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Eronen V, Iljin K, Pääkkönen J, Jänis J, Rouvinen J, Nevanen TK, Hakulinen N. Robust Approach for Quantifying Glucocorticoid Binding to the Anti-Cortisol Fab Fragment via Native Mass Spectrometry. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:17089-17096. [PMID: 38645339 PMCID: PMC11024979 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c09027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Revised: 03/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
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In the development of proteins, aptamers, and molecular imprints for diagnostic purposes, a major goal is to obtain a molecule with both a high binding affinity and specificity for the target ligand. Cushing syndrome or Addison's disease can be diagnosed by cortisol level tests. We have previously characterized and solved the crystal structure of an anti-cortisol (17) Fab fragment having a high affinity to cortisol but also significant cross-reactivity to other glucocorticoids, especially the glucocorticoid drug prednisolone. We used native mass spectrometry (MS) to determine the binding affinities of nine steroid hormones to anti-cortisol (17) Fab, including steroidogenic precursors of cortisol. Based on the results, the number of hydroxyl groups in the structure of a steroid ligand plays a key role in the antigen recognition by the Fab fragment as the ligands with three hydroxyl groups, cortisol and prednisolone, had the highest affinities. The antibody affinity toward steroid hormones often decreases with a decrease in the number of hydroxyl groups in the structure. The presence of the hydroxyl group at position C11 increased the affinity more than did the other hydroxyl groups at positions C17 or C21. The binding affinities obtained by native MS were compared to the values determined by surface plasmon resonance (SPR), and the affinities were found to correlate well between these two techniques. Our study demonstrates that native MS with a large dynamic range and high sensitivity is a versatile tool for ligand binding studies of proteins.
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- Veikko Eronen
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Eastern Finland, PO BOX 111, 80100 Joensuu, Finland
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- VTT
Technical Research Center of Finland Ltd., Tietotie 2, 02150 Espoo, Finland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Eastern Finland, PO BOX 111, 80100 Joensuu, Finland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Eastern Finland, PO BOX 111, 80100 Joensuu, Finland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Eastern Finland, PO BOX 111, 80100 Joensuu, Finland
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- VTT
Technical Research Center of Finland Ltd., Tietotie 2, 02150 Espoo, Finland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Eastern Finland, PO BOX 111, 80100 Joensuu, Finland
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Li JD, Wu GP, Li LH, Wang LT, Liang YF, Fang RY, Zhang QL, Xie LL, Shen X, Shen YD, Xu ZL, Wang H, Hammock BD. Structural Insights into the Stability and Recognition Mechanism of the Antiquinalphos Nanobody for the Detection of Quinalphos in Foods. Anal Chem 2023; 95:11306-11315. [PMID: 37428097 PMCID: PMC10829938 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c01370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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Nanobodies (Nbs) have great potential in immunoassays due to their exceptional physicochemical properties. With the immortal nature of Nbs and the ability to manipulate their structures using protein engineering, it will become increasingly valuable to understand what structural features of Nbs drive high stability, affinity, and selectivity. Here, we employed an anti-quinalphos Nb as a model to illustrate the structural basis of Nbs' distinctive physicochemical properties and the recognition mechanism. The results indicated that the Nb-11A-ligand complexes exhibit a "tunnel" binding mode formed by CDR1, CDR2, and FR3. The orientation and hydrophobicity of small ligands are the primary determinants of their diverse affinities to Nb-11A. In addition, the primary factors contributing to Nb-11A's limited stability at high temperatures and in organic solvents are the rearrangement of the hydrogen bonding network and the enlargement of the binding cavity. Importantly, Ala 97 and Ala 34 at the active cavity's bottom and Arg 29 and Leu 73 at its entrance play vital roles in hapten recognition, which were further confirmed by mutant Nb-F3. Thus, our findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the recognition and stability mechanisms of anti-hapten Nbs and shed new light on the rational design of novel haptens and directed evolution to produce high-performance antibodies.
