Yuan Hong-Kai, Lu Jin, Wang Xue-Ling, Lv Zhi-Ying, Li Bo, Zhu Weiliang, Yang Yong-Qing, Yin Lei-Miao
Yueyang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Drug Discovery and Design Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Front Pharmacol. 2022 Jun 16;13:873612. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.873612. eCollection 2022.
Airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) is one of the most important features of asthma. Our previous study showed that inhaled transgelin-2 agonist, TSG12, effectively reduced pulmonary resistance in a mouse model of asthma in a dose-dependent manner. However, the optimal administration time of TSG12 to reduce AHR and the pharmacological effects are still unclear. In this study, the effects of TSG12 inhalation before and during AHR occurrence were examined. The results showed that the pulmonary resistance was reduced by 57% and the dynamic compliance was increased by 46% in the TSG12 Mch group (atomize TSG12 10 min before methacholine, < 0.05 vs. model). The pulmonary resistance was reduced by 61% and the dynamic compliance was increased by 47% in the TSG12 + Mch group (atomize TSG12 and methacholine together, < 0.05 vs. model). Quantitative real-time PCR showed that the gene expression levels of transgelin-2, myosin phosphatase target subunit-1, and myosin light chain were up-regulated by 6.4-, 1.9-, and 2.8-fold, respectively, in the TSG12 Mch group. The gene expression levels of transgelin-2, myosin phosphatase target subunit-1, and myosin light chain were up-regulated by 3.2-, 1.4-, and 1.9-fold, respectively, in the TSG12 + Mch group. The results suggested that TSG12 effectively reduces pulmonary resistance when TSG12 inhalation occurred both before and during AHR occurrence. Gene expression levels of transgelin-2 and myosin light chain were significantly up-regulated when TSG12 inhalation occurred before AHR occurrence. This study may provide a basis for the administration time of TSG12 for asthma treatment in the future.
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