PMID- 32395767 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210330 LR - 20210330 IS - 1573-4935 (Electronic) IS - 0144-8463 (Print) IS - 0144-8463 (Linking) VI - 40 IP - 6 DP - 2020 Jun 26 TI - Protective effect of Asarum sieboldii essential oil on ovalbumin induced allergic rhinitis in rat. LID - 10.1042/BSR20191370 [doi] LID - BSR20191370 AB - BACKGROUND: The study was aimed to investigate the protective effect of Asarum sieboldii Miq. essential oil (AEO) on ovalbumin (OVA)-induced allergic rhinitis (AR) in rats. METHODS AND RESULTS: Sixty Sprague-Dawley male rats were randomly divided into six groups (n=10): control, model, cetirizine (Cet, 4.65 g/kg), and AEO (0.5, 1.5, 3 g/kg) groups. All animals except the control group received repeated intranasal instillation with 20 mul of 20% OVA in Al(OH)3 saline solvent for 15 days. The control group was intranasally instilled with 5 mg/ml of Al(OH)3 instead of the same procedure. In the 15 days, Cet and AEO were orally administrated for 28 days. At the end of the drug administration, 20 mul of 5% OVA was given to animals to stimulate allergic reaction, then the rat behavioral detection, assessment of the patho-morphological changes in nasal mucosa, and the serum biomarkers were determined. The result showed that AEO could significantly reduce the amount of nasal secretions, sneezing, and the degree of nasal scratching in AR rats with EC50 = 1.5 and 2.8 g/kg, respectively. The degree of nasal mucosal inflammation in AEO group improved, the levels of immunoglobulin E (IgE), histamine, IL-4, IL-5, IL-17 were decreased, and the level of IFN-gamma was increased obviously with EC50 = 2 g/kg. CONCLUSION: The study suggested that the possible mechanism might be related with the inhibition of histamine release and regulation of the cytokine levels, which plays an important role in the treatment of AR. CI - (c) 2020 The Author(s). FAU - Zhang, Zhicheng AU - Zhang Z AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, People's Republic of China. FAU - Kang, Haoran AU - Kang H AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, People's Republic of China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Biosci Rep JT - Bioscience reports JID - 8102797 RN - 0 (Anti-Allergic Agents) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Drugs, Chinese Herbal) RN - 0 (Oils, Volatile) RN - 0 (Plant Oils) RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) RN - 8016-69-1 (asarum oil) RN - 820484N8I3 (Histamine) RN - 9006-59-1 (Ovalbumin) SB - IM ECI - Biosci Rep. 2020 Jun 26;40(6):. PMID: 32568382 MH - Animals MH - Anti-Allergic Agents/isolation & purification/*pharmacology MH - *Asarum/chemistry MH - Behavior, Animal/drug effects MH - Cytokines/blood MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Drugs, Chinese Herbal/isolation & purification/*pharmacology MH - Histamine/blood MH - Immunoglobulin E/blood MH - Male MH - Nasal Mucosa/*drug effects/immunology/metabolism MH - Oils, Volatile/isolation & purification/*pharmacology MH - Ovalbumin MH - Plant Oils/isolation & purification/*pharmacology MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Rhinitis, Allergic/blood/chemically induced/immunology/*prevention & control PMC - PMC7268255 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Nasal mucosa OT - cytokines OT - histamine OT - nasal scratching OT - sneezing COIS- The authors declare that there are no competing interests associated with the manuscript. EDAT- 2020/05/13 06:00 MHDA- 2021/03/31 06:00 PMCR- 2020/06/02 CRDT- 2020/05/13 06:00 PHST- 2019/05/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/04/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/05/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/05/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/03/31 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/05/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/06/02 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 224117 [pii] AID - BSR20191370 [pii] AID - 10.1042/BSR20191370 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biosci Rep. 2020 Jun 26;40(6):BSR20191370. doi: 10.1042/BSR20191370.