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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: BACKGROUND, OBJECTIVE, METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Airway Remodeling, Animals, Anti-Asthmatic Agents, Asthma, Bronchial Hyperreactivity, Cell Nucleus, Chemokine CCL5, Chemokines, CC, Chronic Disease, Disease Models, Animal, Down-Regulation, Drugs, Chinese Herbal, Epithelial Cells, Immunoglobulin E, Immunoglobulin G, Inflammation, Interleukin-10, Interleukin-13, Lung, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, NF-kappa B, Phytotherapy, Pyroglyphidae.
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Does xiao-Qing-Long-Tang attenuate allergic airway inflammation and remodeling in repetitive Dermatogoides pteronyssinus challenged chronic asthmatic mice model? Context: Xiao-Qing-Long-Tang (XQLT) has been used for centuries in Asia to effectively treat patients with bronchial asthma. We previously found that single and multiple doses of XQLT administered to sensitized mice before allergen challenge resulted in suppressed airway hyper-responsiveness and airway inflammation. In this study we aimed to investigate whether XQLT has the potential to attenuate the severity of asthma symptoms, and immunomodulatory mechanism of XQLT in a repetitive Dermatogoides pteronyssinus (D. pteronyssinus)-challenged chronic asthmatic mice model. BALB/c mice were intratracheally (i.t.) inoculated with five doses of D. pteronyssinus (50 μl, 1mg/ml) and orally administered of XQLT (1 g/kg) at 1-week intervals. At three days after the last challenge, mice were sacrificed to evaluate airway remodeling, inflammation, lung histological features, and the expression profiles of cytokines and various genes. XQLT significantly reduced bronchial inflammatory cell infiltration and airway remodeling. It inhibited D. pteronyssinus-induced total IgE and D. pteronyssinus-specific IgG1 in serum, and changed the "T(H)2-bios" in BALF by inhibiting the activation of NF-κB. Collagen assay and Histopathology indicated that XQLT reduced airway remodeling in the lung. Simultaneously, the RT-PCR analysis showed that XQLT downregulated IL-10, IL-13, RANTES, Eotaxin, and MCP-1 mRNA expression in the lung. Moreover, EMSA and immunohistochemistry staining demonstrated that XQLT inhibited NF-κB expression in the nucleus of bronchial epithelial cells.
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These results suggest that XQLT exhibits anti-airway inflammatory, anti-airway remodeling, and specific immunoregulatory effects in a chronic asthmatic mice model. Final Decision: yes