诱发支气管哮喘动物模型气道重塑特征的方法和评价

气道重塑是慢性哮喘最复杂的病理基础之一,建立具有气道重塑特征的支气管哮喘动物模型对评价药效及阐明病理机制的研究具有重要的意义.通过对相关动物模型进行分析比较,总结可行的支气管哮喘气道重塑动物模型构建方法.     

小鼠动物实验方法系列专题(六) 卵清蛋白诱导129Sv小鼠建立哮喘模型的方法

近年来,哮喘发病率有逐年增长的趋势,因此利用动物模型研究哮喘发生的分子生物学机制及治疗方案具有重要的意义。利用卵清蛋白(ovalbumin,OVA)致敏诱导动物发生哮喘是比较成熟的方法。常用的实验动物有小鼠、大鼠、豚鼠、家兔等。该文主要介绍一种可以有效致敏129Sv品系小鼠、建立哮喘疾病模型的技术路线,并对模型指标进行了具体的描述,供从事相关研究的人员参考。     

过敏性哮喘动物模型在致敏、哮喘发作和气道高反应性等方面的应用研究

过敏性哮喘的发病率呈上升趋势。使用了几十年的主要治疗药物肾上腺糖皮质激素副作用较大,因此发现好的预防和治疗方法成为迫切要解决的问题。动物模型是研究人类疾病的重要手段,但不少疑难病的发病机理不明确,因而制备的动物模型和人类疾病的相似度有差异。但I型变态反应作为过敏性哮喘的发病机理是比较明确的,据此制备的动物模型和人类的哮喘就有很高的相近度,结果的可信度就较高。本文回顾了哮喘动物模型制备的基本方法和某些重要的细节。着重讨论了当今最常用的气道高反应性模型的优劣。如果综合运用不同特点的模型尤其是能观察记录哮喘发作全过程包括速发和迟发反应的模型,将可以更直接地探索哮喘发病过程和治疗药物。对气道重塑及基因敲除和转基因技术在动物模型中的研究和使用也做了一般性论述。动物模型将是一个有力的工具为最后有效地预防和治疗过敏性哮喘找到突破口。     

基于物理方法的皮肤创伤动物模型构建及评价指标研究进展

皮肤创伤已成为全球性公共问题,尤其是慢性伤口的难愈合严重影响了患者的健康生活。目前,物理方法构建皮肤创伤动物模型是研究皮肤创面的主要方法,而不同的皮肤创伤动物模型其生物学特点不同。因此,本文通过检索Pubmed、中国知网近5年与皮肤创伤动物模型构建的相关资料,以小鼠、大鼠、其他动物的皮肤创伤模型进行分类,总结并分析了基于物理方法的皮肤创伤动物模型的构建方法及评价指标,并评价不同动物模型的优缺点,旨在对皮肤创伤动物模型的合理构建及药物的研究开发提供思路。     

IL-12和支气管哮喘

支气管哮喘是一种气道慢性炎症性疾病。越来越多的事实表明,哮喘的发生与内源性IL-12生成不足有关。IL-12无论单独应用还是作为免疫佐剂,均可逆转哮喘动物模型体内Th1/Th2失衡和抑制气道变态反应性炎症。该文综述了IL-12的生物学效应、IL-12与哮喘的关系、IL-12在哮喘治疗中的作用及其应用。     

支气管哮喘伴发抑郁大鼠模型的建立

目的探讨建立支气管哮喘伴发抑郁动物模型的方法。方法选择Wistar大鼠,随机分为对照组与模型组,模型组采用卵蛋白(ovalbumin,OVA)激发法建立哮喘模型,在此基础上给予慢性轻度不可预见性应激(chronic unpredictable mild stress,CUMS)28d,观察大鼠体质量、体征、肺组织结构、支气管肺泡灌洗液白细胞计数等变化,并用Open-field实验评价大鼠活动度和好奇心,通过糖水消耗实验评价大鼠快感缺乏与否。结果与对照组相比,模型组大鼠体质量增长明显缓慢(P0.05);肺组织呈哮喘样病理改变;支气管肺泡灌洗液白细胞总数、嗜酸粒细胞及淋巴细胞增多;Open-field实验,大鼠垂直活动得分、水平活动得分显著降低(P0.05);糖水消耗量明显减少(P0.05)。结论OVA激发复合CUMS可成功制备支气管哮喘伴发抑郁大鼠模型。     

