纳米抗体的特性及其在免疫检测中的研究进展

纳米抗体(nanobody,Nb)作为抗体行业的新成员,近年来在免疫检测领域的发展突飞猛进.Nb具有分子量小、稳定性好、亲和力和特异性高、易于在原核表达系统中高质量生产等特性.应用Nb的检测试剂改善了传统依赖单克隆抗体检测试剂存在的运输和保存困难、试剂研发成本高、抗体试剂批间差异大的问题,并且提高了检测的灵敏度.Nb在...     

纳米抗体异源表达的研究进展

羊驼体内存在天然缺失轻链的重链抗体(HcAb),其单域抗原结合片段也称为VHH或纳米抗体(nanobody,Nb),是目前已知的最小抗原结合片段。与传统抗体相比,纳米抗体具有分子量小(12~15kDa)、稳定性好和免疫原性低等特点,这些特点使得VHH在基础研究、诊断及治疗上具有极大的应用价值,目前已有多种纳米抗体进入了临床研究阶段。综述了近年来VHH在革兰氏阴性菌(大肠杆菌)、革兰氏阳性菌(芽孢杆菌和乳酸杆菌)、酵母、丝状真菌、昆虫细胞、哺乳动物细胞和植物细胞中异源表达的研究现状,包括表达系统、宿主、载体特点、载体构建方式及产量等;从分子水平、表达水平和理性设计三个层面探讨了纳米抗体产量提高的策略,以期为纳米抗体研究者提供借鉴和思路。     

纳米抗体筛选技术研究进展

纳米抗体(nanobody, Nb)是在骆驼科血清中发现的一种新型抗体,具有体积小、特异性强、稳定性高、易于表达和能识别隐藏的抗原表位等优势,在各个领域具有广泛的应用价值。本文介绍了纳米抗体筛选与优化过程,包括纳米抗体文库构建、体外展示和亲和力成熟3个重要技术阶段的分类与特点。其中,简要描述了天然、免疫及半合成/合成文库的制备方法与重要参数,并系统介绍了应用噬菌体、酵母、细菌、核糖体/mRNA和真核细胞等表面展示系统,以及酵母双杂交、高通量测序和质谱鉴定方法,共8种不同体外展示技术进行快速筛选的方法及其优缺点,汇总用于提升纳米抗体功能可靠性的体外及计算机辅助亲和力成熟技术平台,为综合运用各种技术手段快速获得稳定、可靠、特异的纳米抗体类药物或诊断制剂提供了参考。     

纳米抗体技术及其在疾病诊断和治疗中的应用

单克隆抗体具有特异性结合抗原的能力,已被广泛应用于疾病诊断及治疗领域.但因单克隆抗体的组织渗透能力较差、体内的保留时间较长以及制备过程繁琐,从而限制了其在临床中的应用.自1993年首次报道在骆驼体内天然存在的单链抗体(HCAb)以来,由于其可变区间VHH(纳米抗体)具有体积小、溶解度高、特异性强以及可在细菌中大量表达等优点,较之传统单克隆抗体,VHH在疾病的诊断治疗及药物开发等医学领域具有更广阔的应用前景.本文综述了:纳米抗体的骨架区及互补决定区与传统抗体重链相应区间的结构比较;纳米抗体库的构建以及运用噬菌体展示技术对VHH库的筛选;纳米抗体技术在疾病诊断中的应用及其用于分子显像的优势,以及纳米抗体作为抗肿瘤免疫偶联物的靶向组分在癌症治疗领域中的最新进展.     

纳米抗体的稳定性及其结构基础研究进展

驼类纳米抗体结构简单、易于改造,且具有低免疫原性、高稳定性、高特异性、高亲和力等特点,因而具有广泛的应用前景。纳米抗体的优势之一在于其具有较高的稳定性,比常规抗体更易于储藏和运输,甚至在高温、化学和压力等极端条件下变性后仍可有效地重折叠并恢复其抗原亲和力。本文综述了纳米抗体稳定性与其结构基础方面的研究进展,阐述了纳米抗体氨基酸序列、二硫键、结构域等与其稳定性的关系,揭示了高度稳定性的纳米抗体普遍具有的结构特征。基于这些结构特征,讨论了几种纳米抗体的稳定性优化策略,包括共有序列驱动的序列修复、替换易于修饰的氨基酸、净蛋白质电荷的改变、非天然二硫键的引入以及CDR超变区的移植。预期对纳米抗体的稳定性调控提供理论指导,以拓展其作为治疗药物、诊断试剂和生物传感器等方面的应用。     

