IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ALLERGENS RELATED TO BET-V-I, THE MAJOR BIRCH POLLEN ALLERGEN, IN APPLE, CHERRY, CELERY AND CARROT BY 2-DIMENSIONAL IMMUNOBLOTTING AND N-TERMINAL MICROSEQUENCING

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作者
SCHONING, B [1 ]
VIETHS, S [1 ]
PETERSEN, A [1 ]
BALTES, W [1 ]
机构
[1] FORSCHUNGSINST BORSTEL, DIV ALLERGOL, BORSTEL, GERMANY
关键词
APPLE ALLERGENS; BIRCH POLLEN ALLERGENS; CARROT ALLERGENS; CELERY ALLERGENS; CHERRY ALLERGENS; CROSS-REACTIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; N-TERMINAL MICROSEQUENCING; 2-DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;
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10.1002/jsfa.2740670403
中图分类号
S [农业科学];
学科分类号
09 ;
摘要
Low temperature extracts taken from Granny Smith and Braeburn apples, cherries, celery and carrots were separated by two-dimensional electrophoresis. Bet nu I, the major birch pollen allergen, related allergens in apple, cherry, celery and carrot extracts were detected by means of two-dimensional immunoblotting with patients' sera containing IgE antibodies specific to Bet nu I, a rabbit polyclonal antiserum raised against Bet nu I, and two Bet nu I specific mouse monoclonal antibodies. The major cross-reacting allergen spots were observed with molecular weights/isoelectric points of 18.0 kDa/pI 5.5 for apple (Granny Smith and Braeburn) and 18.0 kDa/pI 5.8 for cherry, 15.5 kDa/pI 4.4-4.6 for celery and 16.0 kDa/pI 4.4 for carrot extract. Additional antibody reactivities with certain isoprotein spots were observed, which may indicate the presence of Bet nu I-related epitopes on these proteins. Based on the first 15 N-terminal amino acid residues, the major allergen spots revealed 53% sequence identity between Bet nu I and the Granny Smith apple allergen, 50% between Braeburn apple allergen and Bet nu I, 67% between Bet nu I and the cherry allergen, and 40 and 28% for celery and carrot, respectively. Furthermore, the N-terminal sequences showed identities ranging from 40% (apple/cherry) to 66%(celery) with PcPR l-l, a pathogenesis-related protein in parsley.
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