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Title: A royal jelly as a new potential immunomodulator in rats and mice (in press)

Authors:
Oršolić, Nada
Šver, Lidija
Tadić, Zoran (143012)
Valpotić, Ivica (66266)
Bašić, Ivan (2406)
Journal: Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Year: 1995
Number of references: 22
Language: engleski
Summary: In order to study a possible immunomodulatory effect of the royal jelly (RJ) secreted by by mandibular and hypopharigeal glands of the worker honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) we have used a well established rodent model. The CBA mice were given s.c. 0.1 ml of RJ, 7 days before or immediately after the immunization with sheep red blood cells (SRBC). The Y59 rats received i.m. 0.4 ml or i.v. 0.025 ml of RJ once or twice at 7 day intervals. Serum levels of total proteins and immunoglobulins in the rats that received RJ once or twice within 2 - week period were significantly lower (P <= 0.05) as compared with the nontreated animals. In mice which were immunized with 4x104 of SRBC 7 days after the application of RJ the number of plaque forming splenocyteswas significantly higher ( P<= 0,05 ) than that in the controls. Both the weight of inguinal lymf node and the number of peripheral blood lymphocytes were increased ( P<=0,05 )in RJ-treated mice 3or 5 days after the immunization, respectively. Neutrophils were decreased ( P<=0,05 ) in the mice that were killed 5 or 10 days after the RJ treatment. Overall these result indicate that RJ exhibited immunomodulatory properties by stimulating antbody production and immunocompetent cell proliferation in mice or depressing humoral immune function in rats. Both phenomena, though species- related in this model, could probably be reversed by changing the dose or the route of RJ application.
Keywords: immunomodulation, royal jelly, rat, mouse


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