PMID- 37607433 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231216 LR - 20240209 IS - 1878-3279 (Electronic) IS - 0171-2985 (Linking) VI - 228 IP - 6 DP - 2023 Nov TI - Lycopene alleviates food allergy by modulating the PI3K/AKT pathway in peanut-sensitized BALB/c mice. PG - 152731 LID - S0171-2985(23)04533-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.imbio.2023.152731 [doi] AB - Food allergies, which lead to life-threatening acute symptoms, are considered an important public health problem. Therefore, it is essential to develop efficient preventive and treatment measures. We developed a crude peanut protein extract (PPE)-induced allergy mouse model to investigate the effects of lycopene on peanut allergy. Mice were divided into four groups: 5 mg/kg lycopene, 20 mg/kg lycopene, no treatment, and control groups. Serum inflammatory factors were detected using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. In addition, pathology and immunohistochemistry analyses were used to examine the small intestine of mice. We found that lycopene decreased PPE-specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) and IL-13 levels in the serum, relieved small intestine inflammation, attenuated the production of histamine and mouse mast cell protease-1, and downregulated PI3K and AKT1 expression in the small intestine tissues of mice allergic to peanuts. Our results suggest that lycopene can ameliorate allergy by attenuating the PI3K/AKT pathway and the anaphylactic reactions mediated by PPE-specific IgE. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. FAU - He, Hongjuan AU - He H AD - Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Henan, Zhengzhou 450046, China. FAU - Ji, Xiaoyan AU - Ji X AD - Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Henan, Zhengzhou 450046, China. FAU - Cao, Lihua AU - Cao L AD - Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Henan, Zhengzhou 450046, China. FAU - Wang, Zhenzhen AU - Wang Z AD - Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Henan, Zhengzhou 450046, China. FAU - Wang, Xiaoyu AU - Wang X AD - Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Henan, Zhengzhou 450046, China. FAU - Li, Xiu-Min AU - Li XM AD - Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, New York Medical College, New York, NY 10595, United States. Electronic address: XiuMin_Li@NYMC.EDU. FAU - Miao, Mingsan AU - Miao M AD - Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Henan, Zhengzhou 450046, China. Electronic address: miaomingsan@hactcm.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230815 PL - Netherlands TA - Immunobiology JT - Immunobiology JID - 8002742 RN - EC 2.7.1.- (Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - SB0N2N0WV6 (Lycopene) RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) RN - 0 (Allergens) SB - IM MH - Mice MH - Animals MH - Arachis/metabolism MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt MH - Lycopene MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - *Food Hypersensitivity/drug therapy MH - *Peanut Hypersensitivity/drug therapy/pathology MH - Immunoglobulin E MH - Allergens OTO - NOTNLM OT - Food allergy OT - IgE OT - Lycopene OT - PI3K/AKT pathway OT - Peanut COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/08/23 00:41 MHDA- 2023/12/17 09:44 CRDT- 2023/08/22 18:02 PHST- 2023/05/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/07/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/08/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/12/17 09:44 [medline] PHST- 2023/08/23 00:41 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/08/22 18:02 [entrez] AID - S0171-2985(23)04533-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.imbio.2023.152731 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Immunobiology. 2023 Nov;228(6):152731. doi: 10.1016/j.imbio.2023.152731. Epub 2023 Aug 15.