Attenuation of allergic responses following treatment with resveratrol in anaphylactic models and IgE-mediated mast cells

Food Funct. 2019 Apr 1;10(4):2030-2039. doi: 10.1039/c9fo00077a. Epub 2019 Mar 25.

Abstract

Resveratrol exists widely in plant species and has a variety of anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory properties. However, there have been few reports regarding its anti-food allergic activity. In this study, we demonstrated that resveratrol (isolated from Abies georgei) could decrease the release of β-hexosaminidase and histamine in rat basophilic leukemia-2H3 cells. Resveratrol was not only found to suppress the development of diarrhea, up-regulate the rectal temperature of ovalbumin-allergic mice, and decrease the serum level of specific immunoglobulin E, mouse mast cell protease-1 and histamine, but also found to decrease the population of dendritic cells, B cells and mast cells of ovalbumin -allergic mice in the spleen or mesenteric lymph node. Furthermore, resveratrol inhibited the release of β-hexosaminidase and histamine in bone marrow-derived cells and alleviated mast cell-mediated passive cutaneous anaphylaxis reactions. These findings indicated that resveratrol isolated from Abies georgei might have the potential to alleviate food hypersensitivity or allergic disease.

MeSH terms

  • Abies / chemistry*
  • Animals
  • Anti-Allergic Agents / administration & dosage*
  • B-Lymphocytes / drug effects
  • B-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • Cell Line
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Female
  • Food Hypersensitivity / drug therapy*
  • Food Hypersensitivity / etiology
  • Food Hypersensitivity / immunology
  • Histamine / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin E / immunology
  • Mast Cells / drug effects*
  • Mast Cells / immunology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Ovalbumin / adverse effects
  • Passive Cutaneous Anaphylaxis / drug effects
  • Peptide Hydrolases / immunology
  • Plant Extracts / administration & dosage*
  • Rats
  • Resveratrol / administration & dosage*
  • beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases / immunology

Substances

  • Anti-Allergic Agents
  • Plant Extracts
  • Immunoglobulin E
  • Histamine
  • Ovalbumin
  • beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases
  • Peptide Hydrolases
  • Resveratrol