单链抗体的制备及其在肿瘤诊疗中的应用

单链抗体(single-chain fragment variable, scFv)是由可变重链(VH)和可变轻链(VL)通过柔性肽接头连接在一起的小分子重组抗体。从杂交瘤中分离单链抗体的mRNA,逆转录成cDNA作为单链抗体基因扩增的模板,可得到包含大量不同VH和VL片段的单链抗体的基因文库。利用展示技术完成单链抗体亲和力和特异性筛选及鉴定,得到的单链抗体可通过各种表达系统成功表达单链抗体的蛋白质。虽然单链抗体分子量小,但已包含了完整抗体的抗原结合域,对抗原具有高特异性、高亲和力及低免疫原性,还具有较好的肿瘤组织穿透和扩散能力。因此,单链抗体已成为肿瘤诊疗方法开发中的研究热点。详细介绍了单链抗体的制备方法和问题,重点阐述了单链抗体在肿瘤诊断和治疗中的研究进展,以期为单链抗体制备及其治疗和诊断肿瘤提供理论依据。     

新型抗体药物在肝细胞癌免疫治疗中的研究进展

肝细胞癌(hepatocellular carcinoma, HCC)免疫疗法中最常用的是Ig G单克隆抗体(monoclonal antibodies,mAbs),其具有血清半衰期长、稳定性高、靶向能力强等优点。单克隆抗体药物在临床取得的重大进展推动了各种新型治疗性抗体的发展,例如抗体-药物偶联物、放射性核素标记抗体、小分子抗体、双特异性细胞激动剂、免疫细胞因子、免疫毒素以及免疫促凋亡分子等。近年来抗体的小型化和多功能化是在复杂肿瘤微环境中治疗HCC的富有临床潜力的策略。该文总结了各种类型的新型抗体的结构、作用机制及其在HCC免疫治疗中的研究进展,并对其应用前景进行展望。     

细胞内抗体研究进展

细胞内抗体研究进展关键词内抗体具有高特异性和高亲和性的免疫球蛋白分子,在生物学领域中,作为体外鉴定、纯化和抗原研究工具,已有很长历史。近来有文章报道,细胞内抗体具有以高度特异的方式干扰生物过程的能力。细胞内抗体较其它基因失活方式更简单有效,做为抗癌和...     

SARS-CoV-2中和性纳米抗体的原核表达及中和活性检测

纳米抗体(nanobody,Nb)作为目前已知的能与目标抗原结合的最小单位抗体,在生物医药、临床研究等方面具有良好的应用前景。根据大肠杆菌密码子偏好性优化合成严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2,SARS-CoV-2)中和性纳米抗体H11-D4基因,将其克隆到pET28a表达载体上后,转化至大肠杆菌感受态细胞Rosetta(DE3)进行诱导表达,通过镍柱纯化、质谱分析、Western Blot鉴定H11-D4的表达情况并使用中和试验验证其中和活性。研究结果显示,纳米抗体H11-D4可成功在大肠杆菌中表达,最佳诱导条件为IPTG终浓度1.0 mmol·L^-1,37℃诱导5 h。H11-D4抗体的分子量大小约为17.9 kD,与预测值相符。经镍柱纯化后,产量为25.16 mg·L^-1。透析复性后利用TritonX-114快速有效地去除了内毒素,中和试验成功验证了H11-D4的中和活性(IC50)为171.1 nmol·L^-1,研究结果可为...     

