De Novo Sequencing and Resurrection of a Human Astrovirus-Neutralizing Antibody
Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: Monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapeutics targeting cancer, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, and infectious diseases are growing exponentially. Although numerous panels of mAbs targeting infectious disease agents have been developed, their progression into clinically useful mAbs is often hindered by the lack of sequence information and/or loss of hybridoma cells that produce them. Here we combine the power of crystallography and mass spectrometry to determine the amino acid sequence and glycosylation modification of the Fab fragment of a potent human astrovirus-neutralizing mAb. We used this information to engineer a recombinant antibody single-chain variable fragment that has the same specificity as the parent monoclonal antibody to bind to the astrovirus capsid protein. This antibody can now potentially be developed as a therapeutic and diagnostic agent.
Source: ACS Infectious Diseases
Language: English
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,500
Awards: University of California, Santa Cruz IMSD Program, G2172073287, Training Program in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, G2493781523, G30714459, Acquisition of an Orbitrap Elite Mass Spectrometer with ETD, Crystal structures and mechanism of disease of the astrovirus capsid protein, Protein Sequencing Tools for Biological Therapeutics
OpenAlex ID: W2297176157