Anti-asthma potential of crocin and its effect on MAPK signaling pathway in a murine model of allergic airway disease

Autor:	Cheng-gui Miao, Jun-Song Wang, Hao Yu, You-yi Xiong, Xiaolin Zhang
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	MAP Kinase Signaling System Immunology Toxicology Crocin Mice chemistry.chemical_compound Western blot Hemocytometer medicine Animals Immunology and Allergy Anti-Asthmatic Agents Asthma Pharmacology Mice Inbred BALB C Lung medicine.diagnostic_test biology business.industry General Medicine respiratory system medicine.disease Carotenoids respiratory tract diseases Disease Models Animal Ovalbumin medicine.anatomical_structure Bronchoalveolar lavage chemistry biology.protein Cytokines business Airway Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
Zdroj:	Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology. 37:236-243
ISSN:	1532-2513 0892-3973
DOI:	10.3109/08923973.2015.1021356
Popis:	Crocin, a diterpenoid glucoside, has multitudinous activities such as anti-inflammation, anti-allergy, anti-oxidation and relaxing smooth muscles.In this study, the potential of crocin as an anti-asthma agent was investigated in a murine model.BALB/c mice were sensitized and challenged by ovalbumin (OVA) to induce allergic airway inflammation, with crocin administered one hour before every OVA challenge. Airway hyper-reactivity was evaluated by lung function analysis systems. Leukocyte counts in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were measured by a hemocytometer and Diff-Quick-stained smears. Lung tissues were stained with hematoxylin-eosin, Congo red and methylene blue for histopathological inspection. Inflammatory mediators in serum, BALF and lung were measured by ELISA or RT-PCR. Effects of crocin on MAPK signaling pathways were investigated by western blot analysis.Crocin significantly suppressed airway inflammation and hyper-reactivity, reduced levels of BALF interleukin (IL-4), IL-5, IL-13 and tryptase, lung eosinophil peroxidase and serum OVA-specific IgE, and inhibited the expression of lung eotaxin, p-ERK, p-JNK and p-p38 in the OVA-challenged mice.These results demonstrated that the suppression of crocin on airway inflammation and hyper-reactivity in a murine model, thus crocin might have a great potential to be a candidate for the treatment of asthma.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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