos GR, Gondim FDL, Serra DS, Cavalcante FSÁ, Gouveia Júnior FS, de Paula Júnior VF, Sousa EHS, Lopes LGDF, Ribeiro WLC, Monteiro HSA. Anti-asthmatic effect of nitric oxide metallo-donor FOR811A [cis-[Ru(bpy)2(2-MIM)(NO)](PF6)3] in the respiratory mechanics of Swiss mice. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0248394. [PMID: 33711054 PMCID: PMC7954307 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
We aimed at evaluating the anti-asthmatic effect of cis-[Ru(bpy)2(2-MIM)(NO)](PF6)3 (FOR811A), a nitrosyl-ruthenium compound, in a murine model of allergic asthma. The anti-asthmatic effects were analyzed by measuring the mechanical lung and morphometrical parameters in female Swiss mice allocated in the following groups: untreated control (Ctl+Sal) and control treated with FOR811A (Ctl+FOR), along asthmatic groups untreated (Ast+Sal) and treated with FOR811A (Ast+FOR). The drug-protein interaction was evaluated by in-silico assay using molecular docking. The results showed that the use of FOR811A in experimental asthma (Ast+FOR) decreased the pressure-volume curve, hysteresis, tissue elastance, tissue resistance, and airway resistance, similar to the control groups (Ctl+Sal; Ctl+FOR). However, it differed from the untreated asthmatic group (Ast+Sal, p<0.05), indicating that FOR811A corrected the lung parenchyma and relaxed the smooth muscles of the bronchi. Similar to control groups (Ctl+Sal; Ctl+FOR), FOR811A increased the inspiratory capacity and static compliance in asthmatic animals (Ast+Sal, p<0.05), showing that this metallodrug improved the capacity of inspiration during asthma. The morphometric parameters showed that FOR811A decreased the alveolar collapse and kept the bronchoconstriction during asthma. Beyond that, the molecular docking using FOR811A showed a strong interaction in the distal portion of the heme group of the soluble guanylate cyclase, particularly with cysteine residue (Cys141). In summary, FOR811A relaxed bronchial smooth muscles and improved respiratory mechanics during asthma, providing a protective effect and promising use for the development of an anti-asthmatic drug.
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- Paula Priscila Correia Costa
- Department of Veterinary Clinics, Faculty of Veterinary, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
- * E-mail: (PPCC); (SBW); (WLCR)
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- Department of Veterinary Clinics, Faculty of Veterinary, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
- * E-mail: (PPCC); (SBW); (WLCR)
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- Laboratory of Biophysics of Respiration, Superior Institute of Biomedical Sciences, State University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biophysics of Respiration, Superior Institute of Biomedical Sciences, State University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biophysics of Respiration, Superior Institute of Biomedical Sciences, State University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biophysics of Respiration, Superior Institute of Biomedical Sciences, State University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Bioinorganic, Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Superior Institute of Biomedical Sciences, State University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Bioinorganic, Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Bioinorganic, Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
- * E-mail: (PPCC); (SBW); (WLCR)
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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Moreira AR, Pereira de Castro TB, Kohler JB, Ito JT, de França Silva LE, Lourenço JD, Almeida RR, Santana FR, Brito JM, Rivero DHRF, Vale MICA, Prado CM, Câmara NOS, Saldiva PHN, Olivo CR, Lopes FDTQDS. Chronic exposure to diesel particles worsened emphysema and increased M2-like phenotype macrophages in a PPE-induced model. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0228393. [PMID: 32004356 PMCID: PMC6993960 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Chronic exposure to ambient levels of air pollution induces respiratory illness exacerbation by increasing inflammatory responses and apoptotic cells in pulmonary tissues. The ineffective phagocytosis of these apoptotic cells (efferocytosis) by macrophages has been considered an important factor in these pathological mechanisms. Depending on microenvironmental stimuli, macrophages can assume different phenotypes with different functional actions. M1 macrophages are recognized by their proinflammatory activity, whereas M2 macrophages play pivotal roles in responding to microorganisms and in efferocytosis to avoid the progression of inflammatory conditions. To verify how exposure to air pollutants interferes with macrophage polarization in emphysema development, we evaluated the different macrophage phenotypes in a PPE- induced model with the exposure to diesel exhaust particles. C57BL/6 mice received intranasal instillation of porcine pancreatic elastase (PPE) to induce emphysema, and the control groups received saline. Both groups were exposed to diesel exhaust particles or filtered air for 60 days according to the groups. We observed that both the diesel and PPE groups had an increase in alveolar enlargement, collagen and elastic fibers in the parenchyma and the number of macrophages, lymphocytes and epithelial cells in BAL, and these responses were exacerbated in animals that received PPE instillation prior to exposure to diesel exhaust particles. The same response pattern was found inCaspase-3 positive cell analysis, attesting to an increase in cell apoptosis, which is in agreement with the increase in M2 phenotype markers, measured by RT-PCR and flow cytometry analysis. We did not verify differences among the groups for the M1 phenotype. In conclusion, our results showed that both chronic exposure to diesel exhaust particles and PPE instillation induced inflammatory conditions, cell apoptosis and emphysema development, as well as an increase in M2 phenotype macrophages, and the combination of these two factors exacerbated these responses. The predominance of the M2-like phenotype likely occurred due to the increased demand for efferocytosis. However, M2 macrophage activity was ineffective, resulting in emphysema development and worsening of symptoms.
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- Alyne Riani Moreira
- Department of Clinical Medicine (LIM 20), School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Medical Assistance to the State Public Servant (IAMSPE), Sao Paulo, Brazil
- University City of Sao Paulo (UNICID), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Medicine (LIM 20), School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Medicine (LIM 20), School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Medicine (LIM 20), School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Heart Institute (InCor) School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology (LIM 5), School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Bioscience, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Department of Clinical Medicine (LIM 16), School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Department of Medicine, Nephrology Division, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Medicine (LIM 20), School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Institute of Medical Assistance to the State Public Servant (IAMSPE), Sao Paulo, Brazil
- University City of Sao Paulo (UNICID), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Ito JT, Lourenço JD, Righetti RF, Tibério IFLC, Prado CM, Lopes FDTQS. Extracellular Matrix Component Remodeling in Respiratory Diseases: What Has Been Found in Clinical and Experimental Studies? Cells 2019; 8:E342. [PMID: 30979017 PMCID: PMC6523091 DOI: 10.3390/cells8040342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2019] [Revised: 04/03/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Changes in extracellular matrix (ECM) components in the lungs are associated with the progression of respiratory diseases, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Experimental and clinical studies have revealed that structural changes in ECM components occur under chronic inflammatory conditions, and these changes are associated with impaired lung function. In bronchial asthma, elastic and collagen fiber remodeling, mostly in the airway walls, is associated with an increase in mucus secretion, leading to airway hyperreactivity. In COPD, changes in collagen subtypes I and III and elastin, interfere with the mechanical properties of the lungs, and are believed to play a pivotal role in decreased lung elasticity, during emphysema progression. In ARDS, interstitial edema is often accompanied by excessive deposition of fibronectin and collagen subtypes I and III, which can lead to respiratory failure in the intensive care unit. This review uses experimental models and human studies to describe how inflammatory conditions and ECM remodeling contribute to the loss of lung function in these respiratory diseases.
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- Juliana T Ito
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Laboratory of Experimental Therapeutics/LIM-20, School of Medicine of University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 01246-903, Brazil.
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Laboratory of Experimental Therapeutics/LIM-20, School of Medicine of University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 01246-903, Brazil.
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Laboratory of Experimental Therapeutics/LIM-20, School of Medicine of University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 01246-903, Brazil.
- Rehabilitation service, Sírio-Libanês Hospital, Sao Paulo 01308-050, Brazil.
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Laboratory of Experimental Therapeutics/LIM-20, School of Medicine of University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 01246-903, Brazil.
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- Department of Bioscience, Laboratory of Studies in Pulmonary Inflammation, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Santos 11015-020, Brazil.
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Laboratory of Experimental Therapeutics/LIM-20, School of Medicine of University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 01246-903, Brazil.
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Righetti RF, Dos Santos TM, Camargo LDN, Aristóteles LRCRB, Fukuzaki S, de Souza FCR, Santana FPR, de Agrela MVR, Cruz MM, Alonso-Vale MIC, Genaro IS, Saraiva-Romanholo BM, Leick EA, Martins MDA, Prado CM, Tibério IDFLC. Protective Effects of Anti-IL17 on Acute Lung Injury Induced by LPS in Mice. Front Pharmacol 2018; 9:1021. [PMID: 30337870 PMCID: PMC6180195 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2018.01021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Introduction: T helper 17 (Th17) has been implicated in a variety of inflammatory lung and immune system diseases. However, little is known about the expression and biological role of IL-17 in acute lung injury (ALI). We investigated the mechanisms involved in the effect of anti-IL17 in a model of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute lung injury (ALI) in mice. Methods: Mice were pre-treated with anti-IL17, 1h before saline/LPS intratracheal administration alongside non-treated controls and levels of exhaled nitric oxide (eNO), cytokine expression, extracellular matrix remodeling and oxidative stress, as well as immune cell counts in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), and respiratory mechanics were assessed in lung tissue. Results: LPS instillation led to an increase in multiple cytokines, proteases, nuclear factor-κB, and Forkhead box P3 (FOXP3), eNO and regulators of the actomyosin cytoskeleton, the number of CD4+ and iNOS-positive cells as well as the number of neutrophils and macrophages in BALF, resistance and elastance of the respiratory system, ARG-1 gene expression, collagen fibers, and actin and 8-iso-PGF2α volume fractions. Pre-treatment with anti-IL17 led to a significant reduction in the level of all assessed factors. Conclusions: Anti-IL17 can protect the lungs from the inflammatory effects of LPS-induced ALI, primarily mediated by the reduced expression of cytokines and oxidative stress. This suggests that further studies using anti-IL17 in a treatment regime would be highly worthwhile.
