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Effect of Exopolymers from Aureobasidium pullulans on Formalin-Induced Chronic Paw Inflammation in Mice

  • Kim, Hyeong-Dong (Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Science, Catholic University) ;
  • Cho, Hyung-Rae (Glucan Corp. Research Institute, Marine Biotechnology) ;
  • Moon, Seung-Bae (Glucan Corp. Research Institute, Marine Biotechnology) ;
  • Shin, Hyun-Dong (Glucan Corp. Research Institute, Marine Biotechnology) ;
  • Yang, Kun-Ju (Glucan Corp. Research Institute, Marine Biotechnology) ;
  • Park, Bok-Ryeon (Glucan Corp. Research Institute, Marine Biotechnology) ;
  • Jang, Hee-Jeong (Glucan Corp. Research Institute, Marine Biotechnology) ;
  • Kim, Lin-Su (Department of Herbal Biotechnology, Daegu Haany University) ;
  • Lee, Hyeung-Sik (Pharmacology & Toxicology Laboratory, Central Research Laboratories, Dong Wha Pharmaceutical Industrial Co., Ltd.)
  • Published : 2006.12.30
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Abstract

The effects of the exopolymers of Aureobasidium pullulans SM-2001 containing $\beta$-1,3/1,6-glucan on formalin-induced chronic inflammation were observed. Doses of 62.5, 125, and 250 mg/kg of the exopolymers were orally administered once a day for 10 days to formalin-induced chronic inflammatory mice (0.02 ml of 3.75% formalin was subaponeurotically injected into the left hind paw), and then the bilateral hind-paw thickness and volume were measured daily, while the paw wet-weight, histological profiles, and histomorphometrical analyses were conducted at termination. The results were compared with those for diclofenac, indomethacin, and dexamethasone (intraperitoneally injected) 15 mg/kg-dosed groups. All the animals were sacrificed 10 days after dosing. As a result of the formalin injection, a marked increase in the difference between the intact and formalin-induced paw thickness and volume was detected in the formalin-injected control compared with that in the intact control with time, plus at the time of sacrifice, the difference in the paw wet-weights was also dramatically increased. In a histological and histomorphometrical analysis, severe histological profiles of chronic inflammation were detected in the formalin-injected control with a marked increase in the thickness of the skin of the dorsum pedis. However, these formalin-induced chronic inflammatory changes were significantly and dose-dependently decreased by the exopolymer treatment. In conclusion, the exopolymer treatment inhibited the chronic inflammatory response induced by formalin injection in the mice. However, somewhat low efficacies were detected compared with those for the diclofenac-, indomethacin-, and dexamethasone-treated groups.

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