Combination Therapy with Budesonide and Salmeterol in Experimental Allergic Inflammation

The aim of this study was to determinate bronchodilator, antitussive, and ciliomodulatory activity of inhaled combination therapy with budesonide and salmeterol, and to correlate the results with the anti-inflammatory effect. The experiments were performed using two models of allergic inflammation (21 and 28 days long sensitization with ovalbumine) in guinea pigs. The animals were treated daily by aerosols of budesonide (1 mM), salmeterol (0.17 mM), and a half-dose combination of the two drugs. Antitussive and bronchodilator activities were evaluated in vivo. The ciliary beat frequency (CBF) was assessed in vitro in tracheal brushed samples, and inflammatory cytokines (IL-4, IL-5, IL-13, GM-CSF, and TNF-α) were determined in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). We found that the combination therapy significantly decreased the number of cough efforts, airway reactivity, and the level of inflammatory cytokines in both models of allergic asthma. Three weeks long sensitization led to an increase in CBF and all three therapeutic approaches have shown a ciliostimulatory effect in order: salmeterol < budesonid < combination therapy. Four weeks long ovalbumine sensitization, on the other hand, decreased the CBF, increased IL-5, and decreased IL-13. In this case, only the combination therapy was able to stimulate the CBF. We conclude that a half-dose combination therapy of budesonide and salmeterol shows comparable antitussive, bronchodilator, and the anti-inflammatory effect to a full dose therapy with budesonide alone, but had a more pronounced stimulatory effect on the CBF.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:935

Enthalten in:

Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 935(2016) vom: 21., Seite 25-34

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pappová, L [VerfasserIn]
Jošková, M [VerfasserIn]
Kazimierová, I [VerfasserIn]
Šutovská, M [VerfasserIn]
Fraňová, S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

51333-22-3
6EW8Q962A5
9006-59-1
Airway reactivity
Bronchodilator Agents
Budesonide
Ciliary beat frequency
Cough
Inhaled corticosteroids
Journal Article
Ovalbumin
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Salmeterol Xinafoate
Th2 cytokines

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 05.12.2017

Date Revised 05.12.2017

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/5584_2016_24

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM261629549