Short hairpin RNAs against eotaxin or interleukin-5 decrease airway eosinophilia and hyper-responsiveness in a murine model of asthma

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Background: Eosinophilia plays the major role in the pathogenesis of asthma and correlates with the up-regulation of eotaxin, which, together with interleukin (IL)-5, is important for differentiation, chemo-attraction, degranulation, and survival of eosinophils in local tissue. In a previous study, we found that administration of lentivirus-delivered short hairpin RNA (shRNA) to suppress the expression of IL-5 inhibited airway inflammation. The present study aimed to investigate the role of eotaxin shRNA and the synergistic effect of eotaxin and IL-5 shRNAs on airway inflammation in an ovalbumin (OVA)-induced murine model of asthma. Methods: Lentivirus-delivered shRNAs were used to suppress the expression of eotaxin and/or IL-5 in local tissue in an OVA-induced murine asthma model. Results: Intra-tracheal administration of lentivirus containing eotaxin shRNA expressing cassette (eoSEC3.3) efficiently moderated the characteristics of asthma, including airway hyper-responsiveness, cellular infiltration of lung tissues, and eotaxin and IL-5 levels in bronchio-alveolar lavage fluid. Administration of lentiviruses expressing IL-5 or eotaxin shRNAs (IL5SEC4 + eoSEC3.3) also moderated the symptoms of asthma in a mouse model. Conclusions: Local delivery of lentiviruses expressing IL-5 and eotaxin shRNAs provides a potential tool in moderating airway inflammation and also has the potential for developing clinical therapy based on the application of shRNAs of chemokines and cytokines involved in T helper 2 cell inflammation and eosinophilia. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Huang, H. Y., Lee, C. C., & Chiang, B. L. (2009). Short hairpin RNAs against eotaxin or interleukin-5 decrease airway eosinophilia and hyper-responsiveness in a murine model of asthma. Journal of Gene Medicine, 11(2), 112–118. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgm.1285

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