An integrated approach to extreme thermostabilization and affinity maturation of an antibody

Autor: Ashley D. Berkebile, Audrey D. McConnell, Peter Bowers, Joseph C. Sheffer, John L. Macomber, David J. King, Steven S. Neben, Andy P. Chen, Robert A. Horlick, Irina P. Krapf, Vladimir Spasojevich
Rok vydání: 2012
Předmět:
Models
Molecular

Hot Temperature
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
Antibody Affinity
Mutagenesis (molecular biology technique)
Somatic hypermutation
Bioengineering
Plasma protein binding
Protein Engineering
Biochemistry
Affinity maturation
Mice
Antigen
Antibody Specificity
Animals
Humans
Transition Temperature
Computer Simulation
Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs
Amino Acid Sequence
Molecular Biology
Levivirus
Protein Unfolding
biology
Protein Stability
Chemistry
Protein engineering
Complementarity Determining Regions
In vitro
Kinetics
HEK293 Cells
Amino Acid Substitution
Immunoglobulin G
Mutagenesis
Site-Directed

biology.protein
Cystine
Capsid Proteins
Directed Molecular Evolution
Antibody
Cell Surface Display Techniques
Monte Carlo Method
Protein Binding
Single-Chain Antibodies
Biotechnology
Zdroj: Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 26:151-164
ISSN: 1741-0134
1741-0126
Popis: Antibodies are important tools for a broad range of applications due to their high specificity and ability to recognize virtually any target molecule. However, in order to be practically useful, antibodies must be highly stable and bind their target antigens with high affinity. We present a combinatorial approach to generate high-affinity, highly stable antibodies through the design of stable frameworks, specificity grafting and maturation via somatic hypermutation in vitro. By collectively employing these methods, we have engineered a highly stable, high-affinity, full-length antibody with a T(m) over 90°C that retains significant activity after heating to 90°C for 1 h, and has ~95-fold improved antigen-binding affinity. The stabilized IgG framework is compatible with affinity maturation, and should provide a broadly useful scaffold for grafting a variety of complementarity-determining region loops for the development of stable antibodies with desired specificities.
Databáze: OpenAIRE