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Ovalbumin-sensitized mice are good models for airway hyperresponsiveness but not acute physiological responses to allergen inhalation
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Zosky, GR and Larcombe, AN and White, OJ and Burchell, JT and Janosi, TZ and Hantos, Z and Holt, PG and Sly, PD and Turner, DJ, Ovalbumin-sensitized mice are good models for airway hyperresponsiveness but not acute physiological responses to allergen inhalation, Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 38, (5) pp. 829-38. ISSN 0954-7894 (2008) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1111/j.1365-2222.2007.02884.x
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that is characterized clinically by airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) to bronchoconstricting agents. The physiological response of the asthmatic lung to inhaled allergen is often characterized by two distinct phases: an early-phase response (EPR) within the first hour following exposure that subsides and a late-phase response (LPR) that is more prolonged and may occur several hours later. Mouse models of asthma have become increasingly popular and should be designed to exhibit an EPR, LPR and AHR.
OBJECTIVE:
To determine whether a common model of asthma is capable of demonstrating an EPR, LPR and AHR.
METHODS:
BALB/c mice were sensitized to ovalbumin (OVA) and challenged with one or three OVA aerosols. Changes in lung mechanics in response to allergen inhalation were assessed using a modification of the low-frequency forced oscillation technique (LFOT). In order to assess AHR, changes in lung mechanics in response to aerosolized methacholine were assessed using LFOT. Inflammatory cell infiltration into the lung was measured via bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). ELISAs were used to measure inflammatory cytokines in the BAL and levels of IgE in the serum.
RESULTS:
An EPR was only detectable after three OVA aerosols in approximately half of the mice studied. There was no evidence of an LPR despite a clear increase in cellular infiltration 6 h post-allergen challenge. AHR was present after a single OVA aerosol but not after three OVA aerosols.
CONCLUSIONS:
The lack of an LPR, limited EPR and the absence of a link between the LPR and AHR highlight the limitations of this mouse model as a complete model of the lung dysfunction associated with asthma.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Cardiovascular medicine and haematology |
| Research Field: | Respiratory diseases |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Clinical health |
| Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Zosky, GR (Professor Graeme Zosky) |
| ID Code: | 89482 |
| Year Published: | 2008 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 54 |
| Deposited By: | Medicine |
| Deposited On: | 2014-03-05 |
| Last Modified: | 2014-03-05 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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