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Hu J, Zhu LP, Wang RQ, Zhu L, Chen F, Hou Y, Ni K, Deng S, Liu S, Ying W, Sun JL, Li H, Jin T. Identification, Characterization, Cloning, and Cross-Reactivity of Zan b 2, a Novel Pepper Allergen of 11S Legumin. J Agric Food Chem 2024; 72:8189-8199. [PMID: 38551197 PMCID: PMC11010233 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.4c00351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2024] [Revised: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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Protein from Sichuan peppers can elicit mild to severe allergic reactions. However, little is known about their allergenic proteins. We aimed to isolate, identify, clone, and characterize Sichuan pepper allergens and to determine its allergenicity and cross-reactivities. Sichuan pepper seed proteins were extracted and then analyzed by SDS-PAGE. Western blotting was performed with sera from Sichuan pepper-allergic individuals. Proteins of interest were purified using hydrophobic interaction chromatography and gel filtration and further analyzed by analytical ultracentrifugation, circular dichroism spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry (MS). Their coding region was amplified in the genome. IgE reactivity and cross-reactivity of allergens were evaluated by dot blot, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and competitive ELISA. Western blot showed IgE binding to a 55 kDa protein. This protein was homologous to the citrus proteins and has high stability and a sheet structure. Four DNA sequences were cloned. Six patients' sera (60%) showed specific IgE reactivity to this purified 11S protein, which was proved to have cross-reactivation with extracts of cashew nuts, pistachios, and citrus seeds. A novel allergen in Sichuan pepper seeds, Zan b 2, which belongs to the 11S globulin family, was isolated and identified. Its cross-reactivity with cashew nuts, pistachios, and citrus seeds was demonstrated.
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- Jing Hu
- Hefei
National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, the CAS Key
Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic
Medicine Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- Allergy
Department, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases,
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese
Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Allergy
Department, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases,
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese
Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Hefei
National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, the CAS Key
Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic
Medicine Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- Hefei
National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, the CAS Key
Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic
Medicine Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- Allergy
Department, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases,
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese
Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Hefei
National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, the CAS Key
Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic
Medicine Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- Hefei
National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, the CAS Key
Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic
Medicine Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- Hefei
National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, the CAS Key
Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic
Medicine Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center,
National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute
of Lifeomics, Beijing 102206, China
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- Allergy
Department, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases,
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese
Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Allergy
Department, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases,
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese
Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Hefei
National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, the CAS Key
Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic
Medicine Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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Liu C, Gupta S, Zhao J. Characterization of Linear IgE-Binding Epitopes in Food Allergens. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2717:65-76. [PMID: 37737978 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3453-0_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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An IgE epitope is a part of an allergen that is capable of binding to IgE antibodies and eliciting an immune response. Identifying and characterizing human-allergy-relevant epitopes are important for diagnosis and prognosis of food allergy and development of immunotherapy treatments. This chapter describes the protocol for manual synthesis of overlapping peptides on a cellulose membrane and subsequent dot blotting of the peptides with allergic patients' IgE to map the linear IgE-binding epitopes in food allergens.
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- Changqi Liu
- School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
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- School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
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Lokya V, Parmar S, Pandey AK, Sudini HK, Huai D, Ozias-Akins P, Foyer CH, Nwosu CV, Karpinska B, Baker A, Xu P, Liao B, Mir RR, Chen X, Guo B, Nguyen HT, Kumar R, Bera SK, Singam P, Kumar A, Varshney RK, Pandey MK. Prospects for developing allergen-depleted food crops. Plant Genome 2023; 16:e20375. [PMID: 37641460 DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2023] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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In addition to the challenge of meeting global demand for food production, there are increasing concerns about food safety and the need to protect consumer health from the negative effects of foodborne allergies. Certain bio-molecules (usually proteins) present in food can act as allergens that trigger unusual immunological reactions, with potentially life-threatening consequences. The relentless working lifestyles of the modern era often incorporate poor eating habits that include readymade prepackaged and processed foods, which contain additives such as peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, and soy-based products, rather than traditional home cooking. Of the predominant allergenic foods (soybean, wheat, fish, peanut, shellfish, tree nuts, eggs, and milk), peanuts (Arachis hypogaea) are the best characterized source of allergens, followed by tree nuts (Juglans regia, Prunus amygdalus, Corylus avellana, Carya illinoinensis, Anacardium occidentale, Pistacia vera, Bertholletia excels), wheat (Triticum aestivum), soybeans (Glycine max), and kidney beans (Phaseolus vulgaris). The prevalence of food allergies has risen significantly in recent years including chance of accidental exposure to such foods. In contrast, the standards of detection, diagnosis, and cure have not kept pace and unfortunately are often suboptimal. In this review, we mainly focus on the prevalence of allergies associated with peanut, tree nuts, wheat, soybean, and kidney bean, highlighting their physiological properties and functions as well as considering research directions for tailoring allergen gene expression. In particular, we discuss how recent advances in molecular breeding, genetic engineering, and genome editing can be used to develop potential low allergen food crops that protect consumer health.
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- Vadthya Lokya
- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
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- College of Life Science of China Jiliang University (CJLU), Hangzhou, China
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Horticulture Department, The University of Georgia Tifton Campus, Tifton, GA, USA
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- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK
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- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK
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- Centre for Plant Sciences and School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- College of Life Science of China Jiliang University (CJLU), Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Division of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Srinagar, India
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Crops Genetic Improvement, Crops Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- USDA-ARS, Crop Genetics and Breeding Research Unit, Tifton, GA, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences and National Center for Soybean Biotechnology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga, India
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- Department of Genetics, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
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- Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh, Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
- State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Crop Research Innovation Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
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Konstantinou GN, Baker MG, Yu J, Ford LS, Bencharitiwong R, Grishina G, Sampson HA, Sicherer S, Nowak-Wegrzyn A. Citrin: a novel food allergen in citrus seeds and citrus-derived pectin that shows cross-reactivity with cashew and pistachio. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2023; 131:759-765.e3. [PMID: 37659472 DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2023.08.603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients exquisitely sensitive to cashew/pistachio are at risk for allergic reactions to citrus seeds and pectin. OBJECTIVE In this study, we sought to evaluate whether pectin is contaminated with citrus seeds, to identify a culprit antigen in citrus seeds, and to assess for cross-reactivity among allergens in citrus seeds, citrus pectin, and cashew or pistachio. METHODS Proteins from orange seed coats, orange seed endosperms, lemon seeds, grapefruit seeds, citrus pectin, apple pectin, and grapefruit pectin were extracted. Protein concentrations in all extracts were determined and visualized using sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis technique. Immunoglobulin E-binding capacity was determined with Western blot analyses and tandem mass spectrometry for the identification of the culprit allergen in citrus seeds and pectin. RESULTS In subjects with citrus seed, pectin, and cashew allergies, there was strong immunoglobulin E-reactivity to bands between 17 to 28 kDa and 28 to 38 kDa. The tandem mass spectrometry analysis of these bands indicated the presence of citrin as the culprit allergen. Citrin and Ana o 2 are both 11S globulins belonging to the cupin superfamily, and significant homology was found between these proteins. CONCLUSION Citrus pectin may be contaminated with citrus seeds. Citrin, a newly identified allergen in citrus seeds, seems to be the culprit antigen in citrus seeds and contaminated citrus pectin. Citrin is highly homologous with Ana o 2 in cashew and Pis v 2 in pistachio, suggesting potential for cross-reactivity and providing an explanation for co-allergenicity of cashew or pistachio, citrus seeds, and citrus pectin.
