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ArticleNature chemical biology2013

Inhibition of weak-affinity epitope-IgE interactions prevents mast cell degranulation.

Michael W Handlogten, Tanyel Kiziltepe, Ana P Serezani, Mark H Kaplan, Basar Bilgicer

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael W HandlogtenDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
Tanyel Kiziltepe
Ana P Serezani
Mark H Kaplan
Basar Bilgicer
University of Notre Dame · USIndiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · US

Funding

Cytokine regulation of skin barrier functionR01AI095282 · NIAID · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI KAPLAN, MARK H · 2012 to 2022
$4.3M
Designing Selective Inhibitors of IgE-mediated Mast Cell DegranulationR01AI108884 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME · PI BILGICER, ZIHNI BASAR · 2015 to 2024
$3.6M
Engineering Hetero-Bivalent Ligands to Inhibit IgE Clustering on Mast CellsR03AI085485 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME · PI BILGICER, ZIHNI BASAR · 2012 to 2013
$150k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI095282NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI108884NIAID NIH HHS R03 AI085485
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Development of specific inhibitors of allergy has had limited success, in part, owing to a lack of experimental models that reflect the complexity of allergen-IgE interactions. We designed a heterotetravalent allergen (HtTA) system, which reflects epitope heterogeneity, polyclonal response and number of immunodominant epitopes observed in natural allergens, thereby providing a physiologically relevant experimental model to study mast cell degranulation. The HtTA design revealed the importance of weak-affinity epitopes in allergy, particularly when presented with high-affinity epitopes. The effect of selective inhibition of weak-affinity epitope-IgE interactions was investigated with heterobivalent inhibitors (HBIs) designed to simultaneously target the antigen- and nucleotide-binding sites on the IgE Fab. HBI demonstrated enhanced avidity for the target IgE and was a potent inhibitor of degranulation in vitro and in vivo. These results demonstrate that partial inhibition of allergen-IgE interactions was sufficient to prevent mast cell degranulation, thus establishing the therapeutic potential of the HBI design.

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AllergensAnimalsBinding SitesCell DegranulationEpitopesImmunoglobulin EMast CellsMiceModels, MolecularMolecular StructurePassive Cutaneous AnaphylaxisProtein ConformationProtein EngineeringAllergensEpitopesImmunoglobulin E

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PMID24096304
PMCPMC3913000
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