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The Fate of IgE Epitopes and Coeliac Toxic Motifs during Simulated Gastrointestinal Digestion of Pizza Base. Foods 2022; 11:foods11142000. [PMID: 35885243 PMCID: PMC9318710 DOI: 10.3390/foods11142000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2022] [Revised: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Understanding how food processing may modify allergen bioaccessibility and the evolution of immunologically active peptides in the gastrointestinal tract is essential if knowledge-based approaches to reducing the allergenicity of food are to be realised. A soy-enriched wheat-based pizza base was subjected to in vitro oral–gastro–duodenal digestion and resulting digests analysed using a combination of sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and mass spectrometry (MS). The digestion profile of pizza base resembled that of bread crust where higher temperatures during baking reduced protein solubility but still resulted in the generation of a complex mixture of peptides. MS profiling showed numerous peptides carrying IgE epitopes, and coeliac toxic motifs were in excess of 20–30 residues long and were only released after either 120 min of gastric digestion or a combination of gastric and duodenal digestion. In silico prediction tools showed an overestimated number of cleavage sites identified experimentally, with low levels of atypical peptic and chymotryptic cleavage sites identified particularly at glutamine residues. These data suggest that such alternative pepsin cleavage sites may play a role in digestion of glutamine-rich cereal foods. They also contribute to efforts to provide benchmarks for mapping in vitro digestion products of novel proteins which form part of the allergenicity risk assessment.
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Mattar H, Padfield P, Simpson A, Mills ENC. The impact of a baked muffin matrix on the bioaccessibility and IgE reactivity of egg and peanut allergens. Food Chem 2021; 362:129879. [PMID: 34118511 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.129879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Baked matrices, such as muffin, may help to promote tolerance to food allergens by modifying allergen structure, digestibility, and capacity to stimulate the immune responses. However, the impact of the muffin matrix on the bioaccessibility of allergens in the gastrointestinal tract is not well understood. Muffin containing egg and peanut was subjected to in vitro oral-gastro-duodenal digestion. During gastric digestion, the majority of the egg allergen Gal d 2 and the peanut allergens Ara h 1 and 3 were not bioaccessible. Subsequent duodenal digestion increased allergen bioaccessibility with Gal d 2 and the peanut allergen Ara h 2 proving highly resistant to digestion. The IgE reactivity of bioaccessible peanut allergens was retained to a greater extent than that of egg allergens after oral-gastric digestion. The starch and gluten-rich muffin matrix modifies allergen bioaccessiblity in a manner more similar to baked matrices such as bread, than low water activity matrices such as cookies.
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- Hadeer Mattar
- Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, M23 9LT Manchester, UK
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- Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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Touma J, La Vieille S, Guillier L, Barrere V, Manny E, Théolier J, Dominguez S, Godefroy SB. Occurrence and risk assessment of sesame as an allergen in selected Middle Eastern foods available in Montreal, Canada. Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess 2021; 38:550-562. [DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2021.1881622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Joseph Touma
- Food Risk Analysis and Regulatory Excellence Platform (PARERA), Department of Food Science and Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Laval University, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Heavy Metals and Colorants, Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Food Risk Analysis and Regulatory Excellence Platform (PARERA), Department of Food Science and Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Laval University, Quebec, Canada
- Food Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Risk Assessment Department, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Food Risk Analysis and Regulatory Excellence Platform (PARERA), Department of Food Science and Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Laval University, Quebec, Canada
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- Food Risk Analysis and Regulatory Excellence Platform (PARERA), Department of Food Science and Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Laval University, Quebec, Canada
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- Food Risk Analysis and Regulatory Excellence Platform (PARERA), Department of Food Science and Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Laval University, Quebec, Canada
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- Food Risk Analysis and Regulatory Excellence Platform (PARERA), Department of Food Science and Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Laval University, Quebec, Canada
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- Food Risk Analysis and Regulatory Excellence Platform (PARERA), Department of Food Science and Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Laval University, Quebec, Canada
