To investigate the treatment and mechanism of allicin on Behcet′s disease
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8348.2014.32.001
- VernacularTitle:大蒜素对贝赫切特病的治疗作用及机制探讨
- Author:
Jianqiao ZHONG
;
Dehai XIAN
;
Yongmei LIAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Behcet syndrome;
allicin;
immune response;
oxidative stress
- From:
Chongqing Medicine
2014;(32):4273-4275,4279
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the therapeutic effect and the mechanism of allicin on experimental Behcet′s disease (BD) . Methods BD models were established .Then ,model mice were randomly divided into experimental group ,positive control group and negative control group ,with respectively nasogastric infusion allicin ,colchicine and saline respectively .Before and after treatment , the changes of the skin lesions were visually observed .Cytokines of IFN‐γ,TNF‐αand IL‐4 in serum were detected by ELISA anal‐ysis ,while the markers of T‐AOC ,MDA ,SOD and GSH‐PX by chemical colorimetric methods .Results After modeling ,ulcers ap‐peared on the back ,abdomen and genital of model mice with IFN‐γ,TNF‐α,IL‐4 and MDA elevation ,while T‐AOC ,SOD and GSH‐PX decrease .Twenty days of treatment later ,ulcer on mice in the experimental group and positive control group healed .After 30 days ,only two mice in the experimental group recurred ,while 6 mice in the positive control group ,which showed a significant differ‐ence between two groups (P<0 .05) .After treatment ,IFN‐γ,TNF‐αand IL‐4 levels in the experimental group were markedly low‐er than pretreatment (P<0 .01) ,but no significant difference compared with the positive control group (P>0 .05) .Meanwhile ,T‐AOC ,SOD and GSH‐PX levels in the experimental group were significantly higher than those in the pretreatment ,but MDA was lower (P<0 .01) .In comparison with the positive control group ,levels of those markers in the experimental group changed remark‐ably (P<0 .05) .Conclusion Allicin is an effective drug in the treatment of experimental BD .The therapeutic mechanism of allicin may be the inhibition of inflammatory mediators and prevention of oxidative stress .