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ABSTRACT: Background
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) can inhibit pivotal pathological changes in experimental asthma, but their effect on steroid-insensitive asthma is unclear. The current study assessed the effectiveness of nebulized AuNPs in a murine model of glucocorticoid (GC)-resistant asthma.Methods
A/J mice were sensitized and subjected to intranasal instillations of ovalbumin (OVA) once a week for nine weeks. Two weeks after starting allergen stimulations, mice were subjected to Budesonide or AuNP nebulization 1 h before stimuli. Analyses were carried out 24 h after the last provocation.Results
We found that mice challenged with OVA had airway hyperreactivity, eosinophil, and neutrophil infiltrates in the lung, concomitantly with peribronchiolar fibrosis, mucus production, and pro-inflammatory cytokine generation compared to sham-challenged mice. These changes were inhibited in mice treated with AuNPs, but not Budesonide. In the GC-resistant asthmatic mice, oxidative stress was established, marked by a reduction in nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) levels and catalase activity, accompanied by elevated values of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), phosphoinositide 3-kinases δ (PI3Kδ) expression, as well as a reduction in the nuclear expression of histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2) in the lung tissue, all of which sensitive to AuNPs but not Budesonide treatment.Conclusion
These findings suggest that AuNPs can improve GC-insensitive asthma by preserving HDAC2 and NRF2.
SUBMITTER: Serra MF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9495660 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Serra Magda F MF Cotias Amanda C AC Pimentel Andreza S AS Arantes Ana Carolina S de ACS Pires Ana Lucia A ALA Lanzetti Manuella M Hickmann Jandir M JM Barreto Emiliano E Carvalho Vinicius F VF Silva Patrícia M R E PMRE Cordeiro Renato S B RSB Martins Marco Aurélio MA
Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) 20220826 9
<h4>Background</h4>Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) can inhibit pivotal pathological changes in experimental asthma, but their effect on steroid-insensitive asthma is unclear. The current study assessed the effectiveness of nebulized AuNPs in a murine model of glucocorticoid (GC)-resistant asthma.<h4>Methods</h4>A/J mice were sensitized and subjected to intranasal instillations of ovalbumin (OVA) once a week for nine weeks. Two weeks after starting allergen stimulations, mice were subjected to Budeson ...[more]