• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.256-261
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• 2001

Allergenicity of genetically-modified (GM) soybean was evaluated in male Sprague Dawley rats. To confirm the GM soybean used in this study, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed using the chromosomal DNA of soybeans. The PCR result provided the clear discrimination of genetically-modified (GM) soybeans. To evaluate the allergenicity of GM soybean and non-GM control one, the soybean homogenate was sensitized subcutaneously 3 times a week for 3 weeks. The doses of soybean were 0, 2 and 20 mg/kg in the protein basis. A week after the last sensitization, antisera were recovered from individual animals. When the sera were injected intradermally on the clipped back of unsensitized rats with various dilutions, followed by a challenge with 20 mg/kg of soybean homogenate containing 1% Evans blue, no sign of passive cutaneous anaphylaxis reaction was detected. In addition, when the sera were treated in the cultures of peritoneal mast cells, the increase of histamine release by anti-(GM soybean) sera was not observed when compared to that by anti-(non-GM soybean) sera. The present results indicate that the GM soybean might not act as a strong allergen in male Sprague Dawley rats.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.317-322
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• 2009

The proteins from 15 types of cultivar of hot peppers cultivated in Korea were extracted and its allergenicity was investigated by immunoblotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The immunoblotting of hot pepper proteins extracts (HPEs) against serum of hot pepper sensitized patients revealed dominant IgE binding to 14, 37, and 40 kDa molecules. The specific levels of IgE to HPEs sample No. 1, 3, and 7 were much higher than the other samples in patients. Also, IgE binding capacity of HPEs were not reduced by thermal processing and digestion in ELISA using human IgE antibody acquired from hot pepper sensitized patients. By means of Western blotting using anti-thaumatin IgY, thaumatin-like protein (TLP) acting as allergen in several plants and fruits was detected in tested hot peppers. This study demonstrates that the antigenic protein in hot peppers are present but are differently contained according to cultivars.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.3-8
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• 2013

Buckwheat is known as a health food but is one of the major food allergens triggering potentially fatal anaphylaxis in Asia, especially in Japan and Korea. This study was conducted to investigate the characteristic of enzymatic resistance of buckwheat protein and allergenic potential. Enzymatic resistance of buckwheat protein was performed with in vitro digestibility test in simulated gastric fluid (SGF), pH 1.2, using pepsin and simulated intestinal fluid (SIF) using chymotrypsin. Reactivity of buckwheat proteins to human IgE was performed using six allergic patients sensitized to buckwheat. Buckwheat's IgE levels were measured using the Phadia UniCAP-system. Buckwheat protein, 16 kDa, still remained after 30 min treatment of pepsin on SDS-PAGE. Even though 16 kDa almost disappeared after 60 min treatment, two out of the six buckwheat patients' sera showed reactivity to hydrolysate after 60 min treatment, indicating that allergenicity still remained. In simulated intestinal fluid (SIF) using chymotrypsin, buckwheat protein, 24 kDa, showed resistance to hydrolysis with chymotrypsin on SDS-PAGE, and still had allergenicity based on the result of ELISA. Our results suggest that buckwheat proteins have strong resistance to enzyme degradation. This may be attributed in part to the allergenic potential of buckwheat. Further study should be continued regarding buckwheat allergy.

• Nutritional Sciences
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.317-322
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• 2006

Soybeans are well-known as allergenic foods. Koreans consume large amounts of soybean foods, such as kochujang, which have gone through the fermentation process. To lower the allergenicity of these foods, we prepared hypo allergenic kochujang with aloe extract (AK). A sensory evaluation was conducted along with a clinical evaluation that used a double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge (DBPCFC) test These tests were designed to evaluate the acceptability of the fermented foods. In comparison to normal kochujang (NK), AK elicited a higher sensory test score, and the rate of positive reactions in atopic dermatitis patients during the DBPCFC test was reduced. Methods of protein extraction, protein quantitation with sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), and protein identification using two-dimensional (2D) gel electrophoresis were performed for both NK and AK to compare the functional factors. We found a reduction in the levels of high molecular proteins even though the bands of the proteins had not entirely disappeared, indicating that the boiling and fermentation process changed the soybean protein patterns. The rate of the reduction of high molecular proteins was more effective in the AK. In conclusion, AK can be recognized as a food with hypoallergenic effect.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.238-244
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• 2009

