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Emerging Allergens in Goji Berry Superfruit: The Identification of New IgE Binding Proteins towards Allergic Patients’ Sera

The goji berry (Lycium barbarum L.) (GB) is gaining increasing attention with high consumption worldwide due to its exceptional nutritional value and medicinal benefits displayed in humans. Beyond their beneficial properties, GBs contain renowned allergenic proteins, and therefore deserve inclusion...

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Autores principales: Uasuf, Carina Gabriela, De Angelis, Elisabetta, Guagnano, Rocco, Pilolli, Rosa, D’Anna, Claudia, Villalta, Danilo, Brusca, Ignazio, Monaci, Linda
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7277879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32365614
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom10050689
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author Uasuf, Carina Gabriela
De Angelis, Elisabetta
Guagnano, Rocco
Pilolli, Rosa
D’Anna, Claudia
Villalta, Danilo
Brusca, Ignazio
Monaci, Linda
author_facet Uasuf, Carina Gabriela
De Angelis, Elisabetta
Guagnano, Rocco
Pilolli, Rosa
D’Anna, Claudia
Villalta, Danilo
Brusca, Ignazio
Monaci, Linda
author_sort Uasuf, Carina Gabriela
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description The goji berry (Lycium barbarum L.) (GB) is gaining increasing attention with high consumption worldwide due to its exceptional nutritional value and medicinal benefits displayed in humans. Beyond their beneficial properties, GBs contain renowned allergenic proteins, and therefore deserve inclusion among the allergenic foods capable of inducing allergic reactions in sensitive consumers. GB allergy has been frequently linked to the panallergen lipid transfer protein (LTP), especially across the population of the Mediterranean area. Methods: In this study, we investigated the protein profile of GBs focusing on the most reactive proteins against immunoglobulins E (IgE) of allergic patients’ sera, as ascertained by immunoblot experiments. The protein spots displaying a clear reaction were excised, in-gel digested, and analyzed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) followed by data searching against a restricted database for a reliable protein identification. Results: According to our data, three main spots were identified in GB extract as IgE binding proteins after immunoblot analysis. Some major proteins were identified and the three proteins that provided the highest reactivity were putatively attributed to vicilin and legumin proteins followed by a protein matching with 11S globulin belonging to the cupin superfamily. Finally, the whole GB protein extract was also submitted to bottom-up proteomics followed by a software-based database (DB) screening and a more exhaustive list of GB proteins was compiled.
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spelling pubmed-72778792020-06-12 Emerging Allergens in Goji Berry Superfruit: The Identification of New IgE Binding Proteins towards Allergic Patients’ Sera Uasuf, Carina Gabriela De Angelis, Elisabetta Guagnano, Rocco Pilolli, Rosa D’Anna, Claudia Villalta, Danilo Brusca, Ignazio Monaci, Linda Biomolecules Article The goji berry (Lycium barbarum L.) (GB) is gaining increasing attention with high consumption worldwide due to its exceptional nutritional value and medicinal benefits displayed in humans. Beyond their beneficial properties, GBs contain renowned allergenic proteins, and therefore deserve inclusion among the allergenic foods capable of inducing allergic reactions in sensitive consumers. GB allergy has been frequently linked to the panallergen lipid transfer protein (LTP), especially across the population of the Mediterranean area. Methods: In this study, we investigated the protein profile of GBs focusing on the most reactive proteins against immunoglobulins E (IgE) of allergic patients’ sera, as ascertained by immunoblot experiments. The protein spots displaying a clear reaction were excised, in-gel digested, and analyzed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) followed by data searching against a restricted database for a reliable protein identification. Results: According to our data, three main spots were identified in GB extract as IgE binding proteins after immunoblot analysis. Some major proteins were identified and the three proteins that provided the highest reactivity were putatively attributed to vicilin and legumin proteins followed by a protein matching with 11S globulin belonging to the cupin superfamily. Finally, the whole GB protein extract was also submitted to bottom-up proteomics followed by a software-based database (DB) screening and a more exhaustive list of GB proteins was compiled. MDPI 2020-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7277879/ /pubmed/32365614 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom10050689 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Uasuf, Carina Gabriela
De Angelis, Elisabetta
Guagnano, Rocco
Pilolli, Rosa
D’Anna, Claudia
Villalta, Danilo
Brusca, Ignazio
Monaci, Linda
Emerging Allergens in Goji Berry Superfruit: The Identification of New IgE Binding Proteins towards Allergic Patients’ Sera
title Emerging Allergens in Goji Berry Superfruit: The Identification of New IgE Binding Proteins towards Allergic Patients’ Sera
title_full Emerging Allergens in Goji Berry Superfruit: The Identification of New IgE Binding Proteins towards Allergic Patients’ Sera
title_fullStr Emerging Allergens in Goji Berry Superfruit: The Identification of New IgE Binding Proteins towards Allergic Patients’ Sera
title_full_unstemmed Emerging Allergens in Goji Berry Superfruit: The Identification of New IgE Binding Proteins towards Allergic Patients’ Sera
title_short Emerging Allergens in Goji Berry Superfruit: The Identification of New IgE Binding Proteins towards Allergic Patients’ Sera
title_sort emerging allergens in goji berry superfruit: the identification of new ige binding proteins towards allergic patients’ sera
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7277879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32365614
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom10050689
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