Fg. Chirdo et al., Analysis of anti-gliadin antibodies by immunoblot analysis and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using gliadin fractions as antigens, J PED GASTR, 29(2), 1999, pp. 171-177
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION
Background: Anti-gliadin antibody (AGA) determination has been widely used
in the screening test to detect celiac patients in the gene;al population a
nd in risk groups. Serological assays present variable efficiency, probably
caused by differences in the antigenic mixtures employed as antigen, The o
bjective of this wort is to evaluate the use of purified gliadin fractions
in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test.
Methods: Anti-gliadin antibody reactivity was characterized in the sera of
patients with celiac disease, and AGA levels were determined by immunoblot
analysis using, purified gliadin fractions after separation of wheat protei
ns by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE)
and acid-PAGE and after indirect ELISA. Seven antigenic mixtures were teste
d: commercial gliadin, ethanolic wheat extract, and five fast protein liqui
d chromatography-purified fractions (omega-gliadins, two mixtures of alpha-
/beta- and beta-/gamma-gliadins). Immunoblot analysis after A-PAGE separati
on showed that immunoglobulin (IgG)A reactivity was frequently more restric
ted than that of IgG. Serum IgA in 15 of 23 patients showed intense reactiv
ity against omega-gliadins.
Results: In seven cases, only omega-gliadins were detected, To compare the
efficiency of ELISA tests, serum samples of 28 patients with celiac disease
and 31 control subjects were tested against the seven gliadin fractions. I
mmunoglobulin G AGAs demonstrated similar levels against the different glia
din fractions, whereas IgA AGAs showed a heterogeneous reactivity that depe
nded on the fraction tested. The lowest number of false-positive and false-
negative results was obtained when the omega-gliadin fraction was used. Par
ameters for ELISA showed that the omega-gliadin fraction elicited the highe
st assay efficiency for determinations of both IgA and IgG AGAs, A good cor
relation was found between IgG and IgA anti-omega-gliadin and anti-endomysi
al antibody determinations. Of the 28 biopsy-confirmed patients with celiac
disease, 26 samples (23 positive and 3 negative) were found to have concor
dant results among the three determinations.
Conclusions: In this study, an intense and, in many cases, selective recogn
ition of omega-gliadins was observed. Results suggest that a higher perform
ance in AGA determination could be achieved using omega-gliadin as an antig
en in indirect ELISA.