Abstract
Tomato fruit and seed allergens were detected by IgE-immunoblotting using sera from 18 adult tomatosensitized
patients selected based on a positive history skin prick test (SPT) and specific Immunglobulin
(Ig) E-levels. Isolated tomato seed total protein showed high SPT activity comparable or even higher
than tomato fruit protein. For the molecular characterization of tomato seed allergens, a multidimensional
protein fractionation strategy and LC-MS/MS was used. Two legumin- and vicilin-proteins were
purified and showed strong IgE-reactivity in immunoblots. Individual patient sera exhibited varying
IgE-sensitivity against the purified proteins. In silico structural modeling indicates high homology
between epitopes of known walnut allergens and the detected IgE-crossreactive tomato proteins
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1111-1122 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Journal of Proteome Research |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 106002 Biochemistry
- 1030 Physics, Astronomy
- 106037 Proteomics