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Doxycycline suppresses Chlamydia pneumoniae induced interferon-gamma responses in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in children with allergic asthma.
Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy : Official Journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy 2018 June
Persistent respiratory infections caused by Chlamydia pneumoniae have been implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic diseases (e.g. asthma). Antibiotics are used to treat C. pneumoniae respiratory infections; however, the use of antibiotics as anti-inflammatory agents in treatment of asthma remains controversial. The current study investigated whether ciprofloxacin, azithromycin, or doxycycline can suppress C. pneumoniae-induced production of immunoglobulin (Ig) E or cytokines in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) obtained from asthmatic children. Apart from blood, nasopharyngeal swab specimens were also collected to test for the presence of C. pneumoniae and/or M. pneumoniae (qPCR). PBMC (1.5 x 106 ) from asthmatic pediatric patients (N = 18) were infected or mock infected for 1 h ± C. pneumoniae AR-39 at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) = 0.1, and cultured ± ciprofloxacin, azithromycin, or doxycycline (0.1 or 1.0 μg/mLmL) for either 48 h (cytokines) or 10 days (IgE). Interleukin (IL)-4, interferon (IFN)-γ and IgE levels in supernatants were measured (ELISA). When PBMC were infected with C. pneumoniae, IL-4 and IFNγ production increased (p = 0.06 and 0.03, respectively); IgE levels were low. The now-elevated levels of IL-4 didn't decrease significantly after addition of ciprofloxacin, azithromycin, or doxycycline. However, infected PBMC IFNγ formation decreased significantly when 0.1 μg/mL doxycycline was employed (p = 0.04); no dose of ciprofloxacin or azithromycin had any impact. This inhibitory outcome with doxycycline lends support to the use of tetracyclines as immune modulators and anti-inflammatory medications in treatment of C. pneumoniae-infected asthma patients.
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