Majority of shrimp-allergic patients are allergic to mealworm
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The growing world population motivates the exploration of new sustainable protein sources to ensure food security. Insects such as mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) are promising candidates, with active ongoing marketing efforts within America and Europe. This warrants assessment of the potential risks. Toxicologic and microbiological risks were assessed previously,1, 2 but not the potentially allergenic risks. Pilot results3 suggest that shrimp-allergic patients might be at risk for mealworm allergy because IgE binding to tropomyosin and arginine kinase (major shellfish allergens) and sarcoplasmic calcium-binding protein and myosin light chain (minor shell fish allergens) was detected. Our aim was to investigate the allergic potential of mealworm in the shrimp-allergic population.
Chemicals / CAS arginine kinase, 9026-70-4; immunoglobulin E, 37341-29-0; tropomyosin, 72067-79-9.
Chemicals / CAS arginine kinase, 9026-70-4; immunoglobulin E, 37341-29-0; tropomyosin, 72067-79-9.
Topics
arginine kinasecalcium binding proteinimmunoglobulin Emyosin light chaintropomyosinabdominal crampallergenicityallergy rapid testanaphylaxiscross reactiondyspneafood allergyfood securityhouse dust allergyhumaninsect allergyLetterMacrobrachium rosenbergiimealworm allergymolecular weightnauseanonhumanPenaeus monodonpollen allergyprick testpriority journalsensitizationshrimp allergyTenebrio molitorurticariavomitingadverse effectsclinical trialdouble blind procedureFood HypersensitivityimmunologyAdultAgedAnimalsDouble-Blind MethodFemaleFood HypersensitivityHumansMaleMiddle AgedPenaeidaeShellfishTenebrio
TNO Identifier
954754
ISSN
00916749
Source
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 137(4), pp. 1261-1263.
Pages
1261-1263
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