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Costa J, Villa C, Mafra I. 1D-, 2D-Gel Electrophoresis, Immunoblotting, and Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for the Study of Food Allergens. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2717:123-142. [PMID: 37737981 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3453-0_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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Protein-based methods have been fundamental for the study of food allergens, not only from a mechanistic and diagnostic point of view, but especially with respect to allergen management and food safety. In this chapter, four individual protocols are suggested, relying on one-dimensional, two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, immunoblotting, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The particularities of the proposed protocols are focused on previous research targeting specific allergenic foods, with cow's milk proteins as case studies. Data on the importance of protein extraction and the use of different animal-raised antibodies and/or sera of food-allergic patients are also critically discussed within method development and optimization. The protocols herein described are successful examples applied to the study of cow's milk allergens in complex matrices, although they can be easily developed and optimized for any food allergen or allergenic food.
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- Joana Costa
- REQUIMTE-LAQV, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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- REQUIMTE-LAQV, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- REQUIMTE-LAQV, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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INFOGEST Digestion Assay of Raw and Roasted Hazelnuts and Its Impact on Allergens and Their IgE Binding Activity. Foods 2022; 11:foods11182914. [PMID: 36141044 PMCID: PMC9498782 DOI: 10.3390/foods11182914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Revised: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Most of the food allergens sensitized via the gastrointestinal tract resist thermal treatments and digestion, particularly digestion by pepsin. Roasted hazelnuts are more commonly consumed than raw ones. Since no studies have characterized gastric digestion protein fragments of raw and roasted hazelnuts nor their IgE binding properties, we compared these aspects of raw and roasted hazelnuts’ gastric digesta obtained by INFOGEST protocol. Their electrophoretically resolved profiles were probed with hazelnut allergic patients’ sera in 1D and 2D immunoblots. Electrophoretic profiles demonstrated pepsin digestion of all hazelnut allergens to varying extents. While 2D immunoblots indicated that roasting slightly reduced allergenicity, IgE ELISA with the pool of sera showed a slight significant (10%) increase in IgE binding in both gastric digesta. Cor a 9 isolated from the raw and roasted hazelnuts, characterized by far and near CD, remained stable after roasting, with preserved IgE reactivity. Its immunoreactivity contribution by inhibitory ELISA was noticeable in raw and roasted hazelnut digesta; its activity was slightly stronger in the roasted preparations. Roasting has a visible impact on proteins; however, it did not affect overall IgE reactivity. Gastric digestion slightly increases the overall IgE reactivity in raw and roasted hazelnuts, and may therefore impact the profiles of allergens and their fragments available to interact with the immune system in the small intestine.
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Tree Nuts and Peanuts as a Source of Beneficial Compounds and a Threat for Allergic Consumers: Overview on Methods for Their Detection in Complex Food Products. Foods 2022; 11:foods11050728. [PMID: 35267361 PMCID: PMC8909911 DOI: 10.3390/foods11050728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Consumption of tree nuts and peanuts has considerably increased over the last decades due to their nutritional composition and the content of beneficial compounds. On the other hand, such widespread consumption worldwide has also generated a growing incidence of allergy in the sensitive population. Allergy to nuts and peanuts represents a global relevant problem, especially due to the risk of the ingestion of hidden allergens as a result of cross-contamination between production lines at industrial level occurring during food manufacturing. The present review provides insights on peanuts, almonds, and four nut allergens—namely hazelnuts, walnuts, cashew, and pistachios—that are likely to cross-contaminate different food commodities. The paper aims at covering both the biochemical aspect linked to the identified allergenic proteins for each allergen category and the different methodological approaches developed for allergens detection and identification. Attention has been also paid to mass spectrometry methods and to current efforts of the scientific community to identify a harmonized approach for allergens quantification through the detection of allergen markers.
