Reliable and Controllable Antibody Fragment Selections from Camelid Non-immune Libraries for Target Validation.
From: University of Utrecht, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Utrecht, The Netherlands. pverheesen@hotmail.com
Biochimica et biophysica acta
- Publish Date: Aug 2006
- ISSN: 0006-3002
- Volume: 1764
- Issue: 8
- Pages: 1307-19
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Verheesen Peter, Roussis Andreas, de Haard Hans J, et al. Reliable and Controllable Antibody Fragment Selections from Camelid Non-immune Libraries for Target Validation.. Biochim. Biophys. Acta Aug 2006;1764:1307-19
Abstract
With the completion of the sequence of the human genome, emphasis is now switching to the human proteome. However, the number of proteins is not only larger than mRNAs in the transcriptome, proteins need often to be in complex with other proteins to be functional. A favourable option to study proteins in their natural context is with a combination of biochemical and microscopic techniques using specific antibodies. Therefore, we designed a fast, reliable and controllable selection and screening of single-domain antibody fragments (VHH) from a Camelid non-immune library. We isolated VHH for four muscle disease related proteins; emerin, actin, tropomyosin-1, and nuclear poly(A)-binding protein. Important features of antibodies for target validation studies are recognition of the antigen in natural conformations and biologically relevant complexes. We show that selected antibody fragments are functional in various immunological techniques and prove useful in diagnostic applications. Our selection strategy is amenable to automation and to the establishment of proteomics platforms. It opens the way to quickly and cost-effectively obtain multiple antibody fragments for many antigens that can detect changes in their localization, level, and modification as well as subtle changes in supramolecular structures, which often associate with disease.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Actins, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Antibody Affinity, Camelids, New World, DNA, Complementary, Gene Library, Humans, Immunoglobulin Fragments, Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains, Immunoglobulin Variable Region, Membrane Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Nuclear Proteins, Poly(A)-Binding Protein I, Recombinant Proteins, Tropomyosin
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