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- Renato Fraga Righetti
- Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.,Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.,Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Instituto de Ciências Ambientais, Químicas e Farmacêuticas, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Instituto de Ciências Ambientais, Químicas e Farmacêuticas, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.,Public Employee of São Paulo Hospital (IAMSPE), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Bioscience, Federal University of São Paulo, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
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Sethi GS, Naura AS. Progressive increase in allergen concentration abrogates immune tolerance in ovalbumin-induced murine model of chronic asthma. Int Immunopharmacol 2018; 60:121-131. [PMID: 29729496 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2018.04.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2018] [Revised: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Persistent inflammation and remodeling of airways are the major hallmarks of asthma. Though airway inflammation diminishes in ovalbumin (OVA)-based mouse model of chronic asthma owing to immune-tolerance linked with repeated allergen exposure, which limits the application of the disease model. Accordingly, the present study was designed to develop a murine model of chronic asthma which presents persistent airway inflammation coupled with remodeling traits. Herein, OVA-sensitized BALB/c mice were challenged with increasing (modified protocol) or constant concentration (conventional protocol) of the allergen for 6 weeks; 3 times/week. The results, indeed, revealed that mice subjected to modified protocol demonstrate an improved response to the allergen as reflected by the significant increase in inflammatory cells particularly, eosinophils in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid compared to conventional protocol. Moreover, the expression of Th2 cytokines and their responsible transcription factors (GATA-3 and STAT-6) was markedly enhanced in lungs. The increase in inflammation was further accompanied by a marked increase in mucus production, collagen deposition, and the expression of allied factors (Muc5ac, Col1α1, and α-SMA). Interestingly, pre-treatment of dexamethasone, a corticosteroid (0.5 mg/kg b.wt., i.p.), suppressed the allergen-induced airway inflammation and mucus production without altering collagen deposition. Failure of dexamethasone seems to be related to their ineffectiveness to modulate the expression of TGF-β, MMP-9, COL1α1, and α-SMA. Overall, our results strongly suggest that mice underwent modified chronic protocol bears more resemblance with asthmatics as it imitates persistent airway inflammation allied with steroid-refractory remodeling traits; hence, may be useful for the evaluation of new/alternative drugs in steroid-refractory asthmatic conditions.
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- Gurupreet S Sethi
- Department of Biochemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India.
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Aoki FG, Moriya HT. Mechanical Evaluation of Tracheal Grafts on Different Scales. Artif Organs 2017; 42:476-483. [PMID: 29226358 DOI: 10.1111/aor.13063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Revised: 09/18/2017] [Accepted: 09/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Tissue engineered (or bioengineered) tracheas are alternative options under investigation when the resection with end-to-end anastomosis cannot be performed. One approach to develop bioengineered tracheas is a complex process that involves the use of decellularized tissue scaffolds, followed by recellularization in custom-made tracheal bioreactors. Tracheas withstand pressure variations and their biomechanics are of great importance so that they do not collapse during respiration, although there has been no preferred method of mechanical assay of tracheas among several laboratories over the years. These methods have been performed in segments or whole tracheas and in different species of mammals. This article aims to present some methods used by different research laboratories to evaluate the mechanics of tracheal grafts and presents the importance of the tracheal biomechanics in both macro and micro scales. If bioengineered tracheas become a reality in hospitals in the next few years, the standardization of biomechanical parameters will be necessary for greater consistency of results before transplantations.
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- Fabio Gava Aoki
- Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, University of São Paulo, Escola Politécnica, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, University of São Paulo, Escola Politécnica, São Paulo, Brazil
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Pazhoohan S, Raoufy MR, Javan M, Hajizadeh S. Effect of Rho-kinase inhibition on complexity of breathing pattern in a guinea pig model of asthma. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0187249. [PMID: 29088265 PMCID: PMC5663484 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Asthma represents an episodic and fluctuating behavior characterized with decreased complexity of respiratory dynamics. Several evidence indicate that asthma severity or control is associated with alteration in variability of lung function. The pathophysiological basis of alteration in complexity of breathing pattern in asthma has remained poorly understood. Regarding the point that Rho-kinase is involved in pathophysiology of asthma, in present study we investigated the effect of Rho-kinase inhibition on complexity of respiratory dynamics in a guinea pig model of asthma. Male Dunkin Hartley guinea pigs were exposed to 12 series of inhalations with ovalbumin or saline. Animals were treated by the Rho-kinase inhibitor Y-27632 (1mM aerosols) prior to each allergen challenge. We recorded respiration of conscious animals using whole-body plethysmography. Exposure to ovalbumin induced lung inflammation, airway hyperresponsiveness and remodeling including goblet cell hyperplasia, increase in the thickness of airways smooth muscles and subepithelial collagen deposition. Complexity analysis of respiratory dynamics revealed a dramatic decrease in irregularity of respiratory rhythm representing less complexity in asthmatic guinea pigs. Inhibition of Rho-kinase reduced the airway remodeling and hyperreponsiveness, but had no significant effect on lung inflammation and complexity of respiratory dynamics in asthmatic animals. It seems that airway hyperresponsiveness and remodeling do not significantly affect the complexity of respiratory dynamics. Our results suggest that inflammation might be the probable cause of shift in the respiratory dynamics away from the normal fluctuation in asthma.
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- Saeed Pazhoohan
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
- * E-mail: (MRR); (SH)
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
- * E-mail: (MRR); (SH)
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Sakuranetin reverses vascular peribronchial and lung parenchyma remodeling in a murine model of chronic allergic pulmonary inflammation. Acta Histochem 2016; 118:615-624. [PMID: 27425653 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2016.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2015] [Revised: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Asthma is a disease of high prevalence and morbidity that generates high costs in hospitalization and treatment. Although the airway is involved in the physiopathology of asthma, there is also evidence of the importance of vascular and lung parenchyma inflammation and remodeling, which can contribute to the functional pulmonary alterations observed in asthmatic patients. Our aim was to evaluate treatment using sakuranetin, a flavone isolated from the twigs of Baccharis retusa (Asteraceae), on vascular and lung parenchyma alterations in an experimental murine model of asthma. METHODS Male BALB/c mice were subjected to a sensitization protocol with ovalbumin for 30days and were treated with or without sakuranetin (20mg/kg/mice) or dexamethasone (5mg/kg/mice); then, the lungs were collected for histopathological analysis. We evaluated extracellular matrix remodeling (collagen and elastic fibers), inflammation (eosinophils and NF-kB) and oxidative stress (8-isoprostane) in the pulmonary vessels and lung parenchyma. The thickness of the vascular wall was quantified, as well as the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels. RESULTS We demonstrated that sakuranetin reduced the number of eosinophils and elastic fibers in both the pulmonary vessels and the lung parenchyma, probably due to a reduction of oxidative stress and of the transcription factor NF-kB and VEGF levels in the lung. In addition, it reduced the thickness of the pulmonary vascular wall. The treatment had no effect on the collagen fibers. In most of the parameters, the effect of sakuranetin was similar to the dexamethasone effect. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Sakuranetin had anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, preventing vascular and distal parenchyma changes in this experimental model of asthma.
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Pigati PA, Righetti RF, Possa SS, Romanholo BS, Rodrigues APD, dos Santos ASA, Xisto DG, Antunes MA, Prado CM, Leick EA, Martins MDA, Rocco PRM, Tibério IDFLC. Y-27632 is associated with corticosteroid-potentiated control of pulmonary remodeling and inflammation in guinea pigs with chronic allergic inflammation. BMC Pulm Med 2015; 15:85. [PMID: 26264367 PMCID: PMC4531528 DOI: 10.1186/s12890-015-0073-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2014] [Accepted: 07/06/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background Previously, we showed that treatment with the Rho-kinase inhibitor Y-27632 was able to control airway responsiveness, inflammation, remodeling, and oxidative stress in an animal model of asthma, suggesting that this drug is beneficial in asthma. However, studies evaluating the effects of these inhibitors in conjunction with corticosteroids on chronic pulmonary inflammation have not been conducted. Therefore, we evaluated the effects of treatment with the Rho-kinase inhibitor Y-27632, with or without concurrent dexamethasone treatment, on airway and lung tissue mechanical responses, inflammation, extracellular matrix remodeling, and oxidative stress in guinea pigs with chronic allergic inflammation. Methods The guinea pigs were subjected to seven ovalbumin or saline inhalation exposures. Treatment with Y-27632 (1 mM) and dexamethasone (2 mg/kg) started at the fifth inhalation. Seventy-two hours after the seventh inhalation, the pulmonary mechanics were evaluated and exhaled nitric oxide (ENO) levels were determined. The lungs were removed and histological analysis was performed using morphometry. Results The treatment of guinea pigs with the Rho-kinase inhibitor and dexamethasone (ORC group) decreased ENO, the maximal mechanical responses after antigen challenge, inflammation, extracellular matrix remodeling and oxidative stress in the lungs. This therapeutic strategy reduced the levels of collagen and IFN-γ in the airway walls, as well as IL-2, IFN-γ, 8-iso-PGF2α and NF-κB in the distal parenchyma, when compared to isolated treatment with corticosteroid or Rho-kinase inhibitor (P < 0.05) and reduced the number of TIMP-1-positive cells and eosinophils in the alveolar septa compared to corticosteroid-treated animals (P < 0.05). The combined treatment with the Rho-kinase inhibitor and the corticosteroid provided maximal control over the remodeling response and inflammation in the airways and parenchyma. Conclusions Rho-kinase inhibition, alone or in combination with corticosteroids, can be considered a future pharmacological tool for the control of asthma.
