Royal Jelly and its dual role in TNBS colitis in mice

ScientificWorldJournal. 2015:2015:956235. doi: 10.1155/2015/956235. Epub 2015 Mar 2.

Abstract

Royal Jelly (RJ) is widely consumed in diets throughout the world due to its beneficial effects: antioxidant, antitumor and anti-inflammatory. We have investigated the role of RJ in the development of TNBS colitis in mice. Colitis was induced by a rectal instillation of TNBS at 0.1 mL per mouse. Intestine samples of the animals orally treated with RJ (100, 150, and 200 mg/kg) were collected for antioxidant assays (GSH and GSH-Px), proinflammatory protein quantification (COX-2 and NF-κB), and histological analyses. RJ 100 mg/kg maintained GSH levels and increased the activity of GSH-Px, downregulated key inflammatory mediators (COX-2 and NF-κB), and decreased the lesions caused by TNBS as shown by the histological analyses. In conclusion, RJ showed anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties in experimental colitis, resulting in the amelioration of the macroscopic and histological analyses. These results corroborate with the RJ supplementation in diets.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antioxidants / metabolism
  • Antioxidants / therapeutic use
  • Colitis / diet therapy*
  • Colitis / metabolism
  • Colitis / pathology
  • Cyclooxygenase 2 / metabolism
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Fatty Acids / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Functional Food
  • Glutathione / metabolism
  • Glutathione Peroxidase / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • NF-kappa B / metabolism
  • Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid / toxicity

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Antioxidants
  • Fatty Acids
  • NF-kappa B
  • Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid
  • Glutathione Peroxidase
  • Ptgs2 protein, mouse
  • Cyclooxygenase 2
  • Glutathione
  • royal jelly