Project description:<p>Bee pollen is consumed for its nutritional and pharmacological benefits, but it also contains hazardous allergens which has not been identified. Here, we identified 2 potential allergens, glutaredoxin and oleosin-B2, in <em>Brassica napus</em> (<em>B. napus</em>) bee pollen using mass spectrometry-based proteomics analyses, and used bioinformatics to predict their antigenic epitopes. Comparison of fermented (by <em>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</em>) and unfermented bee pollen samples indicated that glutaredoxin and oleosin-B2 contents were significantly decreased following fermentation, while the contents of their major constituent oligopeptides and amino acids were significantly increased based on metabolomics analyses. Immunoblot analysis indicated that the IgE-binding affinity with extracted bee pollen proteins was also significantly decreased after fermentation, suggesting a reduction in the allergenicity of fermented bee pollen. Furthermore, fermentation apparently promoted the biosynthesis of L-valine, L-isoleucine, L-tryptophan and L-phenylalanine, as well as their precursors or intermediates. Thus, fermentation could potentially alleviate allergenicity, while also positively affecting nutritional properties of <em>B. napus</em> bee pollen. Our findings might provide a scientific foundation for improving the safety of bee pollen products to facilitate its wider application.</p>
2022-03-23 | MTBLS3950 | MetaboLights
Project description:Plant composition of honey bee corbicular pollen
| PRJNA1080550 | ENA
Project description:Plant composition in mason bee pollen provisions
Project description:We explored the impact of coumaphos and fluvalinate, the two most abundant and frequently detected pesticides in the hive, on genome-wide gene expression patterns of honey bee workers. We found significant changes in 1118 transcripts, including genes involved in detoxification, behavioral maturation, immunity, and nutrition. Our results demonstrate that pesticide exposure can substantially impact expression of genes involved in several core physiological pathways in honey bee workers.
Project description:Analysis and comparison of the metabolomic profile of fermented pollen (colected by Melipona quadrifasciata stingless bee), fermented feed (mixture of fermented pollen with bran to feed Melipona quadrifasciata stingless bee) and bran (used in the mixture with fermented pollen). The abbreviations that name the raw files are:
T7 - Fermented feed.
POLEN - Fermented pollen.
CTRL - Bran.
FALSA - False organic solvent used (HPLC grade MeOH) and equipment system (UHPLC-HRMS).
2024-12-11 | MSV000096643 | MassIVE
Project description:Inferring Plant Community Phenology via Bee-Collected Pollen
| PRJNA1283498 | ENA
Project description:16S rRNA sequencing of bee hive
Project description:We studied the molecular mechanisms underlying the impact of pollen nutrients on honey bee (Apis mellifera) health and how those nutrients improve resistance to parasites. Using digital gene expression, we determined the changes in gene expression induced by pollen intake in worker bees parasitized or not by the mites Varroa destructor, known for suppressing immunity and decreasing lifespan of bees.
2011-11-06 | GSE25161 | GEO
Project description:bacterial communities in hive stored bee bread