title: Allergens from Dermatophagoides mites with chymotryptic activity.
abstract: A new set of allergens from Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and D. farinae (provisionally named DP5 and DF5, respectively) was isolated from the whole culture of mites. The apparent molecular weights of both allergens were shown to be 25,000 on SDS-PAGE under a reducing condition and 27,000 on Sephadex G-75 gel filtration chromatography. Both DP5 and DF5, as well as Der f III, possessed proteolytic activity. The results of substrate specificity and susceptibility to various protease inhibitors of DP5 and DF5 strongly suggested that they belonged to the chymotrypsin-like serine protease family. In sera from 88 mite-allergic patients, specific IgE antibodies to DP5 and/or DF5 were detected in only 41% of the sera by radio-allergosorbent test, while 90% and 93% had specific IgE antibodies to Der p I and/or Der f I and Der p II and/or Der f II, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, National Sagamihara Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yasueda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamakawa
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D039741:Antigens, Dermatophagoides; D002918:Chymotrypsin / Q000032:analysis*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000276:immunology; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000276:immunology; D008925:Mites / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011852:Radioallergosorbent Test; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens; D039741:Antigens, Dermatophagoides; D006023:Glycoproteins; D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D002918:Chymotrypsin