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Literman RA, Ott BM, Wen J, Grauke LJ, Schwartz RS, Handy SM. Reference-free discovery of nuclear SNPs permits accurate, sensitive identification of Carya (hickory) species and hybrids. APPLICATIONS IN PLANT SCIENCES 2022; 10:e11455. [PMID: 35228913 PMCID: PMC8861591 DOI: 10.1002/aps3.11455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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PREMISE DNA-based species identification is critical when morphological identification is restricted, but DNA-based identification pipelines typically rely on the ability to compare homologous sequence data across species. Because many clades lack robust genomic resources, we present here a bioinformatics pipeline capable of generating genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data while circumventing the need for any reference genome or annotation data. METHODS Using the SISRS bioinformatics pipeline, we generated de novo ortholog data for the genus Carya, isolating sites where genetic variation was restricted to a single Carya species (i.e., species-informative SNPs). We leveraged these SNPs to identify both full-species and hybrid Carya specimens, even at very low sequencing depths. RESULTS We identified between 46,000 and 476,000 species-identifying SNPs for each of eight diploid Carya species, and all species identifications were concordant with the species of record. For all putative F1 hybrid specimens, both parental species were correctly identified in all cases, and more punctate patterns of introgression were detectable in more cryptic crosses. DISCUSSION Bioinformatics pipelines that use only short-read sequencing data provide vital new tools enabling rapid expansion of DNA identification assays for model and non-model clades alike.
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- Robert A. Literman
- Office of Regulatory Science, Center for Food Safety and Applied NutritionU.S. Food and Drug AdministrationCollege ParkMarylandUSA
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- Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and Applied NutritionU.S. Food and Drug AdministrationCollege ParkMarylandUSA
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- Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural HistorySmithsonian InstitutionWashington, D.C.USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)–Agricultural Research Service Pecan Breeding and GeneticsSomervilleTexasUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of Rhode IslandKingstonRhode IslandUSA
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- Office of Regulatory Science, Center for Food Safety and Applied NutritionU.S. Food and Drug AdministrationCollege ParkMarylandUSA
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Ribeiro M, Ceballos S, Poeta P, Torres C, Igrejas G. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Proteome Response to Antibiotic Stress Provides Insights for New Therapeutic Strategies. OMICS-A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 2021; 25:711-724. [PMID: 34705556 DOI: 10.1089/omi.2021.0151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Antimicrobial resistance is a global threat, with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) being one of the most representative drug-resistant pathogens. MRSA spread is increasing due to its ability to establish new reservoirs. To this end, the clonal complex (CC)-130 is an emerging genetic lineage, generally regarded as animal adapted and carrying the mecC gene, and sporadically found in humans. Although the MRSA antibiotic resistance mechanisms have been described, there are limited data on systems-wide omics responses to antibiotic stress, particularly at the proteome level. In this study, a gel-based quantitative proteomics approach was performed to assess the cellular responses of a mecC-harboring CC130 MRSA strain of human origin to subinhibitory doses of cefoxitin. We focused on the global response of MRSA to antibiotic stress and upon this treatment, 53 proteins were significantly differentially expressed. Most of the latter proteins were mapped to having functions in cellular metabolism while some glycolysis-related proteins showed a decreased expression after cefoxitin stress. On the contrary, pyruvate kinase, a potential antimicrobial drug target, was found upregulated. Also, quorum sensing, genetic information processing, and stress response proteins were found upregulated. Low-affinity penicillin-binding protein (mecC-encoded) was found in cefoxitin-treated samples. In conclusion, these new findings on cefoxitin-induced proteome changes provide important insights and molecular leads for innovation in treatment of MRSA specifically, and omics approaches to address antibiotic resistance generally.
