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Biophysical determinants of toluene diisocyanate antigenicity associated with exposure and asthma.

Authors
Ye, YM  | Kim, CW | Kim, HR | Kim, HM | Suh, CH  | Nahm, DH  | Park, HS  | Redlich, CA | Wisnewski, AV
Citation
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 118(4). : 885-891, 2006
Journal Title
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology
ISSN
0091-67491097-6825
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Toluene diisocyanate (TDI), a widely used aromatic diisocyanate with the potential to cause asthma, reacts with albumin in the airway fluid, which acts as a carrier protein for chemical presentation to the immune system. Structural elucidation of TDI-albumin conjugates is crucial to understanding the human immune response to TDI exposure.



OBJECTIVE: Investigate the dependence of TDI's antigenicity on the biophysics of exposure and its association with TDI asthma.



METHODS: Toluene diisocyanate-albumin conjugates were generated by exposing albumin to TDI in liquid or vapor phase (liquid or vapor TDI-albumin, respectively). Conjugates were characterized by native gel electrophoresis and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry, and used as antigens in ELISA assays for serum specific-IgE and IgG.



RESULTS: The physical phase of TDI (vapor vs liquid) affects the formation of TDI-albumin conjugates, with measurable differences in the amount of TDI per albumin molecule, migration in native gels, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry mass/charge spectra, and antigenicity. Vapor TDI-albumin conjugates were recognized by IgE from 44% of subjects with TDI asthma, whereas liquid TDI-albumin conjugates are recognized by IgE from only 17% of these patients. A significant (P < .05) association between TDI exposure and vapor TDI-albumin specific serum IgG was also observed.



CONCLUSION: Biophysics of TDI exposure substantially affects formation of TDI-albumin conjugates recognized by the immune system in association with exposure and asthma.



CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: The data suggest that serology may help identify TDI asthmatics and exposed workers if the appropriate form of TDI is used as the antigenic basis for analysis.
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DOI
10.1016/j.jaci.2006.06.026
PMID
17030242
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Journal Papers > School of Medicine / Graduate School of Medicine > Allergy
Journal Papers > School of Medicine / Graduate School of Medicine > Rheumatology
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남, 동호  |  박, 해심  |  서, 창희  |  예, 영민
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