The developmental accumulation pattern of messenger RNA transcripts and polypeptides for wheat gliadins and ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase was determined using cDNA and antibody probes. Gliadin mRNA was detected on Northern and RNA dot blots at 3 days after flowering, it increased 100-fold by 10 days and decreased subsequent to 14 days. The abundant mRNAs encoding alpha/beta- and gamma-type gliad...

In this study, changes in hydrophobic interactions among gluten proteins were analyzed during dough mixing. Size-exclusion high-performance chromatography and two-dimensional fluorescence difference gel electrophoresis performed on extracted with 1-propanol by weakening the interaction. The amount of 30% increased from start mixing to peak consistency, suggesting that strongly aggregated weaken...

AIMS To compare and contrast the sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive values of IgA antibodies to guinea pig tissue transglutaminase (ELISA), endomysium, and reticulin (immunofluorescence), and gliadin (ELISA), and IgG antibodies to gliadin and tissue transglutaminase. METHODS Sera from 27 newly diagnosed patients with coeliac disease, 65 biopsied gastrointestinal disease control...

The isolation of gliadin specific HLA-DQ2 restricted T lymphocyte clones from the intestinal mucosa of patients with coeliac disease supports a role for cell mediated immunity in the pathogenesis of this condition. Whether supernatants from immune activated T cell clones could produce histological damage to duodenal mucosa in vitro was studied. Biopsy specimens were obtained from 18 patients wi...

Gluten proteins are major determinants of the bread making quality of wheat but also of important gluten-related disorders. The gluten protein accumulation during grain filling is strongly influenced by nitrogen fertilization. We have characterized the gluten proteins in low-gliadin wheat lines as influenced by nitrogen treatments in two experiments. These transgenic lines, D783, D793, C655, D5...

In genetically predisposed individuals, ingestion of wheat gliadin provokes a T-cell-mediated enteropathy, celiac disease. Gliadin fragments were previously reported to induce phenotypic maturation and Th1 cytokine production by human dendritic cells (DCs) and to boost their capacity to stimulate allogeneic T cells. Here, we monitor the effects of gliadin on migratory capacities of DCs. Using t...

Celiac sprue is a disorder characterized by the symptoms of malabsorption and an abnormal small bowel histology, which is due to the patient's intolerance to gluten. Gluten is a protein found in wheat and wheat products. The typical symptoms of malabsorption include weight loss, abdominal distention, bloating, diarrhea and steatorrhea. However, the severity of the disease varies greatly among t...

Gliadins are the major components of storage proteins in wheat grains, and they play an essential role in the dough extensibility and nutritional quality of flour. Because of the large number of the gliadin family members, the high level of sequence identity, and the lack of abundant genomic data for Triticum species, identifying the full complement of gliadin family genes in hexaploid wheat re...

Levels of serum IgA, IgG, and IgG subclass antibodies to a variety of dietary antigens were determined by enzyme linked immunosorbent assays in 14 adults with untreated coeliac disease and in 10 disease controls selected because of raised total IgG activities. The untreated coeliacs showed somewhat higher total IgG activity (p approximately 0.05) and significantly raised IgA and IgG1 + IgG3 act...