PMID- 34684397 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211115 LR - 20231107 IS - 2072-6643 (Electronic) IS - 2072-6643 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 10 DP - 2021 Sep 27 TI - Molecular Basis of IgE-Mediated Shrimp Allergy and Heat Desensitization. LID - 10.3390/nu13103397 [doi] LID - 3397 AB - Crustacean allergy, especially to shrimp, is the most predominant cause of seafood allergy. However, due to the high flexibility of immunoglobulin E (IgE), its three-dimensional structure remains unsolved, and the molecular mechanism of shrimp allergen recognition is unknown. Here a chimeric IgE was built in silico, and its variable region in the light chain was replaced with sequences derived from shrimp tropomyosin (TM)-allergic patients. A variety of allergenic peptides from the Chinese shrimp TM were built, treated with heating, and subjected to IgE binding in silico. Amino acid analysis shows that the amino acid residue conservation in shrimp TM contributes to eliciting an IgE-mediated immune response. In the shrimp-allergic IgE, Glu98 in the light chain and other critical residues that recognize allergens from shrimp are implicated in the molecular basis of IgE-mediated shrimp allergy. Heat treatment could alter the conformations of TM allergenic peptides, impact their intramolecular hydrogen bonding, and subsequently decrease the binding between these peptides and IgE. We found Glu98 as the characteristic amino acid residue in the light chain of IgE to recognize general shrimp-allergic sequences, and heat-induced conformational change generally desensitizes shrimp allergens. FAU - Zhang, PeiAo AU - Zhang P AD - College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China. AD - Beijing Key Laboratory of Functional Food from Plant Resources, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China. FAU - Gao, Jihui AU - Gao J AD - College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China. AD - Beijing Key Laboratory of Functional Food from Plant Resources, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China. FAU - Che, Huilian AU - Che H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1632-5729 AD - College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China. FAU - Xue, Wentong AU - Xue W AD - College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China. FAU - Yang, Dong AU - Yang D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5435-5905 AD - College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China. AD - Beijing Key Laboratory of Functional Food from Plant Resources, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China. LA - eng GR - 2019YFC1605000/National Key Research and Development Program of China/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210927 PL - Switzerland TA - Nutrients JT - Nutrients JID - 101521595 RN - 0 (Allergens) RN - 0 (Epitopes) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - 0 (Tropomyosin) RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) SB - IM MH - Allergens/chemistry/*immunology MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Epitopes/immunology MH - Food Hypersensitivity/*immunology/therapy MH - Hot Temperature MH - Hydrogen Bonding MH - Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions MH - Immunoglobulin E/chemistry/*immunology/metabolism MH - Immunosuppression Therapy MH - Models, Molecular MH - Molecular Dynamics Simulation MH - Penaeidae/*immunology MH - Peptide Fragments/chemistry/immunology/metabolism MH - Protein Conformation MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry/immunology MH - Sequence Alignment MH - *Shellfish MH - Tropomyosin/*chemistry/*immunology/metabolism PMC - PMC8540294 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Chinese shrimp OT - IgE OT - allergy OT - tropomyosin OT - variable heavy chain COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/10/24 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/16 06:00 PMCR- 2021/09/27 CRDT- 2021/10/23 01:18 PHST- 2021/07/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/09/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/09/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/10/23 01:18 [entrez] PHST- 2021/10/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/09/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - nu13103397 [pii] AID - nutrients-13-03397 [pii] AID - 10.3390/nu13103397 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Nutrients. 2021 Sep 27;13(10):3397. doi: 10.3390/nu13103397.