具有高亲和力和稳定性的人源性抗PD-L1二硫键稳定Diabody的制备

目的：对天然噬菌体抗体库进行筛选并对抗体进行体外亲和力成熟,获得高亲和力人源性抗PD-L1抗体,然后对该抗体进行二硫键稳定改造,获得具有高亲和力和稳定性的人源性抗PD-L1的二硫键稳定Diabody。方法：首先以PD-L1重组蛋白为抗原在天然噬菌体Fab抗体库中筛选Fab抗体,其次分析结合能力较好的抗PD-L1的Fab抗体可变区基因中的热点,通过对轻链、重链CDR3区的7处热点随机突变构建噬菌体抗体突变库,从中筛选出亲和力得到提高的抗体。最后在抗体骨架区引入两个二硫键,构建二硫键稳定的抗PD-L1的ds-Diabody,并在毕赤酵母GS115中进行表达。结果：该方法筛选获得了6株特异性抗PD-L1噬菌体Fab抗体,对结合能力较好的其中一株抗体CDR3区的热点进行随机突变,成功构建库容为1.14×10⁸ CFU/mL的噬菌体抗体突变库,并从中筛选出亲和力提高约6倍的噬菌体抗体突变株。对该抗体骨架区进行二硫键引入,成功构建与表达二硫键稳定的ds-Diabody。结论：构建的ds-Diabody比Fab抗体与PD-L1结合亲和力高、稳定性好,为药物开发、肿瘤治疗等研究P...     

单域抗体的研究和应用进展

传统IgG抗体分子一般由轻链和重链组成,轻链包含1个可变区(VL)和1个恒定区(CL),重链包含1个可变区(VH)和3个恒定区(CH1,CH2,CH3)。单域抗体(Single domain antibody,sdAb),是指缺失抗体轻链而只有重链可变区的一类抗体,因其分子量小,也被称为纳米抗体(Nanobody)。20世纪90年代,单域抗体最早在骆驼科动物中被发现,之后在护士鲨、大星鲨和鳐鱼等软骨鱼纲动物中也发现了类似的抗体。单域抗体虽然结构简单,但仍然可以达到与传统抗体相当甚至更高的与特异抗原结合的亲和力。相比于传统抗体,单域抗体具有分子量小、稳定性强、易于重组表达等优点。近年来在生物学基础研究和医学临床应用方面均备受关注并被广泛应用。文中将从单域抗体的结构特征、理化性质、筛选方法及其在生物医学领域的重要应用进展进行综述。     

Engineered high-affinity nanobodies recognizing staphylococcal Protein A and suitable for native isolation of protein complexes

In addition to its high affinity for antibody Fc domains, staphylococcal Protein A has been shown to bind certain Fab domains. We investigated this in order to develop a small, recombinant Protein A-binding alternative to immunoglobulin G (IgG) from nanobodies, single-domain antibodies derived from a camelid variant IgG’s variable region. We engineered a nanobody with affinity solely for Protein A as well as a dimerized version of higher affinity for typical multidomain Protein A constructs. Because this recombinant nanobody can be immobilized using a cleavable crosslinker, it has proven to be suitable for the isolation and mild elution of protein complexes in native conditions.     

Molecular imprint of enzyme active site by camel nanobodies: rapid and efficient approach to produce abzymes with alliinase activity

Screening of inhibitory Ab1 antibodies is a critical step for producing catalytic antibodies in the anti-idiotypic approach. However, the incompatible surface of the active site of the enzyme and the antigen-binding site of heterotetrameric conventional antibodies become the limiting step. Because camelid-derived nanobodies possess the potential to preferentially bind to the active site of enzymes due to their small size and long CDR3, we have developed a novel approach to produce antibodies with alliinase activities by exploiting the molecular mimicry of camel nanobodies. By screening the camelid-derived variable region of the heavy chain cDNA phage display library with alliinase, we obtained an inhibitory nanobody VHHA4 that recognizes the active site. Further screening with VHHA4 from the same variable domain of the heavy chain of a heavy-chain antibody library led to a higher incidence of anti-idiotypic Ab2 abzymes with alliinase activities. One of the abzymes, VHHC10, showed the highest activity that can be inhibited by Ab1 VHHA4 and alliinase competitive inhibitor penicillamine and significantly suppressed the B16 tumor cell growth in the presence of alliin in vitro. The results highlight the feasibility of producing abzymes via anti-idiotypic nanobody approach.     

