PMID- 24292056 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140714 LR - 20190720 IS - 1347-5215 (Electronic) IS - 0918-6158 (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 12 DP - 2013 TI - Supplementary seleno-L-methionine suppresses active cutaneous anaphylaxis reaction. PG - 1969-74 AB - To clarify the relationship between selenium supplementation and type I allergic reaction, we investigated the effect of seleno-L-methionine (SeMet) supplementation on the active cutaneous anaphylaxis (ACA) reaction and cytokine production in splenocytes. Female BALB/c mice were sensitized by intraperitoneal injection of ovalbumin (OVA), and SeMet was administered orally for 2 weeks followed by a challenge with OVA to induce an ACA reaction. SeMet supplementation suppressed the ACA reaction in a dose-dependent manner. Plasma OVA-specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) level was strongly inhibited in SeMet-supplemented mice compared with control mice. The mRNA expression levels of the T helper 2 (Th2) cytokines interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13 in the spleen of SeMet-supplemented mice were lower than those in control mice. The mRNA expression level of a Th1 cytokine, interferon (IFN)-gamma, in the spleen of SeMet-supplemented mice was higher than that in control mice. Splenocytes restimulated with OVA in vitro from SeMet-supplemented mice produced lower amounts of IL-4 and IL-13 than those of control mice and higher amounts of IFN-gamma than those from the control mice. These results suggest that oral SeMet supplementation suppresses OVA-induced ACA reaction by lowered Th2 cytokine production and augmenting Th1 cytokine production. FAU - Arakawa, Tomohiro AU - Arakawa T AD - Department of Public Health & Preventive Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University. FAU - Deguchi, Takeshi AU - Deguchi T FAU - Sakazaki, Fumitoshi AU - Sakazaki F FAU - Ogino, Hirofumi AU - Ogino H FAU - Okuno, Tomofumi AU - Okuno T FAU - Ueno, Hitoshi AU - Ueno H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Japan TA - Biol Pharm Bull JT - Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin JID - 9311984 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) RN - 9006-59-1 (Ovalbumin) RN - 964MRK2PEL (Selenomethionine) SB - IM MH - Anaphylaxis/*drug therapy/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Cytokines/genetics/metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Female MH - Hypersensitivity/*drug therapy/metabolism MH - Immunoglobulin E/blood MH - Liver/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Ovalbumin/immunology MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Selenomethionine/blood/pharmacokinetics/*therapeutic use MH - Skin Tests MH - Spleen/cytology/metabolism EDAT- 2013/12/03 06:00 MHDA- 2014/07/16 06:00 CRDT- 2013/12/03 06:00 PHST- 2013/12/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/12/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/07/16 06:00 [medline] AID - DN/JST.JSTAGE/bpb/b13-00598 [pii] AID - 10.1248/bpb.b13-00598 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biol Pharm Bull. 2013;36(12):1969-74. doi: 10.1248/bpb.b13-00598.