Modulation of α1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) gene induction following honey bee venom administration to adjuvant arthritic (AA) rats; possible role of AGP on AA development

Author:

YIANGOU M1,KONIDARIS C1,VICTORATOS P1,HADJIPHTROU-KOUROUNAKIS L1

Affiliation:

1. Faculty of Sciences, School of Biology, Department of Genetics, Development and Molecular Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Abstract

SUMMARY Honey bee venom (HBV) administration to adjuvant arthritic (AA) rats resulted in a significant suppression of arthritis and in suppression of the hepatic acute phase α1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) gene induction at the early stages of disease development. AGP administration in AA rats resulted in acceleration of arthritis development and in increase of severity and duration of the disease. IL-1, IL-6. tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and glucocorticoids alone are not responsible for thc HBV-mediated AGP gene down-regulation. These results indicate that AGP gene expression in AA and HBV-treated AA rats involves the interaction of several factors, and that AGP plays a role for AA development in rats.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Immunology,Immunology and Allergy

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