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Yusakul G, Sakamoto S, Tanaka H, Morimoto S. Improvement of heavy and light chain assembly by modification of heavy chain constant region 1 (CH1): Application for the construction of an anti-paclitaxel fragment antigen-binding (Fab) antibody. J Biotechnol 2018; 288:41-47. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2018.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2018] [Revised: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Li QQ, Sun CY, Luo YX, Xue YX, Meng SQ, Xu LZ, Chen N, Deng JH, Zhai HF, Kosten TR, Shi J, Lu L, Sun HQ. A conjugate vaccine attenuates morphine- and heroin-induced behavior in rats. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2015; 18:pyu093. [PMID: 25522425 PMCID: PMC4376548 DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyu093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Currently approved medications for opioid addiction have shown clinical efficacy, but undesired side effects, dependence induced by the medications themselves, and low treatment compliance necessitate the need for novel therapies. METHODS A novel morphine-keyhole limpet hemocyanin conjugate vaccine was synthesized with 6-glutarylmorphine as the hapten and a lengthened linker of 6 carbon atoms. The titer and specificity of the triggered antibody were assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The effects of the vaccine on the morphine-induced elevation of dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography. The effects of the vaccine on morphine-induced locomotor sensitization and heroin-primed reinstatement of heroin self-administration were also assessed. RESULTS After subcutaneous administration in rats, the vaccine triggered a high antibody titer, with comparable specificity for morphine, 6-acetylmorphine, and heroin, but no interaction with dissimilar therapeutic opioid compounds, including buprenorphine, naloxone, and nalorphine, was observed. The vaccine significantly prevented the elevation of dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens induced by a single morphine challenge. Moreover, the vaccine prevented the expression of morphine-induced locomotor sensitization and heroin-primed reinstatement of heroin seeking, suggesting its potential for preventing relapse. CONCLUSION These results demonstrate that active immunization with the present vaccine induces a robust morphine/heroin-specific antibody response in rats and attenuates the behavioral effects of morphine and heroin.
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital/Institute of Mental Health (Dr Li, Ms C.-Y. Sun, Dr Luo, Ms Meng, Mr Xu, Ms Deng, Drs Lu, and H.-Q. Sun), and National Institute on Drug Dependence, Peking University, Beijing, China (Drs Dr Li, Ms C.-Y. Sun, Dr Luo, Dr Xue, Ms Meng, Mr Xu, Ms Chen, Ms Deng, Drs Zhai, Shi, and Lu); Institute for Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, China (Dr Li); Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health (Peking University), Beijing, China (Drs Lu and H.-Q. Sun); Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (Dr Kosten)
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital/Institute of Mental Health (Dr Li, Ms C.-Y. Sun, Dr Luo, Ms Meng, Mr Xu, Ms Deng, Drs Lu, and H.-Q. Sun), and National Institute on Drug Dependence, Peking University, Beijing, China (Drs Dr Li, Ms C.-Y. Sun, Dr Luo, Dr Xue, Ms Meng, Mr Xu, Ms Chen, Ms Deng, Drs Zhai, Shi, and Lu); Institute for Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, China (Dr Li); Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health (Peking University), Beijing, China (Drs Lu and H.-Q. Sun); Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (Dr Kosten)
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Li QQ, Luo YX, Sun CY, Xue YX, Zhu WL, Shi HS, Zhai HF, Shi J, Lu L. A morphine/heroin vaccine with new hapten design attenuates behavioral effects in rats. J Neurochem 2011; 119:1271-81. [PMID: 21951213 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07502.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Heroin use has seriously threatened public heath in many countries, but the existing therapies continue to have many limitations. Recently, immunotherapy has shown efficacy in some clinical studies, including vaccines against nicotine and cocaine, but no opioid vaccines have been introduced in clinical studies. The development of a novel opioid antigen designed specifically for the prevention of heroin addiction is necessary. A morphine-keyhole limpet hemocyanin conjugate was prepared and administered subcutaneously in rats. Antibody titers in plasma were measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Competitive ELISA was used to assess the selectivity of the antibodies. Dopamine concentrations in the nucleus accumbens in rats after vaccine administration were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. The effects of the vaccine on the heroin-primed restatement of self-administration and locomotor sensitization were evaluated. A novel hapten, 6-glutarylmorphine, was produced, and the vaccine generated a high antibody titer response. This vaccine displayed specificity for both morphine and heroin, but the anti-morphine antibodies could not recognize dissimilar therapeutic opioid compounds, such as buprenorphine, methadone, naloxone, naltrexone, codeine, and nalorphine. The morphine antibody significantly decreased morphine-induced locomotor activity in rats after immunization. Importantly, rats immunized with this vaccine did not exhibit heroin-primed reinstatement of heroin seeking when antibody levels were sufficiently high. The vaccine reduced dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens after morphine administration, which is consistent with its behavioral effects. These results suggest that immunization with a novel vaccine is an effective means of inducing a morphine-specific antibody response that is able to attenuate the behavioral and psychoactive effects of heroin.
