Anti-inflammatory effects of low-molecular weight chitosan oligosaccharides in IgE-antigen complex-stimulated RBL-2H3 cells and asthma model mice
- Authors
- Chung, Mi Ja; Park, Jae Kweon; Il Park, Yong
- Issue Date
- Feb-2012
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
- Keywords
- Asthma; Chitosan oligosaccharides; Cytokines; In vivo activity; Inflammation
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY, v.12, no.2, pp.453 - 459
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
- Volume
- 12
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 453
- End Page
- 459
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/16613
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.intimp.2011.12.027
- ISSN
- 1567-5769
- Abstract
- The anti-inflammatory effects of low-molecular weight chitosan oligosaccharides (LM-COS) prepared from high-molecular weight chitosan by enzymatic digestion were investigated against allergic reaction and allergic asthma in vivo and in vitro. Allergic asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways associated with enhanced degranulation and cytokine generation. The LM-COS (<1 kDa), consisting of glucosamine (GlcN)(n), n = :3-5, were capable of inhibiting both antigen-stimulated degranulation and cytokine generation in rat basophilic leukemia RBL-2H3 cells. The protective effect of LM-COS against ovalbumin (OVA)-induced lung inflammation in asthma model mice was also examined. Oral administration of LM-COS (16 mg/kg body weight/day) resulted in a significant reduction in both mRNA and protein levels of interleukin (IL)-4, IL-5, IL-13, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha in the lung tissue and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF); The protein levels of IL-4, IL-13 and TNF-alpha in BALF were decreased by 5.8-fold, 3.0-fold and 9.9-fold, respectively, compared to those in the OVA-sensitized/challenged asthma control group. These results suggest that the oral administration of LM-COS is effective in alleviating the allergic inflammation in vivo and thus can be a good source material for the development of a potent therapeutic agent against mast cell-mediated allergic inflammatory responses and airway inflammation in allergic inflammatory diseases, including asthma. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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