心气虚病证动物模型及其评价体系的构建

目的　研究心气虚病证动物模型及其评价体系的构建。方法　移植心肌梗塞致心力衰竭大鼠的制作模型 ,运用中西医结合虚证和血瘀证的全国统一诊断标准、将其定性的问诊内容代以定量的同等意义的指标测试进行心气虚证动物模型评价。结果　本研究制作的动物模型再现了从一个正常大鼠→以血瘀为主要损伤→形成心气虚证的过程 ;心气虚证动物模型具有时相性、功能性和与功能相关的组织结构物质性改变。结论　将中西医临床和或基础研究中规范的、成熟的、统一的方法和标准引入中医动物模型的研究 ,并注重吸取中医已取得的临床经验和研究成果 ,是指导中医病证动物模型建立的基本思路     

小鼠过敏性哮喘模型的研究进展及评价

支气管哮喘（简称哮喘）是常见的慢性病,随着过敏患者的增加,小鼠过敏性哮喘模型的研究越来越重要。本文通过对近年来国内外小鼠过敏性哮喘的实验研究文献进行总结,从实验小鼠的选择、制备模型的方法及模型的评价指标等方面进行综合分析,为进一步开展哮喘研究提供帮助。     

小鼠哮喘模型通气功能检测实验器材的改进

通气功能检测可直接反映支气管痉挛等所造成的气道阻力等的改变 ,是判定支气管哮喘动物模型的可靠指标 ,目前国外小鼠支气管哮喘模型多采用此项检测 ,但国内尚未见报道。它的部分实验器材在国内很难仿制 ,哈佛动物呼吸器造价昂贵 ,我们对其器材进行改进 ,并作以简要报道。Ｆｉｇ.1ＥｘｐｅｒｉｍｅｎｔａｌａｐｐｌｉａｎｃｅｓＡ :ｂｅｆｏｒｅｉｍｐｒｏｖｉｎｇ ;Ｂ :ａｆｔｅｒｉｍｐｒｏｖｉｎｇＦｉｇ .2Ｄｉａｇｒａｍｍａｔｉｃｒｅｐｒｅｓｅｎｔａｔｉｏｎｏｆｒｏｄｅｎｔｖｅｎｔｉｌａｔｏｒ1　材料与方法(1)实验器材　①实验…     

气道高反应动物模型的建立与指标检测

目的 通过重新评价卵蛋白致小鼠哮喘模型,寻找一种简便易行的气道高反应动物模型和相应的检测指标,为研发治疗本类疾病药物和研究气道高反应发病机制提供新的实验手段.方法 小鼠采用卵白蛋白（OVA）致敏;致敏后（15～21）d给予10% OVA雾化吸入激发哮喘,在末次激发24 h内测量小鼠辣椒素引咳的半数有效浓度,处死小鼠取肺组织测定匀浆中NO、IL-13、ET-1的含量.结果 卵蛋白致敏模型小鼠随辣椒素浓度的升高其咳嗽反应阳性率、咳嗽次数明显增加（与对照组相比较P〈0.01）.模型组辣椒素引咳的半数有效浓度为89.39 μmol/L,对照组、地塞米松组分别为204.84、220.02 μmol/L;小鼠肺匀浆NO、ET-1、IL-13含量均明显增加,地塞米松可明显抑制NO的升高（与对照组相比较P〈0.01）.结论小鼠经卵蛋白致敏并连续激发7 d与临床气道高反应性（AHR）的多种特征相似,操作简便易行,稳定性高,故可作为气道高反应性的模型.辣椒素引咳阈值的测定、动物肺组织中NO、IL-13、ET-1含量的变化,可作为评价模型严重程度的指标.     

Is platelet activating factor (PAF) an important mediator in bronchial asthma?

The development of selective PAF receptor antagonists may provide a novel approach to the treatment of human bronchial asthma. In preclinical animal models of human asthma, PAF receptor antagonists have been found to be efficacious in blocking antigen-induced changes in lung function. However, the majority of these models involve acute inflammatory events and transient changes in lung function and, therefore, their relevance to human asthma is questionable. In a recent study with a primate model of chronic airway inflammation and hyperresponsiveness, we have shown that treatment with a PAF receptor antagonist had no effect on reducing chronic inflammation and hyperresponsiveness. Similarly, recent studies in human asthmatics with PAF receptor antagonists have failed to show efficacy in blocking allergen-induced airway responses or to have any steroid sparing effects in patients with ongoing asthma. Thus, it seems that PAF may not be a key mediator which can be blocked and thereby provide therapy for bronchial asthma.     

