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Vascular endothelial growth factor antagonism restores epithelial barrier dysfunction via affecting zonula occludens proteins

  • Authors:
    • Hasan Yuksel
    • Ozge Yilmaz
    • Meral Karaman
    • Fatih Firinci
    • Ahmet Turkeli
    • Esra Toprak Kanik
    • Sevinc Inan
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    Affiliations: Department of Pediatric Allergy and Pulmonology, Medical Faculty, Celal Bayar University, Manisa 45030, Turkey, Multidisciplinary Laboratory, Medical Faculty, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir 35210, Turkey, Department of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Medical Faculty, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir 35210, Turkey, Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical Faculty, Celal Bayar University, Manisa 45030, Turkey
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    Published online on: May 18, 2015
       https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2015.2502
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Epithelial barrier dysfunction is important in the pathogenesis of asthma and allergic responses, and is therefore a therapeutic target. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of dexamethasone, a classic therapeutic agent, an anti‑tumor necrosis factor agent (etanercept), which is used to treat difficult cases of asthma, and an anti‑vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agent (bevacizumab), which is an angiogenesis inhibitor, on zonula occludens (ZO) proteins in an experimental asthma model. The experimental model of asthma was developed using intraperitoneal (IP) and inhaled administration of ovalbumin in 38 BALB/c mice, which were divided into four groups. The control group (n=6) did not receive any treatment, while the four remaining groups (n=8 per group) received an IP injection of saline, etanercept, bevacizumab or dexamethasone, respectively. Occludin, claudin and junctional adhesion molecule (JAM) were immunohistochemically stained in the left middle lobe samples using an indirect avidin‑peroxidase method, after which the staining was semiquantified with H‑scores. Statistically significant differences were observed in the occludin, claudin and JAM H‑scores among the four groups (P<0.001). In the untreated asthma, etanercept, bevacizumab and dexamethasone groups, the median H‑scores for occludin were 93, 177, 280 and 198, respectively, while the H‑scores for claudin were 82, 193.5, 274 and 202.5, respectively, and the median H‑scores for JAM were 130, 210, 288 and 210, respectively. Pairwise comparisons revealed that all three ZO protein H‑scores were significantly lower in the saline group when compared with each treatment group. However, the H‑scores of the ZO proteins were not significantly different between the etanercept and dexamethasone groups. Furthermore, the bevacizumab group exhibited higher H-scores for all the proteins compared with the dexamethasone group. Therefore, antagonism of VEGF with bevacizumab restores the epithelial barrier to a greater extent when compared with dexamethasone treatment. This result may be promising for the development of novel therapeutic agents.
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Yuksel H, Yilmaz O, Karaman M, Firinci F, Turkeli A, Kanik ET and Inan S: Vascular endothelial growth factor antagonism restores epithelial barrier dysfunction via affecting zonula occludens proteins. Exp Ther Med 10: 362-368, 2015.
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Yuksel, H., Yilmaz, O., Karaman, M., Firinci, F., Turkeli, A., Kanik, E.T., & Inan, S. (2015). Vascular endothelial growth factor antagonism restores epithelial barrier dysfunction via affecting zonula occludens proteins. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 10, 362-368. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2015.2502
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Yuksel, H., Yilmaz, O., Karaman, M., Firinci, F., Turkeli, A., Kanik, E. T., Inan, S."Vascular endothelial growth factor antagonism restores epithelial barrier dysfunction via affecting zonula occludens proteins". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 10.1 (2015): 362-368.
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Yuksel, H., Yilmaz, O., Karaman, M., Firinci, F., Turkeli, A., Kanik, E. T., Inan, S."Vascular endothelial growth factor antagonism restores epithelial barrier dysfunction via affecting zonula occludens proteins". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 10, no. 1 (2015): 362-368. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2015.2502
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Yuksel H, Yilmaz O, Karaman M, Firinci F, Turkeli A, Kanik ET and Inan S: Vascular endothelial growth factor antagonism restores epithelial barrier dysfunction via affecting zonula occludens proteins. Exp Ther Med 10: 362-368, 2015.
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Yuksel, H., Yilmaz, O., Karaman, M., Firinci, F., Turkeli, A., Kanik, E.T., & Inan, S. (2015). Vascular endothelial growth factor antagonism restores epithelial barrier dysfunction via affecting zonula occludens proteins. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 10, 362-368. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2015.2502
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Yuksel, H., Yilmaz, O., Karaman, M., Firinci, F., Turkeli, A., Kanik, E. T., Inan, S."Vascular endothelial growth factor antagonism restores epithelial barrier dysfunction via affecting zonula occludens proteins". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 10.1 (2015): 362-368.
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Yuksel, H., Yilmaz, O., Karaman, M., Firinci, F., Turkeli, A., Kanik, E. T., Inan, S."Vascular endothelial growth factor antagonism restores epithelial barrier dysfunction via affecting zonula occludens proteins". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 10, no. 1 (2015): 362-368. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2015.2502
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