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- George N Konstantinou
- Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 424 General Military Training Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece; Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Division of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, Kravis Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
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- Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Division of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, Kravis Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Division of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Allergy and Immunology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia; Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney School of Medicine, Sydney, Australia
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- Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Division of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, Kravis Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Division of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, Kravis Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Division of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, Kravis Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Division of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, Kravis Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Allergy and Immunology, Hassenfeld Children's Hospital, New York, New York; Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
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Zhang Y, Che H, Li C, Jin T. Food Allergens of Plant Origin. Foods 2023; 12:foods12112232. [PMID: 37297475 DOI: 10.3390/foods12112232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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This review presents an update on the physical, chemical, and biological properties of food allergens in plant sources, focusing on the few protein families that contribute to multiple food allergens from different species and protein families recently found to contain food allergens. The structures and structural components of the food allergens in the allergen families may provide further directions for discovering new food allergens. Answers as to what makes some food proteins allergens are still elusive. Factors to be considered in mitigating food allergens include the abundance of the protein in a food, the property of short stretches of the sequence of the protein that may constitute linear IgE binding epitopes, the structural properties of the protein, its stability to heat and digestion, the food matrix the protein is in, and the antimicrobial activity to the microbial flora of the human gastrointestinal tract. Additionally, recent data suggest that widely used techniques for mapping linear IgE binding epitopes need to be improved by incorporating positive controls, and methodologies for mapping conformational IgE binding epitopes need to be developed.
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- Yuzhu Zhang
- US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Pacific West Area, Western Regional Research Center, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Precision Nutrition and Food Quality, Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy, Ministry of Education, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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- US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Pacific West Area, Western Regional Research Center, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710, USA
- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Food Safety and Quality Control, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230001, China
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Shen Y, Yu T, Wang Z, Li X, Wu Y, Chen H. Non-thermal processing of cashews: irradiation reduces allergenicity by altering the structure of Ana o 3. Food Funct 2023; 14:1962-1970. [PMID: 36723115 DOI: 10.1039/d2fo03057h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Traditional thermal processing of cashews not only results in nutrient loss and harmful by-products, but also does not significantly reduce allergenicity. Irradiation could be an important non-thermal processing method to reduce cashew allergens' allergenicity and retain their nutritional properties. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of gamma irradiation processing on the structure and potential allergenicity of Ana o 3. The Ana o 3 solutions were gamma-irradiated at 0, 1, 3, 5, and 10 kGy. The structure change was monitored by Tricine-SDS-PAGE, circular dichroism spectroscopy, and fluorescence spectroscopy. The potential allergenicity was tested by immunoblotting, indirect competitive ELISA, and the human basophil KU812 degranulation assay using serum from cashew allergy patients. The results of CD spectroscopy showed that the content of α-helices decreased from 46.8% to 30.9% after 3 to 10 kGy, while the content of random coils increased from 23.7% to 33.3%. Meanwhile, a large number of hydrophobic regions were exposed, resulting in an increase in the hydrophobic surface of the protein. In terms of allergenicity, the IC50 values obtained by the competitive inhibition ELISA after irradiation increased from 0.628 to 4.054 μg mL-1, indicating that irradiation reduced the IgE binding capacity of Ana o 3, which was consistent with the results of western blotting. In addition, the basophil degranulation analysis showed that the release of IL-6, TNF-α, and histamine was decreased. It was shown that the potential allergenicity of the irradiated Ana o 3 was remarkably decreased since irradiation could mask or destroy the allergen epitopes, providing a new approach to reduce the allergenicity of cashew products.
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- Yunpeng Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China. .,College of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, P R. China.,Sino-German Joint Research Institute, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China. .,College of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, P R. China.,Sino-German Joint Research Institute, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China. .,College of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, P R. China.,Sino-German Joint Research Institute, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China. .,College of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, P R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China. .,Sino-German Joint Research Institute, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China. .,Sino-German Joint Research Institute, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China
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Zhang A, Zhao H, Pei S, Chi Y, Fan X, Liu J. Identification and Structure of Epitopes on Cashew Allergens Ana o 2 and Ana o 3 Using Phage Display. Molecules 2023; 28. [PMID: 36838874 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28041880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) is a commercially important plant. Cashew nuts are a popular food source that belong to the tree nut family. Tree nuts are one of the eight major food allergens identified by the Food and Drug Administration in the USA. Allergies to cashew nuts cause severe and systemic immune reactions. Tree nut allergies are frequently fatal and are becoming more common. AIM We aimed to identify the key allergenic epitopes of cashew nut proteins by correlating the phage display epitope prediction results with bioinformatics analysis. DESIGN We predicted and experimentally confirmed cashew nut allergen antigenic peptides, which we named Ana o 2 (cupin superfamily) and Ana o 3 (prolamin superfamily). The Ana o 2 and Ana o 3 epitopes were predicted using DNAstar and PyMoL (incorporated in the Swiss-model package). The predicted weak and strong epitopes were synthesized as peptides. The related phage library was built. The peptides were also tested using phage display technology. The expressed antigens were tested and confirmed using microtiter plates coated with pooled human sera from patients with cashew nut allergies or healthy controls. RESULTS The Ana o 2 epitopes were represented by four linear peptides, with the epitopes corresponding to amino acids 108-111, 113-119, 181-186, and 218-224. Furthermore, the identified Ana o 3 epitopes corresponding to amino acids 10-24, 13-27, 39-49, 66-70, 101-106, 107-114, and 115-122 were also screened out and chosen as the key allergenic epitopes. DISCUSSION The Ana o 3 epitopes accounted for more than 40% of the total amino acid sequence of the protein; thus, Ana o 3 is potentially more allergenic than Ana o 2. CONCLUSIONS The bioinformatic epitope prediction produced subpar results in this study. Furthermore, the phage display method was extremely effective in identifying the allergenic epitopes of cashew nut proteins. The key allergenic epitopes were chosen, providing important information for the study of cashew nut allergens.
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Chen S, Downs ML. Proteomic Analysis of Oil-Roasted Cashews Using a Customized Allergen-Focused Protein Database. J Proteome Res 2022; 21:1694-1706. [PMID: 35658452 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.2c00095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cashews are one of the most prevalent causes of tree nut allergies. However, the cashew proteome is far from complete, which limits the quality of peptide identification in mass spectrometric analyses. In this study, bioinformatics tools were utilized to construct a customized cashew protein database and improve sequence quality for proteins of interest, based on a publicly available cashew genome database. As a result, two additional isoforms for cashew 2S albumins and five other isoforms for cashew 11S proteins were identified, along with several other potential allergens. Using the optimized protein database, the protein profiles of cashew nuts subjected to different oil-roasting conditions (139 and 166 °C for 2-10 min) were analyzed using discovery LC-MS/MS analysis. The results showed that the cashew 2S protein is most heat-stable, followed by 11S and 7S proteins, though protein isoforms might be affected differently. Preliminary target peptide selection indicated that out of the 29 potential targets, 18 peptides were derived from the newly developed database. In the evaluation of thermal processing effects on cashew proteins, several Maillard reaction adducts were also identified. The cashew protein database developed in this study allows for comprehensive analyses of cashew proteins and development of high-quality allergen detection methods.
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- Shimin Chen
- Food Allergy Research and Resource Program, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Food Allergy Research and Resource Program, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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Borres MP, Sato S, Ebisawa M. Recent advances in diagnosing and managing nut allergies with focus on hazelnuts, walnuts, and cashew nuts. World Allergy Organ J 2022; 15:100641. [PMID: 35493774 PMCID: PMC9020091 DOI: 10.1016/j.waojou.2022.100641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Revised: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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- Magnus P. Borres
- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Allergy, Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
- Corresponding author. Sakura Sato, M.D., Department of Allergy, Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital, 18-1, Sakuradai, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0392, Japan.
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- Department of Allergy, Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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Luparelli A, Losito I, De Angelis E, Pilolli R, Lambertini F, Monaci L. Tree Nuts and Peanuts as a Source of Beneficial Compounds and a Threat for Allergic Consumers: Overview on Methods for Their Detection in Complex Food Products. Foods 2022; 11:728. [PMID: 35267361 PMCID: PMC8909911 DOI: 10.3390/foods11050728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Consumption of tree nuts and peanuts has considerably increased over the last decades due to their nutritional composition and the content of beneficial compounds. On the other hand, such widespread consumption worldwide has also generated a growing incidence of allergy in the sensitive population. Allergy to nuts and peanuts represents a global relevant problem, especially due to the risk of the ingestion of hidden allergens as a result of cross-contamination between production lines at industrial level occurring during food manufacturing. The present review provides insights on peanuts, almonds, and four nut allergens—namely hazelnuts, walnuts, cashew, and pistachios—that are likely to cross-contaminate different food commodities. The paper aims at covering both the biochemical aspect linked to the identified allergenic proteins for each allergen category and the different methodological approaches developed for allergens detection and identification. Attention has been also paid to mass spectrometry methods and to current efforts of the scientific community to identify a harmonized approach for allergens quantification through the detection of allergen markers.
