PMID- 38484545 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240410 LR - 20240410 IS - 1873-7072 (Electronic) IS - 0308-8146 (Linking) VI - 447 DP - 2024 Jul 30 TI - Investigation into potential allergenicity of DBD plasma-treated casein digestion products based on immunoglobulin E linear epitopes and the sensitized-cell model. PG - 138940 LID - S0308-8146(24)00589-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.138940 [doi] AB - The study aimed to investigate the allergenicity change in casein treated with dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma during in vitro simulated digestion, focusing on the immunoglobulin E (IgE) linear epitopes and utilizing a sensitized-cell model. Results indicated that prior treatment with DBD plasma treatment (4 min) before simulated digestion led to a 10.5% reduction in the IgE-binding capacity of casein digestion products. Moreover, the release of biologically active substances induced from KU812 cells, including beta-HEX release rate, human histamine, IL-4, IL-6, and TNF-alpha, decreased by 2.1, 28.1, 20.6, 11.6, and 17.3%, respectively. Through a combined analysis of LC-MS/MS and immunoinformatics tools, it was revealed that DBD plasma treatment promoted the degradation of the IgE linear epitopes of casein during digestion, particularly those located in the alpha-helix region of alpha(s1)-CN and alpha(s2)-CN. These findings suggest that DBD plasma treatment prior to digestion may alleviate casein allergic reactions. CI - Copyright (c) 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Zhang, Yongniu AU - Zhang Y AD - College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China. FAU - Ren, Er-Fang AU - Ren EF AD - Guangxi Subtropical Crops Research Institute, Nanning 530001, China. FAU - Wen, Tao AU - Wen T AD - Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Testing Institute of Product Quality, Nanning 530200, China. FAU - Lyu, Shijun AU - Lyu S AD - Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Testing Institute of Product Quality, Nanning 530200, China. FAU - Gai, Lili AU - Gai L AD - College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China. FAU - Chen, Siyu AU - Chen S AD - College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China. FAU - Li, Kai AU - Li K AD - College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China. FAU - Han, Zhong AU - Han Z AD - School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China. FAU - Niu, Fuge AU - Niu F AD - Food Safety Key Lab of Zhejiang Province, School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310018, China. FAU - Niu, Debao AU - Niu D AD - College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China. Electronic address: happyndb@gxu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240305 PL - England TA - Food Chem JT - Food chemistry JID - 7702639 RN - 0 (Epitopes) RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) RN - 0 (Allergens) RN - 0 (Caseins) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Epitopes MH - *Immunoglobulin E/metabolism MH - Allergens/chemistry MH - Caseins/chemistry MH - Chromatography, Liquid MH - Tandem Mass Spectrometry MH - *Milk Hypersensitivity MH - Digestion OTO - NOTNLM OT - Allergenicity OT - Bioinformatics analysis OT - Casein OT - DBD plasma treatment OT - In vitro digestion OT - Structure COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2024/03/15 00:43 MHDA- 2024/04/10 06:42 CRDT- 2024/03/14 19:08 PHST- 2023/11/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/02/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2024/03/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/04/10 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2024/03/15 00:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/03/14 19:08 [entrez] AID - S0308-8146(24)00589-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.138940 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Food Chem. 2024 Jul 30;447:138940. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.138940. Epub 2024 Mar 5.