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- Jia-Dong Li
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Processing and Safety Control of Livestock and Poultry Products, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Processing and Safety Control of Livestock and Poultry Products, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Future Technology Institute, South China Normal University, 510631, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Processing and Safety Control of Livestock and Poultry Products, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Processing and Safety Control of Livestock and Poultry Products, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Processing and Safety Control of Livestock and Poultry Products, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Processing and Safety Control of Livestock and Poultry Products, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Processing and Safety Control of Livestock and Poultry Products, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Processing and Safety Control of Livestock and Poultry Products, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Processing and Safety Control of Livestock and Poultry Products, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Processing and Safety Control of Livestock and Poultry Products, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology, UCD Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California-Davis, California 95616, United States
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Eronen V, Tullila A, Iljin K, Rouvinen J, Nevanen TK, Hakulinen N. Structural insight to elucidate the binding specificity of the anti-cortisol Fab fragment with glucocorticoids. J Struct Biol 2023; 215:107966. [PMID: 37100101 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2023.107966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Revised: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023]
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Cortisol is a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal gland. It is a primary stress hormone that increases glucose levels in the blood stream. High concentrations of cortisol in the body can be used as a biomarker for acute and chronic stress and related mental and physiological disorders. Therefore, the accurate quantification of cortisol levels in body fluids is essential for clinical diagnosis. In this article, we describe the isolation of recombinant anti-cortisol antibodies with high affinity for cortisol and discover their cross-reactivity with other glucocorticoids. To describe the cortisol binding site and elucidate the structural basis for the binding specificity, the high-resolution crystal structures of the anti-cortisol (17) Fab fragment in the absence of glucocorticoid (2.00 Å) and the presence of cortisol (2.26 Å), corticosterone (1.86 Å), cortisone (1.85 Å) and prednisolone (2.00 Å) were determined. To our knowledge, this is the first determined crystal structure of a cortisol-specific antibody. The recognition of cortisol is driven by hydrophobic interactions and hydrogen bonding at the protein-ligand interface coupled with a conformational transition. Comparison of ligand-free and ligand-bound structures showed that the side chains of residues Tyr58-H and Arg56-H can undergo local conformational changes at the binding site, most likely prior to the binding event via a conformational selection mechanism. Compared to other anti-steroid antibody-antigen complexes, (17) Fab possesses a structurally unique steroid binding site, as the H3 loop from the CDR area has only a minor contribution, but framework residues have a prominent contribution to hapten binding.
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- Veikko Eronen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Eastern Finland, PO BOX 111, 80100 Joensuu, Finland
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- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Tietotie 2, 02150, Espoo, Finland; Current address Aidian Oy, Finland. Koivu-Mankkaantie 6 B, 02101, Espoo
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- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Tietotie 2, 02150, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Eastern Finland, PO BOX 111, 80100 Joensuu, Finland
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- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Tietotie 2, 02150, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Eastern Finland, PO BOX 111, 80100 Joensuu, Finland
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Simmons KJ, Eason TN, Curioso CL, Griffin SM, Ramudit MKD, Oshima KH, Sams EA, Wade TJ, Grimm A, Dufour A, Augustine SAJ. Visitors to a Tropical Marine Beach Show Evidence of Immunoconversions to Multiple Waterborne Pathogens. Front Public Health 2019; 7:231. [PMID: 31482082 PMCID: PMC6709658 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Determining infections from environmental exposures, particularly from waterborne pathogens is a challenging proposition. The study design must be rigorous and account for numerous factors including study population selection, sample collection, storage, and processing, as well as data processing and analysis. These challenges are magnified when it is suspected that individuals may potentially be infected by multiple pathogens at the same time. Previous work demonstrated the effectiveness of a salivary antibody multiplex immunoassay in detecting the prevalence of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies to multiple waterborne pathogens and helped identify asymptomatic norovirus infections in visitors to Boquerón Beach, Puerto Rico. In this study, we applied the immunoassay to three serially collected samples from study participants within the same population to assess immunoconversions (incident infections) to six waterborne pathogens: Helicobacter pylori, Campylobacter jejuni, Toxoplasma gondii, hepatitis A virus, and noroviruses GI. I and GII.4. Further, we examined the impact of sampling on the detection of immunoconversions by comparing the traditional immunoconversion definition based on two samples to criteria developed to capture trends in three sequential samples collected from study participants. The expansion to three samples makes it possible to capture the IgG antibody responses within the survey population to more accurately assess the frequency of immunoconversions to target pathogens. Based on the criteria developed, results showed that when only two samples from each participant were used in the analysis, 25.9% of the beachgoers immunoconverted to at least one pathogen; however, the addition of the third sample reduced immunoconversions to 6.5%. Of these incident infections, the highest levels were to noroviruses followed by T. gondii. Moreover, many individuals displayed evidence of immunoconversions to multiple pathogens. This study suggests that detection of simultaneous infections is possible, with far reaching consequences for the population. The results may lead to further studies to understand the complex interactions that occur within the body as the immune system attempts to ward off these infections. Such an approach is critical to our understanding of medically important synergistic or antagonistic interactions and may provide valuable and critical information to public health officials, water treatment personnel, and environmental managers.