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- Qian-Qian Li
- National Institute on Drug Dependence, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Treweek JB, Roberts AJ, Janda KD. Immunopharmacotherapeutic manifolds and modulation of cocaine overdose. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2011; 98:474-84. [PMID: 21356233 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2011.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2010] [Revised: 02/17/2011] [Accepted: 02/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cocaine achieves its psychostimulant, reinforcing properties through selectively blocking dopamine transporters, and this neurobiological mechanism impedes the use of classical receptor-antagonist pharmacotherapies to outcompete cocaine at CNS sites. Passive immunization with monoclonal antibodies (mAb) specific for cocaine circumvents this problem as drug is sequestered in the periphery prior to entry into the brain. To optimize an immunopharmacotherapeutic strategy for reversing severe cocaine toxicity, the therapeutic properties of mAb GNC92H2 IgG were compared to those of its engineered formats in a mouse overdose model. Whereas the extended half-life of an IgG justifies its application to the prophylactic treatment of addiction, the rapid, thorough biodistribution of mAb-based fragments, including F(ab')₂, Fab and scFv, may correlate to accelerated scavenging of cocaine and reversal of toxicity. To test this hypothesis, mice were administered the anti-cocaine IgG (180 mg/kg, i.v.) or GNC92H2-based agent after receiving an LD₅₀ cocaine dose (93 mg/kg, i.p.), and the timeline of overdose symptoms was recorded. All formats lowered the rate of lethality despite the >100-fold molar excess of drug to antibody binding capacity. However, only F(ab')₂-92H2 and Fab-92 H2 significantly attenuated the progression of premorbid behaviors, and Fab-92H2 prevented seizure generation in a percentage of mice. The calculation of serum half-life of each format demonstrated that the pharmacokinetic profile of Fab-92H2 (elimination half-life, t½~100 min) best approximated that of cocaine. These results not only confirm the importance of highly specific and tight drug binding by the mAb, but also highlight the benefit of aligning the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of the immunopharmacotherapeutic with the targeted drug.
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- Jennifer B Treweek
- Department of Chemistry, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Shelver WL, Larsen GL, Huwe JK. Use of an immunoaffinity column for tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin serum sample cleanup. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND APPLICATIONS 1998; 705:261-8. [PMID: 9521562 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(97)00540-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Covalently linking 1-amino-3,7,8-trichlorodibenzo-p-dioxin with either keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) or bovine serum albumin (BSA) provided antigens that generated antibodies in chickens. Competitive ELISA analysis demonstrated that the antibodies isolated from egg yolk (IgY) bound with 1,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (1,3,7,8-TCDD). The antibodies were linked to CNBr-Sepharose to generate an immunoaffinity column. Radiolabeled 1,3,7,8-TCDD in a 0.05% Tween 20 solution was retained by the column and could be eluted by increasing the Tween 20 concentration. The binding efficiency for 10.7 ng per ml gel matrix ranged from 85 to 97%. Immunoaffinity columns generated by this method did not effectively bind 14C-1,3,7,8-TCDD from serum samples. Diluting the serum 1:20 with 0.05% Tween 20 increased the binding efficiency. Alternately, ethanol-hexane extraction followed by solid phase extraction on a carbon column using a fat removal protocol also provided an appropriate preaffinity column cleanup for serum samples. After this preaffinity column cleanup, spiked serum samples applied to the immunoaffinity column showed binding efficiencies of over 90%.
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- W L Shelver
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Fargo, ND 58105-5674, USA
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