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Igetei JE, El-Faham M, Liddell S, Schramm G, Doenhoff MJ. Antigenic cross-reactivity between Schistosoma mansoni and pollen allergens from the birch tree (Betula verrucosa) and Timothy grass (Phleum pratense): involvement of shared glycan epitopes and implications for the hygiene hypothesis. Int J Parasitol 2018; 48:345-357. [PMID: 29510117 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2017.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2017] [Revised: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
Previous studies have shown that schistosome infection can protect against allergic symptoms, but the underlying mechanisms are still not fully understood. Here we have shown that rabbit IgG antibodies raised against Schistosoma mansoni soluble egg antigens (SmSEA) are cross-reactive with a wide array of molecules in Timothy grass pollen (TGP) and birch tree pollen (BTP). Five of the cross-reactive pollen molecules (two from TGP and three from BTP) were selected randomly and identified by tandem mass spectrometric (TMS) analysis to be, respectively, the TGP allergens Phl p 1 and Phl p 5b, and BTP glutathione S-transferase (GST), and the BTP allergens Bet v 1 and Bet v 6.0102. Rabbit anti-SmSEA IgG antibodies that cross-reacted with each of the five allergens were found to be reactive with three major S. mansoni egg antigens, IPSE/alpha-1, omega-1 and kappa-5. Pairwise alignment of the amino acid sequences of each of the five TMS-identified pollen allergens with each of the three egg antigens revealed a low level of amino acid sequence identity. Further experiments indicated that the schistosome antigen/allergen cross-reactivity was mostly due to similar glycans present in helminths and plants, but not in mammals: so called cross-reactive carbohydrate determinants (CCDs). Previously, CCDs have been implicated in the cross-reactivity between many plants and invertebrates. Furthermore, pollen-induced anti-CCD IgGs have been found in sera of patients undergoing allergen-specific immunotherapy (SIT) and implicated in the treatment of the allergy. Thus, our finding provides not only possible explanations for the allergy-protective effect of helminth/schistosome infections as explained by the hygiene hypothesis, but also a potential starting point for improved SIT.
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- Joseph E Igetei
- School of Life Sciences, University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG7 2RD, UK; Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.
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- School of Life Sciences, University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG7 2RD, UK; Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
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- School of Biosciences, Sutton Bonington Campus, University of Nottingham LE12 5RD, UK
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- Research Center Borstel, Priority Area Asthma and Allergy, Experimental Pneumology, Parkallee 22, D-23845 Borstel, Germany
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- School of Life Sciences, University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG7 2RD, UK
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Igetei JE, El-Faham M, Liddell S, Doenhoff MJ. Antigenic cross-reactivity between Schistosoma mansoni and peanut: a role for cross-reactive carbohydrate determinants (CCDs) and implications for the hygiene hypothesis. Immunology 2017; 150:506-517. [PMID: 28201853 DOI: 10.1111/imm.12711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2016] [Revised: 12/08/2016] [Accepted: 01/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The antigenic reactivity of constituents of Schistosoma mansoni and peanut (Arachis hypogaea) was investigated to determine whether identical antigenic epitopes possessed by both organisms provided a possible explanation for the negative correlation between chronic schistosome infection and atopy to allergens. Aqueous extracts of peanuts were probed in Western immunoblots with rabbit IgG antibodies raised against the egg, cercarial and adult worm stages of S. mansoni. Several molecules in the peanut extract were antigenically reactive with antibodies from the various rabbit anti-schistosome sera. A pair of cross-reactive peanut molecules at ~30 000-33 000 molecular weight was purified and both proteins were identified by mass spectrometric analysis as the peanut allergen Ara h 1. Anti-S. mansoni soluble egg antigen antibodies that were eluted off the peanut molecules reacted with two S. mansoni egg antigens identified by mass spectrometry as IPSE/α-1 and κ-5. Alignments of the amino acid sequences of Ara h 1 and either IPSE/α-1 or κ-5 revealed a low level of peptide sequence identity. Incubation of nitrocellulose paper carrying electrophoresed peanut molecules, six constituents of other allergic plants and S. mansoni egg antigens in a mild solution of sodium metaperiodate before probing with antibodies, inhibited most of the cross-reactivities. The results are consistent with the antigenic cross-reactive epitopes of S. mansoni egg antigens, peanut and other allergic plants being cross-reactive carbohydrate determinants (CCDs). These findings are novel and an explanation based on 'blocking antibodies' could provide an insight for the inverse relationship observed between schistosome infection and allergies.
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- Joseph E Igetei
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK NG7 2RD.,Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK NG7 2RD.,Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, UK LE12 5RD
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK NG7 2RD
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Doenhoff MJ, El-Faham M, Liddell S, Fuller HR, Stanley RG, Schramm G, Igetei JE. Cross-Reactivity between Schistosoma mansoni Antigens and the Latex Allergen Hev b 7: Putative Implication of Cross-Reactive Carbohydrate Determinants (CCDs). PLoS One 2016; 11:e0159542. [PMID: 27467385 PMCID: PMC4965158 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2015] [Accepted: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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IgG antibodies produced by rabbits immunized against S. mansoni antigens cross-reacted with aqueous soluble constituents of a variety of allergens. The antibody cross-reactivity was largely sensitive to degradation by treatment of the target antigens with sodium meta-periodate, suggesting the cross-reactivity was due to carbohydrate determinants that were common to both the schistosome and the allergens (CCDs). The reaction between the rabbit antibodies and a 43 kDa molecule in a rubber latex extract was analysed further: tandem mass spectrometry identified the latex molecule as allergen Hev b 7. Rabbit anti-schistosome IgG antibodies purified by acid-elution from solid-phase latex Hev b 7 reacted with the S. mansoni egg antigens IPSE/alpha-1 and kappa-5 and cercarial antigens SPO-1 and a fatty acid-binding protein. Moreover, purified anti-S. mansoni egg, latex cross-reactive antibodies reacted with antigenic constituents of some fruits, a result of potential relevance to the latex-fruit syndrome of allergic reactions. We propose that IgG anti-schistosome antibodies that cross-react with allergens may be able to block IgE-induced allergic reactions and thus provide a possible explanation for the hygiene hypothesis.
