Abstract | SCOPE: METHODS AND RESULTS: The study included ten consecutive teenagers and adults diagnosed with IgE-mediated clinical allergy to pine nut. Two major pine nut allergens were purified and identified and the secondary structures and susceptibility to digestion were characterized. Severe reactions represent 80% of allergic reactions to pine nut in this study. Moreover, 70% of the patients were monosensitized to this nut. Two major allergens with molecular weights of 6 and 50 kDa were purified and identified as albumin and vicilin, respectively. The 6 kDa protein ( albumin), rich in α-helix content, was far more stable to peptic and tryptic digestion as compared with 50 kDa protein ( vicilin), which was quickly broken down. The secondary structure of the purified 50 kDa protein showed 41% β-sheet, 5% α-helix, and 54% random coil and/or loops. CONCLUSION: Eighty percent of allergic reactions to pine nut in the ten patients included in this study were severe. Most patients (70%) were monosensitized to this nut. Two major allergens with molecular weights of 6 and 50 kDa were purified and identified as albumin and vicilin, respectively.
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Authors | Beatriz Cabanillas, Hsiaopo Cheng, Casey C Grimm, Barry K Hurlburt, Julia Rodríguez, Jesús F Crespo, Soheila J Maleki |
Journal | Molecular nutrition & food research
(Mol Nutr Food Res)
Vol. 56
Issue 12
Pg. 1884-93
(Dec 2012)
ISSN: 1613-4133 [Electronic] Germany |
PMID | 23081934
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. |
Chemical References |
- Albumins
- Allergens
- Seed Storage Proteins
- Immunoglobulin E
- vicilin protein, plant
- Trypsin
- Pepsin A
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Albumins
(immunology)
- Allergens
(adverse effects, chemistry, immunology)
- Circular Dichroism
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cross Reactions
(immunology)
- Double-Blind Method
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Female
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin E
(blood, immunology)
- Male
- Molecular Weight
- Nut Hypersensitivity
(diagnosis, immunology)
- Nuts
(chemistry, immunology)
- Pepsin A
(metabolism)
- Seed Storage Proteins
(immunology)
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Trypsin
(metabolism)
- Young Adult
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