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J Clin Invest ; 133(6)2023 03 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36701195

ABSTRACT

Tick bites have been shown to transmit a novel form of severe food allergy, the galactose-α-1,3-galactose (α-Gal) syndrome (AGS). Cellular responses to α-Gal in patients with AGS have, to date, not been thoroughly scrutinized. Therefore, we investigated T and B cell proliferation, activation, and cytokine profiles in response to tick protein extract (TE) and α-Gal-free TE in patients with AGS and in healthy controls. T and B cells from both patients and controls proliferated in response to TE, but significantly more in patients with AGS. B cell proliferation, but not T cell proliferation, in patients with AGS was reduced by removing α-Gal from the TE. In addition, TE induced a clear Th2 cytokine profile in patients with AGS. Expression of CD23 by B cells correlated only to T cell proliferation. However, both B cell proliferation and CD23 expression were reduced when CD40L and IL-4 were blocked. A large portion of the IgG1 and IgE antibodies binding TE in patients with AGS were directed against the α-Gal epitope. We have, for what we believe to be the first time, investigated T and B cell responses to α-Gal carrying tick proteins in patients with AGS, which will be essential for the understanding of the immune response against an allergenic carbohydrate transmitted by ticks.


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Food Hypersensitivity , Ticks , Animals , Humans , Galactose , Immunoglobulin E , Allergens , Cytokines
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Mol Nutr Food Res ; 61(11)2017 11.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28679035

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SCOPE: Partially hydrolyzed cow's milk proteins are used to prevent cow's milk allergy in children. Here we studied the immunomodulatory mechanisms of partial cow's milk hydrolysates in vivo. METHODS AND RESULTS: Mice were sensitized with whey or partially hydrolyzed whey using cholera toxin. Whey-specific IgE levels were measured to determine sensitization and immune cell populations from spleen, mesenteric lymph nodes and Peyer's patches after oral whey administration were measured by flowcytometry. Whey-specific IgE and IgG1 levels in partial whey hydrolysate sensitized animals were enhanced, but challenge did not induce clinical symptoms. This immunomodulatory effect of partial whey hydrolysate was associated with increased regulatory B and T cells in the spleen, together with a prevention of IgM-IgA class switching in the mesenteric lymph nodes and an increased Th1 and activated Th17 in the Peyer's patches. CONCLUSION: Partial hydrolysate sensitization did not induce whey-induced clinical symptoms, even though sensitization was established. Increased regulatory cell populations in the systemic immune system and a prevention of increased total Th1 and activated Th17 in the intestinal immune organs could contribute to the suppression of allergic symptoms. This knowledge is important for a better understanding of the beneficial effects of hydrolysates.


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Dietary Supplements , Disease Models, Animal , Immunomodulation , Milk Hypersensitivity/prevention & control , Protein Hydrolysates/therapeutic use , Whey Proteins/therapeutic use , Animals , B-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology , B-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/metabolism , B-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/pathology , Cattle , Crosses, Genetic , Immunoglobulin E/analysis , Lymph Nodes/immunology , Lymph Nodes/metabolism , Lymph Nodes/pathology , Lymphocyte Activation , Male , Mesentery , Mice, Inbred C3H , Mice, Inbred Strains , Milk Hypersensitivity/immunology , Milk Hypersensitivity/metabolism , Milk Hypersensitivity/pathology , Peyer's Patches/immunology , Peyer's Patches/metabolism , Peyer's Patches/pathology , Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms , Spleen/immunology , Spleen/metabolism , Spleen/pathology , T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology , T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/metabolism , T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/pathology , Th1 Cells/immunology , Th1 Cells/metabolism , Th1 Cells/pathology , Th17 Cells/immunology , Th17 Cells/metabolism , Th17 Cells/pathology
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