PMID- 30292447 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190625 LR - 20190625 IS - 1578-1267 (Electronic) IS - 0301-0546 (Linking) VI - 47 IP - 2 DP - 2019 Mar-Apr TI - Osteoprotegerin mediate RANK/RANKL signaling inhibition eases asthma inflammatory reaction by affecting the survival and function of dendritic cells. PG - 179-184 LID - S0301-0546(18)30117-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.aller.2018.06.006 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory, heterogeneous airway disease affecting millions of people around the world. Dendritic cells (DCs) are considered the most important antigen-presenting cell in asthma airway inflammatory reaction. But whether osteoprotegerin (OPG) mediate RANK/RANKL signaling inhibition influences asthma development by affecting the survival and function of DCs remains unclear. In this study, we assessed the effects of OPG on DCs and asthma. MATERIAL AND METHODS: BALB/c mice immunized with ovalbumin (OVA) were challenged thrice with an aerosol of OVA every second day for eight days. Dexamethasone (1.0mg/kg) or OPG (50mug/kg) was administered intraperitoneally to OVA-immunized BALB/c mice on day 24 once a day for nine days. Mice were analyzed for effects of OPG on asthma, inflammatory cell infiltration and cytokine levels in lung tissue. The expression of RANK and beta-actin was detected by Western Blot. DCs were isolated from mouse bone morrow. Cell survival was assessed by cell counting. The content of IL-12 was detected by ELISA. RESULTS: Results showed that OVA increased the number of inflammatory factors in BALF, elevated lung inflammation scores in mice. OPG reversed the alterations induced by OVA in the asthmatic mice. OPG inhibited the survival and function of DC via inhibition of RANK/RANKL signaling. CONCLUSIONS: This research proved inhibition of RANK/RANKL signaling by OPG could ease the inflammatory reaction in asthma, providing new evidence for the application of OPG on asthma. CI - Copyright (c) 2018. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U. FAU - Yang, X AU - Yang X AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Wang, X AU - Wang X AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Chi, M AU - Chi M AD - Department of Pediatrics, BaYi Children's Hospital of the PLA Army General Hospital, Beijing, China; The Clinical Medical College of the PLA Army, Second Military Medical University of People's Liberation Army, Shanghai, China. FAU - Zhang, M AU - Zhang M AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Shan, H AU - Shan H AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Zhang, Q-H AU - Zhang QH AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Zhang, J AU - Zhang J AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Shi, J AU - Shi J AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Zhang, J-Z AU - Zhang JZ AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Wu, R-M AU - Wu RM AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, China. FAU - Li, Y-L AU - Li YL AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. Electronic address: yalili2008@163.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181003 PL - Singapore TA - Allergol Immunopathol (Madr) JT - Allergologia et immunopathologia JID - 0370073 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Osteoprotegerin) RN - 0 (RANK Ligand) RN - 0 (Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-kappa B) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigen Presentation MH - Asthma/immunology/*metabolism MH - Cell Survival MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Dendritic Cells/*physiology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Osteoprotegerin/*metabolism MH - Pneumonia/immunology/*metabolism MH - RANK Ligand/metabolism MH - Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-kappa B/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction OTO - NOTNLM OT - Asthma OT - Dendritic cells OT - Osteoprotegerin OT - RANK/RANKL EDAT- 2018/10/08 06:00 MHDA- 2019/06/27 06:00 CRDT- 2018/10/08 06:00 PHST- 2018/04/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/05/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/06/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/10/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/06/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/10/08 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0301-0546(18)30117-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.aller.2018.06.006 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Allergol Immunopathol (Madr). 2019 Mar-Apr;47(2):179-184. doi: 10.1016/j.aller.2018.06.006. Epub 2018 Oct 3.