Anti-allergic effects of His-Ala-Gln tripeptide in vitro and in vivo
Author(s) -
Mamoru Tanaka,
Hiroyuki Watanabe,
Yoshinobu Yoshimoto,
Hana Kozai,
Takeaki Okamoto
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bioscience biotechnology and biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.509
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1347-6947
pISSN - 0916-8451
DOI - 10.1080/09168451.2016.1243984
Subject(s) - in vivo , tripeptide , in vitro , pharmacology , allergy , peptide , chemistry , immunoglobulin e , medicine , immunology , biochemistry , biology , antibody , microbiology and biotechnology
We examined the inhibitory effects of HAQ (His-Ala-Gln) peptide on type-1 allergy in vitro and in vivo. HAQ peptide inhibited β-hexosaminidase release and intracellular Ca2+ levels of rat basophilic leukemia RBL-2H3 cells. Oral administration of a HAQ peptide-added diet (1 mg/mouse/administration) to C3H/HeJ mice for 14 days led to significant suppression of allergic symptoms, but did not reduce allergen-specific IgE or IgG1.
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