Role of vasoactive intestinal peptide in Aspergillus fumigatus-infected cornea
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Gui-Qiu Zhao. Department of Ophthalmology, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, 16 Jiangsu Road, Qingdao 266003, Shandong Province, China. zhaoguiqiu_good@126.com

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81470609; No.81500695); the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (No.ZR2013HQ007; No.ZR2017BH025)

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    AIM: To investigate the anti-inflammatory role of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) in Aspergillus fumigatus (A. fumigatus) ketatitis. METHODS: Expression of VIP was tested by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in C57BL/6 and BALB/c normal and A. fumigatus infected corneas. C57BL/6 mice were pretreated with recombinant (r) VIP, while BALB/c mice were pretreated with VIP antagonist, and then infected with A. fumigatus. Clinical score was recorded. Expression of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor 1 (LOX-1), and neutrophil infiltration were tested by PCR, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and myeloperoxidase (MPO) assay. RESULTS: VIP mRNA expression in BALB/c cornea was higher than C57BL/6 cornea at 1 and 3d post infection (p.i.). rVIP treatment of C57BL/6 mice showed alleviated disease and down-regulated expression of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), while IL-10 expression was up-regulated. Neutrophil infiltration and TLR4, IL-17 expression were decreased after rVIP treatment, while LOX-1 expression was up-regulated in C57BL/6. VIP antagonist pretreatment showed increased disease and higher IL-1β, TNF-α, TLR4, IL-17 and MPO levels, while IL-10 and LOX-1 levels were down-regulated in BALB/c mice. CONCLUSION: rVIP alleviate disease response of C57BL/6 mice. VIP antagonist resulted in worsened disease of BALB/c mice. VIP proposed anti-inflammatory role in A. fumigatus keratitis.

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Cui Li, Yuan-Yuan Liu, Gui-Qiu Zhao, et al. Role of vasoactive intestinal peptide in Aspergillus fumigatus-infected cornea. Int J Ophthalmol, 2018,11(2):183-188

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  • Received:November 01,2017
  • Revised:December 13,2017
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  • Online: February 06,2018
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