Human memory CD4+ T cell response to the major dog allergen Can f 5, prostatic kallikrein
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY(2016)
Abstract
BackgroundHuman CD4+ T cell responses to important animal allergens are still insufficiently understood. ObjectiveTo comprehensively characterize invitro and exvivo the peripheral blood memory CD4+ T cell responses of subjects with and without allergy to the major dog allergen Can f 5, the only known animal allergen in the kallikrein family of proteins. MethodsCan f 5-specific memory CD4+ T cell lines (TCLs) were established from the peripheral blood of 12 subjects with and 12 subjects without allergy to Can f 5 and characterized for their functional and phenotypic properties. The results were evaluated with those obtained exvivo with a novel CD154 enrichment method. The epitopes recognized by the Can f 5-specific TCLs were determined with 72 overlapping 16-mer peptides covering the sequence of the allergen. ResultsCan f 5-specific TCLs were obtained at about tenfold higher frequency from allergic than from non-allergic subjects. Functionally, the TCLs of allergic subjects displayed a Th2-biased cytokine phenotype and increased T cell receptor avidity, whereas the TCLs of non-allergic subjects displayed a Th1-/Th0-biased cytokine phenotype and lower TCR avidity. The higher frequency and the Th2 phenotype of Can f 5-specific memory CD4+ T cells in allergic subjects were confirmed by the CD154 enrichment method exvivo. Six distinct T cell epitope regions of Can f 5 were predominantly recognized by the TCLs from allergic subjects. Conclusions and Clinical RelevanceCan f 5-specific memory CD4+ T cell responses differ considerably between subjects with and without allergy, as assessed by both invitro and exvivo approaches. Peptides containing the dominant T cell epitopes of Can f 5 can be employed for developing peptide-based immunotherapy for dog allergy.
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Key words
Can f 5,Memory T cells,Th1,Th2,T cell epitope,allergy,immunotherapy,peptide
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