The anti-inflammatory mechanism of Astragaloside in the recurrences of
asthma mice
Abstract
The recurrence of asthma is partly mediated by allergen-specific CD4
memory T cells that promote lung inflammation through recruitment of
cellular effectors into the lung. Central memory T cells(Tcm), a subset
of memory T cells following infection and allergen induction, can
rapidly response to the allergen and produce inflammatory production
which is the important role of the recall of allergy response. Targeting
the expansion of pathogenic central memory immune cells is a promising
therapeutic strategy to prevent chronic autoimmune recurrence. However,
current common therapies cannot alter the frequency of central memory T
cells subsets in adult atopic asthma patients. We previously carried out
an animal study, which showed that Astragaloside (AST) could inhibit the
recurrences of asthma attack, however, the underlying therapeutic
mechanism were not completely clear. The important question of this
research is whether AST, as an anti-inflammatory agent used in asthma
therapy, may act on the memory T-cell subpopulation to prevent the
recurrences of asthma attack. In this study, we dissect the treatment
effectiveness and mechanism of AST on Tcms from generation and migration
in the recurrences of asthma.