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- Kaneatra J Simmons
- Department of Arts & Sciences/Learning Support, Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA, United States
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- National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
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- National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
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- National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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Augustine SAJ, Simmons KJ, Eason TN, Curioso CL, Griffin SM, Wade TJ, Dufour A, Fout GS, Grimm AC, Oshima KH, Sams EA, See MJ, Wymer LJ. Immunoprevalence to Six Waterborne Pathogens in Beachgoers at Boquerón Beach, Puerto Rico: Application of a Microsphere-Based Salivary Antibody Multiplex Immunoassay. Front Public Health 2017; 5:84. [PMID: 28507984 PMCID: PMC5410637 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Waterborne infectious diseases are a major public health concern worldwide. Few methods have been established that are capable of measuring human exposure to multiple waterborne pathogens simultaneously using non-invasive samples such as saliva. Most current methods measure exposure to only one pathogen at a time, require large volumes of individual samples collected using invasive procedures, and are very labor intensive. In this article, we applied a multiplex bead-based immunoassay capable of measuring IgG antibody responses to six waterborne pathogens simultaneously in human saliva to estimate immunoprevalence in beachgoers at Boquerón Beach, Puerto Rico. Further, we present approaches for determining cutoff points to assess immunoprevalence to the pathogens in the assay. For the six pathogens studied, our results show that IgG antibodies against antigens from noroviruses GI.I and GII.4 were more prevalent (60 and 51.6%, respectively) than Helicobacter pylori (21.4%), hepatitis A virus (20.2%), Campylobacter jejuni (8.7%), and Toxoplasma gondii (8%) in the saliva of the study participants. The salivary antibody multiplex immunoassay can be used to examine immunoprevalence of specific pathogens in human populations.
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- Swinburne A J Augustine
- National Exposure Research Laboratory, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- National Risk Management Research Laboratory, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- National Exposure Research Laboratory, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- National Exposure Research Laboratory, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- National Exposure Research Laboratory, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- National Exposure Research Laboratory, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- National Exposure Research Laboratory, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- National Exposure Research Laboratory, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Molecular Mechanism and Energy Basis of Conformational Diversity of Antibody SPE7 Revealed by Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Principal Component Analysis. Sci Rep 2016; 6:36900. [PMID: 27830740 PMCID: PMC5103278 DOI: 10.1038/srep36900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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More and more researchers are interested in and focused on how a limited repertoire of antibodies can bind and correspondingly protect against an almost limitless diversity of invading antigens. In this work, a series of 200-ns molecular dynamics (MD) simulations followed by principal component (PC) analysis and free energy calculations were performed to probe potential mechanism of conformational diversity of antibody SPE7. The results show that the motion direction of loops H3 and L3 is different relative to each other, implying that a big structural difference exists between these two loops. The calculated energy landscapes suggest that the changes in the backbone angles ψ and φ of H-Y101 and H-Y105 provide significant contributions to the conformational diversity of SPE7. The dihedral angle analyses based on MD trajectories show that the side-chain conformational changes of several key residues H-W33, H-Y105, L-Y34 and L-W93 around binding site of SPE7 play a key role in the conformational diversity of SPE7, which gives a reasonable explanation for potential mechanism of cross-reactivity of single antibody toward multiple antigens.
