Screening of Sceptridium ternatum for antitussive and antiasthmatic activity and associated mechanisms
Open Access
- 27 September 2017
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of International Medical Research
- Vol. 45 (6), 1985-2000
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0300060517722876
Abstract
Objectives: Sceptridium ternatum is an expectorant in traditional Chinese medicine and is prescribed for the treatment of asthma. The study aim was to screen Sceptridium ternatum for ingredients with antitussive and antiasthmatic effects and to study their associated mechanisms. Methods: Cough in mice was induced using ammonia. Cough latency and the number of coughs within 3 minutes were determined. Airway responsiveness was assessed using ovalbumin as a sensitizer and characteristic asthma indicators were measured. Results: Chloroform and ethyl acetate extracts significantly reduced the number of coughs within 3 minutes, tidal volume, and the percentage of eosinophilic granulocytes, lymphocytes and neutrophils. All extracts decreased airway responsiveness in asthmatic mice compared with the untreated group. Petroleum ether, chloroform and n-butanol extracts lowered the Penh values of asthmatic mice. Petroleum ether and ethyl acetate extracts greatly reduced interleukin-4 expression and the interleukin-4/interferon gamma ratio. Compared with the model group, all extracts reduced mRNA expression of the cysteinyl leukotriene receptor-1 (CysLT1). Conclusions: Chloroform extract and ethyl acetate extract displayed obvious antitussive effects and reduced airway inflammation. Thus, these two extracts contain the effective ingredients of Sceptridium ternatum. The active mechanism was ascribed to inhibition of mRNA expression of the CysLT1 receptor in mice with bronchial asthma.Keywords
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