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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY
卷 281, 期 1, 页码 L209-L216出版社
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.2001.281.1.L209
关键词
heme oxygenase; asthma; eosinophils; ovalbumin; cytokines
资金
- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL-60234, HL-55330] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAID NIH HHS [AI-42365] Funding Source: Medline
Carbon monoxide (CO) generated by catalysis of heme by heme oxygenase is increased in the exhaled air of asthmatic patients. Based on recent studies demonstrating that asthma is an inflammatory disease associated with increased oxidants and that CO confers cytoprotection in oxidant-induced lung injury and inflammation, we sought to better understand the functional role of CO in asthma by using an aeroallergen model. Mice were sensitized to ovalbumin, challenged with aerosolized ovalbumin, and maintained in either CO (250 parts/million) or room air for 48 h. The differential effects of CO on bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid cell types were observed, with a marked attenuation of BAL fluid eosinophils in the CO-treated animals at 24 and 48 h. A marked reduction of the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-5 was observed in the CO-treated mice, with no significant changes for other proinflammatory cytokines. These differential Effects of CO were also observed with leukotrienes (LTs) and prostaglandins in that CO significantly decreased BAL fluid PGE(2), and LTB4 but exerted negligible effect on thromboxane B-2 or LTC4/D-4/E-4. Our data suggest a putative immunoregulatory role for CO in aeroallergen-induced inflammation in mice.
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