Qingfei oral liquid downregulates TRPV1 expression to reduce airway inflammation and mucus hypersecretion injury caused by respiratory syncytial virus infection and asthma in mice
Journal Title: Traditional Medicine Research - Year 2020, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Objective: Qingfei oral liquid (QF), an experimental Chinese medicine prescription developed from the ancient priscription of traditional Chinese medicines Ma Xin Shi Gan decoction and Tingli Dazao Xie Fei decoction, has been effectively used since decades to treat patients with viral pneumonia and asthma. In our previous study, we had demonstrated that QF can significantly reduce airway hyperresponsiveness, hyperemia, lung tissue edema, inflammatory lung tissue infiltration in mice, airway mucus secretion, and peripheral airway collagen hyperplasia; however, its mechanism of action is unknown. Methods: Fifty 6-8-week-old male BALB/c mice were equally and randomly divided into five groups: the control, ovalbumin (OVA), OVA + respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), QF, and dexamethasone (Dxms) groups. The QF group was administered QF at 1.17 g·kg-1·d-1, the Dxms group received dexamethasone injections at 0.2 mg·kg-1·d-1, and the remaining groups were administered PBS. Inflammation in the lung tissue was assessed by hematoxylin and eosin (HE), periodic acid-Schiff (PAS), and Van Gieson staining. ELISA was used to evaluate the IL-13, IL-25, and IL-33 in the mice. Western blotting was used to examine changes in the proteins levels of transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 (TRPV1) and mucin 5AC (MUC5AC) in the lung tissues of mice. Results: Histopathological evaluation revealed that the OVA and OVA + RSV groups exhibited lung tissue edema and inflammatory lung tissue infiltration in the HE staining and airway secretions in the PAS staining; collagen hyperplasia around the airway was increased in these two groups compared with the control group. The QF group exhibited significantly reduced lung tissue edema, inflammatory lung tissue infiltration, airway secretions, and collagen hyperplasia around the airway compared with the OVA + RSV group. We analyzed the serum levels of IL-13, IL-25, and IL-33 in the mice and found that these levels were higher in the OVA and OVA + RSV groups than in the control group (P < 0.05 in the OVA group, P < 0.01 in the OVA + RSV group). The QF group exhibited significantly decreased serum levels of IL-13, IL-25, and IL-33 compared with the OVA + RSV group (all P < 0.05). The Dxms group also exhibited significant decreases in the serum levels of IL-13 and IL-33 (all P < 0.05) but no significant decrease in the serum levels of IL-25 compared with the RSV + OVA group. Finally, we examined the protein levels of TRPV1 and MUC5AC in the lung tissues of mice using Western blotting. After identifying RSV infection in the mice with asthma, the protein levels of TRPV1 and MUC5AC in the lung tissues of mice were significantly higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). We found that compared with RSV + OVA, QF can significantly downregulate the protein level of TRPV1; further, the protein level of MUC5AC was also significantly reduced (all P < 0.001). Conclusion: QF can inhibit RSV replication and reduce airway inflammation and mucus hypersecretion injury caused by RSV infection and asthma, and its mechanism of action may be associated with the downregulation of TRPV1 expression and a decrease in airway mucus hypersecretion injury.
Authors and Affiliations
Xiao-Ping Jing,Wu-Ning Yan,Wei-Wei Cheng,Hai-Rong Zeng
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