1. Prevention of Asthma Exacerbation in a Mouse Model by Simultaneous Inhibition of NF-κB and STAT6 Activation Using a Chimeric Decoy Strategy
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Ryuichi Morishita, Hirokazu Nankai, Takahiro Nakazawa, Tetsuo Miyake, Makoto Sakaguchi, and Takashi Miyake
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0301 basic medicine ,Histamine secretion ,environment and public health ,Article ,NF-κB ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Transactivation ,0302 clinical medicine ,Drug Discovery ,medicine ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,nucleic acid drug ,STAT6 ,biology ,Chemistry ,lcsh:RM1-950 ,respiratory system ,asthma ,Mast cell ,gene therapy ,biological factors ,Ovalbumin ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,decoy oligodeoxynucleotide ,lcsh:Therapeutics. Pharmacology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Cancer research ,STAT protein ,biology.protein ,health occupations ,Molecular Medicine ,Decoy - Abstract
Transactivation of inflammatory and immune mediators in asthma is tightly regulated by nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) and signal transducer and activator of transcription 6 (STAT6). Therefore, we investigated the efficacy of simultaneous inhibition of NF-κB and STAT6 using a chimeric decoy strategy to prevent asthma exacerbation. The effects of decoy oligodeoxynucleotides were evaluated using an ovalbumin-induced mouse asthma model. Ovalbumin-sensitized mice received intratracheal administration of decoy oligodeoxynucleotides 3 days before ovalbumin challenge. Fluorescent-dye-labeled decoy oligodeoxynucleotides could be detected in lymphocytes and macrophages in the lung, and activation of NF-κB and STAT6 was inhibited by chimeric decoy oligodeoxynucleotide transfer. Consequently, treatment with chimeric or NF-κB decoy oligodeoxynucleotides protected against methacholine-induced airway hyperresponsiveness, whereas the effect of chimeric decoy oligodeoxynucleotides was significantly greater than that of NF-κB decoy oligodeoxynucleotides. Treatment with chimeric decoy oligodeoxynucleotides suppressed airway inflammation through inhibition of overexpression of interleukin-4 (IL-4), IL-5, and IL-13 and inflammatory infiltrates. Histamine levels in the lung were reduced via suppression of mast cell accumulation. A significant reduction in mucin secretion was observed due to suppression of MUC5AC gene expression. Interestingly, the inhibitory effects on IL-5, IL-13, and histamine secretion were achieved by transfer of chimeric decoy oligodeoxynucleotides only. This novel therapeutic approach could be useful to treat patients with various types of asthma., Graphical Abstract
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- 2018