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- Michael J. Doenhoff
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
- Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- School of Biosciences, Sutton Bonington Campus, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, LE12 5RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, United Kingdom
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- Research Center Borstel, Priority Area Asthma and Allergy, Experimental Pneumology, Parkallee 22, D-23845, Borstel, Germany
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
- Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
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Hirano K, Hino S, Oshima K, Okajima T, Nadano D, Urisu A, Takaiwa F, Matsuda T. Allergenic potential of rice-pollen proteins: expression, immuno-cross reactivity and IgE-binding. J Biochem 2013; 154:195-205. [PMID: 23694780 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvt044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Pollen proteins from several grass species have been identified and characterized as causative allergens in grass pollinosis. In contrast, allergenic potential of pollen proteins from rice, which belongs to the same Poaceae family, has not well been investigated, despite that a few clinical cases have been reported on rice-pollen allergy. In this study, to characterize expression and allergenic potential of pollen proteins from rice (Oryza sativa, ssp. japonica), rice putative proteins for β-expansin (EXP), a Ca(2+)-binding protein (CBP)/polcalcin, extensin (EXT), profilin (PRF) and polygalacturonase (PGA) retrieved from a rice complete cDNA database were prepared as recombinant proteins, and the antibodies to these recombinant proteins were obtained. Immuno-blotting and immuno-histological analyses showed that rice putative EXP, EXT and PGA were expressed abundantly in anther tissue and pollen granules and immuno-cross reactive with pollen proteins from timothy grass. ELISA and immuno-dot blotting analyses using serum specimens from allergic patients showed that majority of the specimens was positive in the IgE-binding to EXP and EXT, but weakly to PGA and almost negative to PRF. EXP and EXT were suggested to be potentially allergenic in the rice-pollen allergy as well as the grass pollinosis.
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- Kana Hirano
- Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Yagi Y, Kakehi K, Hayakawa T, Ohyama Y, Suzuki S. Specific detection of N-glycolylneuraminic acid and Galα1–3Gal epitopes of therapeutic antibodies by partial-filling capillary electrophoresis. Anal Biochem 2012; 431:120-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2012.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2012] [Revised: 09/01/2012] [Accepted: 09/04/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Hino S, Umeda F, Inumaru S, Aoki N, Sato C, Okajima T, Nadano D, Matsuda T. IgG2 dominancy and carbohydrate recognition specificity of C3H/He mouse antibodies directed to cross-reactive carbohydrate determinants (CCDs) bearing beta-(1,2)-xylose and alpha-(1,3)-fucose. Immunol Lett 2010; 133:28-34. [PMID: 20600324 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2010.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2010] [Revised: 06/09/2010] [Accepted: 06/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Few common carbohydrate epitopes consisting of terminal beta-(1,2)-xylose and/or alpha-(1,3)-fucose residues are shared by a variety of glycoproteins from plants, insects and parasitic worms, termed cross-reactive carbohydrate determinant (CCD), and frequently recognized by IgE antibodies of patients with food and/or respiratory allergy, though clinical relevancy of such CCD-specific IgE is still controversial. Attention has also been focused on CCDs from the undesired post-translational modification of recombinant therapeutic proteins produced by transgenic plants and insects. In the present study, to clarify immunogenic potentials of CCD-bearing glycoproteins, the antibody response to a model plant glycoprotein, horseradish peroxidase (HRP) was investigated in a mouse model. C3H/He mice were immunized with HRP plus Al(OH)(3) or Freund's adjuvant, and IgG and IgE responses to CCDs in addition to HRP were analyzed by ELISA using some distinct glycoproteins with known N-glycan structures. IgE response to HRP was induced remarkably, whereas that to CCD was weaker and delayed. Moreover, apparent ratio of the CCD-specific antibodies to HRP-specific ones tended to be higher in IgG2a and IgG2b isotypes than IgG1, IgG3 and IgE. In contrast to rabbit antibodies, the CCD-specific antibodies from the mice gave poor reactivity with bromelain and honeybee phospholipase A2, suggesting the critical role of both beta-(1,2)-xylose and alpha-(1,3)-mannose in the CCD-recognition by the mouse antibodies. Moreover, the mouse antibodies showed weaker cross-reactivity to pollen- and insect-derived glycoproteins than the rabbit ones. Thus, in this mouse model, not only IgE but also IgG2 antibody responses to CCDs were induced by immunizing with a CCD-bearing glycoprotein, suggesting that CCDs affected not only Th2-type but also Th1-type antibody response at least in C3H/He mice.
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- Shingo Hino
- Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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