title: Kidney bean: a major sensitizer among legumes in asthma and rhinitis patients from India.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The prevalence of IgE mediated food allergies has increased over the last two decades. Food allergy has been reported to be fatal in highly sensitive individuals. Legumes are important food allergens but their prevalence may vary among different populations. The present study identifies sensitization to common legumes among Indian population, characterizes allergens of kidney bean and establishes its cross reactivity with other legumes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients (n = 355) with history of legume allergy were skin prick tested (SPT) with 10 legumes. Specific IgE (sIgE) and total IgE were estimated in sera by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Characterization of kidney bean allergens and their cross reactivity was investigated by immunobiochemical methods. Identification of major allergens of kidney bean was carried out by mass spectrometry.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Kidney bean exhibited sensitization in 78 (22.0%) patients followed by chickpea 65 (18.0%) and peanut 53 (15%). SPT positive patients depicted significantly elevated sIgE levels against different legumes (r = 0.85, p<0.0001). Sera from 30 kidney bean sensitive individuals exhibited basophil histamine release (16-54%) which significantly correlated with their SPT (r = 0.83, p<0.0001) and sIgE (r = 0.99, p<0.0001). Kidney bean showed eight major allergens of 58, 50, 45, 42, 40, 37, 34 and 18 kDa on immunoblot and required 67.3±2.51 ng of homologous protein for 50% IgE inhibition. Inhibition assays revealed extensive cross reactivity among kidney bean, peanut, black gram and pigeon pea. nLC-MS/MS analysis identified four allergens of kidney bean showing significant matches with known proteins namely lectin (phytohemagglutinin), phaseolin, alpha-amylase inhibitor precursor and group 3 late embryogenesis abundant protein.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Among legumes, kidney bean followed by chick pea and peanut are the major allergic triggers in asthma and rhinitis patients in India. Kidney bean showed eight major allergens and cross reacted with other legumes. A combination of SPT, sIgE and histamine release assay is helpful in allergy diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Allergy and Immunology Section, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Ramkrashan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kasera
authors.forename: Bhanu Pratap
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Sakuntala
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lavasa
authors.forename: Komerla N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: Ramesh C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Sahoo
authors.forename: Anand B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D010367:Arachis / Q000276:immunology; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D029863:Cicer / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000276:immunology; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D027805:Phaseolus / Q000276:immunology*; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D012882:Skin Tests; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E
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