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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
The different determinants of birch pollen extracts, as shown by SDS-PAGE analysis, range from 10 to 94 kDa. These determinants were then electrotransferred on nitrocellulose strips and allowed to react with human IgE Ab from sensitive patients in order to identify the allergenic determinants. Several minor (43, 35, 28 and 21 kDa) and the major (17 kDa) allergenic determinants were identified. Murine monoclonal antibodies (mAb) were then produced against the major allergenic determinant (Bet v I) and their specificity confirmed by immunoblot. One of them, mAb 3F10, was used to affinity-purify the Bet v I. The purity of this material was confirmed by SDS-PAGE analysis and its reactivity on immunoblot against human IgE ensured its biological activity. These mAb were then gathered on four families based on their pattern of reactivity with Bet v I. Indeed four different epitopes on the molecule were identified. Binding inhibition studies using two of them (mAb 5F9 and 8F12) suggested that the epitopes of Bet v I recognized by these mAb are not overlapping. On another hand, the binding of 8H7 and 3F10 was partially inhibited by 5F9 and the binding of 3F10, by 8F12. These data suggest that those two latter epitopes are somewhat overlapping. Finally, the mAb 5F9 could inhibit the binding of human IgE on the affinity-purified Bet v I up to 40% and then shares a common idiotope with human specific IgE Ab of allergic patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0020-5915
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
92
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
226-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-6-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Mapping of Bet v I epitopes by using murine monoclonal antibodies.
pubmed:affiliation
Unité de Recherche Inflammation et Immunologie-Rhumatologie, Ste-Foy, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article