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Rev. Asoc. Méd. Argent ; 127(1): 8-19, mar. 2014. ilus, graf
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-753341

ABSTRACT

Se aislaron y caracterizaron péptidos del polen de la gramínea Lolium perenne por métodos fisicoquímicos, se estudiaron sus propiedades bioquímicas e inmunológicas, tanto en el conejo como en humanos atópicos que sufrían de rinoconjuntivitis estacional producida por dicho polen, y se presentan los hallazgos inmunoserológicos luego de 3 años de inmunoterapia específica con los péptidos 33 y 38 obtenidos, que resultaron ser los más significativos en la composición fisicoquímica del polen.


Peptides isolated from the Lolium perenne pollen were submitted to several chemical and immunological procedures to establish their antigenicity. Immunotherapy with peptides 33 and 38 showed high potency to develop specific IgG blocking antibodies which correlated with statistical clinical improvement.


Subject(s)
Humans , Animals , Male , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Rabbits , Antigens, Plant/immunology , Antigens, Plant/therapeutic use , Lolium/immunology , Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal/diagnosis , Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal/therapy , Allergens , Immunotherapy , Pollen/immunology , Skin Tests/methods , Immunologic Tests/methods
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Alerg. inmunol. clin ; 34(1-2): 8-10, 2014. tab, graf
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: biblio-868709

ABSTRACT

Los componentes activos del polen a partir del cual se obtienen los extractos alergénicos pueden variar considerablemente deacuerdo al momento, el lugar dónde se recolecta y el períodocomprendido entre la recolección y su utilización.El presente trabajo pretende evaluar si la temperatura de conservacióndel grano de polen influye en la expresión de proteínasy en la antigenicidad de las mismas, al momento de prepararun extracto alergénico. La especie elegida para estudio fue Chenopodiumalbum L. ya que es de gran interés alergológico en laciudad de Bahía Blanca. Los granos de polen se conservaron a temperatura ambiente, 4 °Cy -18 °C por el término de dos meses. El contenido proteico de losextractos se determinó por el Método de Bradford. La expresiónproteica y la antigenicidad se estudiaron mediante electroforesisvertical Tricina-PAGE-SDS 12, 5 % e Inmunoblot respectivamente.Los resultados obtenidos demuestran que la concentración proteicatotal fue menor para los extractos obtenidos del polen conservadoa temperatura ambiente que para las otras dos condiciones.La expresión de proteínas varía cuantitativamente en todoslos extractos y si bien la expresión cualitativa prácticamente seconserva, aparece para el polen conservado a temperatura ambiente,una banda de PM menor a 12 kDa. Esta banda podríaser consecuencia de la degradación proteica que experimenta elpolen a esa temperatura de almacenamiento. En cuanto a la antigenicidadde los extractos no hay diferencias cualitativas aunquepueden apreciarse diferencias cuantitativas significativas.Concluimos que la conservación del polen a 4°C o a -18°C seríanlas más adecuadas, ya que permiten obtener una mayor concentraciónproteica partiendo de la misma masa de polen.


The active components from which pollen allergen extracts are obtainedcan change considerably according to the time or the placewhere collect and the time period between harvesting and use.This work aims to assess if the storage temperature of the pollengrain influences protein expression and its antigenicity when preparingan allergen extract. The species chosen for our study wasChenopodium album L, since it is of great allergologic interest inthe city of Bahía Blanca.Pollen grains were stored at room temperature 4ºC and -18ºC ,for a period of two months. The protein content of the extractswas determined by the Bradford method. Protein expressionand antigenicity were studied by vertical electrophoresis TricineSDS-PAGE 12, 5% and Immunoblot. The obtained results show that the total protein concentrationwas lower in the extracts of pollen stored at room temperaturethan in those under two conditions. Protein expression differsquantitatively in all extracts and even if the qualitative expressionis kept practically the same, in the Tricine SDS-PAGE geland the pollen stored at room temperature there appear a bandof MW inferior to 12 kDa. This band could result from the proteindegradation experienced by pollen stored at that temperature.As regards extract antigenicity, there are no qualitative differenceseven though there are significant quantitative differences.We conclude that pollen preservation at 4ºC or -18ºC would bethe most appropriate since it allows greater protein concentrationfor the same mass of pollen.


Subject(s)
Humans , Argentina , Allergens/immunology , Antigens, Plant/administration & dosage , Antigens, Plant/immunology , Pollen , Temperature
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Journal of Korean Medical Science ; : 1697-1699, 2013.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-148453

ABSTRACT

Specific IgE to gliadin was proposed as a marker for wheat dependent exercise induced anaphylaxis, while Tri a 14 was found to induce IgE response in baker's asthma. We evaluated whether these components could be used for discriminating phenotypes of wheat allergy. Twenty-nine patients who were wheat-induced anaphylaxis and/or urticaria (n=21, group I) and baker's asthma (n=8, group II) were enrolled. The prevalence of serum specific IgE to Tri a 14 was higher in group II (25%) than in group I (4.8%), while the serum specific IgE to gliadin was significantly higher in group I (70%) than in group II (12.5%). The cutoff value for predicting the baker's asthma using the ratio of serum specific IgE to Tri a 14 to gliadin was 742.8 optical densityx1,000/(kU/L) with high sensitivity and specificity. These findings suggest that Tri a 14/gliadin may be a potential marker for predicting baker's asthma.


Subject(s)
Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Anaphylaxis/immunology , Antigens, Plant/immunology , Asthma/blood , Biomarkers/blood , Carrier Proteins/immunology , Gliadin/immunology , Immunoglobulin E/blood , Phenotype , Triticum/immunology , Urticaria/immunology , Wheat Hypersensitivity/diagnosis
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