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Medicine, Laboratory of Experimental Therapeutics, LIM-20, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. .,University City of São Paulo (UNICID), São Paulo, Brazil. .,Institute of Medical Assistance to the State Public Servant of São Paulo (IAMSPE), São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Ilha do Fundão, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Ilha do Fundão, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Ilha do Fundão, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Magalhães GS, Rodrigues-Machado MG, Motta-Santos D, Silva AR, Caliari MV, Prata LO, Abreu SC, Rocco PRM, Barcelos LS, Santos RAS, Campagnole-Santos MJ. Angiotensin-(1-7) attenuates airway remodelling and hyperresponsiveness in a model of chronic allergic lung inflammation. Br J Pharmacol 2015; 172:2330-42. [PMID: 25559763 DOI: 10.1111/bph.13057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2014] [Revised: 11/20/2014] [Accepted: 12/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A long-term imbalance between pro- and anti-inflammatory mediators leads to airway remodelling, which is strongly correlated to most of the symptoms, severity and progression of chronic lung inflammation. The Angiotensin-(1-7) [Ang-(1-7)]/Mas receptor axis of the renin-angiotensin system is associated with attenuation of acute and chronic inflammatory processes. In this study, we investigated the effects of Ang-(1-7) treatment in a model of chronic allergic lung inflammation. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Mice were sensitized to ovalbumin (OVA; 4 injections over 42 days, 14 days apart) and were challenged three times per week (days 21-46). These mice received Ang-(1-7) (1 μg·h(-1) , s.c.) by osmotic mini-pumps, for the last 28 days. Histology and morphometric analysis were performed in left lung and right ventricle. Airway responsiveness to methacholine, analysis of Ang-(1-7) levels (RIA), collagen I and III (qRT-PCR), ERK1/2 and JNK (Western blotting), IgE (elisa), cytokines and chemokines (elisa multiplex), and immunohistochemistry for Mas receptors were performed. KEY RESULTS Infusion of Ang-(1-7) in OVA-sensitized and challenged mice decreased inflammatory cell infiltration and collagen deposition in the airways and lung parenchyma, and prevented bronchial hyperresponsiveness. These effects were accompanied by decreased IgE and ERK1/2 phosphorylation, and decreased pro-inflammatory cytokines. Mas receptors were detected in the epithelium and bronchial smooth muscle, suggesting a site in the lung for the beneficial actions of Ang-(1-7). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Ang-(1-7) exerted beneficial attenuation of three major features of chronic asthma: lung inflammation, airway remodelling and hyperresponsiveness. Our results support an important protective role of Ang-(1-7) in lung inflammation.
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- G S Magalhães
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, National Institute of Science and Technology in Nanobiopharmaceutics (INCT-NANOBIOFAR), Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Righetti RF, Pigati PADS, Possa SS, Habrum FC, Xisto DG, Antunes MA, Leick EA, Prado CM, Martins MDA, Rocco PRM, Tibério IDFLC. Effects of Rho-kinase inhibition in lung tissue with chronic inflammation. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2013; 192:134-46. [PMID: 24373838 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2013.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2013] [Revised: 12/17/2013] [Accepted: 12/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We evaluated whether Rho-kinase inhibition (Y-27632) modulated distal lung responsiveness, inflammation, extracellular matrix remodeling and oxidative stress activation in guinea pigs (GPs) with chronic allergic inflammation. GPs were submitted to inhalation of ovalbumin (OVA-2×/week/4 weeks). From the 5th inhalation on, the Rho-kinase inhibitor group animals were submitted to Y-27632 inhalation 10min before each inhalation of OVA. Seventy-two hours after the seventh inhalation, the oscillatory mechanics of the distal lung strips were assessed under the baseline condition and after the ovalbumin challenge. Subsequently, the lung slices were submitted to morphometry. Rho-kinase inhibition in the ovalbumin-exposed animals attenuated distal lung elastance and resistance, eosinophils, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-13, TIMP-1, MMP-9, TGF-β, IFN-γ, NF-κB and iNOS-positive cells and the volume fraction of 8-iso-PGF2α, elastic, collagen and actin in alveolar walls compared with the OVA group (P<0.05). Rho-kinase inhibition contributed to the control of distal lung responsiveness, eosinophilic and Th1/Th2 responses and extracellular matrix remodeling in an animal model of chronic allergic inflammation.
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- Renato Fraga Righetti
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, 01246-903 São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, 01246-903 São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, 01246-903 São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Ilha do Fundão, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-902, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Ilha do Fundão, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-902, Brazil.
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, 01246-903 São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Biological Science, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, 09972-270 Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, 01246-903 São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Ilha do Fundão, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-902, Brazil.
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Antileukotriene reverts the early effects of inflammatory response of distal parenchyma in experimental chronic allergic inflammation. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:523761. [PMID: 24151607 PMCID: PMC3787560 DOI: 10.1155/2013/523761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Revised: 07/23/2013] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Aims. Compare the effects of montelukast or dexamethasone in distal lung parenchyma and airway walls of guinea pigs (GP) with chronic allergic inflammation. Methods. GP have inhaled ovalbumin (OVA group-2x/week/4weeks). After the 4th inhalation, GP were treated with montelukast or dexamethasone. After 72 hours of the 7th inhalation, GP were anesthetised, and lungs were removed and submitted to histopathological evaluation. Results. Montelukast and dexamethasone treatments reduced the number of eosinophils in airway wall and distal lung parenchyma compared to OVA group (P < 0.05). On distal parenchyma, both treatments were effective in reducing RANTES, NF-κB, and fibronectin positive cells compared to OVA group (P < 0.001). Montelukast was more effective in reducing eotaxin positive cells on distal parenchyma compared to dexamethasone treatment (P < 0.001), while there was a more expressive reduction of IGF-I positive cells in OVA-D group (P < 0.001). On airway walls, montelukast and dexamethasone were effective in reducing IGF-I, RANTES, and fibronectin positive cells compared to OVA group (P < 0.05). Dexamethasone was more effective in reducing the number of eotaxin and NF-κB positive cells than Montelukast (P < 0.05). Conclusions. In this animal model, both treatments were effective in modulating allergic inflammation and remodeling distal lung parenchyma and airway wall, contributing to a better control of the inflammatory response.
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Ramos-Ramírez P, Campos MG, Martínez-Cordero E, Bazán-Perkins B, García-Zepeda E. Antigen-induced airway hyperresponsiveness in absence of broncho-obstruction in sensitized guinea pigs. Exp Lung Res 2013; 39:136-45. [PMID: 23527782 DOI: 10.3109/01902148.2013.778921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Airway obstruction after antigen challenge is not always observed in patients with allergic asthma, even if they develop hyperresponsiveness. A similar event is observed in our guinea pig model of allergic asthma. Our aim was to study this phenomenon. METHODS Sensitized guinea pigs were challenged with ovalbumin (OVA) 3 times every 10 days. Animals were divided into 2 groups: (1) Guinea pigs exhibiting airway obstruction after antigen challenge (R = responders), and (2) guinea pigs lacking airway obstruction response (NR = nonresponders). After the third antigen challenge, antigen-induced airway hyperresponsiveness (AI-AHR), serum OVA-specific immunoglobulins, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) inflammatory cells, histamine, cysteinyl leukotrienes and thromboxane A2 (TxA2) BALF levels, and in vitro tracheal contraction induced by contractile mediators and OVA were evaluated. RESULTS R group consistently displayed a transient antigen-induced airway obstruction (AI-AO) as well as AI-AHR, high T×A2, histamine, OVA-IgG1, OVA-IgE and OVA-IgA levels, and intense granulocyte infiltration. NR group displayed no AI-AO and no changes in BALF measurements; nevertheless, AI-AHR and elevated OVA-IgG1 and OVA-IgA levels were observed. In all groups, histamine, TxA2 and leukotriene D4 induced a similar contraction. Tracheal OVA-induced contraction was observed only in R group. AI-AHR magnitude showed a direct association with OVA-IgG1 and OVA-IgA levels. The extent of AI-AO correlated directly with OVA-IgE and inversely with OVA-IgA levels. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that TxA2 and histamine participate in AI-AO likely through an IgE mechanism. AI-AHR might occur independently of AI-AO, contractile mediators release, and airway inflammatory cell infiltration, but IgA and IgG1 seem to be involved.
