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FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.687294
Keywords
allergy; allergen; allergen structure; house dust mite allergy; Der p 7; IgE epitope mapping; peptides
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- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [F4602, F4604, F4605, F4607]
- Danube Allergy Research Cluster, Country of Lower Austria
- WORG Pharmaceuticals, Hangzhou, China
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The study found that Der p 7 has high allergenic activity comparable to other allergens, but did not show any IgE reactivity or allergenic activity in HDM-allergic patients, indicating a lack of sequential IgE epitopes on Der p 7. Through IgE inhibition experiments and molecular modeling, discontinuous, conformational IgE epitopes of Der p 7 were identified.
Background Several studies indicate that Der p 7 is an important and clinically relevant allergen of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus which should be included in vaccines for treatment of house dust mite (HDM) allergy. Aim of this study was to characterize the IgE epitopes of Der p 7. Methods Recombinant Der p 7 was expressed and purified, analyzed for fold by circular dichroism and tested for its allergenic activity by basophil activation. Seven overlapping, surface-exposed peptides (P1-P7) with a length of 27 to 37 amino acids, which spanned the Der p 7 sequence, were synthesized and tested for IgE reactivity and allergenic activity by basophil activation assay. Carrier-bound peptides were studied for their ability to induce allergen-specific IgG antibodies in rabbits. Peptide-specific antibodies were used to inhibit allergic patients` IgE binding to Der p 7 by ELISA for mapping of IgE epitopes. Results rDer p 7 showed high allergenic activity comparable with Der p 5, Der p 21, and Der p 23. None of the seven tested peptides showed any IgE reactivity or allergenic activity when tested with HDM- allergic patients indicating lack of sequential IgE epitopes on Der p 7. IgE inhibition experiments using anti-peptide specific IgGs and molecular modeling enabled us to identify discontinuous, conformational IgE epitopes of Der p 7.
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