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Detection of chocolate powder adulteration with peanut using near-infrared hyperspectral imaging and Multivariate Curve Resolution. Food Control 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Enhanced quantitation of egg allergen in foods using incurred standards and antibodies against processed egg in a model ELISA. Anal Chim Acta 2019; 1081:157-167. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2019.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Revised: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Amponsah A, Nayak B. Evaluation of the efficiency of three extraction conditions for the immunochemical detection of allergenic soy proteins in different food matrices. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2018; 98:2378-2384. [PMID: 29023789 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.8729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Revised: 08/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recent studies have shown the need to improve soy allergen extraction using different extraction conditions to ensure more accurate results in allergen detection. This study investigated some of these extraction conditions to confirm that these methods, especially ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) and the use of Laemmli buffer instead of the conventional extraction with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), could be helpful in improving the extraction step in allergen detection. RESULTS Higher total soluble protein was obtained in all samples extracted with Laemmli buffer alone and in combination with ultrasound. For immunochemical detection of soy proteins by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), comparable detection was observed in extracts from all extraction conditions in all commercial samples with the exception of table cracker and veggie burger, where significantly higher detection was seen in extracts from Laemmli buffer only. For the dry mix and cookie samples, the degree of soy protein detection with ELISA varied among the different extraction conditions, but overall, extraction with only Laemmli buffer showed higher detection. CONCLUSION Laemmli buffer with conventional extraction and UAE may be better alternatives or additional extraction methods in soy allergen detection. Different food matrices performed differently (whether it was for the recovery of total proteins or detection by ELISA) under different extraction conditions. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Amma Amponsah
- Food Science and Human Nutrition, School of Food and Agriculture, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
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- Food Science and Human Nutrition, School of Food and Agriculture, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
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Planque M, Arnould T, Dieu M, Delahaut P, Renard P, Gillard N. Liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry for detecting ten allergens in complex and incurred foodstuffs. J Chromatogr A 2017; 1530:138-151. [PMID: 29169644 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2017.11.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Revised: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Food allergy is a considerable heath problem, as undesirable contaminations by allergens during food production are still widespread and may be dangerous for human health. To protect the population, laboratories need to develop reliable analytical methods in order to detect allergens in various food products. Currently, a large majority of allergen-related food recalls concern bakery products. It is therefore essential to detect allergens in unprocessed and processed foodstuffs. In this study, we developed a method for detecting ten allergens in complex (chocolate, ice cream) and processed (cookie, sauce) foodstuffs, based on ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS). Using a single protocol and considering a signal-to-noise ratio higher than 10 for the most abundant multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) transition, we were able to detect target allergens at 0.5mg/kg for milk proteins, 2.5mg/kg for peanut, hazelnut, pistachio, and cashew proteins, 3mg/kg for egg proteins, and 5mg/kg for soy, almond, walnut, and pecan proteins. The ability of the method to detect 10 allergens with a single protocol in complex and incurred food products makes it an attractive alternative to the ELISA method for routine laboratories.
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- M Planque
- CER Groupe, Health Department, Rue du Point du Jour, 8, 6900 Marloie, Belgium; Laboratory of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (URBC)-Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences (NARILIS), University of Namur, 61, rue de Bruxelles, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (URBC)-Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences (NARILIS), University of Namur, 61, rue de Bruxelles, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (URBC)-Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences (NARILIS), University of Namur, 61, rue de Bruxelles, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- CER Groupe, Health Department, Rue du Point du Jour, 8, 6900 Marloie, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (URBC)-Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences (NARILIS), University of Namur, 61, rue de Bruxelles, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- CER Groupe, Health Department, Rue du Point du Jour, 8, 6900 Marloie, Belgium.
