Immunological and structural analysis of IgE-mediated cross-reactivity between manganese superoxide dismutases

被引:49
作者
Flückiger, S
Scapozza, L
Mayer, C
Blaser, K
Folkers, G
Crameri, R
机构
[1] Swiss Inst Allergy & Asthma Res, CH-7270 Davos, Switzerland
[2] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Dept Appl Biosci, Zurich, Switzerland
关键词
allergy; autoreactivity; manganese superoxide; dismutase; molecular modelling;
D O I
10.1159/000063862
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Background. Allergy results from inappropriate immune responses to normally innocuous proteins. More than 300 IgE-binding proteins have been cloned and shown to cover structurally and functionally heterogeneous protein families including enzymes, backbone and storage proteins as well as proteins with unknown function. Structurally related cross-reactive allergens are involved in the pathogenesis of important clinical syndromes. We found that phylogenetically highly conserved proteins, including human manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), are involved in IgE-mediated autoreactivity. Methods:MnSOD cloned from different phylogenetically distant species were produced as recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli and used to study IgE-mediated cross-reactivity and proliferative responses in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of individuals sensitised to Aspergillus fumigatus MnSOD. Homology models of the three-dimensional structures of MnSOD from A. fumigatus, Drosophila melanogaster and Saccharomyces cerevisiae using the human MnSOD structure refined at 2.2 Angstrom as template were constructed to identify conserved amino acid residues exposed to the solvent. Results: Cross-reactivity between the MnSOD at B and T cell level was demonstrated by inhibition experiments showing shared B cell epitopes and by the capability of the different MnSODs to induce proliferative responses in PBMCs of sensitised individuals. Structural modelling allowed to identify conserved residues exposed to the solvent. The identified residues are scattered over the sequence of the enzyme indicating putative conformational IgE-binding epitopes. Conclusions: The results obtained corroborate molecular mimicry as a plausible mechanism to explain autoreactivity to human MnSOD. Moreover, homology modelling provides a rational tool to identify conserved residues involved in defining cross-reactive B cell epitopes. Copyright (C) 2002 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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