• J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. · Jun 2006

    Chronic urticaria sera increase basophil CD203c expression.

    • Karen M Yasnowsky, Stephen C Dreskin, Benjamin Efaw, David Schoen, P K Vedanthan, Rafeul Alam, and Ronald J Harbeck.
    • Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and the National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206, USA.
    • J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 2006 Jun 1; 117 (6): 1430-4.

    BackgroundApproximately 40% of patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria have antibodies to the alpha subunit of the high-affinity IgE receptor. CD203c is a basophil activation marker known to be upregulated by cross-linking of the FcepsilonRIalpha receptor and may serve as a useful marker to identify these patients.ObjectiveThe primary objective was to assess the affect of sera from patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria on basophil CD203c expression. Secondary objectives were to correlate CD203c expression with basophil histamine release and size of the autologous serum skin test and to determine whether the mechanism is mediated by an IgG antibody.MethodsSera were obtained from patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria and positive autologous serum skin test or negative autologous serum skin test and normal controls. Sera were incubated with donor whole blood. Activated basophils from whole blood were identified by flow cytometry on the basis of the presence of CD203c on high-expressing IgE positive cells.ResultsIncubation of donor basophils with sera from patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria and positive autologous serum skin test demonstrated significant upregulation of CD203c. IgG depletion of representative sera from patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria resulted in significant decrease in CD203c expression on donor basophils. CD203c expression correlated with basophil histamine release and the size of the autologous serum skin test.ConclusionSera from patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria and positive autologous serum skin test significantly upregulate basophil CD203c and correlate with basophil histamine release.Clinical ImplicationsThis article describes an activation marker on basophils whose expression is increased by sera from patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria.

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