title: Anthocyanins inhibit airway inflammation and hyperresponsiveness in a murine asthma model.
abstract: Asthma is a common chronic inflammatory disease regulated by coordination of T-helper cell type 2 (Th2) cytokines and inflammatory signal molecules. Additionally, oxidative stress may play an important role in airway inflammation such as eosinophilia, mucus hypersecretion, and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR). In the present report, we investigated whether anthocyanins would reduce airway inflammation in a mouse asthma model immunized and challenged with ovalbumin (OVA). OVA inhalation elicited inflammatory responses characterized by eosinophilia and increased lipid hydroperoxide (LPO) in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid, enhanced pause (Penh), increased glycoprotein and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) expressions in mucus hypersecretion, and an increased expression of various cytokines and cyclooxygenase (COX) 2 in lung tissues. All parameters were attenuated in a dose-dependant manner by the administration of anthocyanins. These results suggest that anthocyanins may attenuate the development of asthma by downregulating Th2 cytokines, proinflammatory cytokines, and COX-2. Our findings suggest that anthocyanins have positive contributions as a dietary supplement for the prevention of asthma.
authors.affiliation: Korea Institute of Toxicology, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-600, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sang-Joon
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Won-Ho
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Joung-Wook
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Eun-Joo
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000872:Anthocyanins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016535:Bronchial Hyperreactivity / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology; D002452:Cell Count; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007378:Interleukins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D016210:Methacholine Chloride / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000276:immunology; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000872:Anthocyanins; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents; D000975:Antioxidants; D007378:Interleukins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016210:Methacholine Chloride; D010047:Ovalbumin; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2