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ArticleImmunology2015

Proteinase activated receptor-2-mediated dual oxidase-2 up-regulation is involved in enhanced airway reactivity and inflammation in a mouse model of allergic asthma.

Ahmed Nadeem, Naif O Alharbi, Harissios Vliagoftis, Manoj Tyagi, Sheikh F Ahmad, Mohamed M Sayed-Ahmed

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Article in Immunology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Oxidative Stress: Promoter of Allergic Sensitization to Protease Allergens?International journal of molecular sciences · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Ahmed NadeemDepartment of Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Naif O AlharbiDepartment of Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Harissios VliagoftisPulmonary Research Group, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Manoj TyagiPulmonary Medicine and Critical Care, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Sheikh F AhmadDepartment of Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed M Sayed-AhmedDepartment of Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
King Saud University · SAUniversity of Alberta · CAUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Airway epithelial cells (AECs) express a variety of receptors, which sense danger signals from various aeroallergens/pathogens being inhaled constantly. Proteinase-activated receptor 2 (PAR-2) is one such receptor and is activated by cockroach allergens, which have intrinsic serine proteinase activity. Recently, dual oxidases (DUOX), especially DUOX-2, have been shown to be involved in airway inflammation in response to Toll-like receptor activation. However, the association between PAR-2 and DUOX-2 has not been explored in airways of allergic mice. Therefore, this study investigated the contribution of DUOX-2/reactive oxygen species (ROS) signalling in airway reactivity and inflammation after PAR-2 activation. Mice were sensitized intraperitoneally with intact cockroach allergen extract (CE) in the presence of aluminium hydroxide followed by intranasal challenge with CE. Mice were then assessed for airway reactivity, inflammation, oxidative stress (DUOX-2, ROS, inducible nitric oxide synthase, nitrite, nitrotyrosine and protein carbonyls) and apoptosis (Bax, Bcl-2, caspase-3). Challenge with CE led to up-regulation of DUOX-2 and ROS in AECs with concomitant increases in airway reactivity/inflammation and parameters of oxidative stress, and apoptosis. All of these changes were significantly inhibited by intranasal administration of ENMD-1068, a small molecule antagonist of PAR-2 in allergic mice. Administration of diphenyliodonium to allergic mice also led to improvement of allergic airway responses via inhibition of the DUOX-2/ROS pathway; however, these effects were less pronounced than PAR-2 antagonism. The current study suggests that PAR-2 activation leads to up-regulation of the DUOX-2/ROS pathway in AECs, which is involved in regulation of airway reactivity and inflammation via oxidative stress and apoptosis.

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AllergensAnimalsAnti-Infective AgentsApoptosisAsthmaBiphenyl CompoundsBlotting, WesternCockroachesDisease Models, AnimalDual OxidasesEpithelial CellsInflammationMaleMice, Inbred BALB CNADPH OxidasesOnium Compounds1-3-methylbutyryl-N4-6-aminohexanoyl-piperazineAllergensAnti-Infective AgentsBiphenyl CompoundsdiphenyliodoniumDual OxidasesDuox1 protein, mouseNADPH OxidasesOnium CompoundsPiperazinesReactive Oxygen SpeciesReceptor, PAR-2airway epitheliumallergic asthmacockroach extract allergensdual oxidase-2proteinase-activated receptor-2reactive oxygen species

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PMID25684443
PMCPMC4479538
OpenAlexW2006731820

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