Shrimp allergy

Desjardins, A., Male, J. L., L Archeveque, J., Cartier, A., McCants, M., and Lehrer, S. B. (1995). Occupational IgE-mediated sensitization and asthma caused by clam and shrimp. /. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 96, 608-617. 

Lehrer, S.B., Ibanez, M.D., Mccants, M.L., Daul, C.B. 1988. Shrimp allergy—Identification and fractionation of allergens. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 81(1) 189—189. 

Nakano, S., Yoshinuma, T., Yamada, T. 2008. Reactivity of shrimp allergy-related IgE antibodies to krill tropomyosin. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology 145(3) 175-181. 

Witteman, A.M., et al. (1994). Identification of a cross-reactive allergen (presumably tropomyosin) in shrimp, mite and insects, Int. Arch. Allergy Immunol., 105, 1, 56-61. 

Atkinson DA, Sim TC, Grant JA Sodium metabisulfite and SO2 release An unrecognized hazard among shrimp fishermen. Ann Allergy 71 563-566, 1993... 

Only nine allergic reactions to cuttlefish have been described (Caffarelli et ah, 1996 Ebisawa et ah, 2003 Shibasaki et ah, 1989). One patient was a 10-year-old female who experienced a severe reaction to ingestion of cuttlefish that was manifested by urticaria, angioedema, asthma, abdominal pain, laryngeal edema, and hypotension (Shibasaki et ah, 1989). SPT and RAST were positive. This patient reportedly tolerated octopus, clam, oyster, abalone, mussel, and scallop but reacted to crab and shrimp. Caffarelli et ah (1996) describe a 14-year-old female who had cuttlefish-dependent, exercise-induced anaphylaxis. Ebisawa et ah (2003) reported 7 cases of allergy to cuttlefish among a series of 305 pediatric cases of food allergy but provided no specifics on the circumstances or symptoms of these patients. 

The major allergen of molluscan shellfish is tropomyosin, a muscle protein. The term major allergen is used to define proteins that elicit IgE binding in the sera of half or more of patienfs wifh allergies to the specific source (Metcalfe et ah, 1996). Tropomyosin is a ubiquitous muscle protein in all animals. Tropomyosin is a 34- to 36-kDa protein that is highly water soluble and heat stable as evidenced by the fact that tropomyosin can be isolated from fhe water used to boil shrimp (Daul et ah, 1994). Tropomyosin can actually be found in bofh muscle and many nonmuscle cells in animals. In muscle cells, tropomyosin is associated with the thin filaments in muscle and plays a role in the contractile activity of muscle cells. In nonmuscle cells, tropomyosin is found in microfilaments but its fimction is less well imderstood. Tropomyosins are present in all eukaryotic cells. Different isoforms of tropomyosin are found in different types of muscle cells (skeletal, cardiac, smooth), brain, fibroblasts, and other nonmuscle cells. While these tropomyosins are highly homologous, small differences do exist in their... 

Santos, A. B., Chapman, M. D., Aalberse, R. C., Vailes, L. D., Ferian, V. P., Oliver, C., Rizzo, M. C., Naspitz, C. K., and Arruda, L. K. (1999). Cockroach allergens and asthma in Brazil Identification of tropomyosin as a major allergen with potential cross-reactivity with mite and shrimp allergens. /. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 104, 329-337. 

S. Vieths. 2006. Structural, immunological and functional properties of natural recombinant Pen a 1, the major allergen of Brown Shrimp, Penaeus aztecus. Clin Exp Allergy 36 (4) 517-524. 

Ayuso, R., Lehrer, S.B., Reese, G. 2002a. Identification of continuous, allergenic regions of the major shrimp allergen Pen a 1 (tropomyosin). International Archives of Allergy and Immunology 127(1) 27—37. 

Crespo, J.F., Pascual, C., Helm, R., Sanchezpastor, S., Ojeda, I., Romualdo, L., Martinesteban, M., Ojeda, J.A. 1995b. Cross-reactivity of Ige-binding components between boiled Atlantic shrimp and German-cockroach. Allergy 50(ll) 918-924. 

Garcia-Orozco, K.D., Aispuro-Hemandez, E., Yepiz-Plascencia, G., Calderon-de-la-Barca, A.M., Sotelo-Mundo, R.R. 2007. Molecular characterization of arginine kinase, an allergen from the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology 144(1) 23—28. 

Goetz, D.W., Whisman, B.A. 2000. Occupational asthma in a seafood restaurant worker Cross-reactivity of shrimp and scallops. Annals of Allergy Asthma Immunology 85(6) 461 166. 

Lehrer, S.B. 1987. Seafood allergy—Immunological studies of shrimp hypersensitivity. Southern Medical Journal 80(9) 2-2. 

Leung, P.S.C., Chu, K.H., Chow, W.K., Ansari, A., Bandea, C.I., Kwan, H.S., Nagy, S.M., Gershwin, M.E. 1994. Cloning, expression, and primary structure of Metapenaeus-Ensis Tropomyosin, the major heat-stable shrimp allergen. Journal of Allergy and Clinical... 

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