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Two-in-One antibodies with dual action Fabs. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2013; 17:400-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2013] [Revised: 03/27/2013] [Accepted: 04/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Niemi MH, Takkinen K, Amundsen LK, Söderlund H, Rouvinen J, Höyhtyä M. The testosterone binding mechanism of an antibody derived from a naïve human scFv library. J Mol Recognit 2011; 24:209-19. [PMID: 21360611 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.1039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A testosterone binding scFv antibody was isolated from a naïve human library with a modest size of 10(8) clones. The crystal structure of the Fab fragment form of the 5F2 antibody clone complexed with testosterone determined at 1.5 Å resolution shows that the hapten is bound deeply in the antibody binding pocket. In addition to the interactions with framework residues only CDR-L3 and CDR-H3 loops interact with testosterone and the heavy chain forms the majority of the contacts with the hapten. The testosterone binding site of the 5F2 antibody with a high abundance of aromatic amino acid residues shows similarity with an in vitro affinity matured antibody having around 300 times higher affinity. The moderate affinity of the 5F2 antibody originates from the different orientation of the hapten and few light chain contacts. This is the first three-dimensional structure of a human steroid hormone binding antibody that has been isolated from a naïve human repertoire.
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- Merja H Niemi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, FIN-80101 Joensuu, Finland
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Bostrom J, Haber L, Koenig P, Kelley RF, Fuh G. High affinity antigen recognition of the dual specific variants of herceptin is entropy-driven in spite of structural plasticity. PLoS One 2011; 6:e17887. [PMID: 21526167 PMCID: PMC3081289 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2010] [Accepted: 02/16/2011] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The antigen-binding site of Herceptin, an anti-human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2) antibody, was engineered to add a second specificity toward Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) to create a high affinity two-in-one antibody bH1. Crystal structures of bH1 in complex with either antigen showed that, in comparison to Herceptin, this antibody exhibited greater conformational variability, also called "structural plasticity". Here, we analyzed the biophysical and thermodynamic properties of the dual specific variants of Herceptin to understand how a single antibody binds two unrelated protein antigens. We showed that while bH1 and the affinity-improved bH1-44, in particular, maintained many properties of Herceptin including binding affinity, kinetics and the use of residues for antigen recognition, they differed in the binding thermodynamics. The interactions of bH1 and its variants with both antigens were characterized by large favorable entropy changes whereas the Herceptin/HER2 interaction involved a large favorable enthalpy change. By dissecting the total entropy change and the energy barrier for dual interaction, we determined that the significant structural plasticity of the bH1 antibodies demanded by the dual specificity did not translate into the expected increase of entropic penalty relative to Herceptin. Clearly, dual antigen recognition of the Herceptin variants involves divergent antibody conformations of nearly equivalent energetic states. Hence, increasing the structural plasticity of an antigen-binding site without increasing the entropic cost may play a role for antibodies to evolve multi-specificity. Our report represents the first comprehensive biophysical analysis of a high affinity dual specific antibody binding two unrelated protein antigens, furthering our understanding of the thermodynamics that drive the vast antigen recognition capacity of the antibody repertoire.
