IgE/anti-IgE immune complexes in sera from patients with Crohn's disease do not contain food-specific IgE

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
A HuberE Jensen-Jarolim

Abstract

An association of Crohn's disease (CD) with food allergy has been discussed, but the role of food-specific IgE has not been clarified yet. Since CD is combined with immune complex formation, we examined in the present study whether anti-IgE autoantibodies in such complexes might hinder the determination of specific IgE. In order to elucidate the role of food-specific IgE in CD, we tested sera from CD patients (n = 107), healthy controls (n = 65) and allergics subjects (n = 7) for their IgE binding to food antigens (yeast, corn, celeriac, wheat) by an immunodot assay. After determining levels of IgE/IgG anti-IgE immune complexes, we purified them from serum pools of patients with CD, allergic subjects and healthy controls by affinity absorption using a monoclonal anti-IgE antibody. These purified immune complexes were treated by low pH (pH = 4) in order to dissolve them and to increase the detectability of food-specific IgE by RAST and CAP assay. In CD sera no food-specific IgE could be detected, but levels of immune complexes of IgE and IgG anti-IgE autoantibodies were statistically significantly increased compared to healthy controls. pH treatment of purified IgE/IgG anti-IgE immune complexes resulted in a significant increase...Continue Reading

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