TRIM28 and β-Actin Identified via Nanobody-Based Reverse Proteomics Approach as Possible Human Glioblastoma Biomarkers

Malignant gliomas are among the rarest brain tumours, and they have the worst prognosis. Grade IV astrocytoma, known as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), is a highly lethal disease where the standard therapies of surgery, followed by radiation and chemotherapy, cannot significantly prolong the life expectancy of the patients. Tumour recurrence shows more aggressive form compared to the primary tumour, and results in patient survival from 12 to 15 months only. Although still controversial, the cancer stem cell hypothesis postulates that cancer stem cells are responsible for early relapse of the disease after surgical intervention due to their high resistance to therapy. Alternative strategies for GBM therapy are thus urgently needed. Nanobodies are single-domain antigen-binding fragments of heavy-chain antibodies, and together with classical antibodies, they are part of the camelid immune system. Nanobodies are small and stable, and they share a high degree of sequence identity to the human heavy chain variable domain, and these characteristics offer them advantages over classical antibodies or antibody fragments. We first immunised an alpaca with a human GBM stem-like cell line prepared from primary GBM cultures. Next, a nanobody library was constructed in a phage-display vector. Using nanobody phage-display technology, we selected specific GBM stem-like cell binders through a number of affinity selections, using whole cell protein extracts and membrane protein-enriched extracts from eight different GBM patients, and membrane protein-enriched extracts from two established GBM stem-like cell lines (NCH644 and NCH421K cells). After the enrichment, periplasmic extract ELISA was used to screen for specific clones. These nanobody clones were recloned into the pHEN6 vector, expressed in Escherichia coli WK6, and purified using immobilised metal affinity chromatography and size-exclusion chromatography. Specific nanobody:antigen pairs were obtained and mass spectrometry analysis revealed two proteins, TRIM28 and β-actin, that were up-regulated in the GBM stem-like cells compared to the controls.     

抗脂多糖纳米抗体的筛选及其五聚体的制备

目的：筛选抗脂多糖（LPS）纳米单域抗体,并制备抗LPS纳米抗体五聚体。方法：以LPS为抗原,从驼源天然单域重链抗体库中筛选抗LPS纳米抗体,利用分子克隆技术将抗LPS单域抗体基因组装入志贺杆菌样毒素B亚基蛋白结构域（VTB）的五聚体特异性表达载体中进行可溶性表达,并用ELISA法鉴定所获抗体的抗原结合活性和特异性。结果：获得抗LPS纳米单域抗体及LPS纳米抗体五聚体;经鉴定,LPS纳米抗体五聚体的抗原结合活性优于抗LPS单域抗体。结论：利用驼源天然单域重链抗体库制备了抗LPS纳米单域抗体及抗LPS纳米抗体五聚体,为脓毒血症的分子诊断、预后判断及寻找生物治疗新靶点奠定了基础。     

In Vivo Neutralization of Botulinum Neurotoxins Serotype E with Heavy-chain Camelid Antibodies (VHH)

Ingestion of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) results in botulism, a severe and frequent fatal disease known in the world. Current treatments rely on antitoxins, such as equine antitoxin and human botulism immunoglobulin. In some cases, side effects have been reported, including early anaphylactic shock and late serum sickness. Thus, diagnosis and treatment measure of BoNT are necessary and crucial. In the present study, a single-domain variable heavy-chain (VHH) antibody fragment was obtained from an immune dromedary phage display library against the putative binding domain of botulinum neurotoxin E (BoNT/E), a non-toxic 50-kDa fragment. The characteristics of nanobody VHH include excellent production, superior heat stability and specific binding capacity to soluble antigen without cross-reaction to other relevant or irrelevant antigens. A total of 150 ng/Kg of nanobody entirely neutralized 3LD50 of the BoNT/E in an in vivo challenge of the mice. This phenomenon indicates BoNT/E toxin neutralizing capacity of the produced nanobody. These results also suggest possession of unique properties by the nanobody applicable in diagnostics or therapeutic purposes.     

Single chain Fab (scFab) fragment

Background  

The connection of the variable part of the heavy chain (VH) and and the variable part of the light chain (VL) by a peptide linker to form a consecutive polypeptide chain (single chain antibody, scFv) was a breakthrough for the functional production of antibody fragments in Escherichia coli. Being double the size of fragment variable (Fv) fragments and requiring assembly of two independent polypeptide chains, functional Fab fragments are usually produced with significantly lower yields in E. coli. An antibody design combining stability and assay compatibility of the fragment antigen binding (Fab) with high level bacterial expression of single chain Fv fragments would be desirable. The desired antibody fragment should be both suitable for expression as soluble antibody in E. coli and antibody phage display.     

