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ID 111268
Author
Takashima, Miwa Tokushima University
Morita, Hideaki Research Institute for Child Health and Development
Matsumoto, Kenji Research Institute for Child Health and Development
Saito, Hirohisa Research Institute for Child Health and Development
Keywords
allergen microarray
stool SIgA
SIgA degrading enzyme
serine protease inhibitor
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
Background and aims : Measurement of secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA) level is important to monitor various disease conditions. However SIgA in gut mucosa is degraded by pancreatic proteases and proteolytic enzymes from enteric microbiota. Currently, there is no reliable quantitation method that measures allergen-specific SIgA levels in stool of neonates, infants and toddlers. Methods : Allergen-specific SIgA levels in stool of 10 healthy neonates, infants and toddlers aged 0 to 36 months were measured by our new allergen microarray with densely carboxylated arms on a glass slide chip. Results : Protease activities in stool of 3-day-old neonates were low and no degradation of SIgA, IgA and allergens was detected. However, immunofluorescence signals of SIgA, IgA and allergen on the chip were markedly reduced by stool extracts obtained from infants and toddlers aged more than one month in dose- and time-dependent manners. Such reduction was almost completely inhibited by serine protease inhibitors, phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) and partly by leupeptin, but not by a variety of other protease inhibitors tested. Conclusion : Allergen-specific SIgA levels in stool of neonates, infants and toddlers under 36 months of age could be analyzed using protease inhibitors, including PMSF and leupeptin.
Journal Title
The Journal of Medical Investigation
ISSN
13496867
13431420
NCID
AA11166929
AA12022913
Publisher
Faculty of Medicine Tokushima University
Volume
62
Issue
3-4
Start Page
137
End Page
144
Sort Key
137
Published Date
2015-08
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DOI (Published Version)
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language
eng
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departments
Bioscience and Bioindustry
Institute of Advanced Medical Sciences