Effect of Arsenic Trioxide with Various Concentrations on Dendritic Cells in the Conducting Airways of Asthmatic Mice

摘要

To investigate the effect of arsenic trioxide (As2O3 )with three different concentration groups on the distribution and recruitment of dendritic cells(DCs) in the conducting airways of asthmatic mice. Methods: Fifty BALB/c mice were divided into 5 groups at random: control group, asthmatic group, therapeutic groups with low dose(1 mg/kg), moderate dose( 5 mg/lqg) and high dose( 10 mg/kg) of As2O3. The immunohistochomistry, scanning electron microscope and computerized image analysis were applied to detect airway DCs, respectively. Results: We demonstrated from the control mice that all intraepithelial NLDC-145 DCs throughout the respiratory tree cotdd be accounted for a network of cells with dendritic cell morphology, and the density of DCs varied from(500±50) cells/ram^2 epithelial surface in the large airways, to(60±10)cells/mm^2 epithelial surface in the small airways(P0.05).Conchsion : Our findings suggest that it might be an important therapeutic mechanism of As2 03 to downregulate not the distribution but the density of DCs in the conducting airways of asthmatic mice,and low dose of As203 has potential value in treating asthma.