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Immunomodulation of ovalbumin-specific IgG and other classes of antibody response by honey in mice

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It was reported earlier that intraperitoneal administration of honey had immunosuppressive activity on elicitation of allergen-specific murine antibody response as evaluated by passive cutaneous anaphylaxis and double immunodiffusion methods. In this study, the immunomudulatory effect of honey is evaluated by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using ovalbumin as model allergen. It was found that ovalbumin (OVA)-specific IgG antibody responses elicited with various doses of OVA were significantly suppressed by rock bee honey (p<0.01). Honey was also found to have inhibited the production of OVA-specific IgM, IgA, IgG1, and IgG2b whereas that of IgG2a and IgG3 were not affected. Furthermore, honey also suppressed the OVA-specific total IgG antibody response in various inbred mice with different genetic background. In addition, the suppressive activity of honey was examined in different groups of mice by injecting honey at different time intervals, before and after immunization with OVA. The anti-OVA IgG antibody response was suppressed significantly when honey was injected 12 hours prior/latter to OVA injection. These results confirm the suppressive activity of honey on antibody response and suggest possible clinical application.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, AIIMS, 110 029, New Delhi

    Rao D. N.

  2. Department of Biochemistry, Andhra University, 530 003, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

    Govinda Rao Duddukuri, Vasudeva Rao Y. & Rao R Athota

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Duddukuri, G.R., Vasudeva Rao, Y., Rao, D.N. et al. Immunomodulation of ovalbumin-specific IgG and other classes of antibody response by honey in mice. Indian J Clin Biochem 16, 89–94 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02867574

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