Park Nayoung, Chung Jae Yoon, Kim Mi Hye, Yang Woong Mo
Department of Convergence Korean Medical Science, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea.
Front Allergy. 2022 Dec 12;3:1012183. doi: 10.3389/falgy.2022.1012183. eCollection 2022.
Allergic rhinitis is one of the most common diseases, which is caused by IgE-mediated reactions to inhaled allergens. Essential oils from the leaf (EOM) are known to be effective for various diseases, such as respiratory diseases. However, the effect of inhalation of EOM on tight junctions and inflammation related to allergic rhinitis is not yet known. The purpose of this research was to explain the effects of the inhalation of EOM on tight junctions and inflammation of allergic rhinitis through network pharmacology and an experimental study. For that purpose, a pharmacology network analysis was conducted comprising major components of EOM. Based on the network pharmacology prediction results, we evaluated the effect of EOM on histological changes in mice with ovalbumin and PM10-induced allergic rhinitis. Allergic symptoms, infiltration of inflammatory cells, and regulation of ZO-1 were investigated in mice with allergic rhinitis. Other allergic parameters were also analyzed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and western blot in nasal epithelial cells. In the network analysis, the effects of EOM were closely related to tight junctions and inflammation in allergic rhinitis. Consistent with the results from the network analysis, EOM significantly decreased epithelial thickness, mast cell degranulation, goblet cell secretion, and the infiltration of inflammatory cells in nasal tissue. EOM also regulated the MAPK-NF-κB signaling pathway, which was related to tight junctions in nasal epithelial cells. This research confirmed that inhalation of EOM effectively restores tight junctions and suppresses inflammation in the allergic rhinitis model. These results reveal that EOM has a therapeutic mechanism to treat allergic rhinitis.
变应性鼻炎是最常见的疾病之一,由对吸入性变应原的IgE介导反应引起。已知叶部精油(EOM)对多种疾病有效,如呼吸系统疾病。然而,吸入EOM对与变应性鼻炎相关的紧密连接和炎症的影响尚不清楚。本研究的目的是通过网络药理学和实验研究来解释吸入EOM对变应性鼻炎紧密连接和炎症的影响。为此,对EOM的主要成分进行了药理学网络分析。基于网络药理学预测结果,我们评估了EOM对卵清蛋白和PM10诱导的变应性鼻炎小鼠组织学变化的影响。研究了变应性鼻炎小鼠的变应性症状、炎性细胞浸润和ZO-1的调节情况。还通过逆转录聚合酶链反应和蛋白质免疫印迹法分析了鼻上皮细胞中的其他变应性参数。在网络分析中,EOM的作用与变应性鼻炎中的紧密连接和炎症密切相关。与网络分析结果一致,EOM显著降低了鼻组织中的上皮厚度、肥大细胞脱颗粒、杯状细胞分泌和炎性细胞浸润。EOM还调节了与鼻上皮细胞紧密连接相关的MAPK-NF-κB信号通路。本研究证实,吸入EOM可有效恢复变应性鼻炎模型中的紧密连接并抑制炎症。这些结果表明EOM具有治疗变应性鼻炎的作用机制。