PMID- 27481284 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170811 LR - 20171226 IS - 1521-6551 (Electronic) IS - 1521-6543 (Linking) VI - 68 IP - 10 DP - 2016 Oct TI - Sequential epitopes of Dermatophagoides farinae allergens identified using peptide microarray-based immunoassay. PG - 792-8 LID - 10.1002/iub.1540 [doi] AB - House dust mites produce over 30 proteins proposed to induce immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibody production in patients. Continued identification of IgE-binding epitopes of these allergens is critical to advancing diagnosis and treatment of allergic disease. To identify possible sequential IgE-binding epitopes of the major- and mid-potency allergens from the house dust mite Dermatophagoides farinae by peptide microarray-based immunoassay, nucleotide sequences of D. farinae allergens (Der f) 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7 were used to generate overlapping peptides covering the full protein sequences minus signal peptides. Short peptides were printed onto microarray chips. Because asthma occurs as a symptom of mite allergy more commonly among children than adults, the peptide chips were exposed to sera pooled from six serum-positive pediatric patients with D. farinae hypersensitivity and six serum-negative control children for screening sequential IgE-binding epitopes by IgE immunolabeling. Higher-than-average immunolabel signal intensity was observed for 21 short peptides in the serum-positive group (P < 0.01). Due to sequence overlap, these 21 signals represented four fragments of Der f 1 (amino acid positions 46-53, 71-78, 99-110, 179-186), three fragments of Der f 2 (15-22, 80-89, 106-113), six fragments of Der f 4 (69-82, 107-116, 225-232, 261-268, 355-365, 483-496), one fragment of Der f 5 (102-109), and three fragments of Der f 7 (32-39, 52-64, 100-107). These findings not only demonstrate the utility of a peptide microarray immunoassay in identifying epitopes for these allergens, but also provide a foundation for future exploration of specific immunotherapies. (c) 2016 IUBMB Life, 68(10):792-798, 2016. CI - (c) 2016 International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. FAU - Cui, Yubao AU - Cui Y AD - Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Third People's Hospital, Affiliated Yancheng Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Yancheng 224001, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China. ybcui1975@hotmail.Com. AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yancheng Health Vocational & Technical College, Yancheng 224006, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China. ybcui1975@hotmail.Com. FAU - Teng, Feixiang AU - Teng F AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yancheng Health Vocational & Technical College, Yancheng 224006, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Yu, LiLi AU - Yu L AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yancheng Health Vocational & Technical College, Yancheng 224006, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhou, Ying AU - Zhou Y AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yancheng Health Vocational & Technical College, Yancheng 224006, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Wang, Nan AU - Wang N AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yancheng Health Vocational & Technical College, Yancheng 224006, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhang, Chengbo AU - Zhang C AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yancheng Health Vocational & Technical College, Yancheng 224006, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Yang, Li AU - Yang L AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yancheng Health Vocational & Technical College, Yancheng 224006, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160801 PL - England TA - IUBMB Life JT - IUBMB life JID - 100888706 RN - 0 (Antigens, Dermatophagoides) RN - 0 (Epitopes) RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Antigens, Dermatophagoides/chemistry/*immunology MH - Asthma/blood/*immunology MH - Binding Sites MH - Child MH - Child, Preschool MH - Epitope Mapping MH - Epitopes/immunology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Immunoassay MH - Immunoglobulin E/blood/chemistry MH - Male MH - Protein Array Analysis MH - Pyroglyphidae/*immunology OTO - NOTNLM OT - epitopes OT - immunoglobulin E (IgE) OT - mite allergens OT - peptide microarray EDAT- 2016/08/03 06:00 MHDA- 2017/08/12 06:00 CRDT- 2016/08/03 06:00 PHST- 2016/06/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/07/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/08/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/08/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/08/12 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1002/iub.1540 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - IUBMB Life. 2016 Oct;68(10):792-8. doi: 10.1002/iub.1540. Epub 2016 Aug 1.