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- Jenny Bostrom
- Department of Antibody Engineering, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Department of Protein Engineering, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Antibody Engineering, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Department of Protein Engineering, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Antibody Engineering, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Department of Protein Engineering, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Antibody Engineering, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Department of Protein Engineering, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Antibody Engineering, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Department of Protein Engineering, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Ui M, Tanaka Y, Tsumuraya T, Fujii I, Inoue M, Hirama M, Tsumoto K. Structural and energetic hot-spots for the interaction between a ladder-like polycyclic ether and the anti-ciguatoxin antibody 10C9Fab. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 7:793-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c0mb00162g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Arcangeli C, Cantale C, Galeffi P, Rosato V. Structure and dynamics of the anti-AMCV scFv(F8): effects of selected mutations on the antigen combining site. J Struct Biol 2008; 164:119-33. [PMID: 18662789 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2008.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2008] [Revised: 06/16/2008] [Accepted: 06/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The recombinant antibody fragment scFv(F8), which recognizes the coat protein of the plant virus AMCV, is characterized by peculiar high in vitro stability and functional folding even in reducing environments, making it fit for designing stable antibodies with desired properties. Mutagenesis and functional analysis evidenced two residues, at positions 47 and 58 of the V(H) chain, playing a crucial role in the antigen binding recognition. Here, we used a computational procedure to assess the effects of these mutations on the stability, structure and dynamics of the antigen-binding site. Structural models of the wild type scFv(F8) and of its H47 and H58 mutants were built by homology modelling and assessed by multiple 15.5ns of molecular dynamics simulations. Computational results indicate that the 47H substitution strongly affects the CDR-H(2) conformation, destabilizes the V(H)/V(L) interface and confers high conformational flexibility to the antigen-binding site, leading the mutant to functional loss. The mutation at position H58 strenghtens the binding site, bestowing a high antigen specificity on the mutant. The essential dynamics and the analysis of the protein-solvent interface further corroborate the correspondence between the extent of the structurally-determined flexibility of the binding site with the different functional behaviours proved by the wild-type and its mutants. These results may have useful implications for structure-based design of antibody combining site.
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- Caterina Arcangeli
- ENEA, Dipartimento FIM, Sezione Calcolo e Modellistica, CR Casaccia, Via Anguillarese 301, I-00123 Rome, Italy.
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Lee M, Lloyd P, Zhang X, Schallhorn JM, Sugimoto K, Leach AG, Sapiro G, Houk KN. Shapes of antibody binding sites: qualitative and quantitative analyses based on a geomorphic classification scheme. J Org Chem 2007; 71:5082-92. [PMID: 16808494 DOI: 10.1021/jo052659z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The topography of antibody binding sites has been classified into five types that evoke familiar geomorphic features of the Earth. The 229 antibody crystal structures from the Protein Data Bank were analyzed and classified into these classes. Relationships to previous topography classifications by Rees et al., who defined three classes, and Thornton et al., who defined four classes, are identified. An algorithm was developed to identify the antibody binding site class automatically based on the definition and the shape of the binding site. A three-dimensional convex hull was formed around the complementarity determining regions (CDRs) of the antibody. The convex hull was then "trimmed" to fit the binding site by using distance criteria and morphological techniques. Once the program identified the binding site shape, a statistical and distance based analysis was performed to classify automatically the antibody into one of the five geomorphic classes. The five antibody topography classes are as follows: cave (mostly hapten binders), crater (mostly protein and peptide/carbohydrate/nucleic acid binders), canyon, valley, and plain (mostly protein binders). Comparisons of the binding sites of empty and of complexed antibody binding sites gave an indication of how the shape of the binding site is influenced by binding of the antigen.
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- Michelle Lee
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Sant' Ana CD, Ticli FK, Oliveira LL, Giglio JR, Rechia CGV, Fuly AL, Selistre de Araújo HS, Franco JJ, Stabeli RG, Soares AM, Sampaio SV. BjussuSP-I: a new thrombin-like enzyme isolated from Bothrops jararacussu snake venom. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2007; 151:443-454. [PMID: 17466550 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.02.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2006] [Revised: 02/05/2007] [Accepted: 02/28/2007] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A thrombin-like enzyme named BjussuSP-I, isolated from B. jararacussu snake venom, is an acidic single chain glycoprotein with approximately 6% sugar, Mr=61,000 under reducing conditions and pI approximately 3.8, representing 1.09% of the chromatographic A(280) recovery. BjussuSP-I is a glycosylated serine protease containing both N-linked carbohydrates and sialic acid in its structure. BjussuSP-I showed a high clotting activity upon human plasma, which was inhibited by PMSF, leupeptin, heparin and 1,10-phenantroline. This enzyme showed high stability regarding coagulant activity when analyzed at different temperatures (-70 to 37 degrees C), pHs (4.5 to 8.0), and presence of two divalent metal ions (Ca(2+) and Mg(2+)). It also displayed TAME esterase and proteolytic activities toward natural (fibrinogen and fibrin) and synthetic (BAPNA) substrates, respectively, being also inhibited by PMSF and leupeptin. BjussuSP-I can induce production of polyclonal antibodies able to inhibit its clotting activity, but unable to inhibit its proteolytic activity on fibrinogen. The enzyme also showed crossed immunoreactivity against 11 venom samples of Bothrops, 1 of Crotalus, and 1 of Calloselasma snakes, in addition of LAAO isolated from B. moojeni venom. It displayed neither hemorrhagic, myotoxic, edema-inducing profiles nor proteolytic activity on casein. BjussuSP-I showed an N-terminal sequence (VLGGDECDINEHPFLA FLYS) similar to other thrombin-like enzymes from snake venoms. Based on its biochemical, enzymatic and pharmacological characteristics, BjussuSP-I was identified as a new thrombin-like enzyme isoform from Bothrops jararacussu snake venom.
