Chemical profiling and anti-psoriatic activity of marine sponge (Dysidea avara) in induced imiquimod-psoriasis-skin model

PLoS One. 2020 Nov 30;15(11):e0241582. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241582. eCollection 2020.

Abstract

Since Marine sponge Dysidea avara is regarded as a source of anti-inflammatory compounds, we decided to evaluate its potential anti-psoriatic activity in a psoriasis Imiquimod-induced in the mouse model. Psoriatic mice were treated with three different methanolic extracts of Dysidea avara compared with betamethasone-treated mice in in- vivo studies. Clinical skin severity was assessed with the psoriasis area index (PASI), whilst ELISA detected the expression of TNF-α, IL-17A, and IL-22. Dysidea avara activity was studied by employing GC-MS (to distinguish compounds), HPTLC (for skin permeation and accumulation), and SEA DOCK to predict single compound potential anti-inflammatory activity. After 7 days of treatment, mice treated with Dysidea avara displayed a dose-dependent, statistically significant improvement compared to controls (p< 0.001). In line with the clinical results, ELISA revealed a statistically significant decrease in IL-22, IL-17A, and TNF-α after treatment; the same SEA DOCK analysis suggests a possible anti-psoriatic activity of the extracts.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / pharmacology*
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biological Products / pharmacology*
  • Biological Products / therapeutic use
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
  • Dysidea*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Imiquimod / toxicity
  • Interleukin-17 / analysis
  • Interleukin-17 / metabolism
  • Interleukin-22
  • Interleukins / analysis
  • Interleukins / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Psoriasis / chemically induced
  • Psoriasis / diagnosis
  • Psoriasis / drug therapy*
  • Psoriasis / immunology
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Skin / drug effects*
  • Skin / immunology
  • Skin / metabolism
  • Skin / pathology
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / analysis
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / metabolism

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Biological Products
  • Il17a protein, mouse
  • Interleukin-17
  • Interleukins
  • Tnf protein, mouse
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Imiquimod

Grants and funding

This research was funded by Ahvaz Jundishapur University of medical sciences, grant number MPSRC-9708.