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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol (June 12, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajplung.90588.2008
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Submitted on November 25, 2008
Revised on June 10, 2009
Accepted on June 11, 2009

Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure Does Not Prevent Corticosteroids Reducing Inflammation, Remodeling, and Airway Hyperreactivity in Mice Exposed to Allergen

Dae Jin Song1, Myung Goo Min1, Marina Miller1, Jae Youn Cho1, and David H Broide1*

1 University of California San Diego

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: dbroide{at}ucsd.edu.

The ability of corticosteroids to reduce airway inflammation and improve lung function is significantly reduced in asthmatics who are tobacco smokers compared to asthmatics who are non-smokers. As not only high levels of tobacco smoke exposure in active smokers, but also significantly lower levels of tobacco smoke exposure from passive environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure in non-smokers can increase both asthma symptoms and the frequency of asthma exacerbations, we utilized a mouse model to determine whether corticosteroids can reduce levels of airway inflammation, airway remodeling, and airway hyperreactivity in mice exposed to the combination of chronic ETS and OVA allergen. Chronic ETS exposure alone did not induce increases in eosinophilic airway inflammation, airway remodeling, or airway hyperreactivity. Mice exposed to chronic OVA allergen had significantly increased levels of peribronchial fibrosis, increased thickening of the smooth muscle layer, increased mucus, and increased airway hyperreactivity which was significantly enhanced by co-exposure to the combination of chronic ETS and chronic OVA allergen. Administration of corticosteroids to mice exposed to chronic ETS and OVA allergen significantly reduced levels of eosinophilic airway inflammation, mucus production, peribronchial smooth muscle thickness, airway hyperreactivity, and the number of peribronchial TGF-{beta}1+ cells. Overall, this study demonstrates that corticosteroids can significantly reduce levels of eosinophilic inflammation, mucus expression, airway remodeling, and airway hyperreactivity in chronic ETS exposed mice challenged with allergen.







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