Characterization of a dominant antigenic determinant of Par o I encoded by recombinant DNA

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 223-231

  Scotto D'Abusco, A ^a   De Santo, C ^a   Menna, T ^a   Coscia, M R ^b   Oreste, U ^b   Geller Bernstein, C ^c   Ruffilli, A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c General Sick Fund   (Israel)

Author keywords

cDNA clone; IgE binding; Parietaria; Recombinant B cell epitope

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; EPITOPE; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT DNA;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; RABBITS;

EID: 0030059739     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00083.x     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Parronchi P, Macchia D, Piccinni MO etal. Allergen and bacterial-antigen specific T cell clones established from atopic donors show a different profile of cytokine production. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1991; 88: 8656-60.
2. Olson JR, Klapper DG. Two major antigenic sites on ragweed pollen allergen antigen E identified by using monoclonal antibodies. J Immunol 1986; 136:2109-20.
3. Mourad D, Bernier M, Jobin J, Heberet J. Mapping of Lol p I allergenic epitopes by using murine monoclonal antibodies. J Mol Immunol 1989; 26:1051-7.
4. Lin Z, Ekramoddoullah AKM, Jaggi KS, Dzuba Fisher J. Mapping of Poa p I and Lol p I allergens with monoclonal antibodies. Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 1990; 91:217-23.
5. Menendez-Arias L, Dominguez J, Moneo I, Rodriguez R. Epitope mapping of the major allergen from yellow mustard seeds, Sin a I. Mol Immunol 1990; 27:143-50.
6. Marc-Series I, Boutin Y, Vrancken ER, Hebert J. Mapping of Bet v I epitopes using monoclonal antibodies. Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 1990; 92:226-32.
7. D'Amato G, Ruffilli A, Ortolani C. Allergenic significance of Parietaria. In: Spieskma FTM, Bonini S. eds. Allergenic Pollens and Pollinosis in Europe. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford 1991: 113-8.
8. Giuliani A, Pini C, Bonini S et al. Isolation and purification of a major allergen from P. officinalis pollen. Allergy 1987; 42:434-40.
9. Ayuso L, Polo F, Carreira J. Purification of Par j, I the major allergen of P. judaica pollen. Mol Immunol 1988; 25:49-56.
10. Oreste U, Coscia MR, Scotto d'Abusco A, Santonastaso V, Ruffilli A. Purification and characterization of Par o I, major allergen of P. officinalis pollen. Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 1991; 96:19-27.
11. 131I labeled human growth hormone of high specific activity. Nature 1962; 194:495-66.
12. Sambrook J, Fritsh EF, Maniatis T. Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1989.
13. Platts-Mills TA, Snajdr MJ, Ishizaka K, Frankland AW. Measurement of IgE antibody by antigen binding assay: correlation with PK activity and IgG and IgA antibody to allergens. J Immunol 197;120:1201-10.
14. Scotto d'Abusco A, Oreste U, Coscia MR etal. Isolation of poly (A) RNA from inflorescences of P. judaica pollen and characterization of in vitro translated protein. Int Arch Allergy 1990; 91:411-6.
15. Manfioletti G, Schneider C. A new and fast method for preparing high quality lambda DNA suitable for sequencing. Nucl Acid Res 1988; 16:2873-84.
16. Salberg M, Ruden U, Wahren B, Magnius LO. Immune response to a single peptide containing an immunodominant region of hepatitis C virus core protein: the isotypes and the recognition site. Immunol Lett 33; 1992:27-34.
17. Somiskaya I, Bichko VM, Pushko P et al. Tetrapeptide QDPR is a minimal immunodominant epitope within the pre S2 domain of hepatitis B virus. Immunol Lett 1992; 33:169-72
18. Burns JM, Shreffler WG, Rosman DE et al. Identification and synthesis of a major conserved antigenic epitope of Trypanosoma cruzi. Proc Natl Acad USA 1992; 89:1239-43.
19. Ford SA, Baldo BA, Geraci DA, Bass D. Identification of P. judaica pollen allergens. Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 1986; 79:120-6.
20. Wedderburn LR, O'Hehir RE, Hewitt CR, Lamb JR, Owen MJ. In vivo clonal dominance and limited T-cell receptor usage in human CD4 + T cell recognition of house dust mite allergens. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1993; 90:8214-8.
21. Mohapatra SS, Mohapatra S, Yang M et al. Molecular basis of crossreactivity among allergen specific human T cells: TRC Va gene usage and epitope structure. Immunology 1994; 81:15-20
22. Mourad W, Mecheri S, Peltre G, David B, Hebert JJ. Study of the epitope structure of purified Dac g I and Lol p I, the major allergens of Dactilis glomerata and Lolium perenne pollens, using monoclonal antibodies. J Immunol 1988;141: 3486.
23. Lennon VA, Griesman GE. Evidence against acethylcholine receptors having a main immunogenic region as target for autoantibodies in Myasthenia gravis. Neurology 1989; 39:1069-76.
24. Ipsen H, Wihl JA, Nuchel Petersen B, Lowenstein H. Specificity mapping of patients IgE response towards tree pollens major allergens Aln g I, Bet v I and Cor a I. Clin Exp Allergy 1992; 22:19-99.
25. Greene WK, Cyster JC, Chua KY, O'Brien RM, Thomas WR. IgG and IgE binding of peptides expressed from fragments of cDNA encoding the major house dust allergen Der p I. J Immunol 1991; 147:3768-73.
26. Mazur G, Baur X, Liebers V. Hypersensitivity ot hemoglobins of the diptera family Chironomideae: structural and functional studies of their immunogenic/allergenic sites. Monogr Allergy 1990; 28:121-37.
27. Bose R, Marsh DG, Duchateau J, Sehon AH, Delespesse GJ. Demonstration of auto-anti-idiotypic antibody crossreacting with public idiotypic determinants in the serum of rye sensitive allergic patients. J Immunol 1984; 136:2472-81.
28. Siebenkotten G, Esser C, Wabl M, Radbruch A. The murine IgG1/IgE class switch program. Eur J Immunol 1992; 22:1827-34.
29. Secrist H, Chelen CJ, Wen Y, Marshall JD,Umetsu DT. Allergen immunotherapy decreases IL4 production in CD4 + T cells from allergic individuals. J Exp Med 1993; 178: 2123-30.
30. Machiels JJ, Buche M, Somville MA, Jacquemin MG, Saint-Remy JMR. Complexes of grass pollen allergens and specific antibodies reduce allergic symptoms and inhibit the seasonal increase of IgE antibody. Clin Exp Allergy 1990; 20:653-60;
31. Gieni RS, Yang X, Hay-Glass KT. Allergen- specific modulation of cytokine synthesis patterns and IgE responses in vivo with chemically modified allergen. J Immunol 1993; 150:302-10
32. Esh RE, Klapper DG. J. Isolation and characterization of a major crossreacting grass group I allergenic determinant. Mol Immunol 1989; 26:557-61.
33. Ipsen H, Bowadt H, Janniche H et al. Immunochemical characterization of reference alder (Alnus glutinosa) and hazel (Corilus avellana) pollen extracts and the partial immunochemical identity between the major allergens of alder, birch and hazel pollens. Allergy 1985; 40:510-8.
34. Olsen EL, Zhang RD, Hill F et al. Identification and characterization of the Poa p IX group of basic allergens of Kentucky bluegrass pollen. J Immunol 1991; 147:205-17.