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Investigation on the understanding and implementation of food allergen management among Thai food manufacturers. Food Control 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Voordouw J, Cornelisse-Vermaat JR, Pfaff S, Antonides G, Niemietz D, Linardakis M, Kehagia O, Frewer LJ. Preferred information strategies for food allergic consumers. A study in Germany, Greece, and The Netherlands. Food Qual Prefer 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2011.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Steinhoff M, Fischer M, Paschke-Kratzin A. Comparison of extraction conditions for milk and hen's egg allergens. Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess 2011; 28:373-83. [PMID: 21331964 DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2010.545957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The evaluation of recovery rates by extracting milk powder and egg powder using eleven different extractants gave approximately similar results for both foods. Compared with the other extraction solutions investigated, '1% Tween 20® and 0.4% Triton X-100®' and '4% SDS' are the most suitable extractants to isolate proteins of hen's egg or milk. When comparing calculated protein recovery rates of egg and milk powder extracts, the results clearly indicated that the choice of a suitable extractant is of particular importance. Qualitative investigation of the extracts via LDS-PAGE followed by silver staining as well as immunoblotting confirmed the results of protein quantification. Hence, the immunoblots showed that the extraction agents had no negative influence on the antigenicity of the extracted allergenic proteins. In this study, variation of extraction temperature led neither to any benefit in extraction quality nor to degradation. Changing pH did not reveal any trends, but progressive protein hydrolysis under strong alkaline conditions. Evaluation of recovery rates as well as results of unspecific and specific staining of the extracts showed that an extraction time of 1 h is sufficient for an appropriate sample preparation. For investigations with and without food matrix different results were obtained. In summary, wheat starch did not influence the extraction quality within all examined materials and different extractants. In contrast, using fat powder and dry cake mix, respectively, led to different results in the extraction procedure. When fat powder and dry cake mix were used as food matrices, some protein recovery rates decreased and some increased depending on the allergen material. These results highlight the fact that the suitability of the extractant not only depends on the properties of the allergen but furthermore on the type of matrix containing the allergen.
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- M Steinhoff
- Institute of Food Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Grindelallee 117, D-20146, Germany
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Taylor SL, Baumert JL. Cross-contamination of foods and implications for food allergic patients. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2010; 10:265-70. [PMID: 20425003 DOI: 10.1007/s11882-010-0112-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cross-contamination presents a risk of unknown magnitude for food allergic consumers. Published cases likely represent the tip of a rather large iceberg. Cross-contamination can occur in homes, restaurants, food manufacturing plants, and on farms. The frequency of cross-contamination as the cause of accidental exposures to allergenic foods is unknown. Food allergic individuals can react to ingestion of trace levels of the offending food, although a highly variable range of threshold doses exist among populations of food allergic individuals. The magnitude of the risk posed to food allergic consumers by cross-contamination is characterized by the frequency of exposure to cross-contaminated foods, the dose of exposure, and the individual's threshold dose. The food and food service industry (and food preparers in homes as well) have the responsibility to provide and prepare foods that are safe for food allergic consumers, but quality of life may be improved with the recognition that safe (though very low) thresholds do exist.
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- Steve L Taylor
- Food Allergy Research and Resource Program, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583-0919, USA.
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Goodman RE, Taylor SL, Yamamura J, Kobayashi T, Kawakami H, Kruger CL, Thompson GP. Assessment of the potential allergenicity of a Milk Basic Protein fraction. Food Chem Toxicol 2007; 45:1787-94. [PMID: 17482742 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2006] [Revised: 03/19/2007] [Accepted: 03/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND A specific basic fraction of bovine milk, termed Milk Basic Protein (MBP), has the potential to provide nutritionally important benefits if used as a food ingredient. Although derived from milk, MBP is intended for use as an ingredient in other foods. Cows' milk is a well studied, commonly allergenic food. Although the proteins in MBP are not identified as milk allergens, food products containing MBP will be labelled as containing milk as a caution to milk allergic consumers under food labelling guidelines in the US and the European Union as MBP has not been demonstrated to be free of milk allergens. However, as part of an overall safety evaluation of MBP, the developers sought to evaluate the potential allergenicity of the primary protein components for characteristics of allergenic food proteins and to assess whether intake of these proteins at intended use levels could present a significant new allergenic risk for consumers. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the potential allergenicity of the five identified proteins in MBP. While extensive studies have not demonstrated allergenicity of lactoferrin, the four other proteins are less studied. The four were tested here by sequence identity comparison to known allergens, and for stability of these proteins in acidic pepsin as a characteristic common to many food allergens. METHODS Sequences of the proteins were compared to those listed in AllergenOnline.com, by methods recommended for the evaluation of proteins introduced in crops through genetic engineering. Pepsin stability was assessed by incubating the various proteins in simulated gastric fluid at pH 1.2 with porcine pepsin for up to 60 min at 37 degrees C, with samples withdrawn and analyzed at specific times. RESULTS No significant sequence similarities were identified for the MBP proteins compared to known allergens. All but one of the protein components of MBP were digested relatively quickly by pepsin. The more stable protein will be of low abundance as consumed in contrast to most pepsin-stable food allergens. CONCLUSIONS Based on molecular characteristics and expected exposure, the protein components in MBP are unlikely to present any increased risk of allergy for milk allergic subjects or of cross-reactivity for other allergic subjects. However, since the proteins are derived from milk, products containing MBP will need to be labelled as containing milk proteins to warn milk allergic subjects of the potential risk of allergic reactions.