Ion channels in asthma

Ion channels are specialized transmembrane proteins that permit the passive flow of ions following their electrochemical gradients. In the airways, ion channels participate in the production of epithelium-based hydroelectrolytic secretions and in the control of intracellular Ca(2+) levels that will ultimately activate almost all lung cells, either resident or circulating. Thus, ion channels have been the center of many studies aiming to understand asthma pathophysiological mechanisms or to identify therapeutic targets for better control of the disease. In this minireview, we focus on molecular, genetic, and animal model studies associating ion channels with asthma.     

Role of Abl in airway hyperresponsiveness and airway remodeling

Background

Asthma is a chronic disease that is characterized by airway hyperresponsiveness and airway remodeling. The underlying mechanisms that mediate the pathological processes are not fully understood. Abl is a non-receptor protein tyrosine kinase that has a role in the regulation of smooth muscle contraction and smooth muscle cell proliferation in vitro. The role of Abl in airway hyperresponsiveness and airway remodeling in vivo is largely unknown.

Methods

To evaluate the role of Abl in asthma pathology, we assessed the expression of Abl in airway tissues from the ovalbumin sensitized and challenged mouse model, and human asthmatic airway smooth muscle cells. In addition, we generated conditional knockout mice in which Abl expression in smooth muscle was disrupted, and then evaluated the effects of Abl conditional knockout on airway resistance, smooth muscle mass, cell proliferation, IL-13 and CCL2 in the mouse model of asthma. Furthermore, we determined the effects of the Abl pharmacological inhibitors imatinib and GNF-5 on these processes in the animal model of asthma.

Results

The expression of Abl was upregulated in airway tissues of the animal model of asthma and in airway smooth muscle cells of patients with severe asthma. Conditional knockout of Abl attenuated airway resistance, smooth muscle mass and staining of proliferating cell nuclear antigen in the airway of mice sensitized and challenged with ovalbumin. Interestingly, conditional knockout of Abl did not affect the levels of IL-13 and CCL2 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of animals treated with ovalbumin. However, treatment with imatinib and GNF-5 inhibited the ovalbumin-induced increase in IL-13 and CCL2 as well as airway resistance and smooth muscle growth in animals.

Conclusions

These results suggest that the altered expression of Abl in airway smooth muscle may play a critical role in the development of airway hyperresponsiveness and airway remodeling in asthma. Our findings support the concept that Abl may be a novel target for the development of new therapy to treat asthma.     

Recombinant human platelet-activating factor-acetylhydrolase inhibits airway inflammation and hyperreactivity in mouse asthma model

Numerous in vitro and in vivo studies in both animal models and human asthmatics have implicated platelet-activating factor (PAF) as an important inflammatory mediator in asthma. In a murine asthma model, we examined the anti-inflammatory activities of recombinant human PAF-acetylhydrolase (rPAF-AH), which converts PAF to biologically inactive lyso-PAF. In this model, mice sensitized to OVA by i.p. and intranasal (i.n.) routes are challenged with the allergen by i.n. administration. The OVA challenge elicits an eosinophil infiltration into the lungs with widespread mucus occlusion of the airways and results in bronchial hyperreactivity. The administration of rPAF-AH had a marked effect on late-phase pulmonary inflammation, which included a significant reduction in airway eosinophil infiltration, mucus hypersecretion, and airway hyperreactivity in response to methacholine challenge. These studies demonstrate that elevating plasma levels of PAF-AH through the administration of rPAF-AH is effective in blocking the late-phase pulmonary inflammation that occurs in this murine allergen-challenge asthma model. These results suggest that rPAF-AH may have therapeutic effects in patients with allergic airway inflammation.     

Cage enrichment with paper tissue, but not plastic tunnels, increases variability in mouse model of asthma

Environmental enrichment, besides having a great impact on animal welfare, can also be a potential variable in experimental research. Thus, we investigated whether enrichment of cages with paper tissues or plastic tunnels affects scientific outcome in the well-described mouse model of allergic asthma. BALB/cJ mice were introduced to paper tissues as nesting material, transparent plastic tunnels serving as shelters or kept in non-enriched cages. Afterwards, mice were sensitized to chicken egg ovalbumin (OVA) precipitated in aluminium sulphate and then intranasally challenged with OVA to induce allergic lung inflammation. Mice housed in cages enriched with paper tissues, but not with plastic tunnels, had increased total cell number, eosinophil number and IL-13 concentration in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in comparison with the non-enriched control group. These results indicate that the effect of environmental enrichment on mice asthma models depends on the type of enrichment used. Therefore, it is important to consider the potential effects of any environmental enrichment on animal welfare and more importantly, on research results in order to standardize and obtain more accurate data from rodent studies.     