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Fuhrmann V, Huang HJ, Akarsu A, Shilovskiy I, Elisyutina O, Khaitov M, van Hage M, Linhart B, Focke-Tejkl M, Valenta R, Sekerel BE. From Allergen Molecules to Molecular Immunotherapy of Nut Allergy: A Hard Nut to Crack. Front Immunol 2021; 12:742732. [PMID: 34630424 PMCID: PMC8496898 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.742732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Peanuts and tree nuts are two of the most common elicitors of immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated food allergy. Nut allergy is frequently associated with systemic reactions and can lead to potentially life-threatening respiratory and circulatory symptoms. Furthermore, nut allergy usually persists throughout life. Whether sensitized patients exhibit severe and life-threatening reactions (e.g., anaphylaxis), mild and/or local reactions (e.g., pollen-food allergy syndrome) or no relevant symptoms depends much on IgE recognition of digestion-resistant class I food allergens, IgE cross-reactivity of class II food allergens with respiratory allergens and clinically not relevant plant-derived carbohydrate epitopes, respectively. Accordingly, molecular allergy diagnosis based on the measurement of allergen-specific IgE levels to allergen molecules provides important information in addition to provocation testing in the diagnosis of food allergy. Molecular allergy diagnosis helps identifying the genuinely sensitizing nuts, it determines IgE sensitization to class I and II food allergen molecules and hence provides a basis for personalized forms of treatment such as precise prescription of diet and allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT). Currently available forms of nut-specific AIT are based only on allergen extracts, have been mainly developed for peanut but not for other nuts and, unlike AIT for respiratory allergies which utilize often subcutaneous administration, are given preferentially by the oral route. Here we review prevalence of allergy to peanut and tree nuts in different populations of the world, summarize knowledge regarding the involved nut allergen molecules and current AIT approaches for nut allergy. We argue that nut-specific AIT may benefit from molecular subcutaneous AIT (SCIT) approaches but identify also possible hurdles for such an approach and explain why molecular SCIT may be a hard nut to crack.
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- Verena Fuhrmann
- Division of Immunopathology, Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Immunopathology, Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Allergy and Asthma, Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Laboratory for Molecular Allergology, National Research Center (NRC) Institute of Immunology Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA) of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory for Molecular Allergology, National Research Center (NRC) Institute of Immunology Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA) of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory for Molecular Allergology, National Research Center (NRC) Institute of Immunology Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA) of Russia, Moscow, Russia
- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Medicine Solna, Division of Immunology and Allergy, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University, Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Immunopathology, Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Immunopathology, Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Krems, Austria
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- Division of Immunopathology, Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Laboratory for Molecular Allergology, National Research Center (NRC) Institute of Immunology Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA) of Russia, Moscow, Russia
- Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Krems, Austria
- Laboratory of Immunopathology, Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Division of Allergy and Asthma, Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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Nuts are considered healthy foods due to their high content of nutritional compounds with functional properties. However, the list of the most allergenic foods includes tree nuts, and their presence must be indicated on food labels. Most nut allergens are seed storage proteins, pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins, profilins and lipid transfer proteins (LTP). Nut allergenic proteins are characterized by their resistance to denaturation and proteolysis. Food processing has been proposed as the method of choice to alter the allergenicity of foods to ensure their safety and improve their organoleptic properties. The effect of processing on allergenicity is variable by abolishing existing epitopes or generating neoallergens. The alterations depend on the intrinsic characteristics of the protein and the type and duration of treatment. Many studies have evaluated the molecular changes induced by processes such as thermal, pressure or enzymatic treatments. As some processing treatments have been shown to decrease the allergenicity of certain foods, food processing may play an important role in developing hypoallergenic foods and using them for food tolerance induction. This work provides an updated overview of the applications and influence of several processing techniques (thermal, pressure and enzymatic digestion) on nut allergenicity for nuts, namely, hazelnuts, cashews, pistachios, almonds and walnuts.
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Yan X, Wang Y, Chen Y, Xie J, Yu Q. Effect of roasting duration on the solubility, structure, and IgE-binding capacity of cashew nut proteins. INNOV FOOD SCI EMERG 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ifset.2021.102635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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He Z, Dongre P, Lyu SC, Manohar M, Chinthrajah RS, Galli SJ, DeKruyff RH, Nadeau KC, Andorf S. Identification of cross-reactive allergens in cashew- and pistachio-allergic children during oral immunotherapy. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2020; 31:709-714. [PMID: 32323379 PMCID: PMC7716697 DOI: 10.1111/pai.13258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2020] [Revised: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ziyuan He
- Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.,Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.,Department of Pathology and of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.,Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.,Divisions of Biomedical Informatics and Allergy & Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Larsen JM, Bang-Berthelsen CH, Qvortrup K, Sancho AI, Hansen AH, Andersen KIH, Thacker SSN, Eiwegger T, Upton J, Bøgh KL. Production of allergen-specific immunotherapeutic agents for the treatment of food allergy. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2020; 40:881-894. [PMID: 32515236 DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2020.1772194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Allergen-specific immunotherapy (IT) is emerging as a viable avenue for the treatment of food allergies. Clinical trials currently investigate raw or slightly processed foods as therapeutic agents, as trials using food-grade agents can be performed without the strict regulations to which conventional drugs are subjected. However, this limits the ability of standardization and may affect clinical trial outcomes and reproducibility. Herein, we provide an overview of methods used in the production of immunotherapeutic agents for the treatment of food allergies, including processed foods, allergen extracts, recombinant allergens, and synthetic peptides, as well as the physical and chemical processes for the reduction of protein allergenicity. Commercial interests currently favor producing standardized drug-grade allergen extracts for therapeutic use, and clinical trials are ongoing. In the near future, recombinant production could replace purification strategies since it allows the manufacturing of pure, native allergens or sequence-modified allergens with reduced allergenicity. A recurring issue within this field is the inadequate reporting of production procedures, quality control, product physicochemical characteristics, allergenicity, and immunological properties. This information is of vital importance in assessing therapeutic standardization and clinical safety profile, which are central parameters for the development of future therapeutic agents.
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- Jeppe Madura Larsen
- National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Division of Immunology and Allergy, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Program, The Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.,Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Translational Medicine Program, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Immunology, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Division of Immunology and Allergy, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Program, The Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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Vicente F, Sanchiz A, Rodríguez-Pérez R, Pedrosa M, Quirce S, Haddad J, Besombes C, Linacero R, Allaf K, Cuadrado C. Influence of Instant Controlled Pressure Drop (DIC) on Allergenic Potential of Tree Nuts. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25071742. [PMID: 32290123 PMCID: PMC7180768 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25071742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Pistachio and cashew contain allergenic proteins, which causes them to be removed from the diet of allergic people. Previous studies have demonstrated that food processing (thermal and non-thermal) can produce structural and/or conformational changes in proteins by altering their allergenic capacity. In this study, the influence of instant controlled pressure drop (DIC) on pistachio and cashew allergenic capacity has been studied. Western blot was carried out using IgG anti-11S and anti-2S and IgE antibodies from sera of patients sensitized to pistachio and cashew. DIC processing causes changes in the electrophoretic pattern, reducing the number and intensity of protein bands, as the pressure and temperature treatment increment, which results in a remarkable decrease in detection of potentially allergenic proteins. The harshest conditions of DIC (7 bar, 120 s) markedly reduce the immunodetection of allergenic proteins, not only by using IgG (anti 11S and anti 2S) but also when IgE sera from sensitized patients were used for Western blots. Such immunodetection is more affected in pistachio than in cashew nuts, but is not completely removed. Therefore, cashew proteins are possibly more resistant than pistachio proteins. According these findings, instant controlled pressure drop (DIC) can be considered a suitable technique in order to obtain hypoallergenic tree nut flour to be used in the food industry.
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- Fatima Vicente
- Food Technology DepartmentSGIT-INIA, Ctra. La Coruña Km. 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (F.V.); (A.S.)