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- Richard E Goodman
- Food Allergy Research and Resource Program, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA.
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Cortes-Perez NG, Ah-Leung S, Bermúdez-Humarán LG, Corthier G, Wal JM, Langella P, Adel-Patient K. Intranasal coadministration of live lactococci producing interleukin-12 and a major cow's milk allergen inhibits allergic reaction in mice. CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY : CVI 2007; 14:226-33. [PMID: 17202306 PMCID: PMC1828845 DOI: 10.1128/cvi.00299-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The Th1/Th2 balance deregulation toward a Th2 immune response plays a central role in allergy. We previously demonstrated that administration of recombinant Lactococcus lactis strains expressing bovine beta-lactoglobulin (BLG), a major cow's milk allergen, partially prevents mice from sensitization. In the present study, we aimed to improve this preventive effect by coadministration of L. lactis BLG and a second recombinant L. lactis strain producing biologically active interleukin-12 (IL-12). This L. lactis strain producing IL-12 was previously used to enhance the Th1 immune response in a tumoral murine model (L. G. Bermúdez-Humarán et al., J. Immunol. 175:7297-7302, 2005). A comparison of the administration of either BLG alone or BLG in the presence of IL-12 was conducted. A BLG-specific primary Th1 immune response was observed only after intranasal coadministration of both L. lactis BLG and IL-12-producing L. lactis, as demonstrated by the induction of serum-specific immunoglobulin G2a (IgG2a) concomitant with gamma interferon secretion by splenocytes, confirming the adjuvanticity of IL-12-producing L. lactis. Immunized mice were further sensitized by intraperitoneal administration of purified BLG, and the allergic reaction was elicited by intranasal challenge with purified BLG. Mice pretreated with BLG in either the presence or the absence of IL-12 were rendered completely tolerant to further allergic sensitization and elicitation. Pretreatment with either L. lactis BLG or L. lactis BLG and IL-12-producing L. lactis induces specific anti-BLG IgG2a production in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid. Although specific serum IgE was not affected by these pretreatments, the levels of eosinophilia and IL-5 secretion in BAL fluid were significantly reduced after BLG challenge in the groups pretreated with L. lactis BLG and L. lactis BLG-IL-12-producing L. lactis, demonstrating a decreased allergic reaction. Our data demonstrate for the first time (i) the induction of a protective Th1 response by the association of L. lactis BLG and IL-12-producing L. lactis which inhibits the elicitation of the allergic reaction to BLG in mice and (ii) the efficiency of intranasal administration of BLG for the induction of tolerance.
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- Naima G Cortes-Perez
- Laboratoire INRA d'Immuno-Allergie Alimentaire, DSV/SPI-Bâtiment 136, CEA de Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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Monaci L, Tregoat V, van Hengel AJ, Anklam E. Milk allergens, their characteristics and their detection in food: A review. Eur Food Res Technol 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/s00217-005-0178-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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