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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Immunol.
Sec. Nutritional Immunology
Volume 15 - 2024 |
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1380028
Evaluation of the potential food allergy risks of human lactoferrin expressed in Komagataella phaffii
Provisionally accepted- 1 Helaina, Inc, New York, United States
- 2 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
- 3 Independent researcher, San Diego, United States
- 4 Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States
Prior to the introduction of novel food ingredients into the food supply, safety risk assessments are required, and numerous prediction models have been developed and validated to evaluate safety.The allergenic risk potential of Helaina recombinant human lactoferrin (rhLF, Effera™), produced in Komagataella phaffii (K. phaffii) was assessed by literature search, bioinformatics sequence comparisons to known allergens, glycan allergenicity assessment, and a simulated pepsin digestion model. The literature search identified no allergenic risk for Helaina rhLF, K. phaffii, or its glycans. Bioinformatics search strategies showed no significant risk for cross-reactivity or allergenicity between rhLF or the 36 residual host proteins and known human allergens. Helaina rhLF was also rapidly digested in simulated gastric fluid and its digestibility profile was comparable to human milk lactoferrin (hmLF), further demonstrating a low allergenic risk and similarity to the hmLF protein. Collectively, these results demonstrate a low allergenic risk potential of Helaina rhLF and do not indicate the need for further clinical testing or serum IgE binding to evaluate Helaina rhLF for risk of food allergy prior to introduction into the food supply.
Keywords: Komagataella phaffii, Pichia pastoris, Human lactoferrin, Allergenicity, recombinant protein, Codex, Glycosylation
Received: 31 Jan 2024; Accepted: 03 Jul 2024.
Copyright: © 2024 Anaya, Rosario Martinez, Goodman, Johnson, Vajpeyi, Lu, Peterson, Weyers, Breen, Newsham, Scottoline, Clark and Malinczak. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Carrie-Anne Malinczak, Helaina, Inc, New York, United States
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