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- Food Technology DepartmentSGIT-INIA, Ctra. La Coruña Km. 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (F.V.); (A.S.)
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- Allergy Service, University Hospital La Paz, IdiPAZ, 28046 Madrid, Spain; (R.R.-P.); (M.P.); (S.Q.)
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- Allergy Service, University Hospital La Paz, IdiPAZ, 28046 Madrid, Spain; (R.R.-P.); (M.P.); (S.Q.)
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- Allergy Service, University Hospital La Paz, IdiPAZ, 28046 Madrid, Spain; (R.R.-P.); (M.P.); (S.Q.)
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- Laboratory Engineering Science for Environment (UMR 7356 CNRS), La Rochelle University, venue Michel Crepeau, 17042 La Rochelle, France; (J.H.); (C.B.); (K.A.)
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- Laboratory Engineering Science for Environment (UMR 7356 CNRS), La Rochelle University, venue Michel Crepeau, 17042 La Rochelle, France; (J.H.); (C.B.); (K.A.)
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- Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology Department, Biology Faculty, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain, 28040 Madrid, Spain;
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- Laboratory Engineering Science for Environment (UMR 7356 CNRS), La Rochelle University, venue Michel Crepeau, 17042 La Rochelle, France; (J.H.); (C.B.); (K.A.)
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- Food Technology DepartmentSGIT-INIA, Ctra. La Coruña Km. 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (F.V.); (A.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +34-91-347-6925
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Chen JM, Al KF, Craven LJ, Seney S, Coons M, McCormick H, Reid G, O’Connor C, Burton JP. Nutritional, Microbial, and Allergenic Changes during the Fermentation of Cashew 'Cheese' Product Using a Quinoa-Based Rejuvelac Starter Culture. Nutrients 2020; 12:nu12030648. [PMID: 32121191 PMCID: PMC7146175 DOI: 10.3390/nu12030648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2020] [Revised: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Fermentation has been applied to a multitude of food types for preservation and product enhancing characteristics. Interest in the microbiome and healthy foods makes it important to understand the microbial processes involved in fermentation. This is particularly the case for products such as fermented cashew (Anacardium occidentale). We hereby describe the characterisation of cashew samples throughout an entire fermentation production process, starting at the quinoa starter inoculum (rejuvelac). The viable bacterial count was 108 -109 colony forming units/g. The nutritional composition changed marginally with regards to fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals. The rejuvelac starter culture was predominated by Pediococcus and Weissella genera. The 'brie' and 'blue' cashew products became dominated by Lactococcus, Pediococcus, and Weissella genera as the fermentation progressed. Cashew allergenicity was found to significantly decrease with fermentation of all the end-product types. For consumers concerned about allergic reactions to cashew nuts, these results suggested that a safer option is for products to be made by fermentation.
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- Jennifer M. Chen
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine, Western University, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada; (J.M.C.); (K.F.A.); (L.J.C.); (G.R.)
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine, Western University, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada; (J.M.C.); (K.F.A.); (L.J.C.); (G.R.)
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine, Western University, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada; (J.M.C.); (K.F.A.); (L.J.C.); (G.R.)
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- Lawson Health Research Institute, 268 Grosvenor Street, London, ON N6C 2R5, Canada;
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- Nuts for Cheese, London, ON N5V 3K4, Canada; (M.C.); (H.M.)
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine, Western University, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada; (J.M.C.); (K.F.A.); (L.J.C.); (G.R.)
- Lawson Health Research Institute, 268 Grosvenor Street, London, ON N6C 2R5, Canada;
- Department of Surgery, Western University, London, ON N6A 4V2, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine, Western University, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada; (J.M.C.); (K.F.A.); (L.J.C.); (G.R.)
- Lawson Health Research Institute, 268 Grosvenor Street, London, ON N6C 2R5, Canada;
- Department of Surgery, Western University, London, ON N6A 4V2, Canada
- Correspondence:
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Cuadrado C, Sanchiz A, Vicente F, Ballesteros I, Linacero R. Changes Induced by Pressure Processing on Immunoreactive Proteins of Tree Nuts. Molecules 2020; 25:E954. [PMID: 32093394 PMCID: PMC7070680 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25040954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Tree nuts confer many health benefits due to their high content of vitamins and antioxidants, and they are increasingly consumed in the last few years. Food processing is an important industrial tool to modify allergenic properties of foods, in addition to ensuring safety and enhancing organoleptic characteristics. The effect of high pressure, without and with heating, on SDS-PAGE and immunodetection profile of potential allergenic proteins (anti-11S, anti-2S and anti-LTP) of pistachio, cashew, peanut, hazelnut, almond, and chestnut was investigated. Processing based on heat and/or pressure and ultra-high pressure (HHP, 300-600 MPa) without heating was applied. After treating the six tree nuts with pressure combined with heat, a progressive diminution of proteins with potential allergenic properties was observed. Moreover, some tree nuts proteins (pistachio, cashew, and peanut) seemed to be more resistant to technological processing than others (hazelnut and chestnut). High pressure combined with heating processing markedly reduce tree nut allergenic potential as the pressure and treatment time increases. HHP do not alter hazelnut and almond immunoreactivity.
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- Carmen Cuadrado
- Departamento de Tecnología de Alimentos, SGIT-INIA, Ctra. La Coruña Km. 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (A.S.); (F.V.)
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- Departamento de Tecnología de Alimentos, SGIT-INIA, Ctra. La Coruña Km. 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (A.S.); (F.V.)
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- Departamento de Tecnología de Alimentos, SGIT-INIA, Ctra. La Coruña Km. 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (A.S.); (F.V.)
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- Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas, Grupo de Investigación en Biotecnología Aplicada a Biomedicina (BIOMED), Universidad de Las Américas, 72819 Quito, Ecuador;
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- Departamento de Genética, Fisiología y Microbiología Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain;
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Alves Filho EG, Silva LMA, Oiram Filho F, Rodrigues S, Fernandes FAN, Gallão MI, Mattison CP, de Brito ES. Cold plasma processing effect on cashew nuts composition and allergenicity. Food Res Int 2019; 125:108621. [PMID: 31554108 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2019.108621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Revised: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 08/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The study investigated the influence of atmospheric plasma processing on cashew nut composition as well as on its allergenicity. The cashew nuts were processed by low-pressure plasma, using glow discharge plasma (80 W and 50 kHz power supply). Anacardic acids and allergens were quantified by HPLC and immunoassay, respectively. Additionally, the overall composition was evaluated by 1H qNMR. Increases in amounts of anacardic acids (15:1, 15:2, and 15:3) and fatty acids (oleic, linoleic, palmitic and stearic) were detected after all process conditions, with 70.92% of total variance captured using 2 LVs. The total amount of anacardic acids increased from 0.7 to 1.2 μg·mg-1 of nut. The major change was observed for anacardic acid (C15:3) with an increase from 0.2 to 0.55 μg/mg of nut for the samples treated with a flow of 10 mL·min-1 and 30 min of processing. On the other hand, the amount of sucrose decreased, from 33 to 18 mg·g-1 of nut, after all processing conditions. Plasma processing of cashew nuts did not affect binding of either the rabbit anti-cashew or human cashew allergic IgE binding. Among the treatments, 10 min of plasma processing at flow rate of 30 mL·min-1 of synthetic air followed by 20 min at flow rate 5.8 mL·min-1 had the least effect on nut composition as a whole.