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- Miguel Ribeiro
- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal.,Functional Genomics and Proteomics Unity, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal.,LAQV-REQUIMTE, Faculty of Science and Technology, University Nova of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Area Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain
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- LAQV-REQUIMTE, Faculty of Science and Technology, University Nova of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.,Microbiology and Antibiotic Resistance Team (MicroART), Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal
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- Area Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal.,Functional Genomics and Proteomics Unity, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal.,LAQV-REQUIMTE, Faculty of Science and Technology, University Nova of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Nuts are considered healthy foods due to their high content of nutritional compounds with functional properties. However, the list of the most allergenic foods includes tree nuts, and their presence must be indicated on food labels. Most nut allergens are seed storage proteins, pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins, profilins and lipid transfer proteins (LTP). Nut allergenic proteins are characterized by their resistance to denaturation and proteolysis. Food processing has been proposed as the method of choice to alter the allergenicity of foods to ensure their safety and improve their organoleptic properties. The effect of processing on allergenicity is variable by abolishing existing epitopes or generating neoallergens. The alterations depend on the intrinsic characteristics of the protein and the type and duration of treatment. Many studies have evaluated the molecular changes induced by processes such as thermal, pressure or enzymatic treatments. As some processing treatments have been shown to decrease the allergenicity of certain foods, food processing may play an important role in developing hypoallergenic foods and using them for food tolerance induction. This work provides an updated overview of the applications and influence of several processing techniques (thermal, pressure and enzymatic digestion) on nut allergenicity for nuts, namely, hazelnuts, cashews, pistachios, almonds and walnuts.
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Costa R, Costa J, Sagastizábal I, Brandão ATSC, Moreira P, Mafra I, Silva AF, Pereira CM. Electrochemical and optical biosensing platforms for the immunorecognition of hazelnut Cor a 14 allergen. Food Chem 2021; 361:130122. [PMID: 34082386 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.130122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Two immunosensors were advanced to target hazelnut Cor a 14 based on electrochemical and optical transduction. Both approaches were developed with two types of custom-made antibodies, namely anti-Cor a 14 IgG (rabbit) and anti-Cor a 14 IgY (hen's egg) targeting the Cor a 14 allergen. Antibody immobilisation was performed via EDC/NHS onto disposable screen-printed electrodes. The detection limit (LOD) of the electrochemical immunoassay for Cor a 14 was 5-times lower than the optical, being down to 0.05 fg mL-1 with a dynamic range of 0.1 fg mL-1 to 0.01 ng mL-1. Antibody selectivity was verified against non-target 2S albumins (potential cross-reactive plant species). Anti-Cor a 14 IgY exhibited the best specificity, presenting minor cross-reactivity with peanut/walnut. Preliminary results of the application of anti-Cor a 14 IgY electrochemical immunosensor to incurred foods established a LOD of 1 mg kg-1 of hazelnut in wheat (0.16 mg kg-1 hazelnut protein).
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- Renata Costa
- Centro de Investigação em Química da Universidade do Porto (CIQUP), Dep. Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
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- REQUIMTE-LAQV, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação em Química da Universidade do Porto (CIQUP), Dep. Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação em Química da Universidade do Porto (CIQUP), Dep. Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação em Química da Universidade do Porto (CIQUP), Dep. Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- REQUIMTE-LAQV, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação em Química da Universidade do Porto (CIQUP), Dep. Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação em Química da Universidade do Porto (CIQUP), Dep. Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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Hu Y, Wu S, Wang Y, Lin J, Sun Y, Zhang C, Gu J, Yang F, Lv H, Ji X, Zhang Y, Muyldermans S, Wang S. Unbiased Immunization Strategy Yielding Specific Nanobodies against Macadamia Allergen of Vicilin-like Protein for Immunoassay Development. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2021; 69:5178-5188. [PMID: 33882666 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c00390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Macadamia nut contains important food allergens that potentially cause allergic reactions with severe adverse effects in infants and adults. Reliable and accurate detection of macadamia is critical to avoid allergic reactions. However, knowledge on macadamia allergen is scarce and a reliable detection method has not been reported, yet. In this study, an unbiased immunization and selection strategy was employed to select nanobodies (Nbs) recognizing specifically macadamia allergen, as well as to establish a detection method to unveil a macadamia protein contamination. An alpaca was immunized with a crude protein extract of macadamia followed by construction of a Nb library from its lymphocytes. The panning and screening of this immune Nb repertoire resulted in the selection of six target-specific Nbs. Nb-mediated immuno-capturing combined with mass spectrometry allowed us to identify the target as the macadamia vicilin-like antimicrobial peptides 2-3 (MiAMP2), a novel food allergenic protein abbreviated as Mac i 1. Later on, an immunoassay of a heterologous sandwich ELISA method based on the selected Nb-pairs was established, providing a linear response in the range of 0.442-2,800 μg/mL and with a limit of detection of 27.1 ng/mL. The dedicated immunoassay has been verified by detecting the antigen spiked in food samples. Our study provided evidence for the successful application of the unprejudiced strategy to retrieve Nbs against a priori undefined macadamia allergen. These target-specific Nbs were used to design a highly reliable and effective immunoassay.
