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Clin Exp Allergy ; 50(2): 256-266, 2020 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31765033

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Despite the overwhelming evidence showing the influence of sex or obesity in the development of respiratory diseases in humans and animals, the mechanisms by which these combined two factors influence allergic asthma are not well understood. OBJECTIVE: We have investigated the interaction between sex and weight gain in an experimental model of lung allergic inflammation induced by chicken egg ovalbumin (OVA) in mice. METHODS: Animals were fed a high-fat diet for 8 weeks and then sensitized and challenged with OVA. RESULTS: Our results demonstrate that in comparison with males, high-fat diet (HFD) allergic female mice exhibit a reduction in the number of leucocytes in the lung lumen when challenged with OVA and, in contrast, an accumulation of these cells in the lung tissue. In addition, we also observed that allergic HFD female mice presented a robust lung remodelling in comparison with HFD males, evidenced by higher deposition of collagen in the airways and TGF-ß in lung fluid. Measuring epithelial adhesion molecule expression, we observed that female mice presented a significantly lower expression of CD103 than males in BAL cells, regardless of the diet. Similarly, HFD female mice express lower levels of EpCAM in lung tissue in comparison with males and lean females. Levels of A20/TNFAIP3 expression in lung tissue demonstrated that HFD female mice express lower levels of these regulatory factors than all the other groups. However, this reduction was not accompanied by an increase in activated NF-κB. CONCLUSIONS: Our results present evidence that the interaction between sex and weight gain alters the progression of allergic asthma in mice with females developing airway remodelling at a much earlier stage than males. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: These data may contribute to a better understanding of the clinical differences in the development and severity of allergic asthma observed between men and women of reproductive age.


Assuntos
Asma , Dieta Hiperlipídica/efeitos adversos , Obesidade , Caracteres Sexuais , Animais , Asma/induzido quimicamente , Asma/imunologia , Asma/patologia , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Feminino , Regulação da Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Regulação da Expressão Gênica/imunologia , Inflamação/induzido quimicamente , Inflamação/imunologia , Inflamação/patologia , Masculino , Camundongos , Obesidade/induzido quimicamente , Obesidade/imunologia , Obesidade/patologia , Proteína 3 Induzida por Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/imunologia
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Nutrients ; 11(12)2019 Dec 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31805682

RESUMO

: It was previously demonstrated that non-allergen-sensitized rodents born to mothers exposed to a high-fat diet (HFD) spontaneously develop lower respiratory compliance and higher respiratory resistance. In the present study, we sought to determine if mice born to mothers consuming HFD would exhibit changes in inflammatory response and lung remodeling when subjected to ovalbumin (OVA) sensitization/challenge in adult life. Mice born to dams consuming either HFD or standard chow had increased bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) levels of IL-1ß, IL-4, IL-5, IL-10, IL-13, TNF-α and TGF-ß1 after challenge with OVA. IL-4, IL-13, TNF-α and TGF-ß1 levels were further increased in the offspring of HFD-fed mothers. Mice born to obese dams also had exacerbated values of leukocyte infiltration in lung parenchyma, eosinophil and neutrophil counts in BAL, mucus overproduction and collagen deposition. The programming induced by maternal obesity was accompanied by increased expression of miR-155 in peripheral-blood mononuclear cells and reduced miR-133b in trachea and lung tissue in adult life. Altogether, the present data support the unprecedented notion that the progeny of obese mice display exacerbated responses to sensitization/challenge with OVA, leading to the intensification of the morphological changes of lung remodeling. Such changes are likely to result from long-lasting changes in miR-155 and miR-133b expression.