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Mattison CP, Vant-Hull B, Bren-Mattison Y, Grimm CC. A cashew specific monoclonal antibody recognizing the small subunit of Ana o 3. Toxicol Rep 2019; 6:736-44. [PMID: 31388501 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2019.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Revised: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Food allergies represent a substantial medical liability and preventing accidental exposure to food allergens requires constant attention. Allergic reaction to cashew nuts is frequently serious, and the small 2S albumin, Ana o 3, is an immuno-dominant cashew allergen. Ana o 3 is composed of five alpha helices, contains 2 subunits linked by cysteine disulfide bonds, and remains soluble even after extensive heating of cashew nuts. The stability and solubility properties of Ana o 3 make it an excellent target for diagnostic and detection methods and tools. In this work, a monoclonal antibody, designated 2H5, aimed at amino acids 39–54 within helices I and II of the small subunit of Ana o 3 was developed that recognizes both recombinant and native Ana o 3 and is cashew specific in ELISA experiments. The KD against the targeted amino-acid sequence was found to be approximately 7.0 × 10−6 mg/ml (3.3 nM), while the KD against the native protein was found to be approximately 1.2 × 10-3 mg/ml (92 nM). The 2H5 monoclonal anti-Ana o 3 antibody can distinguish between native and recombinant proteins and represents a useful reagent for the study of antibody cashew-allergen interactions and may enable the development of cashew-specific diagnostic tools that can be used to prevent accidental cashew allergen exposures.
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Tomczak A, Zielińska-Dawidziak M, Piasecka-Kwiatkowska D, Springer E, Lampart-Szczapa E. Cross-reactions between proteins isolated from new narrow-leafed lupine breeding lines and antibodies present in the sera of patients sensitized to soybeans and peanuts. Eur Food Res Technol 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s00217-018-3175-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Li Y, Bren‐Mattison Y, Grimm CC, Mattison CP. Acid‐etching of zinc metal particles augments adsorption and removal of cashew allergens from extracts. J FOOD PROCESS ENG 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/jfpe.12802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Yichen Li
- USDA‐ARS, Southern Regional Research Center, FPSQ, 1100 Robert E Lee BlvdNew Orleans Louisiana
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- USDA‐ARS, Southern Regional Research Center, FPSQ, 1100 Robert E Lee BlvdNew Orleans Louisiana
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- USDA‐ARS, Southern Regional Research Center, FPSQ, 1100 Robert E Lee BlvdNew Orleans Louisiana
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Bard GCV, Taveira GB, Souza TAM, Mello ÉO, Souza SB, Ramos AC, Carvalho AO, Pereira LS, Zottich U, Rodrigues R, Gomes VM. Coffea canephora Peptides in Combinatorial Treatment with Fluconazole: Antimicrobial Activity against Phytopathogenic Fungus. Int J Microbiol 2018; 2018:8546470. [PMID: 30123275 PMCID: PMC6079426 DOI: 10.1155/2018/8546470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Revised: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The objective of the present study was to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of the Cc-LTP2 and Cc-GRP peptides isolated from Coffea canephora seeds and their possible synergistic activity with the azole drug fluconazole and characterize their mechanisms of action on cells of pathogenic fungi. Cc-LTP2 and Cc-GRP alone or in combination with 20 µg/mL of fluconazole were evaluated for their antimicrobial activity on the fungus Fusarium solani, and the effects of these peptides on the permeability of membranes and the induction of oxidative stress were determined. Our results show that these peptides at a concentration of 400 µg/mL combined with 20 µg/mL of fluconazole were able to inhibit the growth of the tested fungi, promote changes in their growth pattern, permeabilize the membrane, and induce reactive oxygen species (ROS). Some of these results were also observed with the peptides alone or with fluconazole alone, suggesting that the peptides act synergistically, promoting the potentiation of antimicrobial action. In this study, it was shown that Cc-LTP2 and Cc-GRP in combination with fluconazole were able to inhibit the growth of the fungus F. solani, to promote permeabilization of its membrane, and to induce the production of ROS, suggesting a combinatorial activity between the peptides and fluconazole.
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- Gabriela C. V. Bard
- Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, 28013-602 Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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- Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, 28013-602 Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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- Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, 28013-602 Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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- Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, 28013-602 Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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- Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, 28013-602 Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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- Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, 28013-602 Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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- Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, 28013-602 Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, 28013-602 Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Roraima, Boa Vista, RR, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, 28013-602 Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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- Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, 28013-602 Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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Sanchiz Á, Ballesteros I, Marqués E, Dieguez MC, Rueda J, Cuadrado C, Linacero R. Evaluation of locked nucleic acid and TaqMan probes for specific detection of cashew nut in processed food by real time PCR. Food Control 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Pereira MA, Rebouças JDS, Ferraz-carvalho RDS, de Redín IL, Guerra PV, Gamazo C, Brodskyn CI, Irache JM, Santos-magalhães NS. Poly(anhydride) nanoparticles containing cashew nut proteins can induce a strong Th1 and Treg immune response after oral administration. Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2018; 127:51-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2018.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2017] [Revised: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Tree nuts are considered as part of a healthy diet due to their high nutritional quality. However, they are also a potent source of allergenic proteins inducing IgE mediated hypersensitivity often causing serious, life-threatening reactions. The reported prevalence of tree nut allergy is up to 4.9% worldwide. The general term "tree nuts" comprises a number of nuts, seeds, and drupes, derived from trees from different botanical families. For hazelnut and walnut several allergens have been identified which are already partly applied in component resolved diagnosis, while for other tree nuts such as macadamia, coconut, and Brazil nut only individual allergens were identified and data on additional allergenic proteins are missing. This review summarizes the current knowledge on tree nut allergens and describes their physicochemical and immunological characterization and clinical relevance.
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- Sabine Geiselhart
- Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Sanchiz A, Cuadrado C, Dieguez MC, Ballesteros I, Rodríguez J, Crespo JF, de las Cuevas N, Rueda J, Linacero R, Cabanillas B, Novak N. Thermal processing effects on the IgE-reactivity of cashew and pistachio. Food Chem 2018; 245:595-602. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.10.132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Revised: 10/25/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Reitsma M, Bastiaan-Net S, Sijbrandij L, de Weert E, Sforza S, Gerth van Wijk R, Savelkoul HFJ, de Jong NW, Wichers HJ. Origin and Processing Methods Slightly Affect Allergenic Characteristics of Cashew Nuts (Anacardium occidentale). J Food Sci 2018. [PMID: 29524213 DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.14003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The protein content and allergen composition was studied of cashews from 8 different origins (Benin, Brazil, Ghana, India, Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Tanzania, Vietnam), subjected to different in-shell heat treatments (steamed, fried, drum-roasted). On 2D electrophoresis, 9 isoforms of Ana o 1, 29 isoforms of Ana o 2 (11 of the acidic subunit, 18 of the basic subunit), and 8 isoforms of the large subunit of Ana o 3 were tentatively identified. Based on 1D and 2D electrophoresis, no difference in allergen content (Ana o 1, 2, 3) was detected between the cashews of different origins (P > 0.5), some small but significant differences were detected in allergen solubility between differently heated cashews. No major differences in N- and C-terminal microheterogeneity of Ana o 3 were detected between cashews of different origins. Between the different heat treatments, no difference was detected in glycation, pepsin digestibility, or IgE binding of the cashew proteins.
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- Marit Reitsma
- Food and Biobased Research, Wageningen Univ. and Research Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands.,Lab. of Food Chemistry, Wageningen Univ. and Research Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Food and Biobased Research, Wageningen Univ. and Research Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Lab. of Food Chemistry, Wageningen Univ. and Research Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Lab. of Food Chemistry, Wageningen Univ. and Research Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Lab. of Food Chemistry, Wageningen Univ. and Research Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands.,Dept. of Food Science, Univ. of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dept. of Allergology, Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen Univ., Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Dept. of Allergology, Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Food and Biobased Research, Wageningen Univ. and Research Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Li Y, Mattison CP. Polyphenol-rich pomegranate juice reduces IgE binding to cashew nut allergens. J Sci Food Agric 2018; 98:1632-1638. [PMID: 28842925 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.8639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Revised: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 08/22/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Food allergy negatively impacts quality of life and can be life-threatening. Cashew nuts can cause severe reactions in very small amounts, and they are included in a group of foods most commonly responsible for causing food allergy. Polyphenols and polyphenol-rich juices have been demonstrated to complex with peanut allergens. Here, the interaction between cashew nut allergens and polyphenol-rich juices is evaluated biochemically and immunologically. RESULTS Various juices, including pomegranate (POM), blueberry (BB), and concord grape (CG) juices, were evaluated for polyphenol content and formation of polyphenol-cashew allergen complexes. Among the various juices studied, POM juice showed a greater capacity to form complexes with cashew proteins. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) demonstrated a sharp increase in cashew protein extract particle size to around 3580 nm, and fewer cashew proteins were resolved by electrophoresis after treatment with POM juice. Immunoassays demonstrated reduced IgG and IgE binding to cashew allergens due to allergen precipitation by POM juice. These observations support the formation of complexes between polyphenol and cashew proteins that can prevent antibody recognition of cashew allergens through allergen precipitation. CONCLUSION POM juice treatment of cashew extract effectively reduces antibody binding through allergen precipitation, and these findings could be applied to the development of less allergenic cashew nut products and oral immunotherapy. Published 2017. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.