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- Patricia Ramos-Ramírez
- Departamento de Hiperreactividad Bronquial, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosio Villegas, Calzada de Tlalpan, México DF, México
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Aristoteles LRCRB, Righetti RF, Pinheiro NM, Franco RB, Starling CM, da Silva JCP, Pigati PA, Caperuto LC, Prado CM, Dolhnikoff M, Martins MA, Leick EA, Tibério IFLC. Modulation of the oscillatory mechanics of lung tissue and the oxidative stress response induced by arginase inhibition in a chronic allergic inflammation model. BMC Pulm Med 2013; 13:52. [PMID: 23947680 PMCID: PMC3751598 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-13-52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2012] [Accepted: 08/07/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background The importance of the lung parenchyma in the pathophysiology of asthma has previously been demonstrated. Considering that nitric oxide synthases (NOS) and arginases compete for the same substrate, it is worthwhile to elucidate the effects of complex NOS-arginase dysfunction in the pathophysiology of asthma, particularly, related to distal lung tissue. We evaluated the effects of arginase and iNOS inhibition on distal lung mechanics and oxidative stress pathway activation in a model of chronic pulmonary allergic inflammation in guinea pigs. Methods Guinea pigs were exposed to repeated ovalbumin inhalations (twice a week for 4 weeks). The animals received 1400 W (an iNOS-specific inhibitor) for 4 days beginning at the last inhalation. Afterwards, the animals were anesthetized and exsanguinated; then, a slice of the distal lung was evaluated by oscillatory mechanics, and an arginase inhibitor (nor-NOHA) or vehicle was infused in a Krebs solution bath. Tissue resistance (Rt) and elastance (Et) were assessed before and after ovalbumin challenge (0.1%), and lung strips were submitted to histopathological studies. Results Ovalbumin-exposed animals presented an increase in the maximal Rt and Et responses after antigen challenge (p<0.001), in the number of iNOS positive cells (p<0.001) and in the expression of arginase 2, 8-isoprostane and NF-kB (p<0.001) in distal lung tissue. The 1400 W administration reduced all these responses (p<0.001) in alveolar septa. Ovalbumin-exposed animals that received nor-NOHA had a reduction of Rt, Et after antigen challenge, iNOS positive cells and 8-isoprostane and NF-kB (p<0.001) in lung tissue. The activity of arginase 2 was reduced only in the groups treated with nor-NOHA (p <0.05). There was a reduction of 8-isoprostane expression in OVA-NOR-W compared to OVA-NOR (p<0.001). Conclusions In this experimental model, increased arginase content and iNOS-positive cells were associated with the constriction of distal lung parenchyma. This functional alteration may be due to a high expression of 8-isoprostane, which had a procontractile effect. The mechanism involved in this response is likely related to the modulation of NF-kB expression, which contributed to the activation of the arginase and iNOS pathways. The association of both inhibitors potentiated the reduction of 8-isoprostane expression in this animal model.
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- Luciana R C R B Aristoteles
- Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, 01246-903 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Possa SS, Leick EA, Prado CM, Martins MA, Tibério IFLC. Eosinophilic inflammation in allergic asthma. Front Pharmacol 2013; 4:46. [PMID: 23616768 PMCID: PMC3627984 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2013.00046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2012] [Accepted: 03/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Eosinophils are circulating granulocytes involved in pathogenesis of asthma. A cascade of processes directed by Th2 cytokine producing T-cells influence the recruitment of eosinophils into the lungs. Furthermore, multiple elements including interleukin (IL)-5, IL-13, chemoattractants such as eotaxin, Clara cells, and CC chemokine receptor (CCR)3 are already directly involved in recruiting eosinophils to the lung during allergic inflammation. Once recruited, eosinophils participate in the modulation of immune response, induction of airway hyperresponsiveness and remodeling, characteristic features of asthma. Various types of promising treatments for reducing asthmatic response are related to reduction in eosinophil counts both in human and experimental models of pulmonary allergic inflammation, showing that the recruitment of these cells really plays an important role in the pathophysiology of allergic diseases such asthma.
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- Samantha S Possa
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil
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Vashisht A, Chhabra SK, Banerjee BD, Ravi K. Rapidly adapting receptor activity during oxidative stress induced airway hyperresponsiveness. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2013; 186:273-84. [PMID: 23501538 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2013.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2012] [Revised: 03/10/2013] [Accepted: 03/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The responses of airway rapidly adapting receptors (RARs) to ovalbumin challenge and histamine were investigated in guinea pigs which were sensitized with ovalbumin. Sensitization alone increased the basal RAR activity. Antigen challenge stimulated them. Histamine doses which caused a 50% increase in airway resistance (ED50) were reduced immediately and 24h after antigen challenge indicating respectively early and late onset airway hyperresponsiveness. At these doses, there was a greater stimulation of the RARs compared to controls. An increase in lipid peroxidation and a decrease in glutathione peroxidase were observed also. With oral intake of vitamins C and E, attenuations in the basal RAR activity, the responses of RARs to antigen challenge and the oxidative stress were observed. With an increase in ED50, the RAR response to histamine became similar as in control. It is concluded that by decreasing the RAR responses to allergen and histamine, antioxidants may reduce reflex bronchoconstriction occurring in asthmatics.
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- A Vashisht
- Department of Physiology, V.P. Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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Anacardic acids from cashew nuts ameliorate lung damage induced by exposure to diesel exhaust particles in mice. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2013; 2013:549879. [PMID: 23533495 PMCID: PMC3600199 DOI: 10.1155/2013/549879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2012] [Accepted: 01/21/2013] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Anacardic acids from cashew nut shell liquid, a Brazilian natural substance, have antimicrobial and antioxidant activities and modulate immune responses and angiogenesis. As inflammatory lung diseases have been correlated to environmental pollutants exposure and no reports addressing the effects of dietary supplementation with anacardic acids on lung inflammation in vivo have been evidenced, we investigated the effects of supplementation with anacardic acids in a model of diesel exhaust particle- (DEP-) induced lung inflammation. BALB/c mice received an intranasal instillation of 50 μg of DEP for 20 days. Ten days prior to DEP instillation, animals were pretreated orally with 50, 150, or 250 mg/kg of anacardic acids or vehicle (100 μL of cashew nut oil) for 30 days. The biomarkers of inflammatory and antioxidant responses in the alveolar parenchyma, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), and pulmonary vessels were investigated. All doses of anacardic acids ameliorated antioxidant enzyme activities and decreased vascular adhesion molecule in vessels. Animals that received 50 mg/kg of anacardic acids showed decreased levels of neutrophils and tumor necrosis factor in the lungs and BALF, respectively. In summary, we demonstrated that AAs supplementation has a potential protective role on oxidative and inflammatory mechanisms in the lungs.
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Intrauterine exposure to diesel exhaust diminishes adult ovarian reserve. Fertil Steril 2013; 99:1681-8. [PMID: 23419929 DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.01.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2012] [Revised: 12/20/2012] [Accepted: 01/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze ovarian and uterine morphologic changes resulting from intrauterine and postnatal exposure to diesel exhaust. DESIGN Crossover study. Experimental groups: intrauterine and postnatal clean air exposure; intrauterine exposure to diesel only; postnatal exposure to diesel only; and intrauterine and postnatal exposure to diesel. SETTING Laboratory of Experimental Air Pollution. ANIMAL(S) Swiss mice. INTERVENTION(S) Mice exposed to diesel exhaust with doses that correspond to the daily average PM₂.₅ levels (fine particles in the ambient air 2.5 μm or less in size) reported by the World Health Organization. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Morphometric analyses of the ovaries and uterus were performed to define the relative area occupied by follicles, corpus luteum, and stroma and the proportionate area of glands, epithelial layer, and stroma within the uterine endometrium. RESULT(S) A significant reduction in the proportion of primordial follicles was observed in intrauterine-exposed animals, those exposed during the postnatal period, and in animals exposed during both phases. Primary follicle proportion was reduced in animals exposed during pregnancy. No significant changes were detected in uterine morphology. CONCLUSION(S) Intrauterine exposure to acceptable levels of diesel exhaust compromises the reproductive potential of female mice, diminishing ovarian reserve when sexual maturity is achieved. This effect could increase the risk of premature menopause. The findings raise concern about current environmental guidelines for diesel exposure, warranting more careful examination of this issue in humans by regulatory authorities.
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Reis Gonçalves CT, Reis Gonçalves CG, de Almeida FM, Lopes FDTQDS, dos Santos Durão ACC, dos Santos FA, da Silva LFF, Marcourakis T, Castro-Faria-Neto HC, Vieira RDP, Dolhnikoff M. Protective effects of aerobic exercise on acute lung injury induced by LPS in mice. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2012; 16:R199. [PMID: 23078757 PMCID: PMC3682301 DOI: 10.1186/cc11807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2012] [Accepted: 09/18/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Introduction The regular practice of physical exercise has been associated with beneficial effects on various pulmonary conditions. We investigated the mechanisms involved in the protective effect of exercise in a model of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute lung injury (ALI). Methods Mice were divided into four groups: Control (CTR), Exercise (Exe), LPS, and Exercise + LPS (Exe + LPS). Exercised mice were trained using low intensity daily exercise for five weeks. LPS and Exe + LPS mice received 200 µg of LPS intratracheally 48 hours after the last physical test. We measured exhaled nitric oxide (eNO); respiratory mechanics; neutrophil density in lung tissue; protein leakage; bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) cell counts; cytokine levels in BALF, plasma and lung tissue; antioxidant activity in lung tissue; and tissue expression of glucocorticoid receptors (Gre). Results LPS instillation resulted in increased eNO, neutrophils in BALF and tissue, pulmonary resistance and elastance, protein leakage, TNF-alpha in lung tissue, plasma levels of IL-6 and IL-10, and IL-1beta, IL-6 and KC levels in BALF compared to CTR (P ≤0.02). Aerobic exercise resulted in decreases in eNO levels, neutrophil density and TNF-alpha expression in lung tissue, pulmonary resistance and elastance, and increased the levels of IL-6, IL-10, superoxide dismutase (SOD-2) and Gre in lung tissue and IL-1beta in BALF compared to the LPS group (P ≤0.04). Conclusions Aerobic exercise plays important roles in protecting the lungs from the inflammatory effects of LPS-induced ALI. The effects of exercise are mainly mediated by the expression of anti-inflammatory cytokines and antioxidants, suggesting that exercise can modulate the inflammatory-anti-inflammatory and the oxidative-antioxidative balance in the early phase of ALI.
