Study of IgE Antigenic Relationships in Hypersensitivity to Hydrolyzed Wheat Proteins and Wheat-Dependent Exercise-Induced Anaphylaxis
- 1 February 2006
- journal article
- Published by S. Karger AG in International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
- Vol. 139 (3), 201-208
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000091165
Abstract
Background: Wheat is involved in different forms of respiratory, food and contact allergy. The IgE of patients generally reacts with various flour proteins. It is not known if antigenic relationships could explain some of these reactions and if proteins could be involved in different pathologies. Methods: Two sera were selected as representative of patients with either wheat-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis (WDEIA) or hypersensitivity to hydrolyzed wheat proteins (HHWP). Their IgE specificity was studied with wheat, barley and rye proteins, using immunoblot, and immunoblot inhibition with recombinant γ-3 hordein. This protein was chosen for its cross-reactivity with ω-5 gliadin, a major allergen in WDEIA. Results: The IgE from both sera strongly reacted with natural and recombinant γ-3 hordein but displayed different patterns of reactivity with wheat, barley and rye proteins. Those from the WDEIA patient showed expected reactions with ω-5 gliadin, γ-35 and γ-75 secalins, but also with wheat low-molecular-weight glutenin subunits (LMW-GS), and not with C hordeins. On the contrary, IgE from a HHWP patient reacted with C hordeins, various ω gliadins, and γ-75 secalin, but very weakly with γ-35 secalin and LMW-GS. Recombinant γ-3 hordein inhibited strongly but not totally the WDEIA patient’s IgE binding to prolamins. No such inhibition could be observed for the HHWP patient’s IgE. Conclusions: At least part of the reactions of prolamins with the IgE from the WDEIA patient was due to antigenic homologies. The occurrence of cross-reacting carbohydrates was unlikely. These common IgE epitopes were not involved in the pathology of the HHWP patient.Keywords
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