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Int Arch Allergy Immunol ; 184(8): 797-807, 2023.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37231861

RESUMO

INTRODUCTION: Asthma is an inflammatory reaction mediated by type 2 helper T (Th2) cells and is known to increase eosinophil levels. Our previous study showed that stress-related asthma can cause neutrophilic and eosinophilic airway inflammation by suppressing immune tolerance. However, the mechanism of stress-induced neutrophilic and eosinophilic airway inflammation remains unclear. Therefore, to elucidate the cause of neutrophilic and eosinophilic inflammation, we investigated the immune response during the induction of airway inflammation. In addition, we focused on the relationship between immune response modulation immediately after stress exposure and the development of airway inflammation. METHODS: Asthmatic mice were induced by three phases using female BALB/c mice. During the first phase, the mice were made to inhale ovalbumin (OVA) to induce immune tolerance before sensitization. Some mice were exposed to restraint stress during the induction of immune tolerance. In the second phase, the mice were sensitized with OVA/alum intraperitoneal injections. In the final phase, onset of asthma was induced through OVA exposure. Asthma development was evaluated based on airway inflammation and T-cell differentiation. Microarray and qPCR analyses were used to enumerate candidate factors to investigate the starting point of immunological modification immediately after stress exposure. Furthermore, we focused on interleukin-1ß (IL-1ß), which initiates these immune modifications, and performed experiments using its receptor blocker interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RA). RESULTS: Stress exposure during immune tolerance induction increased eosinophil and neutrophil airway infiltration. This inflammation was associated with decreased T regulatory cell levels and increased Th2 and Th17 levels in bronchial lymph node cells. Microarray and qPCR analyses showed that the initiation of Th17 differentiation might be triggered by stress exposure during tolerance induction. IL-1RA administration during stress exposure suppressed neutrophilic and eosinophilic airway inflammation via Th17 reduction and Treg increase. CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that psychological stress causes both eosinophilic and neutrophilic inflammatory responses due to the breakdown of immune tolerance. Furthermore, stress-induced inflammation can be abolished using IL-1RA.


Assuntos
Asma , Proteína Antagonista do Receptor de Interleucina 1 , Animais , Feminino , Camundongos , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Tolerância Imunológica , Imunidade , Inflamação , Proteína Antagonista do Receptor de Interleucina 1/efeitos adversos , Proteína Antagonista do Receptor de Interleucina 1/metabolismo , Interleucina-1beta/metabolismo , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Neutrófilos , Ovalbumina , Estresse Psicológico/complicações , Células Th17 , Células Th2
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Yakugaku Zasshi ; 140(7): 937-941, 2020.
Artigo em Japonês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32612059

RESUMO

Studies on the drug saxagliptin (marketed in Japan since 2013) suggest favorable efficacy in hemodialysis patients, but included small sample sizes. Noting that some hemodialysis patients at our medical institution had been switched to saxagliptin 2.5 mg from treatment with other dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, we decided to evaluate the effects of switching to saxagliptin on blood glucose control in these patients. The study included 11 patients. Before switching drugs, six of the patients used teneligliptin 20 mg and five used linagliptin 5 mg. Mean glycated albumin (GA) from before to 4 months after switching tended to increase in the previous users of teneligliptin 20 mg (18.4±3.0% to 19.5±2.7%) and tended to decrease in the previous users of linagliptin 5 mg (18.8±3.3% to 17.7±1.4%). Lack of a substantial change in GA when the previous users of teneligliptin 20 mg and linagliptin 5 mg were switched to saxagliptin 2.5 mg indicates that these three agents might have comparable antihyperglycemic profiles when used in patients on hemodialysis. Future research following from this pilot study must evaluate the risk of cardiac failure and incidences of adverse events in a larger population, to investigate the long-term efficacy and safety of switching to saxagliptin.


Assuntos
Adamantano/análogos & derivados , Glicemia/metabolismo , Diabetes Mellitus/tratamento farmacológico , Dipeptídeos/administração & dosagem , Substituição de Medicamentos , Diálise Renal , Adamantano/administração & dosagem , Adamantano/efeitos adversos , Adamantano/economia , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Redução de Custos , Diabetes Mellitus/sangue , Dipeptídeos/efeitos adversos , Dipeptídeos/economia , Feminino , Produtos Finais de Glicação Avançada , Humanos , Linagliptina , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Projetos Piloto , Pirazóis , Albumina Sérica/metabolismo , Tiazolidinas , Albumina Sérica Glicada
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Chem Commun (Camb) ; 46(23): 4055-7, 2010 Jun 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20361095

RESUMO

The first enantioselective total synthesis of (+)-stachyflin, a potential anti-influenza A virus agent, was achieved; the method features a BF(3).Et(2)O-induced domino epoxide-opening/rearrangement/cyclization reaction to stereoselectively form the requisite pentacyclic ring system in one step.


Assuntos
Antivirais/síntese química , Sesquiterpenos/síntese química , Humanos , Vírus da Influenza A/efeitos dos fármacos , Influenza Humana/tratamento farmacológico , Stachybotrys/química , Estereoisomerismo
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Chemistry ; 14(3): 829-37, 2008.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17992684

RESUMO

Biologically important and structurally unique marine natural products avarone (1), avarol (2), neoavarone (3), neoavarol (4) and aureol (5), were efficiently synthesized in a unified manner starting from (+)-5-methyl-Wieland-Miescher ketone 10. The synthesis involved the following crucial steps: i) Sequential BF(3)Et(2)O-induced rearrangement/cyclization reaction of 2 and 4 to produce 5 with complete stereoselectivity in high yield (2 --> 5 and 4 --> 5); ii) strategic salcomine oxidation of the phenolic compounds 6 and 8 to derive the corresponding quinones 1 and 3 (6 --> 1 and 8 --> 3); and iii) Birch reductive alkylation of 10 with bromide 11 to construct the requisite carbon framework 12 (10 + 11 --> 12). An in vitro cytotoxicity assay of compounds 1-5 against human histiocytic lymphoma cells U937 determined the order of cytotoxic potency (3 > 1 > 5 > 2 > 4) and some novel aspects of structure-activity relationships.


Assuntos
Fatores Biológicos/síntese química , Cicloexenos/síntese química , Sesquiterpenos/síntese química , Fatores Biológicos/química , Cicloexenos/química , Conformação Molecular , Sesquiterpenos/química , Estereoisomerismo
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