Synergistic therapeutic effects of combined adenovirus‐mediated interleukin‐10 and interleukin‐12 gene therapy on airway inflammation in asthmatic mice
2010
Background
Asthma is a chronic disease characterized by airway inflammation caused by the dysregulated production of cytokines secreted by allergen-specific type 2 T helper (Th2) cells. Although the Th1-promoting cytokine, interleukin (IL)-12, is capable of inhibiting Th2-driven allergen-induced airway changes in mice, IL-12 also aggravates the Th1-driven inflammatory pulmonary pathology. Further, IL-10 was found to exert both anti-inflammatory and immunoregulatory activities. To avoid the side-effects of IL-12, we hypothesized that the low-dose expression of IL-10 with concomitant IL-12 administration in the airway may represent a more effective therapy for allergic airway diseases. Thus, the present study explored the immunomodulatory and therapeutic effects of IL-10 combined with IL-12 in airway inflammation in allergic asthma.
Methods
Adenovirus-expressing murine IL-10 (Ad-IL-10) and IL-12 (Ad-IL-12) were co-administrated in an established murine model of ovalbumin (OVA)-induced asthma.
Results
We found that a single combined treatment of low doses of Ad-IL-10 and Ad-IL-12 efficiently inhibited the development of airway hyper-responsiveness compared to Ad-IL-10 or Ad-IL-12 treatment alone. Moreover, both Ad-IL-10 and Ad-IL-12 treatment reduced pulmonary infiltration of eosinophils and neutrophils. In addition, histological studies showed that combined treatment was able to reduce tumor necrosis factor-α-mediated airway inflammation induced by IL-12 treatment. Suppression of IL-4, IL-5, Keratinocyte-derived chemokine (KC) and eotaxin in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was also noted in OVA-immunized mice with combined Ad-IL-10 and Ad-IL-12 treatment.
Conclusions
Taken together, the results obtained in the present study indicate that co-administration of IL-12 and IL-10 may have therapeutic potential for the immunomodulatory treatment of allergic asthma. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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