A New Nanobody-Based Biosensor to Study Endogenous PARP1 In Vitro and in Live Human Cells

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) is a key player in DNA repair, genomic stability and cell survival and it emerges as a highly relevant target for cancer therapies. To deepen our understanding of PARP biology and mechanisms of action of PARP1-targeting anti-cancer compounds, we generated a novel PARP1-affinity reagent, active both in vitro and in live cells. This PARP1-biosensor is based on a PARP1-specific single-domain antibody fragment (~ 15 kDa), termed nanobody, which recognizes the N-terminus of human PARP1 with nanomolar affinity. In proteomic approaches, immobilized PARP1 nanobody facilitates quantitative immunoprecipitation of functional, endogenous PARP1 from cellular lysates. For cellular studies, we engineered an intracellularly functional PARP1 chromobody by combining the nanobody coding sequence with a fluorescent protein sequence. By following the chromobody signal, we were for the first time able to monitor the recruitment of endogenous PARP1 to DNA damage sites in live cells. Moreover, tracing of the sub-nuclear translocation of the chromobody signal upon treatment of human cells with chemical substances enables real-time profiling of active compounds in high content imaging. Due to its ability to perform as a biosensor at the endogenous level of the PARP1 enzyme, the novel PARP1 nanobody is a unique and versatile tool for basic and applied studies of PARP1 biology and DNA repair.     

Enhancement of extracellular bispecific anti‐MUC1 nanobody expression in E. coli BL21 (DE3) by optimization of temperature and carbon sources through an autoinduction condition

Escherichia coli is one of the most suitable hosts for production of antibodies and antibody fragments. Antibody fragment secretion to the culture medium improves product purity in cell culture and diminishes downstream costs. In this study, E. coli strain BL21 (DE3) harboring gene encoding bispecific anti‐MUC1 nanobody was selected, and the autoinduction methodology for expression of bispecific anti‐MUC1 nanobody was investigated. Due to the replacement of IPTG by lactose as inducer, less impurity and toxicity in the final product were observed. To increase both intracellular and extracellular nanobody production, initially, the experiments were performed for the key factors including temperature and duration of protein expression. The highest amount of nanobody was produced after 21 h at 33°C. The effect of different carbon sources, glycerol, glucose, lactose, and glycine as a medium additive at optimum temperature and time were also assessed by using response surface methodology. The optimized concentrations of carbon sources were obtained as 0.75% (w/v), 0.03% (w/v), 0.1% (w/v), and 0.75% (w/v) for glycerol, glucose, lactose, and glycine, respectively. Finally, the production of nanobody in 2 L fermenter under the optimized autoinduction conditions was evaluated. The results show that the total titer of 87.66 µg/mL anti‐MUC1 nanobody, which is approximately seven times more than the total titer of nanobody produced in LB culture medium, is 12.23 µg/L .     

Efficient growth inhibition of EGFR over-expressing tumor cells by an anti-EGFR nanobody

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is deemed to be one of the main molecular targets for diagnosis and treatment of cancer. It has been identified that EGFR involves in pathogenesis of some forms of human cancers. Monoclonal antibodies targeting EGFR could control the tumor cell growth, proliferation, and apoptosis by suppressing the signal transduction pathways. Nanobodies can be regarded as the smallest intact antigen binding fragments, derived from heavy chain-only antibodies existing in camelids. Here, we describe the identification of an EGFR-specific nanobody, referred to as OA-cb6, obtained from immunized camel with a cell line expressing high levels of EGFR. Utilizing flow cytometry (FACS) and blotting methods, we demonstrated that OA-cb6 nanobody binds specifically to EGFR expressing on the surface of A431 cells. In addition, OA-cb6 nanobody potently causes the inhibition of EGFR over expression, cell growth and proliferation. The antibody fragments can probably be regarded as worthwhile binding block for further rational design of anti-cancer therapy.