Allergome-wide peptide microarrays enable epitope deconvolution in allergen-specific immunotherapyShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, ISSN 0091-6749, E-ISSN 1097-6825, Vol. 147, no 3, p. 1077-1086Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Background: The interaction of allergens and allergen-specific IgE initiates the allergic cascade after crosslinking of receptors on effector cells. Antibodies of other isotypes may modulate such a reaction. Receptor crosslinking requires binding of antibodies to multiple epitopes on the allergen. Limited information is available on the complexity of the epitope structure of most allergens. Objectives: We sought to allow description of the complexity of IgE, IgG4, and IgG epitope recognition at a global, allergome-wide level during allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT). Methods: We generated an allergome-wide microarray comprising 731 allergens in the form of more than 172,000 overlapping 16-mer peptides. Allergen recognition by IgE, IgG4, and IgG was examined in serum samples collected from subjects undergoing AIT against pollen allergy. Results: Extensive induction of linear peptide-specific Phl p 1– and Bet v 1–specific humoral immunity was demonstrated in subjects undergoing a 3-year-long AIT against grass and birch pollen allergy, respectively. Epitope profiles differed between subjects but were largely established already after 1 year of AIT, suggesting that dominant allergen-specific antibody clones remained as important contributors to humoral immunity following their initial establishment during the early phase of AIT. Complex, subject-specific patterns of allergen isoform and group cross-reactivities in the repertoires were observed, patterns that may indicate different levels of protection against different allergen sources. Conclusions: The study highlights the complexity and subject-specific nature of allergen epitopes recognized following AIT. We envisage that epitope deconvolution will be an important aspect of future efforts to describe and analyze the outcomes of AIT in a personalized manner.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV , 2021. Vol. 147, no 3, p. 1077-1086
Keywords [en]
Allergen, IgE, IgG, IgG4, allergen-specific immunotherapy, antibody, epitope, linear epitope, peptide microarray
National Category
Organic Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-284984DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.08.002ISI: 000635524300012PubMedID: 32791163Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85091214366OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-284984DiVA, id: diva2:1512400
Note
QC 20250318
2020-12-222020-12-222025-03-18Bibliographically approved