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- Yichen Li
- USDA-ARS, Southern Regional Research Center, FPSQ, New Orleans, LA, USA
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Recombinant protein allergens have been used in allergy studies, allergy diagnosis, and epitope mapping. Messenger RNAs (mRNAs) are isolated from tissues of interest for complementary DNA (cDNA) library construction. Subsequently, the allergen gene is amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequenced. The amplified gene is then cloned into an expression vector, expressed in Escherichia coli cells, and purified from the cell lysate. This chapter describes the protocols for recombinant allergen production.
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- Changqi Liu
- School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, San Diego State University, 308 ENS Bldg., 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA, 92182-7251, USA
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- School of Science, Mathematics and Computing, Albany State University, Albany, GA, 31707, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, 420 Sandels Bldg., 120 Convocation Way, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-1493, USA.
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Cuadrado C, Cheng H, Sanchiz A, Ballesteros I, Easson M, Grimm CC, Dieguez MC, Linacero R, Burbano C, Maleki SJ. Influence of enzymatic hydrolysis on the allergenic reactivity of processed cashew and pistachio. Food Chem 2018; 241:372-379. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.08.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2016] [Revised: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 08/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Korte R, Bräcker J, Brockmeyer J. Gastrointestinal digestion of hazelnut allergens on molecular level: Elucidation of degradation kinetics and resistant immunoactive peptides using mass spectrometry. Mol Nutr Food Res 2017; 61. [PMID: 28677900 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201700130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Revised: 05/06/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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SCOPE Allergy to hazelnut seeds ranks among the most prevalent food allergies in Europe. The aim of this study was to elucidate the gastrointestinal digestion of hazelnut allergens on molecular level. METHODS AND RESULTS Hazelnut flour was digested in vitro following the Infogest consensus model. For six allergenic proteins, the time-dependent course of digestion was monitored by SDS-PAGE and HPLC-MS/MS, and degradation products were characterized by a bottom-up proteomics approach. Depending on the molecular structure, a specific biochemical fate was observed for each allergen, and degradation kinetics were traced back to the peptide level. 1183 peptides were characterized, including 130 peptides that carry known IgE-binding epitopes and may represent sensitizers for hazelnut allergy. The kinetics of peptide formation and degradation were determined by label-free quantification and follow a complex multi-stage mechanism. CONCLUSION We present a comprehensive survey on the gastrointestinal digestion of a relevant allergenic food on level of the peptidome, including the first systematic characterization and quantification of degradation products. This provides information on the differential resistance of plant food allergens and their structural elements undergoing digestion and forms the basis for a deeper understanding of the molecular principles responsible for sensitization to food allergy.
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- Robin Korte
- Institute of Food Chemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Analytical Food Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Analytical Food Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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Mattison CP, Malveira Cavalcante J, Izabel Gallão M, Sousa de Brito E. Effects of industrial cashew nut processing on anacardic acid content and allergen recognition by IgE. Food Chem 2018; 240:370-6. [PMID: 28946285 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.07.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Revised: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cashew nuts are important both nutritionally and industrially, but can also cause food allergies in some individuals. The present study aimed to assess the effect(s) of industrial processing on anacardic acids and allergens present in cashew nuts. Sample analyses were performed using liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry, SDS-PAGE and immunoassay. The anacardic acid concentration ranged from 6.2 to 82.6mg/g during processing, and this variation was attributed to cashew nut shell liquid incorporation during storage and humidification. Dehydrated and selected samples did not significantly differ in anacardic acid content, having values similar to the raw sample. SDS-PAGE and immunoassay analysis with rabbit polyclonal sera and human IgE indicated only minor differences in protein solubility and antibody binding following processing steps. The findings indicate that appreciable amounts of anacardic acid remain in processed nuts, and that changes to cashew allergens during industrial processing may only mildly affect antibody recognition.
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Hill RC, Oman TJ, Wang X, Shan G, Schafer B, Herman RA, Tobias R, Shippar J, Malayappan B, Sheng L, Xu A, Bradshaw J. Development, Validation, and Interlaboratory Evaluation of a Quantitative Multiplexing Method To Assess Levels of Ten Endogenous Allergens in Soybean Seed and Its Application to Field Trials Spanning Three Growing Seasons. J Agric Food Chem 2017; 65:5531-5544. [PMID: 28635260 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b01018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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As part of the regulatory approval process in Europe, comparison of endogenous soybean allergen levels between genetically engineered (GE) and non-GE plants has been requested. A quantitative multiplex analytical method using tandem mass spectrometry was developed and validated to measure 10 potential soybean allergens from soybean seed. The analytical method was implemented at six laboratories to demonstrate the robustness of the method and further applied to three soybean field studies across multiple growing seasons (including 21 non-GE soybean varieties) to assess the natural variation of allergen levels. The results show environmental factors contribute more than genetic factors to the large variation in allergen abundance (2- to 50-fold between environmental replicates) as well as a large contribution of Gly m 5 and Gly m 6 to the total allergen profile, calling into question the scientific rational for measurement of endogenous allergen levels between GE and non-GE varieties in the safety assessment.
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- Ryan C Hill
- Dow AgroSciences LLC , 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268, United States
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- Dow AgroSciences LLC , 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268, United States
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- Dow AgroSciences LLC , 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268, United States
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- Dow AgroSciences LLC , 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268, United States
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- Dow AgroSciences LLC , 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268, United States
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- Dow AgroSciences LLC , 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268, United States
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- EAG Laboratories , 4780 Discovery Drive, Columbia, Missouri 65201, United States
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- Covance Laboratories , 3301 Kinsman Blvd., Madison, Wisconsin 53704, United States
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- Critical Path Services LLC , 3070 McCann Farm Drive, Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania 19060, United States
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- EPL Bioanalytical Services , 9095 W. Harristown Blvd, Niantic, Illinois 62551, United States
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- Primera Analytical Solutions , 259 Wall Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, United States
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- Pyxant Laboratories , 4720 Forge Road #106, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80907, United States
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- Sai Kranthi Vanga
- Department of Bioresource Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Studies, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Bioresource Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Studies, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada
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Mattison CP, Grimm CC, Li Y, Chial HJ, McCaslin DR, Chung SY, Bren-Mattison Y, Wasserman RL. Identification and Characterization of Ana o 3 Modifications on Arginine-111 Residue in Heated Cashew Nuts. J Agric Food Chem 2017; 65:411-420. [PMID: 27966914 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b04134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Raw and roasted cashew nut extracts were evaluated for protein modifications by mass spectrometry. Independent modifications on the Arg-111 residue of Ana o 3 were observed in roasted but not raw cashew nuts. The mass changes of 72.0064 or 53.9529 Da are consistent with the formation of carboxyethyl and hydroimidazolone modifications at the Arg-111 residue. These same modifications were observed in Ana o 3 purified from roasted but not raw cashew nuts, albeit at a relatively low occurrence. Circular dichroism indicated that Ana o 3 purified from raw and roasted cashew nuts had similar secondary structure, and dynamic light scattering analysis indicated there was no observable difference in particle size. The stability of Ana o 3 purified from raw and roasted cashew nuts to trypsin was similar in the absence of or following treatment with a reducing agent. Only minor differences in IgE binding to Ana o 3 were observed by ELISA among a cohort of cashew-allergic patient sera.