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Possa SS, Charafeddine HT, Righetti RF, da Silva PA, Almeida-Reis R, Saraiva-Romanholo BM, Perini A, Prado CM, Leick-Maldonado EA, Martins MA, Tibério IDFLC. Rho-kinase inhibition attenuates airway responsiveness, inflammation, matrix remodeling, and oxidative stress activation induced by chronic inflammation. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2012; 303:L939-52. [PMID: 23002076 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00034.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Several studies have demonstrated the importance of Rho-kinase in the modulation of smooth muscle contraction, airway hyperresponsiveness, and inflammation. However, the effects of repeated treatment with a specific inhibitor of this pathway have not been previously investigated. We evaluated the effects of repeated treatment with Y-27632, a highly selective Rho-kinase inhibitor, on airway hyperresponsiveness, oxidative stress activation, extracellular matrix remodeling, eosinophilic inflammation, and cytokine expression in an animal model of chronic airway inflammation. Guinea pigs were subjected to seven ovalbumin or saline exposures. The treatment with Y-27632 (1 mM) started at the fifth inhalation. Seventy-two hours after the seventh inhalation, the animals' pulmonary mechanics were evaluated, and exhaled nitric oxide (E(NO)) was collected. The lungs were removed, and histological analysis was performed using morphometry. Treatment with Y-27632 in sensitized animals reduced E(NO) concentrations, maximal responses of resistance, elastance of the respiratory system, eosinophil counts, collagen and elastic fiber contents, the numbers of cells positive for IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-13, inducible nitric oxide synthase, matrix metalloproteinase-9, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1, transforming growth factor-β, NF-κB, IFN-γ, and 8-iso-prostaglandin F2α contents compared with the untreated group (P < 0.05). We observed positive correlations among the functional responses and inflammation, remodeling, and oxidative stress pathway activation markers evaluated. In conclusion, Rho-kinase pathway activation contributes to the potentiation of the hyperresponsiveness, inflammation, the extracellular matrix remodeling process, and oxidative stress activation. These results suggest that Rho-kinase inhibitors represent potential pharmacological tools for the control of asthma.
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- Samantha Souza Possa
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Souza FCR, Gobbato NB, Maciel RG, Prado CM, Martins MA, Leick EA, Tibério IFLC. Effects of corticosteroid, montelukast and iNOS inhibition on distal lung with chronic inflammation. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2012; 185:435-45. [PMID: 23009745 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2012.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2011] [Revised: 08/17/2012] [Accepted: 08/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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UNLABELLED We evaluated the effects of anti-iNOS (1400W - W) associated with leukotriene antagonist (montelukast - M) or corticosteroid (dexamethasone - D) on distal lung of guinea pigs (GP) with chronic pulmonary inflammation. METHODS GP were inhaled with ovalbumin (OVA-2×/week/4 weeks), treated with M (OVAM), D (OVAD) and/or W (OVAW, OVADW, OVAMW) and distal lungs were evaluated by morphometry. RESULTS Isolated treatments were not sufficient to reduce all parameters. In OVADW, all parameters were reduced with greater reduction in elastic fibers, TIMP-1, IL-4, IL-5, IFN-gamma and PGF2-alpha compared with OVAD (p<0.05). OVAMW potentiated the reduction of actin, elastic fibers, TIMP-1, IL-4, IL-5, TGF-beta, IFN-gamma, iNOS, and PGF2-alpha to a greater extent than OVAM (p<0.05). A reduction of TIMP-1, IL-4, IL-5, TGF-beta, IFN-gamma and iNOS was observed in OVADW compared with OVAMW (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Although anti-iNOS paired with montelukast or dexamethasone yields better results than isolated treatments, the most effective pairing for controlling inflammation, oxidative stress and remodeling in this asthma model was found to be corticosteroids and anti-iNOS.
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Reis FG, Marques RH, Starling CM, Almeida-Reis R, Vieira RP, Cabido CT, Silva LFF, Lanças T, Dolhnikoff M, Martins MA, Leick-Maldonado EA, Prado CM, Tibério IFLC. Stress amplifies lung tissue mechanics, inflammation and oxidative stress induced by chronic inflammation. Exp Lung Res 2012; 38:344-54. [PMID: 22809390 DOI: 10.3109/01902148.2012.704484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Leick EA, Reis FG, Honorio-Neves FA, Almeida-Reis R, Prado CM, Martins MA, Tibério IFLC. Effects of repeated stress on distal airway inflammation, remodeling and mechanics in an animal model of chronic airway inflammation. Neuroimmunomodulation 2012; 19:1-9. [PMID: 22067616 DOI: 10.1159/000324686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2010] [Accepted: 01/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Epidemiological studies suggest that stress has an impact on asthmatic exacerbations. We evaluated if repeated stress, induced by forced swimming, modulates lung mechanics, distal airway inflammation and extracellular matrix remodeling in guinea pigs with chronic allergic inflammation. METHODS Guinea pigs were submitted to 7 ovalbumin or saline aerosols (1-5 mg/ml during 4 weeks; OVA and SAL groups). Twenty-four hours after the 4th inhalation, guinea pigs were submitted to the stress protocol 5 times a week during 2 weeks (SAL-S and OVA-S groups). Seventy-two hours after the 7th inhalation, guinea pigs were anesthetized and mechanically ventilated. Resistance and elastance of the respiratory system were obtained at baseline and after ovalbumin challenge. Lungs were removed, and inflammatory and extracellular matrix remodeling of distal airways was assessed by morphometry. Adrenals were removed and weighed. RESULTS The relative adrenal weight was greater in stressed guinea pigs compared to non-stressed animals (p < 0.001). Repeated stress increased the percent elastance of the respiratory system after antigen challenge and eosinophils and lymphocytes in the OVA-S compared to the OVA group (p < 0.001, p = 0.003 and p < 0.001). Neither collagen nor elastic fiber contents were modified by stress in sensitized animals. CONCLUSIONS In this animal model, repeated stress amplified bronchoconstriction and inflammatory response in distal airways without interfering with extracellular matrix remodeling.
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- Edna A Leick
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Marques RH, Reis FG, Starling CM, Cabido C, de Almeida-Reis R, Dohlnikoff M, Prado CM, Leick EA, Martins MA, Tibério IFLC. Inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibition attenuates physical stress-induced lung hyper-responsiveness and oxidative stress in animals with lung inflammation. Neuroimmunomodulation 2012; 19:158-70. [PMID: 22262048 DOI: 10.1159/000331264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2011] [Accepted: 07/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Mechanisms involved in stress-induced asthmatic alterations have been poorly characterised. We assessed whether inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) inhibition modulates the stress-amplified lung parenchyma responsiveness, oxidative stress and extracellular matrix remodelling that was previously increased by chronic lung inflammation. Guinea pigs were subjected to 7 exposures to ovalbumin (1-5 mg/ml) or saline (OVA and SAL groups) over 4 weeks. To induce behavioural stress, animals were subjected to a forced swimming protocol (5 times/week, over 2 weeks; SAL-Stress and OVA-Stress groups) 24 h after the 4th inhalation. 1400W (iNOS-specific inhibitor) was administered intraperitoneally in the last 4 days of the protocol (SAL-1400W, OVA-1400W, SAL-Stress+1400W and OVA-Stress+1400W groups). Seventy-two hours after the last inhalation, animals were anaesthetised and exsanguinated, and adrenal glands were removed. Lung tissue resistance and elastance were evaluated by oscillatory mechanics and submitted for histopathological evaluation. Stressed animals had higher adrenal weights compared to non-stressed groups, which were reduced by 1400W treatment. Behavioural stress in sensitised animals amplified the resistance and elastance responses after antigen challenge, numbers of eosinophils and iNOS+ cells, actin content and 8-iso-PGF2α density in the distal lung compared to the OVA group. 1400W treatment in ovalbumin-exposed and stressed animals reduced lung mechanics, iNOS+ cell numbers and 8-iso-PGF2α density compared to sensitised and stressed animals that received vehicle treatment. We concluded that stress amplifies the distal lung constriction, eosinophilic inflammation, iNOS expression, actin content and oxidative stress previously induced by chronic lung inflammation. iNOS-derived NO contributes to stress-augmented lung tissue functional alterations in this animal model and is at least partially due to activation of the oxidative stress pathway.
