A mouse model of food allergy permitting skin and nasal symptoms

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PURPOSE: Developing experimental animal models that show clinical symptoms and methods for quantitative and objective evaluation are important for understanding food allergies. Therefore, this study aimed to develop an ovalbumin (OVA)-induced mouse model of food allergy and a useful method to evaluate the symptoms of food allergy.

MATERIAL/METHODS: Mice were sensitized via intraperitoneal injection of OVA. Subsequently, local sensitization was performed once weekly by oral administration of OVA. Itching and nasal symptoms were observed after oral administration of the antigen. First, we examined the dose-dependency of the antigen. Symptoms were checked weekly. In order to confirm food allergy symptoms, the effect of histamine H1 receptor antagonist was examined. Finally, we measured antigen-specific IgE antibody levels in the serum.

RESULTS: Scratching behavior, sneezing and nasal rubbing were increased. Both itching and rhinitis symptoms increased steadily, after which, the number of symptoms remained almost constant. No difference was observed between the results of 3- and 5-week-old mice. Cetirizine inhibited these symptoms in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, antigen-specific IgE antibodies were produced in both 3- and 5-week-old mice.

CONCLUSIONS: This method may be useful for evaluating the symptoms of skin and rhinitis that could not be assessed in the conventional food allergy model and could be induced with a low dose of antigen. In particular, the developed method, which measures the number of itching and nasal symptoms, may enable quantitative, objective, and noninvasive evaluation of food allergy severity.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:68

Enthalten in:

Advances in medical sciences - 68(2023), 2 vom: 03. Sept., Seite 372-378

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Morinaga, Takafumi [VerfasserIn]
Yamamoto, Takuya [VerfasserIn]
Sugimoto, Yukio [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

37341-29-0
Allergens
Food allergy
Immunoglobulin E
Itching
Journal Article
Mice
Ovalbumin
Rhinitis

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Date Completed 24.11.2023

Date Revised 24.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.advms.2023.09.012

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362910146