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Query: EC:3.2.1.17 (lysozyme)
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Micromites (genus Dermatophagoides) are the major source of allergens in house dust. Four homologous classes of major allergens have been isolated from extracts of D. pteronyssinus and D. farinae mites. According to current theories, all major mite allergens are proteins of gastrointestinal origin. Group I mite allergens, Der pI and Der fI, are thermolabile glycoproteins with M(r) of 25 kDa. A comparison of primary structure of these proteins reveals a 30% homology with cathepsins B and H, papain and actinidine. Analysis of enzymatic activities reveals that group I allergens are proteolytic enzymes related to the class of cysteine proteinases. With regard to antigenic composition, Der pI and Der fI have three common and two species-specific epitopes. The amino acid sequence of the major allergenic determinant for Der pI has been established. Group II mite allergens, Der pII and Der fII, are single-chain thermostable proteins with M(r) of 10-14 kDa and are said to bear many common features with the lysozyme. Group III mite allergens are analogous to trypsin. A 50% homology of amino acid sequences of Der pIII and Der fIII to those of vertebrate and invertebrate serine proteinases has been found. To the fourth group of major mite allergens one may relate mite amylase (M(r) = 56-60 kDa). A high degree of homology has been established between group IV allergens and mammalian alpha-amylase. Mite allergens of all groups induce the production of specific IgE antibodies in human organism. The use of purified allergens increases the efficiency of diagnosis and treatment of mite-induced allergoses. Modified forms of mite allergens (allergoids, allergens adsorbed on carriers, liposome preparations, etc.) are helpful tools in specific immunotherapy.
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PMID:[Allergens from Dermatophagoides dust mites: origin, antigenic and structural characteristics, and therapeutic agents]. 771 66

IgE is considered to be involved in immediate hypersensitive reactions (IHR) following egg ingestion. IgE antibody levels to egg-white (EW) antigens in the IHR-positive group (n = 19, mean age +/- SD = 5.2 +/- 4.5 yr) were higher than those in the IHR-negative group (n = 13, mean of age +/- SD = 3.6 +/- 2.2 yr). However, even in the IHR-negative group, some patients showed high IgE to EW. RAST inhibition tests with heat-treated (100 degrees C, 5, 10, and 30 min) egg-white antigens were performed on 13 serum samples from subjects with IHR and 9 serum samples from subjects without IHR. Heat treatment decreased the IgE-binding activity of egg white and it was speculated that IgE from IHR-negative subjects bound to relatively heat-unstable sites of egg-white antigens. Furthermore, we selected IHR-negative subjects (n = 8, mean of age +/- SD = 3.0 +/- 1.7 yr) with higher IgE antibody levels than the lowest limit of IgE to EW of the IHR-positive group and compared IgE to ovomucoid (OM), ovalbumin (OA), conalbumin (CA), and lysozyme (Ly) between these IHR-negative and positive groups. IgE-binding activities to egg-white components, including OA, CA, and Ly but not OM, were significantly decreased with heat treatment. The IHR-negative group showed significantly lower IgE to OM (untreated, 5, 10, 30 min treatment) and 5 min treated OA alone than the IHR-positive group, while no difference was found in IgE to other components between the two groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:[Immediate hypersensitive reactions to the ingestion of egg white and IgE binding to the egg white components]. 780 5

When attempting to generate mouse monoclonal antibodies to hen's egg ovalbumin, injection of commercially purified ovalbumin resulted in monoclonal antibodies, which when assayed against commercially purified ovalbumin (Gal d I) or ovomucoid (Gal d III), appeared to be specific to both. With the use of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-repurified ovalbumin and ovomucoid in assay procedures, monoclonal antibodies generated by commercially purified ovalbumin were found to be specific for ovomucoid only. To clarify this phenomenon, mice were serially injected with commercially purified ovalbumin or HPLC-repurified ovalbumin. It was found that most of the antibody response to commercially purified ovalbumin was directed against the minor (< 1%) ovomucoid contaminant and that HPLC-repurified ovalbumin failed to produce antibodies to ovomucoid. Commercially purified ovomucoid resulted in only minimal amounts of antibodies to ovalbumin. Thus when commercially purified ovalbumin is used both for immunization and immunoassay, most of the antibodies produced are actually against the small amount of ovomucoid contaminant, and not ovalbumin. To determine whether ovomucoid is the major antigenic and allergenic egg white protein in human beings, one group of 18 children with egg allergy were skin prick tested with half-log dilutions of egg white extract and diethylaminoethyl cellulose (DEAE)-repurified ovomucoid, ovalbumin, and lysozyme. Ovomucoid mean wheal diameters were significantly greater than wheal diameters in response to ovalbumin, lysozyme, and egg white extract at the three most concentrated of five dilutions tested: 0.01, 0.03, and 0.1 mg/ml (p < 0.01). Serum ovomucoid-specific IgE and IgG antibody concentrations to DEAE-repurified ovomucoid were significantly greater than that to DEAE-repurified ovalbumin (p < 0.05). In a second study, 10 patients with egg allergy and persistent egg hypersensitivity were compared with 11 patients with egg allergy in whom clinical tolerance to egg developed. IgE antibodies to repurified ovomucoid were significantly greater in patients with persistent egg hypersensitivity compared with patients in whom clinical tolerance developed at the time of both initial and follow-up food challenges. In contrast, there were no significant differences in IgE antibody concentrations to repurified ovalbumin in either group at any time. These results suggest that ovomucoid is the immunodominant protein fraction in egg white and that the use of commercially purified ovalbumin has led to an overestimation of the dominance of ovalbumin as a major egg allergen and antigen in human beings.
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PMID:Allergenicity and antigenicity of chicken egg ovomucoid (Gal d III) compared with ovalbumin (Gal d I) in children with egg allergy and in mice. 800 9

