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ArticleClinical proteomics2024

Elevated level of multibranched complex glycan reveals an allergic tolerance status.

Ran Zhao, Chao Wang, Feidie Li, Zeyu Zeng, Yijing Hu, Xiaoyan Dong

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Ran Zhao *Department of Respiration, School of Medicine, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 355 Luding Rd Shanghai, Shanghai, 200062, China.
Chao Wang *Department of Respiration, School of Medicine, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 355 Luding Rd Shanghai, Shanghai, 200062, China.
Feidie LiDepartment of Respiration, School of Medicine, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 355 Luding Rd Shanghai, Shanghai, 200062, China.
Zeyu ZengDepartment of Respiration, School of Medicine, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 355 Luding Rd Shanghai, Shanghai, 200062, China.
Yijing HuDepartment of Respiration, School of Medicine, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 355 Luding Rd Shanghai, Shanghai, 200062, China.
Xiaoyan DongDepartment of Respiration, School of Medicine, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 355 Luding Rd Shanghai, Shanghai, 200062, China. dongxy@shchildren.com.cn.

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the Interdisciplinary Program of Shanghai Jiao Tong University YG2021QN113the National Natural Science Foundation of China 32301068the Yangfan Plan of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission 22YF1437100
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Abstract

backgroundAllergen immunotherapy (AIT) is the only disease-modifying therapy that can achieve immune tolerance in patients through long-term allergen stimulation. Glycans play crucial roles in allergic disease, but no information on changes in glycosylation related to an allergic tolerance status has been reported.

methodsFifty-seven patients with house dust mite (HDM) allergies were enrolled. Twenty-eight patients were not treated with AIT, 19 patients had just entered the AIT maintenance treatment phase, and 10 patients had been in the AIT maintenance phase for more than 1 year. Serum protein N-glycans were analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), which included linkage-specific sialylation information.

resultsEighty-four N-glycans were identified in all three groups. Compared with the patients treated without AIT, the patients treated with AIT for a shorter time showed downregulated expression of high-mannose glycans and upregulated expression of α2,6 sialic acid. The patients treated with AIT in the maintenance phase for over 1 year, which was considered the start of immunological tolerance, showed downregulated expression of biantennary N-glycans and upregulated expression of multibranched and complex N-glycans. Nine N-glycans were changed between allergic and allergic-tolerant patients.

conclusionsThe glycan form changed from mannose to a more complex type as treatment time increased, and multibranched complex glycans have the potential to be used as a monitoring indicator of immune tolerance. This serum N-glycome analysis provided important information for a deeper understanding of AIT treatment at the molecular level.

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Allergen immunotherapyAllergic patientsMass spectrometryN-glycomicsSerum

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PMCPMC11161957

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