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ArticleInflammation2021

Anti-angiogenic Properties of Bevacizumab Improve Respiratory System Inflammation in Ovalbumin-Induced Rat Model of Asthma.

Seyed Mohammadreza Bolandi, Zohreh Abdolmaleki, Mohammad-Ali Assarehzadegan

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Article in Inflammation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Seyed Mohammadreza BolandiDepartment of Pharmacology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.
Zohreh AbdolmalekiDepartment of Pharmacology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran. zohreh.abdolmaleki@kiau.ac.ir.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2016-5753
Mohammad-Ali AssarehzadeganImmunology Research Center, Institute of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Islamic Azad University, Karaj · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies on the bronchial vascular bed have revealed that the number of blood vessels in the lamina propria and under the mucosa of the lung tissue increases in patients suffering from mild to severe asthma. Thus, in this study, a new strategy was employed in respiratory system disorders by angiogenesis inhibition in an ovalbumin (OVA)-induced rat model of asthma. Twenty-one male Wistar albino rats, 8 weeks old, were randomly divided into three groups (n = 7 in each group), including (1) control group, (2) OVA-treated group, and (3) OVA + Bmab (bevacizumab drug). On days 1 and 8, 1 mg of OVA and aluminum hydroxide in sterile phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) were intraperitoneally injected to rats in groups 2 and 3. The control group was only subject to intraperitoneal injection of saline on days 1 and 8. One week after the last injection, the rats (groups 2 and 3) were exposed to OVA inhalation for 30 min at 2-day intervals from days 15 to 25. After sensitization and challenge with OVA, the OVA + Bmab group (group 3) were treated with a 5 mg/kg bevacizumab drug. Genes and protein expression of IL-1β and TNF-α and the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) protein were assessed by real-time PCR and immunohistochemistry respectively, in lung tissue. OVA exposure increased mucosal secretion and inflammatory cell populations in lung tissue and OVA-specific IgE level in serum. Also, VEGF and cytokine factor expression were significantly elevated in the OVA-induced asthma model (p ≤ 0.05). However, rats in OVA + Bmab group showed significantly a decrease in VEGF and IL-1β and TNF-α genes as well as proteins (p ≤ 0.05). The results showed that bevacizumab efficiently diminished bronchial inflammation via downregulation of VEGF expression, followed by inflammatory cells population and cytokines reduction. Angiogenesis inhibition in rats with induced asthma not only suppresses the inflammatory process through blocking VEGF expression but also inhibits the development of new blood vessels and progressing asthmatic attacks.

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Neovascularization, PathologicAngiogenesis InhibitorsAnimalsAnti-Asthmatic AgentsAsthmaBevacizumabDisease Models, AnimalGoblet CellsInflammation MediatorsInterleukin-1betaLungMaleOvalbuminPneumoniaRatsRats, WistarAngiogenesis InhibitorsAnti-Asthmatic AgentsBevacizumabIL1B protein, ratInflammation MediatorsInterleukin-1betaOvalbuminTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Avascular endothelial growth factor A, ratangiogenesis inhibitorsasthmabevacizumab drugcytokinesovalbumin.

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PMID34420156
PMCPMC8380193
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