[Ige reactivity of a recombinant multi-epitope protein designed from allergens of interest in the tropics - preliminary findings].

Autor: Fang L; Universidad del Norte. División de Ciencias de la Salud, Departamento de Medicina, Barranquilla, Colombia. Lfang@uninorte.edu.co., Martínez D; Universidad del Norte. División de Ciencias de la Salud, Departamento de Medicina, Barranquilla, Colombia.; Universidad de Cartagena. Instituto de Investigaciones Inmunológicas, Cartagena, Colombia., Meza-Torres C; Universidad del Norte. División de Ciencias de la Salud, Departamento de Medicina, Barranquilla, Colombia.; Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, España., Pereira-Sanandrés N; Universidad del Norte. División de Ciencias de la Salud, Departamento de Medicina, Barranquilla, Colombia., Moreno-Woo A; Universidad del Norte. División de Ciencias de la Salud, Departamento de Medicina, Barranquilla, Colombia., Garavito G; Universidad del Norte. División de Ciencias de la Salud, Departamento de Medicina, Barranquilla, Colombia., Egea E; Universidad del Norte. División de Ciencias de la Salud, Departamento de Medicina, Barranquilla, Colombia.
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj: Revista alergia Mexico (Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico : 1993) [Rev Alerg Mex] 2024 Feb 01; Vol. 71 (1), pp. 68. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 01.
DOI: 10.29262/ram.v71i1.1366
Abstrakt: Objective: The objective of the present study was to design a multi-epitope protein from A. lumbricoides and APD allergens and to evaluate its IgE reactivity preliminarily.
Methods: Using computational tools, a molecule containing multiple "T" epitopes of allergens derived from A. lumbricoides and APD was designed " in silico " This multi-epitope protein (MP1) was expressed using an E. coli system and purified by affinity chromatography using Ni-NTA agarose. Anti-MP1 and anti-HDM extract IgE reactivity was evaluated by Dot-Blot and indirect ELISA from sera of HDM-allergic patients and non-allergic individuals from Barranquilla-Colombia. Allergic individuals had a positive skin test to a standardized battery of inhaled allergens (EUROLINE - Ref: DP 3704-1601-1 E) and mite- specific IgE.
Results: Multi-epitope (MP1) protein was expressed and purified with high purity. Dot-Blot result showed that all sera from allergic patients showed lower IgE reactivity to MP1 compared to HDM extract. By ELISA, significantly lower concentrations of anti-MP1 IgE (Median: 270.86 ng/ml; IQR: 90.3) were observed in contrast to anti-HDM IgE levels (Median: 988.5 ng/ml; IQR: 1117.6) in sera of patients allergic to HDM.
Conclusions: A protein composed of multiple epitopes of A. lumbricoides and HDM allergens was designed, expressed, and purified. Preliminary Dot-Blot results suggest that this molecule shows hypoallergenic properties with very low IgE reactivity compared to mite extract. Further functional studies are needed to understand better the immune response induced by this molecule.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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