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Passive sensitization of basophil leukocytes from non-atopic adult by plasma from allergic children.

Basophil leukocytes from a non-atopic donor, who responded well to anti-IgE, were depleted of their native membrane-bound IgE by acid treatment and passively sensitized with plasma containing either Phleum pratense-, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus- or dog dander- specific IgE obtained from 18 allergic children. Histamine release was then performed on the passively sensitized cells and the results were compared with those of bronchial provocation test (BPT), allergen-specific serum IgE (RAST), skin prick test (SPT), and conventional histamine release test (HR). A high coincidence rate was found between BPT, RAST and histamine release after passive sensitization (HR-PS), but compared to HR, it was lower. This could be because several of the patients had non-responding basophils (i.e. no release after challenge with anti-IgE) in the conventional histamine release assay. The lower rate was not related to a lack of antigen-specific IgE, since after passive sensitization of basophils, anti-IgE and allergen provocation could induce release. It is concluded that plasma from allergic children with non-responding basophil leukocytes contain antigen-specific IgE capable of binding to Fc-receptors on the basophils of a non-atopic donor. In addition it was found that the plasma could change the cell reactivity (maximal histamine release) of the donor cells, since the amount of histamine released varied according to the plasma used for passive sensitization. The lack of histamine release response in some patients could be because their own membrane-bound IgE is unable to induce mediator release or, more likely, activation of one or more of the subcellular steps involved in the release is impaired.[1]

References

  1. Passive sensitization of basophil leukocytes from non-atopic adult by plasma from allergic children. Nolte, H., Stafanger, G., Skov, P.S., Schiøtz, P.O. Allergy (1988) [Pubmed]
 
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