| Objective To establish the airway inflammation and remodeling asthmatic mice model, studied the effects of Ginseng-Schisandrae decoction and Xiaoqinglong decoction by two step sequential therapy on the airway inflammation and remodeling of the asthmatic mice, and to discuss its possible mechanism according comparison.Methods Eighty healthy female Kunming mice were divided into eight groups randomly (n=10, in each group):airway inflammation normal control group(â… a), Airway inflammation model group(â… b), Airway inflammation budesonide treatment group(â… c), Airway inflammation two step sequential therapy group(â… d), airway remodeling normal control group(â…¡a), airway remodeling model group(â…¡b), airway remodeling budesonide treatment group(â…¡c), airway remodeling two step sequential therapy group(â…¡d), The asthmatic model were established by ovalbumin, at the same time, budesonide Ginseng-Schisandrae decoction and Xiaoqinglong decoction were given to the treatment groups, Then the airway inflammation and remodeling in airway tissue was observed by PAS, HE staining, The level of nuclear factor-KB(NF-κB), GATA- 3,Matrix Metalloproteinases-9 (MMP-9)and Tissue Iihibitor Metalloproteinase-1(TIMP-1) in airway tissue were detected by immunohistochemical method.Resultsâ‘ HE staining:In groupâ… a:There was no or little inflammatory cells infiltration, and the bronchial wall was completing and smooth;Groupâ… b had a large number of inflammatory cells invasion such as eosinophils, neutrophils and lymphocytes around the bronchial wall, and airway epithelial cell were damaged, the pathological changes in groupsâ… c,â… d significantly reduced compared with that of groupâ… b; In groupâ…¡a, there was no or little inflammatory cells infiltration, and the bronchial wall was completing and smooth; Inflammatory cells invasion such as eosinophils and lymphocytes can be seen around the bronchial wall in groupâ…¡b, there were also evidence of airway epithelium damaged, basement membrane and smooth muscle thickening, the pathological changes in groupsâ…¡c,â…¡d significantly reduced compared with that of groupâ…¡b.â‘¡PAS staining:The score of PAS staining in groupâ…¡b was significantly increased compared with that of groupâ… b (P<0.01); There was no significant difference between groupâ…¡a and groupâ… a (P>0.05); The score of PAS staining in groupâ…¡c were significantly increased compared with that of groupâ… c (P <0.01); While that of was significantly increased in groupâ…¡d compared with that of groupâ… d (P<0.01);â‘¢NF-κB:The NF-κB of lung tissue were lower in groupâ…¡b than that of group I b (P<0.01); There was no significant difference between groupâ…¡a and groupâ… a(P>0.05); The NF-κB of lung tissue were lower in groupâ…¡c than that of in groupâ… c(P<0.01);While that of were lower in groupâ…¡d than that of groupâ… d (P<0.01).â‘£GATA-3:The level of GATA-3 was decreased in groupâ…¡b compared with that of groupâ… b(P<0.01); There was no significant difference between groupâ…¡a and groupâ… a(P>0.05); The level of GATA-3 was significantly decreased in groupâ…¡c compared with that of groupâ… c(P<0.01); While that of was significantly decreased in groupâ…¡d compared with that of groupâ… d(P<0.01);⑤MMP-9:There was no significant difference between the acute and airway remodeling asthmatic mice (P>0.05).â‘¥TIMP-1: The TIMP-1 of lung tissue were higher in groupâ…¡b than that of groupâ… b(P<0.01); There was no significant difference between groupâ…¡a and groupâ… a(P>0.05); The TIMP-1 of lung tissue were higher in groupâ…¡c than that of groupâ… c (P<0.01);While that of groupâ…¡d were higher than that of groupâ… d(P<0.01).⑦the ratio of MMP-9/TIMP-1: The ratio of MMP-9/TIMP-1 was lower in the groupâ…¡b than that of groupâ… b (P<0.01), and there was no significant difference betweenâ…¡a andâ… a(P>0.05);The ratio of MMP-9/TIMP-1 was lower in the groupâ…¡c than that of groupâ… c(P<0.01); While that of groupâ…¡d was lower than that of groupâ… d(P<0.01).Conclusionsâ‘ The study showed that Ginseng-Schisandrae decoction and Xiaoqinglong decoction by two step sequential therapy can significantly reduce the airway inflammation and airway remodeling of asthmatic mice in the cellular and molecular level Respectively;â‘¡Two step sequential therapy reduced airway inflammation and airway remodeling by NF-κB, GATA-3 and MMP-9/TIMP-1;â‘¢The study provided the basis for chinese medicine pharmacology in treating asthma. |