Cholera toxin (CTX) is a potent oral adjuvant for the induction of mucosal IgA Ab responses protein Ags. We examined the Ab responses and allergic sensitization of several strains of mice to protein Ags, administered orally with CTX. The mice made strong IgA and IgG1 serum Ab responses, but little IgG2a Ab to Ags such as hen egg lysozyme (HEL) and OVA. However, when given a subsequent i.p. challenge with Ag alone, the same mice had immediate hypersensitivity reactions that included respiratory distress and death. Within 10 min of i.p. challenge, immunized mice had high levels of plasma histamine and extensive degranulation of mast cells in target tissues. These mice had detectable serum IgE Ab. Ag administered orally with the B subunit (CTB) of CTX did not sensitize mice. Intestinal tissues taken from these mice had Ag-specific ion-secretory responses in vitro, typical of intestinal anaphylaxis. Ag given s.c. without adjuvant could also sensitize for systemic and intestinal anaphylaxis. Sensitization with HEL given s.c. was dose dependent and correlated with a critical amount of HEL in the circulation. HEL was detected in the circulation after oral immunization, but CTX did not increase the uptake of HEL. Thus, oral immunization with a protein Ag in the presence of CTX can sensitize an animal for systemic and intestinal anaphylaxis. These results suggest a cautious approach to the use of CTX as an adjuvant in oral vaccines, and provide a new model to study immediate hypersensitivity reactions to intestinal Ag.
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PMID:Production of IgE antibody and allergic sensitization of intestinal and peripheral tissues after oral immunization with protein Ag and cholera toxin. 802 2

Twenty cases of histiocytic sarcoma in 15 female and five male (384 to 722 days of age) hybrid F1 (C57BL/6 x BALB/c) or F2 (F1 x F1) mice were studied for expression of mononuclear phagocyte and other antigens. Histiocytic sarcomas were found most often in liver, uterus, spleen, and lung. Tissues fixed in Bouin's fluid provided preservation of antigen immunoreactivity, using avidin biotin peroxidase complex immunohistochemistry, with monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies. The mononuclear phagocyte antigens, lysozyme and Mac-2 (a galactose-specific lectin that binds IgE), were found in 60-70% of the cases. The receptor for the macrophage colony-stimulating factor (CSF-1), c-fms, was expressed in 2/20 (10%) of the cases. Mouse immunoglobulins were not found in histiocytic sarcoma cells. In uterine histiocytic sarcomas, previously reported as Schwannomas because of their histologic appearance, S-100 protein was not expressed by tumor cells, although they usually expressed Mac-2 and lysozyme. Hyaline droplets were found in the renal tubules of only 2/19 cases. Our studies provide evidence that murine histiocytic sarcoma expresses antigens (Mac-2, lysozyme, c-fms) found in cells of the mononuclear phagocyte series, in contrast to the B-cell origin of many human histiocytic tumors.
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PMID:Expression of mononuclear phagocyte antigens in histiocytic sarcoma of mice. 811 50

A 26-year-old man employed in a company which manufactured hen egg white derived lysozyme for use in the pharmaceutical industry was evaluated for occupational asthma. The worker began to experience immediate-onset asthmatic symptoms two months after starting to work with egg lysozyme powder. The work process involved the production of approximately 1,000 kg of purified dried lysozyme powder per week. Prick skin testing was positive to egg lysozyme (50 mg/ml) and other egg protein components, but negative to whole egg white and egg yolk reagents. Serum specific IgE to egg lysozyme was documented. Decrements in serial peak expiratory flow rates were associated with lysozyme exposure at work. A specific bronchoprovocation challenge to lysozyme powder was positive demonstrating an isolated immediate asthmatic response (48 percent decrease from baseline FEV1). This is the first reported case of lysozyme-induced asthma specifically caused by inhalational exposure to egg lysozyme.
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PMID:Occupational asthma induced by inhaled egg lysozyme. 843 49