시판 돈육 소시지에 가압가열 처리를 하고 펩신 및 트립신을 처리한 후 ci-ELISA, SDS-PAGE 및 immunoblotting을 실시하여 시판 돈육 소시지의 항원성 변화를 살펴본 결과는 다음과 같다. A와 B 제품 소시지는 가압가열 처리에 의해 항체와의 결합력이 각각 30%, 23% 이하로 크게 감소하였다. SDS-PAGE 결과에서도 두 제품 모두 5분간 가압가열 처리에 의해 PSA band가 약화되었으며 10분 및 30분 처리 시에는 PSA band가 저분자 펩타이드로 많이 분해되었다. Immunoblotting 결과에서는 두 제품 모두 무처리구의 PSA band가 항체와 반응하였지만 가압가열 처리 후에는 항체와 반응하지 않았다. 가압가열 처리에 의한 돈육 소시지의 항원성 저감화를 확인한 후 소화효소가 감소된 시판 소시지의 항원성에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. Ci-ELISA를 실시하여 PSA와 p-IgG와의 결합력을 살펴본 결과 A 제품의 경우 5, 10 및 30분 가압가열 처리구가 펩신 및 트립신 처리에 의해 결합력이 약 20% 이하로 크게 감소하였으며 특히 가압가열 30분 처리구는 약 10% 이하의 가장 낮은 결합력을 나타내었다. B제품은 가압가열 30분 처리구의 경우 소화효소 처리 후에도 감소하는 경향을 보였으며 트립신 120분 처리에 의해 약 10% 이하로 결합력이 감소하였다. SDS-PAGE 결과에서는 A 제품의 경우 모든 가압가열 처리구의 PSA band가 펩신 처리 시 저분자 펩타이드로 많이 분해되었으며 10 및 30분 가압가열 처리구의 경우 PSA band가 트립신 처리에 의해 거의 소실되었다. B 제품의 가압가열 처리구는 효소처리에 의해 PSA band가 더욱 약화되었으며 특히 가압가열 30분 처리구의 PSA band는 트립신 처리 후 거의 소실되었다. Immunoblotting결과에서는 A제품의 경우 무처리구의 PSA band가 펩신 30분 처리까지 항체와 다소 강하게 반응하였지만 가압가열과 효소처리 후에는 항체와 반응하지 않았으며 B 제품은 효소처리에 의해 모든 실험구가 항체와 반응하지 않았다. 이상의 결과를 종합해 볼 때 돈육 시판 소시지는 가압가열 처리에 의해 항원성이 크게 감소하였으며 소화효소 처리 후에도 항원성이 증가하지 않고 오히려 감소하는 경향을 나타내었다. 따라서 가압가열 처리한 돈육 소시지는 섭취 후 소화, 흡수 시에도 항원성이 감소하므로 가압가열 처리가 돼지고기 알레르기 저감화에 효과적인 방법임을 확인하였다.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.25.1-25.12
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• 2023

Adaptation of infections and hosts has resulted in several metabolic mechanisms adopted by intracellular pathogens to combat the defense responses and the lack of fuel during infection. Human tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is the world's first cause of mortality tied to a single disease. This study aims to characterize and anticipate potential antigen characteristics for promising vaccine candidates for the hypothetical protein of MTB through computational strategies. The protein is associated with the catalyzation of dithiol oxidation and/or disulfide reduction because of the protein's anticipated disulfide oxidoreductase properties. This investigation analyzed the protein's physicochemical characteristics, protein-protein interactions, subcellular locations, anticipated active sites, secondary and tertiary structures, allergenicity, antigenicity, and toxicity properties. The protein has significant active amino acid residues with no allergenicity, elevated antigenicity, and no toxicity.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제55권5호
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• pp.153-158
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• 2012

Food allergy is an important public health problem affecting 5% of infants and children in Korea. Food allergy is defined as an immune response triggered by food proteins. Food allergy is highly associated with atopic dermatitis and is one of the most common triggers of potentially fatal anaphylaxis in the community. Sensitization to food allergens can occur in the gastrointestinal tract (class 1 food allergy) or as a consequence of cross reactivity to structurally homologous inhalant allergens (class 2 food allergy). Allergenicity of food is largely determined by structural aspects, including cross-reactivity and reduced or enhanced allergenicity with cooking that convey allergenic characteristics to food. Management of food allergy currently focuses on dietary avoidance of the offending foods, prompt recognition and treatment of allergic reactions, and nutritional support. This review includes definitions and examines the prevalence and management of food allergies and the characteristics of food allergens.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.253-256
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• 2001

Irradiation of food is not only used for sanitation purposes but can be used for processing techniques to reduce or eliminate toxic or undesirable compounds on food. Irradiation wag effective to reduce the allergenicity of food by modification of the structure of proteins causing allergy reactions. Volatile N-nitrosmaine was reduced or eliminated by irradiation in the model system study and the breakdown products by irradiation did not recombine under human stomach conditions (pH 2,3, and 4,37$^{\circ}C$). The possibility of residual chlorophyll b reduction by irradiation was also found, and the model study indicated that irradiation be used to destroy chlorophyll b, resulting in protection from photooxidation in oil without acceleration of lipid oxidation during irradiation. In this paper, several on-going research projects for the application of food irradiation as a new processing technique are introduced, including reduction of food allergens, breakdown of volatile N-nitrosamine and residual chlorophyll b.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.385-391
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• 2006

In Korea, different kinds of genetically modified (GM) crops are under development, including GM-rice expressing insecticidal crystal (Cry) proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) modified to change a single amino acid. In this study, amino acid (aa) sequences of modified Cry proteins were compared to that of known allergens, and Cry proteins expressed in GM-rice were identified by using Cry protein specific polyclonal antibody. The antigen-antibody reactions were compared between GM and commercial rice to assess the allergic risk of Cry proteins. This analysis showed no known allergen to have more than 35% aa sequence homology with modified Cry proteins in Bt rice over an 80 aa window or to have more than 8 consecutive identical aa. Sera from allergic patients showed some IgE reactivity via immunoblotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), although no differences were seen between GM and commercial rice. Based on these results we conclude that GM rice with modified Cry proteins has no differences in its protein composition or allergenicity relative to commercial rice.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식품위생안전성학회 2003년도 춘계학술발표대회 및 심포지움 : 식품유래 위해물질의 안전성
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• pp.20-35
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• 2003