Assuntos
Remodelação das Vias Aéreas , Citocinas/imunologia , Inflamação/imunologia , Obesidade Materna/imunologia , Hipersensibilidade Respiratória/imunologia , Animais , Líquido da Lavagem Broncoalveolar , Dieta Hiperlipídica/efeitos adversos , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Eosinófilos/imunologia , Feminino , Contagem de Leucócitos , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Obesos , MicroRNAs/genética , Neutrófilos/imunologia , Ovalbumina , Gravidez , Células Th2/imunologia
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Int J Biol Macromol ; 95: 1072-1081, 2017 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27984144

RESUMO

Lectins are proteins able to interact specifically and reversibly with carbohydrates. They are present in all living beings, particularly in legume seeds, which have many biological functions. The aim of this study was to isolate, characterize and verify antioxidant, anti-hemolytic, antitumor and gastroprotective activities in a lectin present in seeds of Phaseolus lunatus L. var. cascavel (PLUN). The isolation of lectin was performed by size exclusion chromatography on Sephadex G-100, which was isolated from a protein capable of agglutinating only human erythrocytes type A, being this the only inhibited haemagglutination n-acetyl-d-galactosamine. Its weight was estimated by PAGE is 128kDa. The lectin is thermostable up to 80°C and is active between pH 2-11. As 8M urea was able to denature the lectin. PLUN is a glycoprotein consisting of 2% carbohydrate and has antioxidant action with ascorbic acid equivalent antioxidant capacity (µMAA/g) of 418.20, 326 and 82.9 for total antioxidant activity, ABTS radical capture and capture of DPPH radical, respectively. The lectin has antitumor activity against melanoma derived cells at doses of 100 and 50mg/ml, reducing up to 83% tumor cells, and gastroprotective action, reducing up to 63% damaged area of ​​the stomach induced by ethanol.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos Fitogênicos/farmacologia , Antioxidantes/farmacologia , Fármacos Gastrointestinais/farmacologia , Phaseolus/química , Lectinas de Plantas/farmacologia , Úlcera Gástrica/tratamento farmacológico , Acetilgalactosamina/química , Animais , Antineoplásicos Fitogênicos/química , Antineoplásicos Fitogênicos/isolamento & purificação , Antioxidantes/química , Antioxidantes/isolamento & purificação , Benzotiazóis/antagonistas & inibidores , Benzotiazóis/química , Compostos de Bifenilo/antagonistas & inibidores , Compostos de Bifenilo/química , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Eritrócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Etanol , Fármacos Gastrointestinais/química , Fármacos Gastrointestinais/isolamento & purificação , Testes de Hemaglutinação , Humanos , Masculino , Camundongos , Peso Molecular , Picratos/antagonistas & inibidores , Picratos/química , Lectinas de Plantas/química , Lectinas de Plantas/isolamento & purificação , Desnaturação Proteica , Sementes/química , Extração em Fase Sólida/métodos , Estômago/efeitos dos fármacos , Estômago/patologia , Úlcera Gástrica/induzido quimicamente , Úlcera Gástrica/patologia , Ácidos Sulfônicos/antagonistas & inibidores , Ácidos Sulfônicos/química , Ureia/química
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Biotechnol Lett ; 36(3): 461-9, 2014 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24129958

RESUMO

The anti-tumor effects of a newly-discovered lectin, isolated from okra, Abelmoschus esculentus (AEL), were investigated in human breast cancer (MCF7) and skin fibroblast (CCD-1059 sk) cells. AEL induced significant cell growth inhibition (63 %) in MCF7 cells. The expression of pro-apoptotic caspase-3, caspase-9, and p21 genes was increased in MCF7 cells treated with AEL, compared to those treated with controls. In addition, AEL treatment increased the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio in MCF7 cells. Flow cytometry also indicated that cell death (72 %) predominantly occurred through apoptosis. Thus, AEL in its native form promotes selective antitumor effects in human breast cancer cells and may represent a potential therapeutic to combat human breast cancer.


Assuntos
Abelmoschus/química , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Apoptose , Células Epiteliais/efeitos dos fármacos , Fibroblastos/efeitos dos fármacos , Lectinas/farmacologia , Antineoplásicos/isolamento & purificação , Caspases/análise , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Células Epiteliais/fisiologia , Fibroblastos/fisiologia , Humanos , Lectinas/isolamento & purificação
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