支气管哮喘患儿肺功能状态及Th1Th2指标的变化观察

目的:观察支气管哮喘患儿肺功能状态及Th1Th2指标的变化情况。方法:选取2013年10月~2015年8月本院诊治的65例支气管哮喘患儿为观察组,另选择同期接受体检的健康同龄儿童65名为对照组。比较两组患儿肺功能状态及Th1Th2指标,观察不同严重程度及分期支气管哮喘患儿的肺功能状态及Th1Th2指标。结果:观察组患儿肺功能指标及血清Th1Th2指标均低于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05);观察组患儿发作期肺功能指标及血清Th1Th2指标明显低于缓解期,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05);重度患儿肺功能指标及血清Th1Th2指标均低于轻度及中度患儿,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05);中度患儿肺功能指标及血清Th1Th2指标低于轻度患儿,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:支气管哮喘患儿肺功能状态及Th1Th2指标的变化较大,且疾病分期与疾病严重程度对其检测结果也有较大影响。     

Down-regulation of secreted lymphocyte antigen-6/urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor-related peptide-1 (SLURP-1), an endogenous allosteric α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor modulator, in murine and human asthmatic conditions

Whereas acetylcholine (ACh) acts as a bronchoconstrictor and stimulator of mucus secretion from bronchial epithelium, it acts via α7 nicotinic Ach receptors (nAChRs) on macrophages in the airways to exert anti-inflammatory effects by reducing synthesis of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α). Moreover, the effects of ACh are modified by secreted ly-6/urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor-related peptide-1 (SLURP-1), a positive allosteric modulator of α7 nAChR signaling. Our aim was to explore the roles played by SLURP-1 in the pathophysiology of asthma by assessing SLURP-1 expression in the OVA-sensitized murine asthma model and in cultured human bronchial epithelial cells. Using real-time PCR we found that expression of SLURP-1 mRNA is down-regulated in the lungs of asthmatic model mice, as compared to healthy mice. In addition, immunohistochemical studies confirmed the diminished expression of SLURP-1 in the bronchioles of asthmatic mice, and showed it was due to extensive metaplasia of mucus-secreting cells and the concomitant loss of ciliated epithelial cells. Expression of SLURP-1 mRNA and protein was also significantly down-regulated in human epithelial cells stimulated with the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-13 (IL-13), which is related to asthmatic condition. Thus SLURP-1 appears to be down-regulated in both an animal model of asthma and human epithelial cells treated with an inflammatory cytokine related to asthma. Those findings suggest that diminished expression of SLURP-1 in asthma attenuates its negative regulation of airway inflammation, and that perhaps changes in SLURP-1 expression could serve as a marker of airway damage in asthma.     

孟鲁司特联合信必可治疗支气管哮喘的疗效及对患者肺功能和血嗜酸细胞、C反应蛋白水平的影响

目的:探讨孟鲁司特联合信必可治疗支气管哮喘的疗效及对患者肺功能和血嗜酸细胞(EOS)、C反应蛋白(CRP)水平的影响。方法:选取我院2016年1月～2017年4月收治的136例支气管哮喘患者,按照随机数字表法均分为两组。对照组(68例)采取信必可治疗,观察组(68例)在此基础上加用孟鲁司特治疗。治疗12周后,评价两组的临床疗效,对比两组治疗前后哮喘症状评分、肺功能、外周血EOS计数及血清CRP水平变化的情况。结果:经12周治疗后,观察组总有效率为95.59%(65/68),与对照组[79.41%(54/68)]相比显著上升(P0.01)。与治疗前对比,两组治疗12周后日间与夜间哮喘评分、外周血EOS计数、血清CRP水平均显著下降(P0.01),且观察组以上指标均显著低于对照组(P0.01)。与治疗前相比,两组治疗12周后肺功能指标FVC、FEV1、PEF值均有明显升高(P0.01);且观察组以上指标均显著高于对照组(P0.01)。结论:孟鲁司特联合信必可治疗支气管哮喘可有效改善患者的肺功能,减轻气道炎症反应,促进哮喘症状缓解,疗效确切。     

Effect of Fructus schisandrae syrup on bronchial asthma mice model

Purpose

To investigate the effect of Fructus schisandrae syrup on bronchial asthma mice model.