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- Ricardo Henrique Marques
- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
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Kounis NG, Soufras GD, Mazarakis A. The mystery of sudden death in Williams-Beuren syndrome: cardiomyopathy or Kounis syndrome? Int J Cardiol 2011; 156:251-2. [PMID: 22078390 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2011] [Accepted: 10/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Carnieli DS, Yoshioka E, Silva LFF, Lanças T, Arantes FM, Perini A, Martins MA, Saldiva PHN, Dolhnikoff M, Mauad T. Inflammation and remodeling in infantile, juvenile, and adult allergic sensitized mice. Pediatr Pulmonol 2011; 46:650-65. [PMID: 21360835 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2010] [Revised: 12/13/2010] [Accepted: 12/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Airway structural changes occur early in childhood asthma, but it is unknown whether the development of airway alterations in children is similar to that of adults. We compared inflammation and remodeling parameters in allergic sensitized infantile, juvenile, and adult mice. METHODS Infantile mice (18D) were sensitized with three intraperitoneal injections (i.p.) of ovalbumin (OVA) at days 5 and 7 and challenged with OVA at days 14-16. The 18D1 group received an additional challenge at days 9-11. The juvenile mice (40D) received challenges at days 22-24 and 36-38. Adult mice (100D) were sensitized at days 60-62 and received three inhalations at days 77-79 and 96-98. Animals were submitted to whole body plethysmography. Airway eosinophils, CD3+ T-lymphocytes, IL-5+ cells, mucus content, collagen and reticular fibers density, and smooth muscle thickness were quantified. RESULTS All sensitized animals presented with airway hyperresponsiveness, without differences in eosinophil cell density. The density of CD3+ T-cells was higher in the 100D and 18D1 groups than in the 18D and 40D groups. Infantile sensitized groups demonstrated increased interleukin-5 expression in the airways. Infantile mice demonstrated more mucus in the bronchiolar epithelium than the 40D and 100D mice. The 18D animals demonstrated less collagen than the 18D1 group. Juvenile and adult mice had increased airway smooth muscle thickness when compared to age-matched controls, but no differences were observed in the infantile groups. CONCLUSION We have shown that infantile mice develop inflammatory and structural alterations in the airways that are partially different from those developed in older animals.
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- Denise S Carnieli
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil
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Prado CM, Martins MA, Tibério IFLC. Nitric oxide in asthma physiopathology. ISRN ALLERGY 2011; 2011:832560. [PMID: 23724233 PMCID: PMC3658695 DOI: 10.5402/2011/832560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2011] [Accepted: 03/10/2011] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease characterized by allergen-induced airway hyperresponsiveness, airway inflammation, and remodeling. Nitric oxide (NO) derived from constitutive and inducible enzymes affects many aspects of asthma physiopathology. Animal in vivo studies have indicated that inhibition of iNOS may play a central role in the modulation of these features, particularly extracellular matrix remodeling. Additionally, increases in iNOS-derived NO, observed in asthmatic patients, may lead to an increase in peroxynitrite and an imbalance of oxidant and antioxidant pathways. In addition, endogenous nitric oxide produced by constitutive enzymes may protect against the remodeling of the lung. Therefore, nitric oxide donors and/or iNOS inhibitors may have therapeutic potential in asthma treatment and can also be used with corticosteroids to counteract airway remodeling. This paper focuses on the pathophysiological role of nitric oxide, mainly derived from inducible isoforms, in the various pathologic mechanisms of allergic asthma and the importance of nitric oxide and/or arginase inhibitors in asthma treatment.
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- Carla M Prado
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, 04023-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil ; Departmento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, 04301-012, Diadema, SP, Brazil
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Prado CM, Yano L, Rocha G, Starling CM, Capelozzi VL, Leick-Maldonado EA, Martins MDA, Tibério IFLC. Effects of inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibition in bronchial vascular remodeling-induced by chronic allergic pulmonary inflammation. Exp Lung Res 2011; 37:259-68. [PMID: 21585312 DOI: 10.3109/01902148.2010.538289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Vascular remodeling is an important feature in asthma pathophysiology. Although investigations suggested that nitric oxide (NO) is involved in lung remodeling, little evidence established the role of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) isoform in bronchial vascular remodeling. The authors investigated if iNOS contribute to bronchial vascular remodeling induced by chronic allergic pulmonary inflammation. Guinea pigs were submitted to ovalbumin exposures with increasing doses (1∼5 mg/mL) for 4 weeks. Animals received 1400W (iNOS-specific inhibitor) treatment for 4 days beginning at 7th inhalation. Seventy-two hours after the 7th inhalation, animals were anesthetized, mechanical ventilated, exhaled NO was collected, and lungs were removed and submitted to picrosirius and resorcin-fuchsin stains and to immunohistochemistry for matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1), and transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β). Collagen and elastic fiber deposition as well as MMP-9, TIMP-1, and TGF-β expression were increase in bronchial vascular wall in ovalbumin-exposed animals. The iNOS inhibition reduced all parameters studied. In this model, iNOS inhibition reduced the bronchial vascular extracellular remodeling, particularly controlling the collagen and elastic fibers deposition in pulmonary vessels. This effect can be associated to a reduction on TGF-β and on metalloproteinase-9/TIMP-1 vascular expression. It reveals new therapeutic strategies and some possible mechanism related to specific iNOS inhibition to control vascular remodeling.
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- Carla Máximo Prado
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Lanças T, Kasahara DI, Gross JL, Pires-Neto RC, Deheinzelin D, Mauad T, Negri EM, Dolhnikoff M. Cholinergic Hyperresponsiveness of Peripheral Lung Parenchyma in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Respiration 2011; 82:177-84. [DOI: 10.1159/000326897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2010] [Accepted: 02/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Dematte MF, Gemperli R, Salles AG, Dolhnikoff M, Lanças T, Saldiva PHN, Ferreira MC. Mechanical evaluation of the resistance and elastance of post-burn scars after topical treatment with tretinoin. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2011; 66:1949-54. [PMID: 22086527 PMCID: PMC3203969 DOI: 10.1590/s1807-59322011001100016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2011] [Accepted: 08/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE After burn injuries, scarred skin lacks elasticity, especially in hypertrophic scars. Topical treatment with tretinoin can improve the appearance and quality of the skin (i.e., texture, distensibility, color, and hydration). The objective of this prospective study was to examine the effects of treatment with 0.05% tretinoin for one year on the biomechanical behavior and histological changes undergone by facial skin with post-burn scarring. SETTING Tertiary, Institutional. METHOD Fifteen female patients who had suffered partial thickness burns with more than two years of evolution were selected. Skin biopsies were obtained initially and after one year of treatment. The resistance and elastance of these skin biopsies were measured using a mechanical oscillation analysis system. The density of collagen fibers, elastic fibers, and versican were determined using immunohistochemical analysis. RESULTS Tretinoin treatment significantly lowered skin resistance and elastance, which is a result that indicates higher distensibility of the skin. However, tretinoin treatment did not significantly affect the density of collagen fibers, elastic fibers, or versican. CONCLUSION Topical tretinoin treatment alters the mechanical behavior of post-burn scarred skin by improving its distensibility and thus leads to improved quality of life for patients.
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Anciães AM, Olivo CR, Prado CM, Kagohara KH, Pinto TDS, Moriya HT, Mauad T, Martins MDA, Lopes FDTQDS. Respiratory mechanics do not always mirror pulmonary histological changes in emphysema. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2011; 66:1797-803. [PMID: 22012054 PMCID: PMC3180141 DOI: 10.1590/s1807-59322011001000020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2011] [Revised: 06/07/2011] [Accepted: 06/14/2011] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To verify the accordance of functional and morphometric parameters during the development of emphysema. METHODS BALB/c mice received a nasal drop of either papain or saline solution and were studied after 1, 3, 15, 28, and 40 days. Functional parameters, such as airway resistance, tissue damping, and tissue elastance, were analyzed. To evaluate the structural changes and possible mechanisms involved in this disease, we measured the mean linear intercept, the volume proportions of elastic and collagen fibers, the number of macrophages, the numbers of cells expressing metalloprotease 12 and 8-isoprostane in lung parenchyma. RESULTS We only observed decreases in tissue elastance and tissue damping on the 28th day, with a concomitant increase in the mean linear intercept, indicating the presence of emphysema. However, only the mean linear intercept values remained increased until the 40th day. The volume proportion of collagen fibers was increased from the 15th day to the 40th day, whereas the volume proportion of elastic fibers was only increased on the 40th day. The number of macrophages increased beginning on the 1st day. The expression of metalloproteinase 12 was increased from the 3rd day until the 40th day. However, 8-isoprostane expression was only increased on the 1st and 3rd days. CONCLUSIONS In this study, morphometric parameters were found to be more reliable for detecting the presence of emphysema than the functional parameters measured by respiratory mechanics. Further investigations are necessary to understand how the extracellular matrix remodeling observed in the lung parenchyma could be involved in this process.
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- Adriana Martins Anciães
- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Prado CM, da Rocha GZ, Leick-Maldonado EA, Starling CM, Capelozzi VL, Martins MA, Tibério IFLC. Inactivation of capsaicin-sensitive nerves reduces pulmonary remodeling in guinea pigs with chronic allergic pulmonary inflammation. Braz J Med Biol Res 2010; 44:130-9. [PMID: 21180881 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2010007500151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2010] [Accepted: 12/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Pulmonary remodeling is an important feature of asthma physiopathology that can contribute to irreversible changes in lung function. Although neurokinins influence lung inflammation, their exact role in the extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling remains to be determined. Our objective was to investigate whether inactivation of capsaicin-sensitive nerves modulates pulmonary ECM remodeling in animals with chronic lung inflammation. After 14 days of capsaicin (50 mg/kg, sc) or vehicle administration, male Hartley guinea pigs weighing 250-300 g were submitted to seven inhalations of increasing doses of ovalbumin (1, 2.5, and 5 mg/mL) or saline for 4 weeks. Seventy-two hours after the seventh inhalation, animals were anesthetized and mechanically ventilated and the lung mechanics and collagen and elastic fiber content in the airways, vessels and lung parenchyma were evaluated. Ovalbumin-exposed animals presented increasing collagen and elastic fiber content, respectively, in the airways (9.2 ± 0.9; 13.8 ± 1.2), vessels (19.8 ± 0.8; 13.4 ± 0.5) and lung parenchyma (9.2 ± 0.9; 13.8 ± 1.2) compared to control (P < 0.05). Capsaicin treatment reduced collagen and elastic fibers, respectively, in airways (1.7 ± 1.1; 7.9 ± 1.5), vessels (2.8 ± 1.1; 4.4 ± 1.1) and lung tissue (2.8 ± 1.1; 4.4 ± 1.1) of ovalbumin-exposed animals (P < 0.05). These findings were positively correlated with lung mechanical responses to antigenic challenge (P < 0.05). In conclusion, inactivation of capsaicin-sensitive nerve fibers reduces pulmonary remodeling, particularly collagen and elastic fibers, which contributes to the attenuation of pulmonary functional parameters.
