Studies of Chemically Modified Honeybee Venom I.
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
- Vol. 68 (4), 312-319
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000233119
Abstract
Allergens of honeybee venom (BV) were modified by formaldehyde treatment (F), acetoacetylation (A) or coupling to polyethylene glycol (P). The biochemical, toxicologic and immunologic properties of these modified BV preparations were analyzed. F showed strongly reduced cytotoxicity, enzymatic activity and reactivity with human BV-specific IgE antibodies but retained the reactivity to BV-specific human and rabbit IgG. In A, enzymatic activity, cytotoxicity and the reactivity with human IgE and rabbit IgG antibodies were only moderately reduced. P lacked enzymatic activity and cytotoxicity and showed only minimal reactivity with IgE and IgG antibodies to BV.Keywords
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