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KMID : 0620920070390030343
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Experimental & Molecular Medicine
2007 Volume.39 No. 3 p.343 ~ p.352
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TACI:Fc scavenging B cell activating factor (BAFF) alleviates ovalbumin-induced bronchial asthma in mice
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Moon Eun-Yi
Ryu Sook-Kyung
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Abstract
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Asthma was induced by the sensitization and challenge with ovalbumin (OVA) in mice. B-cell activating factor (BAFF) plays a role in mature B cell generation and maintenance. Here, we investigated whether, BAFF expression was changed in OVA-induced mice and whether the control of BAFF expression level alleviates the symptom of bronchial asthma. BAFF expression was detected in alveolar-associated cells surrounding bronchi of OVA-induced mouse lung tissues. BAFF protein was also increased in OVA-induced mouse serum. The increased BAFF transcripts was detected in OVA-induced mouse splenocytes. OVA-induced asthma was associated with the increased number of eosinophils in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). When TACI:Fc scavenging soluble BAFF was injected to OVA-induced mice, a significant inhibition was detected in the thickness of airway smooth muscle and glycol-containing cellular elements in airway that were visualized by hematoxylin/eosin Y and periodic acid-Schiff staining, respectively. In addition, when mice were treated with TACI:Fc protein, BAFF protein level was decreased in alveolar-associated cells surrounding bronchi of OVA-induced mouse lung tissues compared to control mice. When compared to OVA-induced control, TACI:Fc treatment reduced the percentage of non-lymphoid cells and no changes were detected in lymphoid cell population. Hypodiploid cell formation in BALF was decreased by OVA-challenge but it was recovered by TACI:Fc treatment. Collectively, data suggest that asthmatic symptom could be alleviated by scavenging BAFF and then BAFF could be a novel target for the develpoment of anti-asthmatic agents.
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KEYWORD
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asthma, B-cell activating factor, ovalbumin, transmembrane activator and CAML interactor protein
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