Continued expression of anti-soy protein antibodies in rats bred on a soy protein-free diet for one generation: The importance of dietary control in oral sensitization research

Continued expression of anti-soy protein antibodies in rats bred on a soy protein-free diet for one generation: The importance of dietary control in oral sensitization research

Knippels, L.M.J.
Penninks, A.H.
Houben, G.F.
Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO

1998

Background: One of the major factors that may have negatively affected the results of many oral sensitization studies in animals has been unscheduled dietary preexposure of the test animals or their parental generations to the antigen under investigation. Objective: The influence of dietary preexposure to soy protein on oral sensitization studies with soy protein in Brown Norway rats was investigated. Methods: Brown Norway rats bred on a soy protein-containing diet for several generations (routine bred [RB] animals) were placed on a soy protein-free diet during and for at least 6 months before breeding (F0 group). Four generations of offspring were bred on a soy protein-free diet (F1, F2, F3, and F4 groups). RB and F4 animals were exposed to soy protein either ad libitum through drinking water or parenterally with an adjuvant. Results: In the F0 and F1 animals soy protein-specific IgG antibodies were still detectable, whereas no soy protein-specific IgG was detectable in the other generations tested. In RB animals no significant increase in soy protein-specific IgG titers occurred after exposure to soy protein. Enteral exposure of the F4 animals to soy protein resulted in sensitization to soy protein, with increased soy protein-specific IgG titers. Conclusions: These studies demonstrate that there is a continued expression of anti-soy protein antibodies in rats bred and raised on a soy protein-free diet for one generation. Not only must the test animals be bred and raised on a specified antigen-free diet, but their parental generations must also be bred in the same manner to avoid any problems in oral sen-sitization studies. Copyright © 1998 by Mosby, Inc.

Nutrition
Brown Norway rat
Food allergy
IgG
Oral
Sensitization
Soy protein-free diet
Allergenicity
Animal experiment
Animal tissue
Antibody production
Controlled study
Diet restriction
Food allergy
Food composition
Milk allergy
Nonhuman
Protein restriction
Sensitization
Animals
Diet
Food Hypersensitivity
Hypersensitivity
Immunoglobulin G
Mouth Mucosa
Rats
Rats, Inbred BN
Soybean Proteins

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Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 101 (6 part 1), 815-820

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