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| Author(s): |
Navarro-Xavier, Roberta Araujo
[1]
;
de Barros, Karina Vieira
[1]
;
de Andrade, Iracema Senna
[1]
;
Palomino, Zaira
[2]
;
Casarini, Dulce Elena
[2]
;
Flor Silveira, Vera Lucia
[3]
Total Authors: 6
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Fisiol, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Med, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Ciencias Biol, Campus Diadema, Rua Prof Artur Riedel 275, BR-09972270 Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 3
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | JOURNAL OF INFLAMMATION RESEARCH; v. 9, 2016. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 4 |
| Abstract | |
Background: The increased prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases in westernized societies has been associated with increased intake of diets rich in n-6 fatty acids (FAs) and poor in n-3 FAs. This study aimed to analyze the prophylactic effects of treatment with a soybean oil-rich diet (rich in n-6) or fish oil (rich in n-3) in an allergic airway inflammation model on lung inflammation score, leukocyte migration, T-helper cell (Th)-2 (interleukin {[}IL]-4, IL-5) and Th1 (interferon {[}IFN]-gamma, tumor necrosis factor-alpha) cytokines, lipoxin A4, nitric oxide, bradykinin, and corticosterone levels in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) or lungs. Methods: Male Wistar rats fed with soybean oil-or fish oil-rich diet or standard rat chow were sensitized twice with ovalbumin-alumen and challenged twice with ovalbumin aerosol. The BAL and lungs were examined 24 hours later. Results: Both diets, rich in n-6 or n-3 FAs, impaired the allergic lung inflammation and reduced leukocyte migration, eosinophil and neutrophil percentages, and IL-4/IL-5/bradykinin levels in BAL and/or lungs, as well as increased the nitric oxide levels in BAL. The soybean oil-rich diet additionally increased the levels of lipoxin A4 and corticosterone in the lungs. Conclusion: Data presented demonstrated that the n-6 FA-rich diet had protective effect upon allergic airway inflammation and was as anti-inflammatory as the n-3 FA-rich diet, although through different mechanisms, suggesting that both diets could be considered as complementary therapy or a prophylactic alternative for allergic airway inflammation. (AU) | |