Ozone autohemotherapy elevates PPAR-γ expression to lower blood lipid in treatment for psoriasis

Abstract

Background: Psoriasis is widely accepted as a metabolic syndrome with significantly abnormal lipid metabolism and high blood lipids keep patients in a persistent low level of inflammatory condition. Hyperlipidemia and associated inflammatory reaction are believed to be the major risk factors contributing to the onset and recurrence of psoriasis. Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-γ) can effectively control the blood lipid level and inhibit inflammatory reaction. Methods: Ozone autohemotherapy (OAHT) was applied to treat psoriatic patients. The psoriasis area and severity index (PASI) score and blood lipid level were used to evaluate the efficacy. PPAR-γ expression level and correlation analysis were used to determine the OAHT target involving psoriasis. Results: We found that OAHT significantly decreased patients’ PASI scores and lipid blood level. Furthermore, we found that PPAR-γ expression in CD4+ T cells from patients with psoriasis was significantly lower than healthy controls, furtherly, we detected PPAR-γ expression upregulated after treatment compared with before treatment. There, we performed the correlation analysis on PPAR-γ level and patients’ PASI scores or lipid blood level. These results suggested OAHT might obviously improve patients’ PASI scores and decrease lipid blood level by regulating PPAR-γ expression. Conclusions: We found that OAHT can attenuate the condition of psoriatic patients and lower blood lipid by inducing PPAR-γ expression, suggesting that OAHT is effective in treating psoriasis and is worthy of further evaluations for its clinical applications.