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- Yaozhong Hu
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Science and Health, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Science and Health, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Science and Health, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Science and Health, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Science and Health, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Science and Health, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Science and Health, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Science and Health, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Science and Health, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Science and Health, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Monopoli A, Nacci A, Cataldi TRI, Calvano CD. Synthesis and Matrix Properties of α-Cyano-5-phenyl-2,4-pentadienic Acid (CPPA) for Intact Proteins Analysis by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25246054. [PMID: 33371472 PMCID: PMC7767571 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25246054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The effectiveness of a synthesized matrix, α-cyano-5-phenyl-2,4-pentadienic acid (CPPA), for protein analysis by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) in complex samples such as foodstuff and bacterial extracts, is demonstrated. Ultraviolet (UV) absorption along with laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (LDI-MS) experiments were systematically conducted in positive ion mode under standard Nd:YLF laser excitation with the aim of characterizing the matrix in terms of wavelength absorption and proton affinity. Besides, the results for standard proteins revealed that CPPA significantly enhanced the protein signals, reduced the spot-to-spot variability and increased the spot homogeneity. The CPPA matrix was successful employed to investigate intact microorganisms, milk and seed extracts for protein profiling. Compared to conventional matrices such as sinapinic acid (SA), α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (CHCA) and 4-chloro-α-cyanocinnamic acid (CClCA), CPPA exhibited better signal-to-noise (S/N) ratios and a uniform response for most examined proteins occurring in milk, hazelnut and in intact bacterial cells of E. coli. These findings not only provide a reactive proton transfer MALDI matrix with excellent reproducibility and sensitivity, but also contribute to extending the battery of useful matrices for intact protein analysis.
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- Antonio Monopoli
- Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli, Ufficio delle Dogane di Bari, Corso De Tullio, 70122 Bari, Italy;
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Via Orabona, 70126 Bari, Italy; (A.N.); (T.R.I.C.)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Via Orabona, 70126 Bari, Italy; (A.N.); (T.R.I.C.)
- Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca S.M.A.R.T., 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca S.M.A.R.T., 70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Farmacia-Scienze del Farmaco, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Via Orabona, 70126 Bari, Italy
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Current Trends in Proteomic Advances for Food Allergen Analysis. BIOLOGY 2020; 9:biology9090247. [PMID: 32854310 PMCID: PMC7563520 DOI: 10.3390/biology9090247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Food allergies are a global food challenge. For correct food labelling, the detection and quantification of allergens are necessary. However, novel product formulations and industrial processes produce new scenarios, which require much more technological developments. For this purpose, OMICS technologies, especially proteomics, seemed to be relevant in this context. This review summarises the current knowledge and studies that used proteomics to study food allergens. In the case of the allergenic proteins, a wide variety of isoforms, post-translational modifications and other structural changes during food processing can increase or decrease the allergenicity. Most of the plant-based food allergens are proteins with biological functions involved in storage, structure, and plant defence. The allergenicity of these proteins could be increased by the presence of heavy metals, air pollution, and pesticides. Targeted proteomics like selected/multiple reaction monitoring (SRM/MRM) have been very useful, especially in the case of gluten from wheat, rye and barley, and allergens from lentil, soy, and fruit. Conventional 1D and 2-DE immunoblotting have been further widely used. For animal-based food allergens, the widely used technologies are 1D and 2-DE immunoblotting followed by MALDI-TOF/TOF, and more recently LC-MS/MS, which is becoming useful to assess egg, fish, or milk allergens. The detection and quantification of allergenic proteins using mass spectrometry-based proteomics are promising and would contribute to greater accuracy, therefore improving consumer information.
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