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- Christopher P Mattison
- Southern Regional Research Center, FPSQ, ARS, U.S. Department of Agriculture , 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124, United States
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- Southern Regional Research Center, FPSQ, ARS, U.S. Department of Agriculture , 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124, United States
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- Southern Regional Research Center, FPSQ, ARS, U.S. Department of Agriculture , 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124, United States
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- BioMed Bridge, LLC , 3700 Quebec Street, Suite 100-230, Denver, Colorado 80207, United States
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- Biophysics Instrumentation Facility, Biochemistry Department, University of Wisconsin , 433 Babcock Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Southern Regional Research Center, FPSQ, ARS, U.S. Department of Agriculture , 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124, United States
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- BioMed Bridge, LLC , 3700 Quebec Street, Suite 100-230, Denver, Colorado 80207, United States
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- Allergy Partners of North Texas Research, Department of Pediatrics, Medical City Children's Hospital , 7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, Texas 75230, United States
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Zhang YZ, Du WX, Fan Y, Yi J, Lyu SC, Nadeau KC, Thomas AL, McHugh T. Purification and Characterization of a Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) Allergen, Jug n 4. J Agric Food Chem 2017; 65:454-462. [PMID: 27936684 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b04387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Tree nuts as a group cause a significant number of fatal anaphylactic reactions to foods. Walnuts (Juglans spp.) are one of the leading causes of allergic reactions to tree nuts in the U.S. and Japan. The purpose of this study was to purify and characterize potential food allergens from black walnut. Here, we report the isolation of the black walnuts allergen Jug n 4 (an 11S globulin) by ammonium sulfate precipitation, hydrophobic interaction, and size exclusion chromatography. Reducing SDS-PAGE analysis indicated that purified Jug n 4 consists of three major bands. N-Terminal sequencing data of these bands indicated that they were the results of a post-transcriptional protease cleavage of the mature protein at a site that consists of a known conserved protease recognition motif, NGXEET. Western blot experiments revealed that 32% of the sera from 25 patients with double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical walnut allergy contained IgE antibodies that recognized Jug n 4, indicating that it is a walnut allergen. Identifying this and additional allergens may facilitate the understanding of the allergenicity of seed storage proteins in tree nuts and their cross-reactivity.
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- Yu-Zhu Zhang
- Western Regional Research Center, Pacific West Area, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, California 94710, United States
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- Western Regional Research Center, Pacific West Area, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, California 94710, United States
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- Western Regional Research Center, Pacific West Area, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, California 94710, United States
- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University , 214122 Wuxi, China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University , Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Division of Pediatric Immunology, Allergy, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine , 269 Campus Drive, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Division of Pediatric Immunology, Allergy, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine , 269 Campus Drive, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Southwest Research Center, Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri , 14548 Highway H, Mt Vernon, Missouri 65712, United States
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- Western Regional Research Center, Pacific West Area, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, California 94710, United States
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van der Valk JPM, Gerth van Wijk R, Vergouwe Y, Steyerberg EW, Reitsma M, Wichers HJ, Savelkoul HFJ, Vlieg-Boerstra B, de Groot H, Dubois AEJ, de Jong NW. sIgE Ana o 1, 2 and 3 accurately distinguish tolerant from allergic children sensitized to cashew nuts. Clin Exp Allergy 2016; 47:113-120. [DOI: 10.1111/cea.12794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2016] [Revised: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 07/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Allergology; Erasmus MC; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Center for Medical Decision Making; Department of Public Health; Erasmus MC; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Center for Medical Decision Making; Department of Public Health; Erasmus MC; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research; Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research; Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology and Immunology; Wageningen University; Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Department of Paediatrics; Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis (OLVG); Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Allergology; Diaconessenhuis Voorburg; RdGG; Delft The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergology; University Medical Centre Groningen; GRIAC Research Institute; University of Groningen; Groningen The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Allergology; Erasmus MC; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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Mendes C, Costa J, Vicente AA, Oliveira MBPP, Mafra I. Cashew Nut Allergy: Clinical Relevance and Allergen Characterisation. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 2019; 57:1-22. [DOI: 10.1007/s12016-016-8580-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Goodman RE, Ebisawa M, Ferreira F, Sampson HA, van Ree R, Vieths S, Baumert JL, Bohle B, Lalithambika S, Wise J, Taylor SL. AllergenOnline: A peer-reviewed, curated allergen database to assess novel food proteins for potential cross-reactivity. Mol Nutr Food Res 2016; 60:1183-98. [PMID: 26887584 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201500769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2016] [Revised: 02/04/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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SCOPE Increasingly regulators are demanding evaluation of potential allergenicity of foods prior to marketing. Primary risks are the transfer of allergens or potentially cross-reactive proteins into new foods. AllergenOnline was developed in 2005 as a peer-reviewed bioinformatics platform to evaluate risks of new dietary proteins in genetically modified organisms (GMO) and novel foods. METHODS AND RESULTS The process used to identify suspected allergens and evaluate the evidence of allergenicity was refined between 2010 and 2015. Candidate proteins are identified from the NCBI database using keyword searches, the WHO/IUIS nomenclature database and peer reviewed publications. Criteria to classify proteins as allergens are described. Characteristics of the protein, the source and human subjects, test methods and results are evaluated by our expert panel and archived. Food, inhalant, salivary, venom, and contact allergens are included. Users access allergen sequences through links to the NCBI database and relevant references are listed online. Version 16 includes 1956 sequences from 778 taxonomic-protein groups that are accepted with evidence of allergic serum IgE-binding and/or biological activity. CONCLUSION AllergenOnline provides a useful peer-reviewed tool for identifying the primary potential risks of allergy for GMOs and novel foods based on criteria described by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2003).
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- Richard E Goodman
- Food Allergy Research and Resource Program, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Department of Allergy, Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Departments of Experimental Immunology and of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Allergology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany
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- Food Allergy Research and Resource Program, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Food Allergy Research and Resource Program, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Food Allergy Research and Resource Program, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Food Allergy Research and Resource Program, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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Korte R, Lepski S, Brockmeyer J. Comprehensive peptide marker identification for the detection of multiple nut allergens using a non-targeted LC-HRMS multi-method. Anal Bioanal Chem 2016; 408:3059-69. [PMID: 26894760 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-9384-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2015] [Revised: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Food allergies have emerged as a global problem over the last few decades; therefore, reliable and sensitive analytical methods to ensure food safety for allergic consumers are required. The application of mass spectrometry is of growing interest in this field and several procedures based on low resolution tandem mass spectrometry using single tryptic peptides as analytical targets have recently been described. However, a comprehensive survey of marker peptides for the development of multi-methods is still missing, as is a consensus guide to marker identification. In this study, we therefore report a consistent approach to the development of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) multi-screening methods for the detection of allergens in food matrices. Proteotypic peptides were identified by a shotgun proteomics approach and verified through a thorough investigation of specificity and sensitivity. On the basis of this procedure, we identified 44 suitable tryptic marker peptides from six allergenic nut species and developed the first analytical LC-MS method for the detection of trace nut contaminations in processed foods using high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS). The analysis of spiked matrix samples gave limits of detection (LODs) below 10 μg/g for several nuts; these LODs are comparable with routinely used methods such as ELISA and PCR. Notably, the HRMS approach can be used in an untargeted fashion to identify multiple allergens also retrospectively. In conclusion, we present here the so far largest consensus set of analytical markers from nut allergens and to the best of our knowledge the first multi-allergen method based on LC-HRMS.
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- Robin Korte
- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Food Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstr. 45, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Food Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstr. 45, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Food Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstr. 45, 48149, Münster, Germany.
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Reitsma M, Bastiaan-Net S, Sforza S, van der Valk JPM, van Gerth van Wijk R, Savelkoul HFJ, de Jong NW, Wichers HJ. Purification and Characterization of Anacardium occidentale (Cashew) Allergens Ana o 1, Ana o 2, and Ana o 3. J Agric Food Chem 2016; 64:1191-1201. [PMID: 26769082 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b04401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In this study a fast and simple purification procedure for the three known allergens from cashew (7S globulin Ana o 1, 11S globulin Ana o 2, and 2S albumin Ana o 3) is described. The purified allergens are characterized by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), Western blot, glycoprotein stain, and protein identification. The purified proteins still bind IgE, and this IgE binding varied between different pools of patient serum. Ana o 1 was found to be a glycoprotein. Ana o 3 has been studied more in detail to identify both the small and large subunits, both displaying microheterogeneity, and epitope mapping of Ana o 3 has been performed.