Hen's egg white lysozyme (HEL) is one of the minor allergen in hen's egg white. HEL is commonly used to treat disease of respiratory tract, because it have the effect to dissolve mucopolysaccharide and anti-inflammatory action. We examined specific IgE antibody titers (IgE-HEL) in patients with egg allergy and allergic patients to other antigen than egg. Results indicated that 16.37 +/- 29.56 (PRU/ml) (mean +/- SD) of IgE-HEL was found in 30 out of the 39 allergic patients to egg, and 23 (66.7%) out of the 39 patients studied showed RAST scores of more than 2. On the other hand, 1.08 +/- 0.92 (PRU/ml) of IgE-HEL in 12 out of the 44 allergic patients to other antigen than egg, and 5 (11.4%) out of the 44 patients studied showed RAST scores of more than 2. Moreover, we treated a patient who developed anaphylaxis after taking HEL. 1.0 (PRU/ml) of HEL-IgE was found in this patient. These results suggest that we should be careful in treating allergic patients with HEL.
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PMID:[Specific IgE antibody titers to hen's egg white lysozyme in allergic children to egg]. 850 54

The binding of IgE to egg white proteins was investigated for 34 sera from adults with a positive case history and/or positive RAST towards egg, and the impact of experimental conditions on IgE binding in commonly used methods was studied. Radioimmunoblotting after SDS-PAGE of both reduced and unreduced egg white extracts showed complex reaction patterns. The results were confirmed by crossed radioimmunoelectrophoresis (CRIE). Radio dot immunobinding was used to investigate the effect of treatment of allergens for SDS-PAGE and to evaluate the other methods. As a conclusion, the use of combinations of at least two methods is recommended for the identification of IgE-binding egg white proteins. Of the 34 sera, 18 reacted with ovotransferrin, 13 with ovomucoid, 11 with ovalbumin and 5 with lysozyme. The amounts of IgE bound to ovalbumin and lysozyme were generally lower than the amounts bound to ovotransferrin and ovomucoid.
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PMID:Identification of IgE-binding egg white proteins: comparison of results obtained by different methods. 852 51

Intravenous injection of bovine serum albumin (BSA) into the BSA/CFA-primed ICR mice specifically induced anaphylactic death within 1 h. The anaphylactic death could not be induced until day 8 after sensitization, and sensitization subsisted for more than 3 months. The response was dose dependent; mice challenged with BSA doses higher or equivalent to 25 microgram developed anaphylactic death. The intravenous route was more effective than the intraperitoneal one, while subcutaneous injection was ineffective. Antigen in any of complete Freund's adjuvant, incomplete Freund's adjuvant or aluminum hydroxide could sensitize the mice to develop anaphylactic death. The combination of antigen and the mouse strain or the gender of the mouse determined the susceptibility of the anaphylactic death. AKR, B10.BR, as well as ICR, strains were susceptible. Antigen of HoGG induced a higher mortality rate than that of GAT or lysozyme. Male mice were more susceptible than female ones. The BSA-induced anaphylactic death could be prevented by pretreating ICR mice with cyproheptadine (histamine and serotonin antagonist) or diphenhydramine (histamine antagonist) and ketanserin (serotonin antagonist). Intravenous injection of saline during anaphylaxis also protected the mice from death. Furthermore, immune serum could transfer the anaphylactic death, and heat (56 degrees C, 4 h) did not destroy its activity. The primary IgG subclass induced by GAT, HoGG or lysozyme was IgG1. There was no qualitative difference in the IgG subclass induced in different strains by different antigens. The IgE class of antibodies was not detectable. These results suggest that there is a non-IgE-mediated anaphylactic death which involves the release of histamine and serotonin that cause the increase of vasopermeability and fatal blood volume loss.
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PMID:Antigen-induced anaphylactic death in mice. 863 27

In 200 children residing permanently in a region with a high level of atmospheric pollution, indicators of humoral immunity, salivary immunity and specific IgE antibodies were determined before and after 14 days' attendance at an "outdoor school" in rural areas with a very low level of atmospheric pollution. A marked reduction of elevated albumine levels, which are characteristic of irritation or even inflammation in the oral cavity or respiratory tract, was found, as well as increasing levels of Slg A and lysozyme in saliva. The two-week stay in the outdoor school resulted in decreased IgE specific antibodies of the respiratory type of allergy (CAP Phadiatop). In the group of atopic children there were found high total IgE levels, with a trend of depression after 2 weeks in the outdoor school. Higher values of some immunoglobulins were observed, while low levels of IgA were found in some children with high frequency of respiratory diseases. The irritant effect of polluted atmosphere and the quality of indoor atmosphere influence some immunological parameters in children.
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PMID:Immunological findings in groups of children after compensatory measures. 892 Jul 32


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