Tlak Gajger, Ivana; Smodiš Škerl, Maja Ivana; Šoštarić, Petra; Šuran, Jelena; Sikirić, Predrag; Vlainić, Josipa (2021) Physiological and immunological status of adult honeybees (Apis mellifera) fed sugar syrup supplemented with Pentadecapeptide BPC 157. Biology, 10 (9). ISSN 2079-7737
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Abstract
Various factors contribute to a decline in diversity and number of bees. Here, an integrated approach in experimental BPC 157 therapy was implemented, combining laboratory-controlled and field study results. The aim of a study was to assess the effects of BPC 157 additional feeding of newly emerged worker honeybees on few biochemical and immunological parameters in hemolymph (glucose, trehalose, lipids, proteins, vitellogenin, glucose-oxidase (GOX)), and hypopharyngeal gland (HPG), in laboratory-controlled conditions. Additionally, to examine the physiological status of protein digestion, the enzymatic activity of leucine aminopeptidase (LAP) in the mid-guts of worker honeybees was analyzed. It was found that individual honeybees, in hoarding cages, following BPC 157 administration through carbohydrate food, showed positive physiological changes when compared to the control groups. Those results were complemented by strong and visible LAP activity, particularly noticeable in the apical parts of the epithelial cells in the mid-guts of young worker honeybees originated from treated hives, suggesting a link between alternative oral therapy with BPC 157 and honeybees’ immunity.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | honeybee colonies ; Apis mellifera ; pentadecapeptide BPC 157 ; laboratory-controlled conditions ; hemolymph ; physiology and immunology parameters |
| Subjects: | BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE > Veterinary Medicine |
| Divisions: | Division of Molecular Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Josipa Vlainić |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Mar 2022 13:17 |
| URI: | http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/7115 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/biology10090891 |
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