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Background: Recently, we identified a 200 kDa protein (PAS-1) from Ascaris suum worms, that suppresses the humoral immune response. Here, the effect of PAS-1 on inflammatory leukocyte migration induced by bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was investigated.
Methods: Cellular migration and cytokine release, stimulated by LPS or LPS+PAS-1, were analyzed in air pouches induced in the shaved back of BALB/c mice. Cytokines were determined by ELISA and RT-PCR on air pouch exudates and in vitro stimulated peritoneal macrophages.
Results: The significant cellular influx induced by LPS, consisting predominantly of neutrophils, was highly suppressed in the presence of PAS-1, but not a non-related protein. PAS-1 led also to a marked reduction of TNF-α, IL-1 β and IL-6 levels in both LPS-stimulated air pouches and peritoneal macrophage cultures. In contrast, PAS-1 induced a significant increase of IL-10 and TGF-β production.
Conclusions: These results demonstrate that PAS-1 has a potent anti-inflammatory activity, probably due to the stimulation of regulatory cytokines in macrophages, thus leading to the inhibition of pro-inflammatory cytokine production.
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Received 2 June 2004; returned for revision 16 July 2004; accepted by A. Falus 7 September 2004
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Oshiro, T.M., Macedo, M.S. & Macedo-Soares, M.F. Anti-inflammatory activity of PAS-1, a protein component of Ascaris suum. Inflamm. res. 54, 17–21 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00011-004-1316-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00011-004-1316-7