Xiaoxue Jiang1, Yi Lan1, Bing Wei1, Cailing Dai1, Yaru Gu1, Jun Ma2, Xiaoyan Liu2, Kazuo Umezawa3, Yuyang Zhang1. 1. a Department of Pharmacology, School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics , Shenyang Pharmaceutical University , Shenyang , China. 2. b Department of Research and Development , Shenzhen Wanhe Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. , Shenzhen , China. 3. c Department of Molecular Target Medicine , Aichi Medical University School of Medicine , Nagakute , Japan.
Abstract
CONTEXT: Dehydroxymethylepoxyquinomicin (DHMEQ) which is originally developed as an analog of antibiotic epoxyquinomicin C is a specific and potent inhibitor of NF-κB and has been shown to possess promising potential as an anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor agent. OBJECTIVE: This study examines DHMEQ's effect on therapeutic potential for atopic dermatitis (AD)-like lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: AD lesions were chronically induced by the repetitive and alternative application of 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB) and oxazolone (OX) on ears in BALB/c mice. The mice were then externally treated with DHMEQ ointment. Macroscopic and microscopic changes of the skin lesions were observed and recorded. RESULTS: DHMEQ inhibited ear swelling and relieved clinical symptoms of the AD-like lesions induced by DNCB/OX in BALB/c mice. Histopathology examination illustrated that it significantly decreased DNCB/OX-induced epidermal thickness, the infiltration of inflammatory cells, and the count of mast cell. The elevated level of immunoglobulin E (IgE) in serum and the mRNA levels of interferon γ (IFN-γ), interleukin 4 (IL-4) and IL-13 in the ear tissues, were also suppressed by DHMEQ. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: This study indicated that DHMEQ would be useful for the treatment of AD.
CONTEXT: Dehydroxymethylepoxyquinomicin (DHMEQ) which is originally developed as an analog of antibiotic epoxyquinomicin C is a specific and potent inhibitor of NF-κB and has been shown to possess promising potential as an anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor agent. OBJECTIVE: This study examines DHMEQ's effect on therapeutic potential for atopic dermatitis (AD)-like lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS:AD lesions were chronically induced by the repetitive and alternative application of 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB) and oxazolone (OX) on ears in BALB/c mice. The mice were then externally treated with DHMEQ ointment. Macroscopic and microscopic changes of the skin lesions were observed and recorded. RESULTS:DHMEQ inhibited ear swelling and relieved clinical symptoms of the AD-like lesions induced by DNCB/OX in BALB/c mice. Histopathology examination illustrated that it significantly decreased DNCB/OX-induced epidermal thickness, the infiltration of inflammatory cells, and the count of mast cell. The elevated level of immunoglobulin E (IgE) in serum and the mRNA levels of interferon γ (IFN-γ), interleukin 4 (IL-4) and IL-13 in the ear tissues, were also suppressed by DHMEQ. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: This study indicated that DHMEQ would be useful for the treatment of AD.