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Protein antigen of bird-related hypersensitivity pneumonitis in pigeon serum and dropping

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RESPIRATORY RESEARCH
卷 18, 期 -, 页码 -

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BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12931-017-0555-4

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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Extrinsic allergic alveolitis; Bird; Pigeon; Antigen; Protein of immunoglobulin-superfamily

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  1. JSPS KAKENHI [15 K19415]
  2. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15K19415] Funding Source: KAKEN

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Background: Avian antigen is a common cause of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP). Inhalation challenge with pigeon serum and pigeon dropping extract (PDE) elicits a hypersensitivity reaction in patients with bird-related hypersensitivity pneumonitis (BRHP), but the antigenic components in these materials have yet to be fully elucidated. Method: Pigeon serum, pigeon intestine homogenates, and PDE were immunoblotted with serum samples from 8 patients with BRHP, 2 patients with summer-type HP, 2 patients with humidifier lung, and 3 healthy volunteers. Among the protein spots found in both pigeon serum and PDE, those that reacted with sera from BRHP patients were identified by mass spectrometry. Immunoassays using recombinant protein were performed to confirm the antigenicity of the identified protein. Cytokine production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) stimulated with recombinant protein was also assessed. Results: Immunoglobulin lambda-like polypeptide-1 (IGLL-1) was identified from all spots on 2-DE immunoblots of both pigeon serum and PDE. The BRHP patients exhibited higher levels of serum IgG antibody against the recombinant IGLL-1 (rIGLL-1) compared to the control subjects, as well as a stronger PBMCs proliferative response to rIGLL-1. Cytokine production by PBMCs from BRHP patients after rIGLL-1 exposure indicated that the protein could induce Th1 prone immune responses: an increase in TNF-alpha and an absence of elevated IL-10 production. Conclusions: Pigeon IGLL-1 was identified as the BRHP antigen present in both pigeon serum and PDE.

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