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- C M Prado
- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Diadema, SP, Brazil.
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Kounis NG, Giannopoulos S, Goudevenos JA. The mystery of Williams-Beuren syndrome associated with pulmonary dysfunction, sudden death, and Kounis syndrome. Am J Med Genet A 2010; 152A:2417-8. [DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Lopes FDTQS, Pinto TS, Arantes-Costa FM, Moriya HT, Biselli PJC, Ferraz LFS, Lichtenfels AJ, Saldiva PH, Mauad T, Martins MA. Exposure to ambient levels of particles emitted by traffic worsens emphysema in mice. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2009; 109:544-551. [PMID: 19362299 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2009.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2008] [Revised: 02/26/2009] [Accepted: 03/03/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVES We investigated effects of chronic exposure (2 months) to ambient levels of particulate matter (PM) on development of protease-induced emphysema and pulmonary remodeling in mice. METHODS Balb/c mice received nasal drop of either papain or normal saline and were kept in two exposure chambers situated in an area with high traffic density. One of them received ambient air and the other had filters for PM. RESULTS mean concentration of PM10 was 2.68 +/- 0.38 and 33.86 +/- 2.09 microg/m3, respectively, in the filtered and ambient air chambers (p < 0.001). After 2 months of exposure, lungs from papain-treated mice kept in the chamber with ambient air presented greater values of mean linear intercept, an increase in density of collagen fibers in alveolar septa and in expression of 8-isoprostane (p = 0.002, p < 0.05 and p = 0.002, respectively, compared to papain-treated mice kept in the chamber with filtered air). We did not observe significant differences between these two groups in density of macrophages and in amount of cells expressing matrix metalloproteinase-12. There were no significant differences in saline-treated mice kept in the two chambers. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that exposure to urban levels of PM worsens protease-induced emphysema and increases pulmonary remodeling. We suggest that an increase in oxidative stress induced by PM exposure influences this response. These pulmonary effects of PM were observed only in mice with emphysema.
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Starling CM, Prado CM, Leick-Maldonado EA, Lanças T, Reis FG, Aristóteles LRCBR, Dolhnikoff M, Martins MA, Tibério IFLC. Inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibition attenuates lung tissue responsiveness and remodeling in a model of chronic pulmonary inflammation in guinea pigs. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2008; 165:185-94. [PMID: 19118648 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2008.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2008] [Revised: 11/24/2008] [Accepted: 11/25/2008] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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We evaluated the influence of iNOS-derived NO on the mechanics, inflammatory, and remodeling process in peripheral lung parenchyma of guinea pigs with chronic pulmonary allergic inflammation. Animals treated or not with 1400 W were submitted to seven exposures of ovalbumin in increasing doses. Seventy-two hours after the 7th inhalation, lung strips were suspended in a Krebs organ bath, and tissue resistance and elastance measured at baseline and after ovalbumin challenge. The strips were submitted to histopathological measurements. The ovalbumin-exposed animals showed increased maximal responses of resistance and elastance (p<0.05), eosinophils counting (p<0.001), iNOS-positive cells (p<0.001), collagen and elastic fiber deposition (p<0.05), actin density (p<0.05) and 8-iso-PGF2alpha expression (p<0.001) in alveolar septa compared to saline-exposed ones. Ovalbumin-exposed animals treated with 1400 W had a significant reduction in lung functional and histopathological findings (p<0.05). We showed that iNOS-specific inhibition attenuates lung parenchyma constriction, inflammation, and remodeling, suggesting NO-participation in the modulation of the oxidative stress pathway.
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- Claudia M Starling
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 455, Sala 1216, 01246-903 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Ruiz Schütz VC, Drewiacki T, Nakashima AS, Arantes-Costa FM, Prado CM, Kasahara DI, Leick-Maldonado EA, Martins MA, Tibério IFLC. Oral tolerance attenuates airway inflammation and remodeling in a model of chronic pulmonary allergic inflammation. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2008; 165:13-21. [PMID: 18930843 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2008.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2008] [Revised: 08/09/2008] [Accepted: 09/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We investigated the effects of oral tolerance (OT) in controlling inflammatory response, hyperresponsiveness and airway remodeling in guinea pigs (GP) with chronic allergic inflammation. Animals received seven inhalations of ovalbumin (1-5mg/mL-OVA group) or normal saline (NS group). OT was induced by offering ad libitum ovalbumin 2% in sterile drinking water starting with the 1st ovalbumin inhalation (OT1 group) or after the 4th (OT2 group). The induction of OT in sensitized animals decreased the elastance of respiratory system (Ers) response after both antigen and methacholine challenges, peribronchial edema formation, eosinophilic airway infiltration, eosinophilopoiesis, and airways collagen and elastic fiber content compared to OVA group (P<0.05). The number of mononuclear cells and resistance of respiratory system (Rrs) responses after antigen and methacholine challenges were decreased only in OT2 group compared to OVA group (P<0.05). Concluding, our results show that inducing OT attenuates airway remodeling as well as eosinophilic inflammation and respiratory system mechanics.
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- Viviane C Ruiz Schütz
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Vieira RP, de Andrade VF, Duarte ACS, Dos Santos ABG, Mauad T, Martins MA, Dolhnikoff M, Carvalho CRF. Aerobic conditioning and allergic pulmonary inflammation in mice. II. Effects on lung vascular and parenchymal inflammation and remodeling. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2008; 295:L670-9. [PMID: 18757522 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00465.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Recent evidence suggests that asthma leads to inflammation and remodeling not only in the airways but also in pulmonary vessels and parenchyma. In addition, some studies demonstrated that aerobic training decreases chronic allergic inflammation in the airways; however, its effects on the pulmonary vessels and parenchyma have not been previously evaluated. Our objective was to test the hypothesis that aerobic conditioning reduces inflammation and remodeling in pulmonary vessels and parenchyma in a model of chronic allergic lung inflammation. Balb/c mice were sensitized at days 0, 14, 28, and 42 and challenged with ovalbumin (OVA) from day 21 to day 50. Aerobic training started on day 21 and continued until day 50. Pulmonary vessel and parenchyma inflammation and remodeling were evaluated by quantitative analysis of eosinophils and mononuclear cells and by collagen and elastin contents and smooth muscle thickness. Immunohistochemistry was performed to quantify the density of positive cells to interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, IL-5, interferon-gamma, IL-10, monocyte chemotatic protein (MCP)-1, nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB p65, and insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I. OVA exposure induced pulmonary blood vessels and parenchyma inflammation as well as increased expression of IL-4, IL-5, MCP-1, NF-kappaB p65, and IGF-I by inflammatory cells were reduced by aerobic conditioning. OVA exposure also induced an increase in smooth muscle thickness and elastic and collagen contents in pulmonary vessels, which were reduced by aerobic conditioning. Aerobic conditioning increased the expression of IL-10 in sensitized mice. We conclude that aerobic conditioning decreases pulmonary vascular and parenchymal inflammation and remodeling in this experimental model of chronic allergic lung inflammation in mice.
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- Rodolfo P Vieira
- School of Medicine, Univesity of São Paulo, 01246-903, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Nakashima AS, Prado CM, Lanças T, Ruiz VC, Kasahara DI, Leick-Maldonado EA, Dolhnikoff M, Martins MA, Tibério IFLC. Oral tolerance attenuates changes in in vitro lung tissue mechanics and extracellular matrix remodeling induced by chronic allergic inflammation in guinea pigs. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2008; 104:1778-85. [PMID: 18388250 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00830.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Recent studies emphasize the presence of alveolar tissue inflammation in asthma. Immunotherapy has been considered a possible therapeutic strategy for asthma, and its effect on lung tissue had not been previously investigated. Measurements of lung tissue resistance and elastance were obtained before and after both ovalbumin and acetylcholine challenges. Using morphometry, we assessed eosinophil and smooth muscle cell density, as well as collagen and elastic fiber content, in lung tissue from guinea pigs with chronic pulmonary allergic inflammation. Animals received seven inhalations of ovalbumin (1-5 mg/ml; OVA group) or saline (SAL group) during 4 wk. Oral tolerance (OT) was induced by offering ad libitum ovalbumin 2% in sterile drinking water starting with the 1st inhalation (OT1 group) or after the 4th (OT2 group). The ovalbumin-exposed animals presented an increase in baseline and in postchallenge resistance and elastance related to baseline, eosinophil density, and collagen and elastic fiber content in lung tissue compared with controls. Baseline and post-ovalbumin and acetylcholine elastance and resistance, eosinophil density, and collagen and elastic fiber content were attenuated in OT1 and OT2 groups compared with the OVA group. Our results show that inducing oral tolerance attenuates lung tissue mechanics, as well as eosinophilic inflammation and extracellular matrix remodeling induced by chronic inflammation.
