Objective To evaluate the effect of diisononyl phthalate（DINP） exposure during gestation and lactation on allergic response in pups and to explore the role of phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt pathway on it. Methods Fem...Objective To evaluate the effect of diisononyl phthalate（DINP） exposure during gestation and lactation on allergic response in pups and to explore the role of phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt pathway on it. Methods Female Wistar rats were treated with DINP at different dosages（0, 5, 50, and 500 mg/kg of body weight per day）. The pups were sensitized and challenged by ovalbumin（OVA）. The airway response was assessed; the airway histological studies were performed by hematoxylin and eosin（HE） staining; and the relative cytokines in phosphoinositide 3-kinase（PI3K）/Akt pathway were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay（ELISA） and western blot analysis. Results There was no significant difference in DINP＇s effect on airway hyperresponsiveness（AHR） between male pups and female pups. In the 50 mg/（kg·d） DINP-treated group, airway response to OVA significantly increased and pups showed dramatically enhanced pulmonary resistance（RI） compared with those from controls（P〈0.05）. Enhanced Akt phosphorylation and NF-κB translocation, and Th2 cytokines expression were observed in pups of 50 mg/（kg·d） DINP-treated group. However, in the 5 and 500 mg/（kg·d） DINP-treated pups, no significant effects were observed. Conclusion There was an adjuvant effect of DINP on allergic airway inflammation in pups. Maternal DINP exposure could promote OVA-induced allergic airway response in pups in part by upregulation of PI3K/Akt pathway.展开更多
Airway inflammation involving activated eosinophils, mast cells and T lymphocytes is an established feature of asthma and has been the key target to treatment. Airway structural changes that occur in patients with ast...Airway inflammation involving activated eosinophils, mast cells and T lymphocytes is an established feature of asthma and has been the key target to treatment. Airway structural changes that occur in patients with asthma in response to persistent inflammation are termed airway remodeling. These findings are documented in studies reaching back more than 20 years. However, among investigators concerning on asthma, airway inflammation and subsequent remodeling as a target of investigation was hardly a blip on the radar screen until a few years ago. Now the subject is of expanding concern to respiratory researchers of many stripes and persuasions, as judged by the rapid rise in the number of publications. Symposia, workshops, lectures, reviews, and grant proposal on this subject also are surging.This review will not attempt to provide a comprehensive description of all aspects of airway inflammation. Rather, it will focus on current data studied by Chinese researchers in the last few years, in which the depth and scope of the discussions were much more profound than before.展开更多
基金financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Number:81072263)Shanghai Natural Science Foundation(Grant Number:10ZR1402000)
文摘Objective To evaluate the effect of diisononyl phthalate（DINP） exposure during gestation and lactation on allergic response in pups and to explore the role of phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt pathway on it. Methods Female Wistar rats were treated with DINP at different dosages（0, 5, 50, and 500 mg/kg of body weight per day）. The pups were sensitized and challenged by ovalbumin（OVA）. The airway response was assessed; the airway histological studies were performed by hematoxylin and eosin（HE） staining; and the relative cytokines in phosphoinositide 3-kinase（PI3K）/Akt pathway were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay（ELISA） and western blot analysis. Results There was no significant difference in DINP＇s effect on airway hyperresponsiveness（AHR） between male pups and female pups. In the 50 mg/（kg·d） DINP-treated group, airway response to OVA significantly increased and pups showed dramatically enhanced pulmonary resistance（RI） compared with those from controls（P〈0.05）. Enhanced Akt phosphorylation and NF-κB translocation, and Th2 cytokines expression were observed in pups of 50 mg/（kg·d） DINP-treated group. However, in the 5 and 500 mg/（kg·d） DINP-treated pups, no significant effects were observed. Conclusion There was an adjuvant effect of DINP on allergic airway inflammation in pups. Maternal DINP exposure could promote OVA-induced allergic airway response in pups in part by upregulation of PI3K/Akt pathway.
文摘Airway inflammation involving activated eosinophils, mast cells and T lymphocytes is an established feature of asthma and has been the key target to treatment. Airway structural changes that occur in patients with asthma in response to persistent inflammation are termed airway remodeling. These findings are documented in studies reaching back more than 20 years. However, among investigators concerning on asthma, airway inflammation and subsequent remodeling as a target of investigation was hardly a blip on the radar screen until a few years ago. Now the subject is of expanding concern to respiratory researchers of many stripes and persuasions, as judged by the rapid rise in the number of publications. Symposia, workshops, lectures, reviews, and grant proposal on this subject also are surging.This review will not attempt to provide a comprehensive description of all aspects of airway inflammation. Rather, it will focus on current data studied by Chinese researchers in the last few years, in which the depth and scope of the discussions were much more profound than before.
