PMID- 31108010 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200819 LR - 20200819 IS - 1365-2222 (Electronic) IS - 0954-7894 (Print) IS - 0954-7894 (Linking) VI - 49 IP - 8 DP - 2019 Aug TI - Variable IgE cross-reactivity between peanut 2S-albumins: The case for measuring IgE to both Ara h 2 and Ara h 6. PG - 1107-1115 LID - 10.1111/cea.13432 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: 2S-albumins Ara h 2 and Ara h 6 are the most potent peanut allergens and levels of specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) towards these proteins are good predictors of clinical reactivity. Because of structural homologies, Ara h 6 is generally considered to cross-react extensively with Ara h 2. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to quantify the IgE cross-reactivity between Ara h 2 and Ara h 6. METHODS: Peanut 2S-albumins were purified from raw peanuts. The IgE cross-reactivity between Ara h 2 and Ara h 6 was evaluated with 32 sera from French and US peanut-allergic patients by measuring the residual IgE-binding to one 2S-albumin after depletion of IgE antibodies recognizing the other 2S-albumin. The IgE cross-reactivity between Ara h 2 and Ara h 6 was further investigated by competitive inhibition of IgE-binding and by a model of mast cell degranulation. RESULTS: A highly variable level of IgE cross-reactivity was revealed among the patients. The mean fraction of cross-reactive IgE antibodies represented only 17.1% of 2S-albumins-specific IgE antibodies and was lower than the mean fraction of IgE specific to Ara h 2 (57.4%) or to Ara h 6 (25.5%). The higher level of Ara h 2-specific IgE was principally due to the IgE-binding capacity of an insertion containing the repeated immunodominant linear epitope DPYSP(OH) S. The impact of IgE cross-reactivity on diagnostic testing was illustrated with a serum displaying an Ara h 6-specific IgE response of 26 UI/mL that was not associated with the capacity of Ara h 6 to trigger mast cell degranulation. CONCLUSIONS & CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Immunoglobulin E antibodies specific to peanut 2S-albumins are mainly non-cross-reactive, but low-affinity cross-reactivity can affect diagnostic accuracy. Testing IgE-binding to a mixture of 2S-albumins rather than to each separately may enhance diagnostic performance. CI - (c) 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Hazebrouck, Stephane AU - Hazebrouck S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4828-7031 AD - Service de Pharmacologie et Immunoanalyse (SPI), Laboratoire d'Immuno-Allergie Alimentaire, CEA, INRA, Universite Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. FAU - Guillon, Blanche AU - Guillon B AD - Service de Pharmacologie et Immunoanalyse (SPI), Laboratoire d'Immuno-Allergie Alimentaire, CEA, INRA, Universite Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. FAU - Paty, Evelyne AU - Paty E AD - Universite Paris Descartes-Assistance Publique des Hopitaux de Paris, Hopital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France. FAU - Dreskin, Stephen C AU - Dreskin SC AD - Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Denver School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado. FAU - Adel-Patient, Karine AU - Adel-Patient K AD - Service de Pharmacologie et Immunoanalyse (SPI), Laboratoire d'Immuno-Allergie Alimentaire, CEA, INRA, Universite Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. FAU - Bernard, Herve AU - Bernard H AD - Service de Pharmacologie et Immunoanalyse (SPI), Laboratoire d'Immuno-Allergie Alimentaire, CEA, INRA, Universite Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. LA - eng GR - R01 AI099029/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 AI135397/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Clinical Trial PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190605 PL - England TA - Clin Exp Allergy JT - Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology JID - 8906443 RN - 0 (2S Albumins, Plant) RN - 0 (Antigens, Plant) RN - 0 (Ara h 2 allergen, Arachis hypogaea) RN - 0 (Ara h 6 allergen, Arachis hypogaea) RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) SB - IM MH - 2S Albumins, Plant/*immunology MH - Adolescent MH - Antigens, Plant/*immunology MH - Child, Preschool MH - Cross Reactions MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Immunoglobulin E/blood/*immunology MH - Peanut Hypersensitivity/blood/*diagnosis/*immunology PMC - PMC6684383 MID - NIHMS1030881 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 2S-albumin OT - Ara h 2 OT - Ara h 6 OT - IgE OT - allergy OT - cross-reactivity OT - epitope OT - peanut OT - sensitization COIS- Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: No conflict of interest in relation to this study. EDAT- 2019/05/21 06:00 MHDA- 2020/08/20 06:00 PMCR- 2020/08/01 CRDT- 2019/05/21 06:00 PHST- 2018/12/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/04/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/04/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/05/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/08/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/05/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1111/cea.13432 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Exp Allergy. 2019 Aug;49(8):1107-1115. doi: 10.1111/cea.13432. Epub 2019 Jun 5.