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- Adriane S Nakashima
- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo, São Paulo SP, Brazil
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Angeli P, Prado CM, Xisto DG, Silva PL, Pássaro CP, Nakazato HD, Leick-Maldonado EA, Martins MA, Rocco PRM, Tibério IFLC. Effects of chronic L-NAME treatment lung tissue mechanics, eosinophilic and extracellular matrix responses induced by chronic pulmonary inflammation. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2008; 294:L1197-205. [PMID: 18359886 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00199.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The importance of lung tissue in asthma pathophysiology has been recently recognized. Although nitric oxide mediates smooth muscle tonus control in airways, its effects on lung tissue responsiveness have not been investigated previously. We hypothesized that chronic nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibition by N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) may modulate lung tissue mechanics and eosinophil and extracellular matrix remodeling in guinea pigs with chronic pulmonary inflammation. Animals were submitted to seven saline or ovalbumin exposures with increasing doses (1 approximately 5 mg/ml for 4 wk) and treated or not with L-NAME in drinking water. After the seventh inhalation (72 h), animals were anesthetized and exsanguinated, and oscillatory mechanics of lung tissue strips were performed in baseline condition and after ovalbumin challenge (0.1%). Using morphometry, we assessed the density of eosinophils, neuronal NOS (nNOS)- and inducible NOS (iNOS)-positive distal lung cells, smooth muscle cells, as well as collagen and elastic fibers in lung tissue. Ovalbumin-exposed animals had an increase in baseline and maximal tissue resistance and elastance, eosinophil density, nNOS- and iNOS-positive cells, the amount of collagen and elastic fibers, and isoprostane-8-PGF(2alpha) expression in the alveolar septa compared with controls (P<0.05). L-NAME treatment in ovalbumin-exposed animals attenuated lung tissue mechanical responses (P<0.01), nNOS- and iNOS-positive cells, elastic fiber content (P<0.001), and isoprostane-8-PGF(2alpha) in the alveolar septa (P<0.001). However, this treatment did not affect the total number of eosinophils and collagen deposition. These data suggest that NO contributes to distal lung parenchyma constriction and to elastic fiber deposition in this model. One possibility may be related to the effects of NO activating the oxidative stress pathway.
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- Patrícia Angeli
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Nonaka PN, Amorim CF, Paneque Peres AC, E Silva CAM, Zamuner SR, Ribeiro W, Cogo JC, Vieira RP, Dolhnikoff M, de Oliveira LVF. Pulmonary mechanic and lung histology injury induced by Crotalus durissus terrificus snake venom. Toxicon 2008; 51:1158-66. [PMID: 18457854 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2007] [Revised: 12/24/2007] [Accepted: 02/01/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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In the present work we investigated the effects of Crotalus durissus terrificus venom (CdtV) on the pulmonary mechanic events [static and dynamic elastance, resistive (DeltaP1) and viscoelastic pressures (DeltaP2)] and histology after intramuscular injection of saline solution (control) or venom (0.6 microg/g). The static and dynamic elastance values were increased significantly after 3 h of venom inoculation, but were reduced at control values in the other periods studied. The DeltaP1 values that correspond to the resistive properties of lung tissue presented a significant increase after 6h of CdtV injection, reducing to basal levels 12h after the venom injection. In DeltaP2 analysis, correspondent to viscoelastic components, an increase occurred 12 h after the venom injection, returning to control values at 24 h. CdtV also caused an increase of leukocytes recruitment (3-24 h) to the airways wall as well as to the lung parenchyma. In conclusion, C. durissus terrificus rattlesnake venom leads to lung injury which is reverted, after 24 h of inoculation.
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- Paula Naomi Nonaka
- Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacodynamics, Institute of Research and Development-IP&D, University of Vale do Paraiba-UNIVAP, Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil
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Vieira RP, Claudino RC, Duarte ACS, Santos ABG, Perini A, Faria Neto HCC, Mauad T, Martins MA, Dolhnikoff M, Carvalho CRF. Aerobic Exercise Decreases Chronic Allergic Lung Inflammation and Airway Remodeling in Mice. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2007; 176:871-7. [PMID: 17690332 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200610-1567oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Aerobic conditioning improves exercise capacity and decreases symptoms in patients with asthma. However, its benefits in the context of allergic airway inflammation are poorly understood. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects of two intensities of aerobic exercise on airway inflammation and remodeling in a model of chronic allergic lung inflammation. METHODS Mice were subjected to chronic ovalbumin (OVA) sensitization and to 4 weeks of low (OVA+Low) or moderate (OVA+Mod) exercise training in a treadmill. Airway inflammation and remodeling and expression of helper T-cell type 1 and 2 cytokines were evaluated. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS OVA-induced allergic airway inflammation and remodeling were characterized by an increase in collagen (288%), elastic fiber (56%), smooth muscle (380%), and epithelial (402%) contents (P < 0.001) when compared with the control group. OVA+Low and OVA+Mod groups presented a decrease in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid eosinophils (respectively, 84 and 75%; P < 0.01) and airway walls (respectively, 94 and 58%; P < 0.001) when compared with the OVA group. OVA+Low and OVA+Mod groups also presented a reduction in the number of peribronchial inflammatory cells expressing IL-4 (respectively, 85 and 75%; P < 0.01) and IL-5 (respectively, 88 and 89%; P < 0.01) when compared with the OVA group. Aerobic conditioning did not change the expression of either IFN-gamma or IL-2 by inflammatory cells or plasma levels of IgE or IgG1. OVA+Low and OVA+Mod groups presented an increase in the expression of IL-10 (P < 0.001). Low and moderate aerobic conditioning also reduced airway remodeling in OVA-sensitized mice when compared with the OVA group. CONCLUSIONS We concluded that low and moderate aerobic exercise decreases airway inflammation and remodeling in a murine model of asthma.
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- Rodolfo P Vieira
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Harrison S, Gatti R, Baraldo S, Oliani KL, Andre E, Trevisani M, Gazzieri D, Saetta M, Geppetti P. Montelukast inhibits inflammatory responses in small airways of the Guinea-pig. Pulm Pharmacol Ther 2007; 21:317-23. [PMID: 17905619 DOI: 10.1016/j.pupt.2007.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2007] [Revised: 06/17/2007] [Accepted: 07/16/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Increased resistance in the small airways is a major contributor of airway obstruction in asthma. The role of leukotrienes (LT) in determining inflammation and obstruction of small size bronchi is not completely understood. Here, we have examined the effect of the cysteinyl-leukotriene (CysLT 1) receptor antagonist, montelukast, against the bronchoconstriction and inflammatory responses induced by exogenous leukotriene and by allergen challenge in small size (<or=1mm) Guinea-pig bronchi. Montelukast potently (pA(2) 8.3) inhibited the contraction induced by LTD4 in small bronchi taken from naïve Guinea-pigs. Furthermore, montelukast reduced the contraction produced by in vitro ovalbumin (OVA) challenge in small size bronchi from sensitized Guinea-pigs. Montelukast (10 microg kg(-1)) also blocked plasma protein extravasation and accumulation of inflammatory cells (eosinophils) induced by OVA challenge in small intra-parenchymal bronchi of OVA sensitized animals. These findings provide additional evidence that CysLT 1 receptor antagonism reduces allergic reactions that cause contractile and inflammatory responses in Guinea-pig small airways during OVA challenge. If the anti-bronchospastic and anti-inflammatory actions of the CysLT 1 receptor antagonists observed in the small airways of Guinea-pigs occur also in man these effects may contribute to the beneficial effects of montelukast in asthmatic patients.
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- Selena Harrison
- Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Geriatric Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139 Florence, Italy
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Vieira RP, Duarte ACS, Claudino RC, Perini A, Santos ABG, Moriya HT, Arantes-Costa FM, Martins MA, Carvalho CRF, Dolhnikoff M. Creatine supplementation exacerbates allergic lung inflammation and airway remodeling in mice. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2007; 37:660-7. [PMID: 17641295 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2007-0108oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Creatine supplement is the most popular nutritional supplement, and has various metabolic functions and sports medicine applications. Creatine supplementation increases muscle mass and can decrease muscular inflammation. Some studies have also suggested a beneficial role of creatine supplementation on chronic pulmonary diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cystic fibrosis. Among athletes, the prevalence of asthma is high, and many of these individuals may be taking creatine. However, the effects of creatine supplementation on chronic pulmonary diseases of allergic origin have not been investigated. In the present study, we analyzed the effects of creatine supplementation on a model of chronic allergic lung inflammation. Thirty-one Balb/c mice were divided into four groups: control, creatine (Cr), ovalbumin (OVA), and OVA+Cr. OVA and OVA+Cr groups were sensitized with intraperitoneal injections of OVA on Days 0, 14, 28, and 42. OVA challenge (OVA 1%) and Cr treatment (0.5 g/kg/d) were initiated on Day 21 and lasted until Day 53. We determined the index of hyperresponsiveness, the serum levels of OVA-specific immunoglobulin (Ig)E and IgG(1), and the total and differential cell counts in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. We also quantified airway inflammation, and the airway density of IL-4+, IL-5+, IL-2+, IFN-gamma+, and insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1+ cells, collagen and elastic fibers, and airway smooth muscle thickness. Our results showed that creatine in OVA-sensitized mice increased hyperresponsiveness; eosinophilic inflammation; airway density of IL-4+, IL-5+, and IGF-1 inflammatory cells; airway collagen and elastin content; and smooth muscle thickness. The results show that creatine supplementation exacerbates the lung allergic response to OVA through a T helper cell type 2 pathway and increased IGF-1 expression.
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- Rodolfo P Vieira
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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