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Effect of Brazilian Propolis on Exacerbation of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Mice Exposed to Tetrabromobisphenol A, a Brominated Flame Retardant
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Evidence-based Complementary And Alternative Medicine. Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013.
1741-427X
1741-4288
WOS:000326563600001
10.1155/2013/698206
Autor
Takeshita, T
Watanabe, W
Toyama, S
Hayashi, Y
Honda, S
Sakamoto, S
Matsuoka, S
Yoshida, H
Takeda, S
Hidaka, M
Tsutsumi, S
Yasukawa, K
Park, YK
Kurokawa, M
Institución
Resumen
Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), a brominated flame retardant, has been found to exacerbate pneumonia in respiratory syncytial virus- (RSV-) infected mice. We examined the effect of Brazilian propolis (AF-08) on the exacerbation of RSV infection by TBBPA exposure in mice. Mice were fed a powdered diet mixed with 1% TBBPA alone, 0.02% AF-08 alone, or 1% TBBPA and 0.02% AF-08 for four weeks and then intranasally infected with RSV. TBBPA exposure increased the pulmonary virus titer and level of IFN-gamma, a representative marker of pneumonia due to RSV infection, in the lungs of infected mice without toxicity. AF-08 was significantly effective in reducing the virus titers and IFN-gamma level increased by TBBPA exposure. Also, AF-08 significantly reduced proinflammatory cytokine (TNF-alpha and IL-6) levels in the lungs of RSV-infected mice with TBBPA exposure, but Th2 cytokine (IL-4 and IL-10) levels were not evidently increased. Neither TBBPA exposure nor AF-08 treatment affected the anti-RSV antibody production in RSV-infected mice. In flow cytometry analysis, AF-08 seemed to be effective in reducing the ratio of pulmonary CD8a(+) cells in RSV-infected mice with TBBPA exposure. TBBPA and AF-08 did not exhibit anti-RSV activity in vitro. Thus, AF-08 probably ameliorated pneumonia exacerbated by TBBPA exposure in RSV-infected mice by limiting excess cellular immune responses. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and Health and Labour Sciences [23590161, 24790182] Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and Health and Labour Sciences [23590161, 24790182]