Authors: Eftekhari, Parivash
Foster, Paul S.
Hajizadeh, Sohrab
Hansbro, Nicole
Li, Jing Jing
Masjedi, Mohammad Reza
Raoufy, Mohammad Reza
Yang, Ming
Title: Preventive effect of N-acetylcysteine in a mouse model of steroid resistant acute exacerbation of asthma
Language (ISO): en
Abstract: Oxidative stress appears to have an important role in glucocorticoid insensitivity, as a crucial problem in asthma therapy. We studied the preventive effect of antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on the airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR) and the accumulation of inflammatory cells in the airways in an animal model of steroid resistant acute exacerbation of asthma. Systemically sensitized Balb/C mice were exposed to Ovalbumin aerosol on days 13, 14, 15 and 16, followed by intratracheal lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to induce acute exacerbation. NAC (intraperitoneal, 320 mg/kg 30 min before and 12 hours after each challenge) reduced hyperresponsiveness with/out dexamethasone. LPS application caused neutrophilia in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and eosinophil count was higher than respective control in BALF as well as neutrophils after dexamethasone treatment. NAC significantly decreased neutrophil and eosinophil count in BALF as well as inflammatory cytokines (IL-13 and IL-5).We concluded that addition of NAC to asthma therapy has beneficial preventive effects in an animal model of steroid resistant acute exacerbation of asthma.
Subject Headings: acute exacerbation
eosinophil
N-acetylcysteine
neutrophil
steroid resistant asthma
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2003/30348
http://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-10662
Issue Date: 2013-05-23
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