Affinity determinations of purified IgE and IgG antibodies against the major pollen allergens Phl p 5a and Bet v 1a: Discrepancy between IgE and IgG binding strength
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- 作者：Hantusch ; Brigitte ; Schö ; ll ; Isabella ; Harwanegg ; Christian ; Krieger ; Sigurd ; Becker ; Wolf-Meinhard ; et. al.
- 关键词：IgE ; immunoglobulin E ; IgG ; immunoglobulin G ; Phl p 5 ; Phleum pratense allergen 5 ; Bet v 1 ; Betula verrucosa allergen 1 ; RAST ; radio allergosorbent test ; ELISA ; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ; FEIA ; fluorescent-enzyme immunoassay ; ISAC ; I
- 刊名：Immunology Letters
- 出版年：2005
- 出版时间：February 15, 2005
- 年：2005
- 卷：97
- 期：1
- 页码：81-89
- 全文大小：417 K
文摘
Allergen-specific IgE and IgG antibodies coexist in allergic individuals, but only IgE has anaphylactogenic capacity. This study aimed to determine the association, dissociation and equilibrium constants for the interaction of allergen-specific IgE and IgG with the major grass and birch pollen allergens Phl p 5a and Bet v 1a. We isolated specific IgE and IgG antibodies from pollen allergic patients’ sera by a two-step affinity chromatography protocol and controlled the high purity in a recombinant allergen chip microarray. Surface plasmon resonance measurements of polyclonal IgE and IgG species revealed that their affinities diverge widely, being in the range of 10−10 and 10−11M for IgE, but only 10−6–10−7M for IgG. Moreover, murine monoclonal IgG1 antibodies against the allergens showed affinities of 10−7–10−8M. Thus, we conclude from our data that even stringently affinity matured IgG cannot score the superior affinity of IgE antibodies to allergens.