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Background

Food allergy to wheat and maize is an increasing factor of deterioration of life quality, especially childhood and can, in rare cases, even induce anaphylaxis. Although omega-5 gliadin from wheat and maize lipid transfer protein have been characterized as major cereal allergens on the molecular level, the list of food allergens is far to be complete.

Methods

To identify the IgE-binding repertoires of wheat and maize we screened respective cDNA libraries displayed on phage surface with sera from patients with a confirmed food allergy. The study included six patients with a positive double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge (DBPCFC) to wheat, nine patients with a positive DBPCFC to maize, and six patients with anaphylactic reactions after ingestion of wheat.

Results

The enriched sequences encoding IgE-binding proteins showed heterogeneous repertoires for both, wheat and maize. The selected wheat repertoire yielded 12, the maize repertoire 11 open reading frames. Among these we identified allergens belonging to already characterized allergens families, such as gliadin, profilin and beta-expansin. Besides, we found novel proteins with high cross-reactive potential, such as thioredoxins, as well as sequences that had so far not been related to cereal allergy at all. The IgE-binding capacity of some selected proteins was evaluated in vitro and cross-reactivity was demonstrated by competition ELISA.

Conclusion

With regard to the heterogeneity of the characterized sequences as well as to the biochemical nature of the new allergens detected we conclude that wheat and maize-related food allergy is more complex than so far anticipated."xsd:string
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http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/16364168http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Ortolani C."xsd:string
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http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/16364168http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Ballmer-Weber B.K."xsd:string
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http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/16364168http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Weichel M."xsd:string
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http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/16364168http://purl.uniprot.org/core/date"2006"xsd:gYear
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/16364168http://purl.uniprot.org/core/date"2006"xsd:gYear
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/16364168http://purl.uniprot.org/core/name"Allergy"xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/16364168http://purl.uniprot.org/core/name"Allergy"xsd:string
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