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ArticleAmerican journal of respiratory and critical care medicine2015

Wogonin induces eosinophil apoptosis and attenuates allergic airway inflammation.

Christopher D Lucas, David A Dorward, Sidharth Sharma, Jillian Rennie, Jennifer M Felton, Ana L Alessandri, Rodger Duffin, Jurgen Schwarze, Christopher Haslett, Adriano G Rossi

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Article in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christopher D LucasMRC Centre for Inflammation Research, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
David A Dorward
Sidharth Sharma
Jillian Rennie
Jennifer M Felton
Ana L Alessandri
Rodger Duffin
Jurgen Schwarze
Christopher Haslett
Adriano G Rossi
Centre for Inflammation Research · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0601481Medical Research Council G0901697Medical Research Council MR/J010901/1Medical Research Council MR/J014702/1Medical Research Council MR/K013386/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust WT094415Wellcome Trust WT096497
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Abstract

rationaleEosinophils are key effector cells in allergic diseases, including allergic rhinitis, eczema, and asthma. Their tissue presence is regulated by both recruitment and increased longevity at inflamed sites.

objectivesTo investigate the ability of the flavone wogonin to induce eosinophil apoptosis in vitro and attenuate eosinophil-dominant allergic inflammation in vivo in mice.

methodsHuman and mouse eosinophil apoptosis in response to wogonin was investigated by cellular morphology, flow cytometry, mitochondrial membrane permeability, and pharmacological caspase inhibition. Allergic lung inflammation was modeled in mice sensitized and challenged with ovalbumin. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and lung tissue were examined for inflammation, mucus production, and inflammatory mediator production. Airway hyperresponsiveness to aerosolized methacholine was measured. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN

resultsWogonin induced time- and concentration-dependent human and mouse eosinophil apoptosis in vitro. Wogonin-induced eosinophil apoptosis occurred with activation of caspase-3 and was inhibited by pharmacological caspase inhibition. Wogonin administration attenuated allergic airway inflammation in vivo with reductions in BAL and interstitial eosinophil numbers, increased eosinophil apoptosis, reduced airway mucus production, and attenuated airway hyperresponsiveness. This wogonin-induced reduction in allergic airway inflammation was prevented by concurrent caspase inhibition in vivo.

conclusionsWogonin induces eosinophil apoptosis and attenuates allergic airway inflammation, suggesting that it has therapeutic potential for the treatment of allergic inflammation in humans.

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AnimalsApoptosisBronchoalveolar LavageEosinophilsFemaleFlavanonesFlow CytometryHumansHypersensitivityInflammationIn Vitro TechniquesMiceMice, Inbred BALB COvalbuminFlavanonesOvalbuminwogoninairway resistanceantiinflammatory agentshypersensitivityinflammation resolutionmucus

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PMCPMC4384778
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