| Literature DB >> 15951834 |
Kristin J Carpenter1, Jillian L Ewing, Jane M Schuh, Traci L Ness, Steven L Kunkel, Monica Aparici, Montserrat Miralpeix, Cory M Hogaboam.
Abstract
CC chemokine receptor 1 (CCR1) represents a promising target in chronic airway inflammation and remodeling due to fungus-associated allergic asthma. The present study addressed the therapeutic effect of a nonpeptide CCR1 antagonist, BX-471, in a model of chronic fungal asthma induced by Aspergillus fumigatus conidia. BX-471 treatment of isolated macrophages inhibited CCL22 and TNF-alpha and promoted IL-10 release. BX-471 also increased toll like receptor-9 (TLR9) and decreased TLR2 and TLR6 expression in these cells. When administered daily by intraperitoneal injection, from days 15 to 30 after the initiation of chronic fungal asthma, BX-471 (3, 10, or 30 mg kg(-1)) dose-dependently reduced airway inflammation, hyper-responsiveness, and remodeling at day 30 after conidia challenge. The maximal therapeutic effect was observed at the 10 mg kg(-1) dose. In summary, the therapeutic administration of BX-471 significantly attenuated experimental fungal asthma via its effects on both innate and adaptive immune processes.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15951834 PMCID: PMC1576221 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706243
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Pharmacol ISSN: 0007-1188 Impact factor: 8.739