title: The collaborative study of the international standard of dog, Canis domesticus, hair/dander extract.
abstract: A collaborative study was carried out to assess the suitability of a chosen preparation to serve as the international standard (IS) for dog (Canis domesticus) hair/dander extract. Sets of five coded preparations of dog extract, including the proposed IS, were delivered to each participating laboratory in glass-sealed ampules. Fifteen laboratories in nine different countries examined the preparations by RAST inhibition, crossed immunoelectrophoresis/crossed radioimmunoelectrophoresis, histamine release, and by other methods. In spite of the use of different versions of methods and different reagents, quite consistent results were obtained, and the proposed IS was found to have a satisfactory activity in all assays and to be useful as a calibrator when allergenic potency of similar dog allergenic extracts was estimated. Four laboratories estimated the specific content of allergens Ag 3, Ag 13, and albumin and found the proposed IS to be a suitable standard for these assays. On the basis of the results from this study, the World Health Organization established the preparation as the international standard for dog hair/dander extract with an assigned unitage of 100,000 IU per ampule. The units refer to both the total allergenic activity of the ampule and to that of individual allergens.
authors.affiliation: University of Copenhagen, Protein Laboratory, Denmark.
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gjesing
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Petrunov
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Silvestri
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Løwenstein
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens / Q000592:standards*; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs / Q000276:immunology*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006197:Hair / Q000276:immunology*; D007123:Immunoelectrophoresis, Two-Dimensional; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011309:Preservation, Biological; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D011852:Radioallergosorbent Test
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens; D011506:Proteins