Budesonide suppresses pulmonary antibacterial host defense by down-regulating cathelicidin-related antimicrobial peptide in allergic inflammation mice and in lung epithelial cells

BMC Immunology

Research Article

Min Wu¹  Xiaoqiong Yang²  Xiaoyun Wang³  Peng Wang⁴  Guoping Li⁵  Zhigang Liu⁶ 

[1] Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of North Dakota, 501 N Columbia Rd, EJRF Building Room 2726, 58203-9037, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA;Department of Respiratory Disease, Affiliated Hospital of Luzhou Medical College, 646000, Luzhou, China;Inflammations & Allergic Diseases Research Unit, Affiliated Hospital of Luzhou Medical College, 646000, Luzhou, Sichuan, China;Inflammations & Allergic Diseases Research Unit, Affiliated Hospital of Luzhou Medical College, 646000, Luzhou, Sichuan, China;Bao Ji Central Hospital, 721008, Bao Ji, Shan Xi, China;Inflammations & Allergic Diseases Research Unit, Affiliated Hospital of Luzhou Medical College, 646000, Luzhou, Sichuan, China;State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease for Allergy at Shenzhen University, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Ave 3688, 518060, Shenzhen, Guangdong, PR China;State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease for Allergy at Shenzhen University, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Ave 3688, 518060, Shenzhen, Guangdong, PR China;

关键词: Allergic airway inflammation;    Antibacterial host defense;    Cathelicidin;    Budesonide;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2172-14-7

 received in 2012-07-17, accepted in 2013-02-04,  发布年份 2013

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundGlucocorticoids are widely regarded as the most effective treatment for asthma. However, the direct impact of glucocorticoids on the innate immune system and antibacterial host defense during asthma remain unclear. Understanding the mechanisms underlying this process is critical to the clinical application of glucocorticoids for asthma therapy. After sensitization and challenge with ovalbumin (OVA), BALB/c mice were treated with inhaled budesonide and infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa). The number of viable bacteria in enflamed lungs was evaluated, and levels of interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interferon-γ (IFN-γ) in serum were measured. A lung epithelial cell line was pretreated with budesonide. Levels of cathelicidin-related antimicrobial peptide (CRAMP) were measured by immunohistochemistry and western blot analysis. Intracellular bacteria were observed in lung epithelial cells.ResultsInhaled budesonide enhanced lung infection in allergic mice exposed to P. aeruginosa and increased the number of viable bacteria in lung tissue. Higher levels of IL-4 and lower levels of IFN-γ were observed in the serum. Budesonide decreased the expression of CRAMP, increased the number of internalized P. aeruginosa in OVA-challenged mice and in lung epithelial cell lines. These data indicate that inhaled budesonide can suppress pulmonary antibacterial host defense by down-regulating CRAMP in allergic inflammation mice and in cells in vitro.ConclusionsInhaled budesonide suppressed pulmonary antibacterial host defense in an asthmatic mouse model and in lung epithelium cells in vitro. This effect was dependent on the down-regulation of CRAMP.

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