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Year : 2011  |  Volume : 3  |  Issue : 11  |  Page : 503-507

Modulation of immune tolerance with a Chinese traditional prescription inhibits allergic rhinitis in mice


1 Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
2 Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
3 Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medical University of Hunan, Changsha, China
4 Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Second Hospital, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
5 Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Correspondence Address:
Min-Qiang Xie
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou
China
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Background : Allergic diseases substantially affect human health and social economy. The pathogenesis is to be further understood. The effect of current therapeutic remedies on allergic diseases is not satisfactory. Aims : This study aimed to inhibit allergic rhinitis in a mouse model with a Chinese traditional medical prescription, Bu-Zhong-Yi-Qi-Tang. Material and Methods : A mouse AR model was developed with ovalbumin (OVA) plus adjuvant alum. The AR clinical symptoms and immune pathology in the nasal mucosa were assessed with the AR mouse model. Some mice were treated with Bu-Zhong-Yi-Qi-Tang via gavage-fed. The immune tolerance status in the nasal mucosa was evaluated by counting the numbers of tolerogenic dendritic cells (DC) and regulatory T cells (Treg). Results : After exposure to the specific antigen, OVA, the sensitized mice had AR-like symptoms including nasal itch and sneeze. The frequency of mast cells, levels of IgE/IL-4 in nasal mucosa was markedly higher in sensitized mice than naïve controls; while the levels of integration alphavbeta6 (avb6), the number of tolerogenic DCs and Tregs in nasal mucosa were significantly lower than naïve control mice. The AR-like symptoms and immune pathology and immune tolerance status in the AR nasal mucosa were substantially improved by administration with Bu-Zhong-Yi-Qi-Tang. Conclusions : The immune tolerance status is impaired in the AR nasal mucosa that can be improved by administering with Bu-Zhong-Yi-Qi-Tang.


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