OBJECTIVE: To study the improvement effect and mechanism of Meng medicine Wuwei Shaji powder (WSP) on smoke-induced lung inflammation injury in mice. METHODS: ICR mice were randomly divided into blank group (normal saline), model group (normal saline) and WSP group (2 g/kg). Mice in model group and WSP group received passive smoking to induce model of lung inflammation injury, and intragastrically administrated relevant medicine when modeling, once a day, for 28 d. After administration, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to detect the tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), IL-6, IL-10 levels in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids (BALF); the pathological changes of lung tissue were observed by optical microscope after hematoxylin-eosin staining; Western blot was adopted to detect the protein expressions of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK1/2), phosphorylated ERK1/2 (p-ERK1/2), p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK), phosphorylated p38 MAPK (p-p38 MAPK), nuclear factor kappaB p65 (NF-κB p65) and phosphorylated NF-κB p65 (p-NF-κB p65) in lung tissue of mice. RESULTS: Compared with blank group, TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6 levels in BALF in model group were obviously increased (P<0.01); lung tissue showed significant inflammatory lesions; and the protein expressions of p-ERK1/2, p-p38 MAPK, p-NF-κB p65 in lung tissue were obviously increased (P<0.01). Compared with model group, TNF-α, IL-1β levels in BALF in WSP group were obviously decreased (P<0.05); inflammation injury in lung tissue was obviously improved; and protein expressions of p-p38 MAPK and p-NF-κB p65 in lung tissue were obviously decreased (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: WSP shows improvement effect on smoke-induced lung inflammation injury in mice, which might be by blocking the p38 MAPK, NF-κB p65 phosphorycation to inhibit the high expression of inflammatory factors as TNF-α and IL-6.
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