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- Department of Food Science, University of Parma , 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, section Allergology, ErasmusMC , 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, section Allergology, ErasmusMC , 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, section Allergology, ErasmusMC , 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Saeed H, Gagnon C, Cober E, Gleddie S. Using patient serum to epitope map soybean glycinins reveals common epitopes shared with many legumes and tree nuts. Mol Immunol 2016; 70:125-33. [PMID: 26766775 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2015.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2015] [Revised: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Soybean consumption is increasing in many Western diets; however, recent reviews suggest that the prevalence of soy allergy can be as high as 0.5% for the general population and up to 13% for children. The immunoglobulin-E (IgE) binding of sera from six soy-sensitive adult human subjects to soybean proteins separated by 2D gel electrophoresis was studied. Synthetic peptide sets spanning the mature glycinin subunit A2 and A3 primary sequences were used to map the IgE-binding regions. Putative epitopes identified in this study were also localized on glycinin hexamer models using bioinformatics software. We identified linear IgE-binding epitopes of the major storage protein Gly m 6 by screening individual soy-sensitive patient sera. These epitopes were then further analysed by 3D in silico model localization and compared to other plant storage protein epitopes. Web-based software applications were also used to study the ability to accurately predict epitopes with mixed results. A total of nine putative IgE-binding epitopes were identified in the glycinin A3 (A3.1-A3.3) and A2 (A2.1-A2.6) subunits. Most patients' sera IgE bound to only one or two epitopes, except for one patient's serum which bound to four different A2 epitopes. Two epitopes (A3.2 and A2.4) overlapped with a previously identified epitope hot spot of 11S globulins from other plant species. Most epitopes were predicted to be exposed on the surface of the 3D model of the glycinin hexamer. Amino acid sequence alignments of soybean acidic glycinins and other plant globulins revealed one dominant epitope hot spot among the four reported hot spots. This study may be helpful for future development of soy allergy immunotherapy and diagnosis.
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- Hanaa Saeed
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research & Development Centre, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research & Development Centre, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research & Development Centre, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research & Development Centre, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada.
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Mattison CP, Bren-Mattison Y, Vant-Hull B, Vargas AM, Wasserman RL, Grimm CC. Heat-induced alterations in cashew allergen solubility and IgE binding. Toxicol Rep 2016; 3:244-51. [PMID: 28959544 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2015.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2015] [Revised: 12/07/2015] [Accepted: 12/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Cashew nuts are an increasingly common cause of food allergy. We compare the soluble protein profile of cashew nuts following heating. SDS-PAGE indicate that heating can alter the solubility of cashew nut proteins. The 11S legumin, Ana o 2, dominates the soluble protein content in ready to eat and mildly heated cashew nuts. However, we found that in dark-roasted cashew nuts, the soluble protein profile shifts and the 2S albumin Ana o 3 composes up to 40% of the soluble protein. Analysis of trypsin-treated extracts by LC/MS/MS indicate changes in the relative number and intensity of peptides. The relative cumulative intensity of the 5 most commonly observed Ana o 1 and 2 peptides are altered by heating, while those of the 5 most commonly observed Ana o 3 peptides remaine relatively constant. ELISA experiments indicate that there is a decrease in rabbit IgG and human serum IgE binding to soluble cashew proteins following heating. Our findings indicate that heating can alter the solubility of cashew allergens, resulting in altered IgE binding. Our results support the use of both Ana o 2 and Ana o 3 as potential cashew allergen diagnostic targets.
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Breiteneder H. Grundlagen natürlicher Allergene. ALLERGOLOGIE 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-37203-2_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Guan X, Noble KA, Tao Y, Roux KH, Sathe SK, Young NL, Marshall AG. Epitope mapping of 7S cashew antigen in complex with antibody by solution-phase H/D exchange monitored by FT-ICR mass spectrometry. J Mass Spectrom 2015; 50:812-819. [PMID: 26169135 DOI: 10.1002/jms.3589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2014] [Revised: 02/12/2015] [Accepted: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The potential epitope of a recombinant food allergen protein, cashew Ana o 1, reactive to monoclonal antibody, mAb 2G4, has been mapped by solution-phase amide backbone H/D exchange (HDX) monitored by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS). Purified mAb 2G4 was incubated with recombinant Ana o 1 (rAna o 1) to form antigen:monoclonal antibody (Ag:mAb) complexes. Complexed and uncomplexed (free) rAna o 1 were then subjected to HDX-MS analysis. Five regions protected from H/D exchange upon mAb binding are identified as potential conformational epitope-contributing segments.
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- Xiaoyan Guan
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, 95 Chieftain Way, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, 95 Chieftain Way, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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Mattison CP, Desormeaux WA, Wasserman RL, Yoshioka-Tarver M, Condon B, Grimm CC. Decreased immunoglobulin E (IgE) binding to cashew allergens following sodium sulfite treatment and heating. J Agric Food Chem 2014; 62:6746-6755. [PMID: 24926808 DOI: 10.1021/jf501117p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Cashew nut and other nut allergies can result in serious and sometimes life-threatening reactions. Linear and conformational epitopes within food allergens are important for immunoglobulin E (IgE) binding. Methods that disrupt allergen structure can lower IgE binding and lessen the likelihood of food allergy reactions. Previous structural and biochemical data have indicated that 2S albumins from tree nuts and peanuts are potent allergens, and that their structures are sensitive to strong reducing agents such as dithiothreitol. This study demonstrates that the generally regarded as safe (GRAS) compound sodium sulfite effectively disrupted the structure of the cashew 2S albumin, Ana o 3, in a temperature-dependent manner. This study also showed that sulfite is effective at disrupting the disulfide bond within the cashew legumin, Ana o 2. Immunoblotting and ELISA demonstrated that the binding of cashew proteins by rabbit IgG or IgE from cashew-allergic patients was markedly lowered following treatment with sodium sulfite and heating. The results indicate that incorporation of sodium sulfite, or other food grade reagents with similar redox potential, may be useful processing methods to lower or eliminate IgE binding to food allergens.
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- Christopher P Mattison
- Southern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124, United States
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Recent studies on cashew nut allergy suggest that the prevalence of cashew nut allergy is increasing. Cashew nut consumption by allergic patients can cause severe reactions, including anaphylaxis. This review summarizes current knowledge on cashew nut allergy to facilitate timely clinical recognition and to promote awareness of this emerging food allergy amongst clinicians. The goal of this study is to present a systematic review focused on the clinical aspects of allergy to cashew nut including the characteristics of cashew nut, the prevalence, allergenic components, cross-reactivity, diagnosis and management of cashew nut allergy. The literature search yielded 255 articles of which 40 met our selection criteria and were considered to be relevant for this review. The 40 articles included one prospective study, six retrospective studies and seven case reports. The remaining 26 papers were not directly related to cashew nut allergy. The literature suggests that the prevalence of cashew nut allergy is increasing, although the level of evidence for this is low. A minimal amount of cashew nut allergen may cause a severe allergic reaction, suggesting high potency comparable with other tree nuts and peanuts. Cashew allergy is clearly an underestimated important healthcare problem, especially in children.
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- University Medical Center Groningen; Groningen The Netherlands
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- Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research Centre; Wageningen the Netherlands
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Peanut seeds are currently widely used as source of human food ingredients in the United States of America and in European countries due to their high quality protein and oil content. This article describes the classification and molecular biology of peanut seed allergens with particular reference to their cross-reactivities. Currently, the IUIS allergen nomenclature subcommittee accepts 12 peanut allergens. Two allergens belong to the cupin and four to the prolamin superfamily, and six are distributed among profilins, Bet v 1-like proteins, oleosins, and defensins. Clinical observations frequently report an association of peanut allergy with allergies to legumes, tree nuts, seeds, fruits and pollen. Molecular cross-reactivity has been described between members of the Bet v 1-like proteins, the non-specific lipid transfer proteins, and the profilins. This review also addresses the less well-studied cross-reactivity between cupin and prolamin allergens of peanuts and of other plant food sources and the recently discovered cross-reactivity between peanut allergens of unrelated protein families.
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