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Insulin increases sensory nerve density and reflex bronchoconstriction in obese mice.
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- Eosinophils prevent diet-induced airway hyperresponsiveness in mice on a high-fat diet.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2024Article
- Eosinophil biology from the standpoint of metabolism: implications for metabolic disorders and asthma.Journal of leukocyte biology · 2024Review
- Adiposity, immunity, and inflammation: interrelationships in health and disease: a report from 24th Annual Harvard Nutrition Obesity Symposium, June 2023.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2024Article
- Unraveling the Link between Ιnsulin Resistance and Bronchial Asthma.Biomedicines · 2024Review
- Obesity-Associated Non-T2 Mechanisms in Obese Asthmatic Individuals.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Maternal high-fat diet increases airway sensory innervation and reflex bronchoconstriction in adult offspring.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2023Article
- The "Asthma-Polycystic Ovary Overlap Syndrome" and the Therapeutic Role of Myo-Inositol.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- [Research progress on the microbiota-immune-metabolism axis in childhood obesity-related asthma].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatricsReview
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Abstract
Obesity-induced asthma responds poorly to all current pharmacological interventions, including steroids, suggesting that classic, eosinophilic inflammation is not a mechanism. Since insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia are common in obese individuals and associated with increased risk of asthma, we used diet-induced obese mice to study how insulin induces airway hyperreactivity. Inhaled 5-HT or methacholine induced dose-dependent bronchoconstriction that was significantly potentiated in obese mice. Cutting the vagus nerves eliminated bronchoconstriction in both obese and nonobese animals, indicating that it was mediated by a neural reflex. There was significantly greater density of airway sensory nerves in obese compared with nonobese mice. Deleting insulin receptors on sensory nerves prevented the increase in sensory nerve density and prevented airway hyperreactivity in obese mice with hyperinsulinemia. Our data demonstrate that high levels of insulin drives obesity-induced airway hyperreactivity by increasing sensory innervation of the airways. Therefore, pharmacological interventions to control metabolic syndrome and limit reflex-mediated bronchoconstriction may be a more effective approach to reduce asthma exacerbations in obese and patients with asthma.
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