Abstract:
:We investigated the effects of (1,4)-alpha-D-glucan (alpha-DG), a novel immune stimulatory drug from Tinospora cordifolia, on the concentration of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines (interleukin [IL]-1beta, IL-6, tumour necrosis factor-alpha [TNF-alpha], gamma-interferon [IFN-gamma] and IL-10) in the lung and spleen of endotoxin-stimulated juvenile rats. Experimental groups (n = 16/group) included controls with an intraperitoneal injection of saline, endotoxaemic rats with a non-lethal dose of 10 mg/kg Escherichia coli endotoxin, and endotoxaemic rats treated with two doses of 10 mg/kg alpha-DG, intraperitoneally, 2 and 4 hr after endotoxin injection. At 24 hr of treatment, rats were euthanized and lungs and spleen were removed for cytokines determination and lung injury. Endotoxaemia increased IL-1beta concentration by fivefold in both organs, while creating a moderate pulmonary hypercellularity (demonstrated by about 11% increase in the alveolar-septal thickening and 11% decrease in the alveolar-interstitial space ratio). In the lung, alpha-DG treatment reduced concentrations of IL-1beta by 30% (p > 0.05), IL-6 by 43% (p < 0.01), IFN-gamma by 46% (p < 0.01) and the anti-inflammatory cytokine, IL-10, by 31% (p > 0.05) compared to endotoxaemia. In the spleen, alpha-DG treatment decreased the ratio of IL-1beta to IL-10 by 55% (p < 0.05), demonstrating an anti-inflammatory trend. These data suggest that alpha-DG differentially modulates cytokine response in the lung and spleen and modifies the pro- and anti-inflammatory balance during an early period of endotoxaemia in juvenile rats.
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Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicoljournal_title
Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicologyauthors
Velazquez EA,Kimura D,Torbati D,Ramachandran C,Totapally BRdoi
10.1111/j.1742-7843.2009.00447.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-11-01 00:00:00pages
301-6issue
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1742-7835issn
1742-7843pii
PTO447journal_volume
105pub_type
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