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IMMUNITY INFLAMMATION AND DISEASE
Volume 5, Issue 4, Pages 469-479Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/iid3.180
Keywords
Allergen; basophil activating test; food allergy; food-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); peach; plum; peamaclein; gibberellin-regulated protein; Pru m 7; Pru p 7
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- JSPS KAKENHI [26461663]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26461663] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Background: Gibberellin-regulated protein (GRP, also known as peamaclein) was recently identified as a new marker allergen related to systemic reactions in peach allergy; however, its role in other fruit allergies is unknown. Objective: To investigate the allergenicity of Japanese apricot (JA) GRP and clarify the clinical characteristics of JA allergy patients with GRP sensitization. Methods: Seven patients (two males, five females, mean age 28.0 years) diagnosed with JA allergy based on relevant clinical history, positive skin test and/or challenge test were enrolled. JA GRP with a molecular weight of 6896.5 Da was purified by ion-exchange column chromatography. We performed enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), IgE-immunoblotting, basophil activating tests (BATs), and skin prick tests (SPTs) with purified JA GRP. To investigate the cross-reactivity between JA GRP and native Pru p 7 (nPru p 7), we performed ELISA inhibition tests. We measured specific IgE levels against apricot, peach, rPru p 1, rPru p 3, and rPru p 4 using ImmunoCAP. Results: ELISA and IgE-immunoblotting using JAGRP showed positive reactions in six (85.7%) and seven (100%) patients, respectively. Five patients who provided informed consent for BATs and SPTs using JA GRP had positive results. In four patients who underwent ELISA inhibition tests using JA GRP and nPru p 7, IgE binding to one GRP inhibited binding to the other. The positivity for specific IgE against apricot, peach, rPru p 1, rPru p 3, and rPru p 4 was 14.3%, 57.1%, 0%, 0%, and 0%, respectively. Patients developed allergic reactions that were frequently accompanied with facial swelling, especially of the eyelids, which was dependent on cofactors, such as exercise. Conclusions and Clinical Relevance: These results indicated that GRP might be a causative allergen of JA allergy, whose onset frequently requires a cofactor, such as exercise, and might be cross-reactive between JAs and peaches.
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