Lack of detectable allergenicity of transgenic maize and soya samples

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 403-410

  Batista, Rita ^a,b   Nunes, Baltazar ^a   Carmo, Manuela ^a   Cardoso, Carlos ^c   José, Helena São ^c   De Almeida, António Bugalho ^d   Manique, Alda ^d   Bento, Leonor ^d   Ricardo, Cândido Pinto ^b,e   Oliveira, Maria Margarida ^b,f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA EXPERIMENTAL E TECNOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c Clínica Médica e de Diagnóstico Dr Joaquim Chaves   (Portugal)

^d HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Allergenicity; Food safety; Immune response; Public health; Recombinant DNA technology; Transgenic food

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; SOYBEAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; MALE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SAFETY; SKIN TESTS; SOYBEANS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 23244453400     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.04.014     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. M.F. Alam, K. Datta, E. Abrigo, A. Vasquez, D. Senadhira, and S.K. Datta Production of transgenic deepwater indica rice plants expressing a synthetic Bacillus thuringiensis cryIA(b) gene with enhanced resistance to yellow stem borer Plant Sci 135 1998 25 30
2. D. Shintani, and D. Della Penna Elevating the vitamin E content of plants through metabolic engineering Science 282 1998 2098 2100
3. J.M. De la Fuente, V. Ramirez Rodriguez, J.L. Cabrera Ponce, and L. Herrera Estrella Aluminium tolerance in transgenic plants by alteration of citrate synthesis Science 276 1997 1566 1568
4. X. Ye, S. Al Babili, A. Kloeti, J. Zhang, P. Lucca, and P. Beyer Engineering the provitamin A (beta-carotene) biosynthetic pathway into (carotenoid-free) rice endosperm Science 287 2000 303 305
5. F. Goto, T. Yoshihara, N. Shigemoto, S. Toki, and F. Takaiwa Iron fortification of rice seed by soybean ferritin gene Nat Biotechnol 17 1999 282 286
6. J.A. Nordlee, S.L. Taylor, J.A. Townsend, L.A. Thomas, and R.K. Bush Identification of a Brazil-nut allergen in transgenic soybeans N Engl J Med 334 1996 688 692
7. T. Matsuda, and R. Nakamura Molecular structure and immunological properties of food allergens Trends Food Sci Technol 4 1993 289 293
8. S.L. Taylor, and S.B. Leher Principles and characteristics of food allergens Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 36 suppl 1996 S91 S118
9. H.A. Sampson Food Allergy JAMA 278 1997 1888 1894
10. J.A. Anderson Allergic reactions to foods Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 36 suppl 1996 S19 S38
11. S.A. Bock Prospective appraisal of complaints of adverse reactions to foods in children during the first three years of life Paediatrics 79 1987 683 688
12. R.M. Helm, and A.W. Burks Mechanisms of food allergy Curr Opin Immunol 12 2000 647 653
13. D.D. Metcalfe, J.D. Astwood, R. Townsend, H.A. Sampson, S.L. Taylor, and R.L. Fuchs Assessment of the allergenic potential of foods derived from genetically engineered crop plants Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 36 suppl 1996 S165 S186
14. N.L.R. Mendieta, A.M. Nagy, and F.A. Lints The potential allergenicity of novel foods J Sci Food Agric 75 1997 405 411
15. S.L. Taylor Assessment of the allergenicity of genetically modified foods Nutr Abstracts Rev (Series A) 67 1997 1163 1168
16. G. Lack, M. Chapman, N. Kalsheker, V. King, C. Robinson, and K. Venables Report on the potential allergenicity of genetically modified organisms and their products Clin Exp Allergy 32 2002 1131 1143
17. Draft International Standard ISO/DIS 21571. Foodstuffs - methods of analysis for the detection of genetically modified organisms and derived products - nucleic acid extraction. Nov 2002. p. 25-8.
18. Draft International Standard ISO/DIS 21569. Foodstuffs - methods of analysis for the detection of genetically modified organisms and derived products - qualitative nucleic acid based methods. Nov 2002. p. 23-66.
19. Sub-Committee on Skin Tests of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology Skin tests used in type I allergy testing Allergy 44 suppl 10 1989 1 59
20. U.K. Laemmli Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of bacteriophage T4 Nature 227 1970 680 685
21. C.I. Bliss Statistics in biology. Vol 1 1967 MacGraw-Hill New York p. 558
22. J.E. Losey, L.S. Rayon, and M.E. Carter Transgenic pollen harms monarch larvae Nature 395 1999 214
23. S.W.B. Ewen, and A. Pusztai Effect of diets containing genetically modified potatoes expressing Galanthus nivalis lectin on rat small intestine Lancet 354 1999 1353 1354
24. Taco Bell taco shells sold in grocery stores contain banned corn [transcript]. CNN. September 18, 2000. Available at: http://europe.cnn.com/2000/ FOOD/news/09/18/food.corn.reut/. Accessed January 10, 2005.
25. EPA Assessment of Scientific Information concerning Starlink Corn Cry9C Bt Corn Plant-pesticide. Federal Register 65 (October 31, 2000). Environmental Protection Agency publication no. 65246-65251. Available at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/frcont00.html. Accessed January 10, 2005.
26. M.K. Sears, R.L. Hellmich, D.E. Stanley-Horn, K.S. Oberhauser, J.M. Pleasants, and H.R. Matilla Impact of Bt corn pollen on monarch butterfly populations: a risk assessment Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 21 2001 11937 11942
27. S.A. Sutton, A.H. Assa'ad, C. Steinmetz, and M.E. Rothenberg A negative, double-blind, placebo-controlled challenge to genetically modified corn J Allergy Clin Immunol 112 2003 1011 1012
28. H.A. Kuiper, H.P.J.M. Noteborn, and A.C.M. Peijnenburg Adequacy of methods for testing the safety of genetically modified foods Lancet 354 1999 1315 1316
29. P. Vadas, Y. Wai, W. Burks, and B. Perelman Detection of peanut allergens in breast milk of lactating women JAMA 285 2001 1746 1748
30. R. Miranda, F.Z. Zamudio, and A. Bravo Processing of Cry1Ab δ-endotoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis by Manduca sexta and Spodoptera frugiperda midgut proteases: role in protoxin activation and toxin inactivation Insect Biochem Mol Biol 31 2001 1155 1163
31. H.A. Sampson, and D.D. Metcalfe Food allergies JAMA 268 1992 2840 2844
32. H.A. Sampson Food allergy. Part 2: diagnosis and management J Allergy Clin Immunol 103 1999 981 989
33. E. Sten, P.S. Skov, S.B. Andersen, A.M. Torp, A. Olesen, and U. Bindslev-Jensen A comparative study of the allergenic potency of wild-type and glyphosate-tolerant gene-modified soybean cultivars APMIS 112 2004 21 28
34. A.W. Burks, and R.L. Fuchs Assessment of the endogenous allergens in glyphosate-tolerant and commercial soybean varieties J Allergy Clin Immunol 96 1995 1008 1010
35. S.H. Sicherer Clinical implications of cross-reactive food allergens J Allergy Clin Immunol 108 2001 881 890
36. S. Vieths, S. Scheurer, and B. Ballmer-Weber Current understanding of cross-reactivity of food allergens and pollen Ann N Y Acad Sci 964 2002 47 68
37. H.A. Sampson, and R. Albergo Comparison of results of skin tests, RAST and double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenges in children with atopic dermatitis J Allergy Clin Immunol 74 1984 26 33
38. C. Bindslev-Jensen, and L.K. Poulsen Accuracy of in vivo and in vitro tests Allergy 53 1998 72 74