title: Recombinant fish parvalbumins: Candidates for diagnosis and treatment of fish allergy.
abstract: Fish and fish products represent one of the most important causes of IgE-mediated food hypersensitivity. In sensitized individuals contact with and consumption of fish can lead to severe health problems, ranging from urticaria and dermatitis to angiedema, diarrhoea, asthma and, at worst, systemic anaphylactic reactions and death. Parvalbumin, a small calcium-binding protein present in the muscles of vertebrates, was identified as the major fish allergen. We describe the isolation and characterization of cDNA clones coding for carp parvalbumin by IgE immunoscreening of a carp muscle expression library. These clones will be the basis for the production of recombinant carp parvalbumin, a useful tool for in vitro and in vivo diagnosis of fish allergy.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, AKH, University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Ines
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Swoboda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bugajska-Schretter
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Valenta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spitzauer
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002347:Carps / Q000276:immunology*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010320:Parvalbumins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D010320:Parvalbumins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins