Selection of a human butyrylcholinesterase-like antibody single-chain variable fragment resistant to AChE inhibitors from a phage library expressed in E. coli

Organophosphates are potent poisoning agents that cause severe cholinergic toxicity. Current treatment has been reported to be unsatisfactory and novel antidotes are needed. In this study, we used a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) library to select a recombinant antibody fragment (WZ1–14.2.1) with butyrylcholinesterase-like catalytic activity by using an innovative method integrating genetic selection and the bait-and-switch strategy. Ellman assay demonstrated that WZ1–14.2.1 has Michaelis-Menten kinetics in the hydrolysis of all the three substrates used, acetylthiocholine, propionylthiocholine and butyrylthiocholine. Notably, the catalytic activity was resistant to the following acetylcholinesterase inhibitors: neostigmine, iso-OMPA, chlorpyrifos oxon, dichlorvos, and paraoxon ethyl. Otherwise, the enzymatic activity of WZ1–14.2.1 was inhibited by the selective butyrylcholinesterase inhibitor, ethopropazine, and by the Ser-blocking agent phenylmethanesuphonyl fluoride. A hypothetical 3D structure of the WZ1–14.2.1 catalytic site, compatible with functional results, is proposed on the basis of a molecular modeling analysis.     

巨型引物PCR法对抗CD3改型单链抗体

亲和力是影响改型单链抗体应用于临床的重要因素之一.利用巨型引物PCR定点诱变方法,设计并化学合成出两组含多个突变位点的简并引物,在第一轮PCR中使用简并引物分别扩增出含突变碱基的两条特异性的DNA片段,即巨型引物,将其经琼脂糖凝胶电泳分离纯化后,作为3′和5′的两端引物应用于第二轮PCR反应中.通过改变标准PCR反应条件,调整引物与模板的浓度,扩增出特异性较强的目的DNA条带.PCR产物经回收后,进行DNA测序.测序结果表明利用该方法扩增得到特异的抗CD3改型单链抗体的突变体库.     

抗人红细胞单链抗体与猪瘟E2蛋白双功能融合蛋白的构建及生物学活性检测

为构建具有凝集性、免疫反应性的双功能融合蛋白,本研究采用重叠延伸PCR方法将2E8ScFv(抗人红细胞H抗原单链抗体基因)和mE2(猪瘟病毒E2蛋白主要抗原编码区基因)拼接成融合基因2E8mE2,并插入原核表达载体pET-DsbA,将重组表达质粒pET-DsbA-2E8mE2转化入大肠杆菌Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)PlysS中进行IPTG诱导表达,表达的融合蛋白经SDS-PAGE和Western blotting分析鉴定,结果表明:2E8mE2融合基因在大肠杆菌中获得了表达,表达产物以包涵体形式存在,分子量约为65kDa,与预期的大小一致。分别采用亲和层析法和谷胱甘肽再氧化法对融合蛋白进行纯化和复性,红细胞凝集试验证实:2E8mE2融合蛋白复性效果良好,既能够与人红细胞结合,又能够与猪瘟病毒抗体反应,具有双功能特性。     

人源天然ScFv噬菌体抗体库的构建及鉴定

噬菌体抗体库技术是获得治疗性抗体的一条重要途径。以20份健康人外周血为样本,通过提取淋巴细胞、逆转录－PCR（RT PCR）、抗体可变区基因的扩增、重叠PCR获得单链抗体（ScFv）基因,将ScFv克隆入噬粒载体,通过近300次的电转化获得了库容量为1.3×109的全人源天然ScFv噬菌体抗体库。通过随机挑克隆测序和用5种不同抗原筛选对抗体库进行了初步验证。随机测序表明抗体库具有较好的多样性,用5种不同抗原对其进行筛选,均获得了特异性噬菌体抗体的不同富集,表明成功构建了一个多样性良好的人源天然ScFv噬菌体抗体库。     

Docking and free energy simulations to predict conformational domains involved in hCG-LH receptor interactions using recombinant antibodies

Single chain fragment variables (ScFvs) have been extensively employed in studying the protein-protein interactions. ScFvs derived from phage display libraries have an additional advantage of being generated against a native antigen, circumventing loss of information on conformational epitopes. In the present study, an attempt has been made to elucidate human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)-luteinizing hormone (LH) receptor interactions by using a neutral and two inhibitory ScFvs against hCG. The objective was to dock a computationally derived model of these ScFvs onto the crystal structure of hCG and understand the differential roles of the mapped epitopes in hCG-LH receptor interactions. An anti-hCG ScFv, whose epitope was mapped previously using biochemical tools, served as the positive control for assessing the quality of docking analysis. To evaluate the role of specific side chains at the hCG-ScFv interface, binding free energy as well as residue interaction energies of complexes in solution were calculated using molecular mechanics Poisson-Boltzmann/surface area method after performing the molecular dynamic simulations on the selected hCG-ScFv models and validated using biochemical and SPR analysis. The robustness of these calculations was demonstrated by comparing the theoretically determined binding energies with the experimentally obtained kinetic parameters for hCG-ScFv complexes. Superimposition of hCG-ScFv model onto a model of hCG complexed with the 51-266 residues of LH receptor revealed importance of the residues previously thought to be unimportant for hormone binding and response. This analysis provides an alternate tool for understanding the structure-function analysis of ligand-receptor interactions.     

胞内抗体及其研究进展

胞内抗体是指在细胞内表达并被定位于亚细胞区室的一类新的工程抗体。目前胞内抗体的研究主要集中于ScFv,ScFv基因结构简单,易导入细胞内表达且便于体外重组操作。胞内抗体作为一种新的基因治疗工具,在肿瘤基因治疗、人艾滋病基因治疗的实验研究及潜在的临床治疗方面展示了广泛的应用前景。同时,胞内抗体可以用作分析靶蛋白功能的研究工具,是对传统的“基因剔除”转基因动物的一种有效补充。现从胞内抗体的设计及载体选择、肿瘤基因治疗、人艾滋病基因治疗等方面对胞内抗体的研究进展进行综述。     

Expression of functional single-chain variable domain fragment antibody (scFv) against mycotoxin zearalenone in Pichia pastoris

A synthetic gene coding for single-chain variable domain fragment antibody against mycotoxin zearalenone (scFv-ZEN) has been designed, constructed and expressed in Pichia pastoris. The native scFv-ZEN sequence was optimized to Pichia preference codon usage. The expression level of codon-optimized scFv-ZEN was slightly higher than that of native scFv-ZEN, and its maximum yield reached 328 mg total protein/l in flask culture. The binding activities of two selected clones to ZEN using surface plasmon resonance analysis were comparable or better than that of monoclonal antibody. Our results demonstrate the potential of soluble scFv-ZEN for developing a rapid and affordable immunoassay for detection of ZEN in food and feedstuff.     

肺腺癌靶向性超氧化物歧化酶的构建及功能分析

临床上,超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)的低肿瘤细胞定位能力限制了其在抗肿瘤领域的广泛应用,这一直是国内外学者们试图解决的难点.研究中,以基因工程方法连接念珠藻Fe-SOD(iron-superoxidedismutase)基因和抗SPC-A-1肺腺癌LC-1ScFv(singlechainFv)基因,并融合表达获得了SOD-ScFv融合蛋白.纯化后SOD-ScFv表现出SOD和ScFv的双重活性.SPC-A-1肺腺癌细胞中,融合蛋白的异硫氰酸荧光素(FITC)染色追踪和自由基含量分析表明,SOD-ScFv具备识别SPC-A-1肺腺癌细胞、透膜并清除胞内自由基的功能,最终达到抑制肿瘤细胞生长的目的.研究提出的靶向抗肿瘤机制将克服临床上SOD无目标趋向性和难于进入实体瘤的两大应用局限性,并提供了一种利用LC-1ScFv来靶向投递抗肿瘤药物的思路.     

抗A型产气荚膜梭菌α毒素单链抗体基因的克隆和表达

应用RT PCR技术 ,从分泌具有中和活性的抗A型产气荚膜梭菌α毒素单克隆抗体的杂交瘤细胞中 ,扩增出抗体V_H 和V_L 基因 ,连接成ScFv基因 ,并将其克隆至pGEM T载体中构建了重组质粒pXScFv 2E3。经序列分析证实 ,V_H 和V_L 基因及linker基因拼接正确 ,基因全长为 726bp ,编码 242个氨基酸。随后将其定向克隆于表达载体pHOG21,转化至大肠杆菌XL1 BLUE筛选出表达菌株XL1 BLUE(pHOG 2E3)。经ELISA和SDS PAGE分析表明 ,在20℃用IPTG诱导培养时 ,表达的ScFv蛋白占菌体总蛋白的 25 %。并且ScFv基因表达产物能够中和α毒素的磷酯酶C活性     

抗人VEGF受体Ⅱ基因Ⅲ区单链抗体基因的构建和表达

采用RT-PCR技术从分泌抗人血管内皮生长因子受体Ⅱ（kinase insert domaincontaining receptor,KDR）基因Ⅲ区单克隆抗体Ycom1D3的杂交瘤细胞中克隆出VH和VL可变区基因,通过重叠延伸拼接（spliceoverlap extension）PCR方法在V_H和V_L基因之间引入柔性短肽（Gly₄Ser）₃,体外构建Ycom1D3单链抗体基因Ycom1D3-ScFv）,将其克隆至pAYZ表达载体,在大肠杆菌中表达。SDS-PAGE和Westernblot分析结果表明,Ycom1D3-ScFv在E.coli 16C9中获得表达,重组蛋白的相对分子量为30kD,与预期结果一致。表达产物主要以不溶性包涵体形式存在,经过溶解包涵体,TALON 金属亲合层析基质（TALON metal affinity resin）纯化和体外复性过程,获得了高纯度的单链抗体片段。流式细胞分析结果证实该单链抗体可与人脐静脉内皮细胞结合,保留了鼠源单抗与KDR抗原的特异性结合活性。抗KDRⅢ单链抗体基因Ycom1D3-ScFv的成功构建和功能性表达为靶向诊断治疗及进一步基因工程改造奠定了基础。