CHARACTERIZATION OF THE 18-KDA APPLE ALLERGEN BY 2-DIMENSIONAL IMMUNOBLOTTING AND MICROSEQUENCING

被引:90
作者
VIETHS, S [1 ]
SCHONING, B [1 ]
PETERSEN, A [1 ]
机构
[1] FORSCHUNGSINST BORSTEL,DIV ALLERGOL,W-2061 BORSTEL,GERMANY
关键词
APPLE ALLERGENS; BIRCH POLLEN ALLERGENS; CROSS-REACTIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; N-TERMINAL MICROSEQUENCING; 2-DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;
D O I
10.1159/000236698
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
A low-temperature extract taken from Golden Delicious apples was separated by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. By means of two-dimensional immunoblotting with patients' serum containing IgE specific to Bet v I, a rabbit polyclonal antiserum raised against Bet v I, and two Bet v I specific monoclonal antibodies, epitopes cross-reactive to Bet v I were identified on an apple allergen with a molecular mass of 18 kDa and pI 5.5. Furthermore, certain antibody reactivities with 4 isoproteins of a molecular mass of 16 kDa and pIs ranging from 4.9 to 5.5 were observed, which may indicate the presence of Bet v I related epitopes on these proteins. Based on 26 amino acid residues, N-terminal sequencing of the 18-kDa apple allergen revealed 62% sequence identity between Bet v I from birch pollen and the apple allergen. Our results therefore support the view that both proteins express common as well as non-related IgE-reactive epitopes.
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页数:6
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