Peanut Diversity and Specific Activity Are the Dominant IgE Characteristics for Effector Cell Activation in Children

Overview

Journal J Allergy Clin Immunol

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 2021 Mar 6

PMID 33675817

Citations 13

Authors

Oliver Hemmings

Umar Niazi

Matthew Kwok

Louisa K James

Gideon Lack

Alexandra F Santos

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Abstract

Background: IgE mediates allergic reactions to peanut; however, peanut-specific IgE (sIgE) levels do not always equate to clinical peanut allergy. Qualitative differences between sIgE of peanut-sensitized but tolerant (PS) and peanut-allergic (PA) individuals may be important.

Objective: We sought to assess the influence of IgE characteristics on effector cell activation in peanut allergy.

Methods: A cohort of 100 children was studied. The levels of IgE to peanut and peanut components were measured. Specific activity (SA) was estimated as the ratio of allergen-sIgE to total IgE. Avidity was measured by ImmunoCAP with sodium thiocyanate. IgE diversity was calculated on the basis of ImmunoCAP-Immuno Solid-phase Allergen Chip assays for 112 allergens or for 6 peanut allergens. Whole-blood basophils and mast cell line Laboratory of Allergic Diseases 2 sensitized with patients' plasma were stimulated with peanut or controls and assessed by flow cytometry.

Results: SA to peanut (P < .001), Ara h 1 (P = .004), Ara h 2 (P < .001), Ara h 3 (P = .02), and Ara h 6 (P < .001) and the avidity of peanut-sIgE (P < .001) were higher in PA than in PS individuals. Diversity for peanut allergens was greater in PA individuals (P < .001). All IgE characteristics were correlated with basophil and mast cell activation. Peanut SA (R = 0.447) and peanut diversity (R = 0.440) had the highest standardized β-coefficients in combined multivariable regression models (0.447 and 0.440, respectively).

Conclusions: IgE specificity, SA, avidity, and peanut diversity were greater in PA than in PS individuals. IgE peanut SA and peanut diversity had the greatest influence on effector cell activation and could be used clinically.

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