Ocimum gratissimum Linn. and rosmarinic acid, attenuate eosinophilic airway inflammation in an experimental model of respiratory allergy to Blomia tropicalis

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• 作者：Ryan Santos Costa^a ; Tamires Cana Brasil Carneiro^a ; Ana Tereza Cerqueira-Lima^a ; Norma Vilany Queiroz^a ; Neuza Maria Alcâ ; ntara-Neves^a ; Lain Carlos Pontes-de-Carvalho^b ; Eudes da Silva Velozo^c ; Eduardo Jesus Oliveira^d ; Camila Alexandrina Figueiredo^a ; ^{cavfigueiredo@gmail.com}
• 关键词：Asthma ; Blomia tropicalis ; Inflammation ; Ocimum gratissimum ; Polyphenols ; Rosmarinic acid
• 刊名：International Immunopharmacology
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：123_15675769
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：May, 2012
• 卷：13
• 期：1
• 页码：126-134
• 文件大小：2164 K

摘要

Allergic asthma has emerged as an important public health problem of urban populations in developed countries. Very often herbal medicine is used to treat this widespread disease, due to the lack of efficacy and the important side effects related to the classical drugs in use. Along this line, Ocimum gratissimum (Og) is a plant widely used in Brazilian folk medicine to treat inflammatory disorders, such as asthma.

In the present study we evaluated the immunomodulatory effects of Og and rosmarinic acid (RA, a polyphenolic compound) in a murine model of respiratory allergy induced by the Blomia tropicalis (Bt) mite. The respiratory allergy was induced in A/J mice by administration of Bt extract and the treatment was done using 25, 50 or 100 mg/kg of an Og methanolic extract or using 2, 20 or 200 mg/kg of RA. We then evaluated the changes induced by these drugs on immunological parameters related to the allergic process, which are up-regulated in this allergic model. The treatment of animals with 100 mg/Kg Og and 200 mg/Kg RA led to a significant reduction in the numbers of leukocytes/eosinophils in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL); eosinophil peroxidase activity in BAL; presence of mucus in respiratory tract, histopathological changes in the lung, and IL-4 in BAL. These results suggest that the methanolic extract of Og and the polyphenol RA have therapeutic potential in this murine model of respiratory allergy to a clinically relevant human sensitizer allergen.