Ecotoxicology and environmental safety · 2019
Effect of NF-κB signal pathway on mucus secretion induced by atmospheric PM2.5 in asthmatic rats.
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Liu Ying, Zhang Bo, Zhang Tianrong, Wang Haodong, Peng Liping, Zhou Liting
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BACKGROUND: Exposure to PM2.5 can stimulate the mucus secretion of airway, affecting the development of bronchial asthma. NF-κB signal pathway plays an important role in inflammation and dysimmunity, what may contribute to the mucus secretion. The present study was undertaken to explore the effect of NF-κB signal pathway on mucus secretion induced by PM2.5 in rats with bronchial asthma.
METHODS: Fifty rats (25 males and 25 females) were divided randomly into the control group, ovalbumin asthmatic model group, asthma low-, middle- and high-dose groups (n = 10, 5 males and 5 females each group). The control group, ovalbumin asthmatic model group received physiological saline; the asthma low-, middle- and high-dose groups received 1.5, 7.5 and 37.5 mg/kg PM2.5 on saline, which instilled into the trachea at 2-day intervals for two doses. Lung histopathology was observed by HE staining. The mRNA levels of NF-κB family gens were detected with real time PCR. IκB-α protein expression levels were detected with Western blot. IL-1β, TNF-α and Muc5ac levels were detected by ELISA.
RESULTS: Respiratory mucus secretion increased with increasing dose of PM2.5. Compared with healthy rats, the protein expression levels of IκB-α were significantly lower in the lung of asthmatic rats (p < 0.05), while the relative mRNA expression levels of NF-κB family genes in tracheal tissue and in lung were significantly higher in the asthmatic rats (p < 0.05). Serum IL-1β levels were significantly higher in the high-dose group than in the control group. Muc5ac protein levels in the trachea were higher in the high-dose compared with the low-and middle-dose groups.
CONCLUSION: Short-term exposure to a high concentration of PM2.5 could up-regulate the mRNA expression levels of NF-κB family genes, activate the NF-κB signal pathway, stimulate more IL-1β and mucus secretion in rats with bronchial asthma. NF-κB signal pathway may regulate the level of IL-1β, which could influence the mucus secretion induced by PM2.5 in asthmatic rats.
METHODS: Fifty rats (25 males and 25 females) were divided randomly into the control group, ovalbumin asthmatic model group, asthma low-, middle- and high-dose groups (n = 10, 5 males and 5 females each group). The control group, ovalbumin asthmatic model group received physiological saline; the asthma low-, middle- and high-dose groups received 1.5, 7.5 and 37.5 mg/kg PM2.5 on saline, which instilled into the trachea at 2-day intervals for two doses. Lung histopathology was observed by HE staining. The mRNA levels of NF-κB family gens were detected with real time PCR. IκB-α protein expression levels were detected with Western blot. IL-1β, TNF-α and Muc5ac levels were detected by ELISA.
RESULTS: Respiratory mucus secretion increased with increasing dose of PM2.5. Compared with healthy rats, the protein expression levels of IκB-α were significantly lower in the lung of asthmatic rats (p < 0.05), while the relative mRNA expression levels of NF-κB family genes in tracheal tissue and in lung were significantly higher in the asthmatic rats (p < 0.05). Serum IL-1β levels were significantly higher in the high-dose group than in the control group. Muc5ac protein levels in the trachea were higher in the high-dose compared with the low-and middle-dose groups.
CONCLUSION: Short-term exposure to a high concentration of PM2.5 could up-regulate the mRNA expression levels of NF-κB family genes, activate the NF-κB signal pathway, stimulate more IL-1β and mucus secretion in rats with bronchial asthma. NF-κB signal pathway may regulate the level of IL-1β, which could influence the mucus secretion induced by PM2.5 in asthmatic rats.