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- Carolina D Sant' Ana
- Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto - Universidade de São Paulo, FCFRP-USP, Ribeirão Preto - SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto - Universidade de São Paulo, FCFRP-USP, Ribeirão Preto - SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular e Bioagentes Patogênicos, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto - Universidade de São Paulo, FMRP-USP, Ribeirão Preto - SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto - Universidade de São Paulo, FMRP-USP, Ribeirão Preto - SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física e Química, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto - Universidade de São Paulo, FCFRP-USP, Ribeirão Preto - SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade Federal Fluminense, UFF, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto - Universidade de São Paulo, FCFRP-USP, Ribeirão Preto - SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica e Biotecnologia, Instituto de Pesquisas em Patologias Tropicais (IPEPATRO), Universidade de Rondônia, UNIR, Porto Velho-RO, Brazil
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- Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto - Universidade de São Paulo, FCFRP-USP, Ribeirão Preto - SP, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto - Universidade de São Paulo, FCFRP-USP, Ribeirão Preto - SP, Brazil.
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Scheerer P, Kramer A, Otte L, Seifert M, Wessner H, Scholz C, Krauss N, Schneider-Mergener J, Höhne W. Structure of an anti-cholera toxin antibody Fab in complex with an epitope-derivedD-peptide: a case of polyspecific recognition. J Mol Recognit 2007; 20:263-74. [PMID: 17712773 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The structure of a complex of the anti-cholera toxin antibody TE33 Fab (fragment antibody) with the D-peptide vpGsqhyds was solved to 1.78 A resolution. The D-peptide was derived from the linear L-peptide epitope VPGSQHIDS by a stepwise transformation. Despite the very similar amino acid sequence-the only difference is a tyrosine residue in position 7-there are marked differences in the individual positions with respect to their contribution to the peptide overall affinity as ascertained by a complete substitutional analysis. This is reflected by the X-ray structure of the TE33 Fab/D-peptide complex where there is an inverted orientation of the D-peptide as compared with the known structure of a corresponding complex containing the epitope L-peptide, with the side chains establishing different contacts within the binding site of TE33. The D- and L-peptide affinities are comparable and the surface areas buried by complex formation are almost the same. Thus the antibody TE33 provides a typical example for polyspecific binding behavior of IgG family antibodies.
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- Patrick Scheerer
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institute of Biochemistry, Monbijoustr. 2, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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Statistical electrostatic analysis of 37 protein-protein complexes extracted from the previously developed database of protein complexes (ProtCom, http://www.ces.clemson.edu/compbio/protcom) is presented. It is shown that small interfaces have a higher content of charged and polar groups compared to large interfaces. In a vast majority of the cases the average pKa shifts for acidic residues induced by the complex formation are negative, indicating that complex formation stabilizes their ionizable states, whereas the histidines are predicted to destabilize the complex. The individual pKa shifts show the same tendency since 80% of the interfacial acidic groups were found to lower their pKas, whereas only 25% of histidines raise their pKa upon the complex formation. The interfacial groups have been divided into three sets according to the mechanism of their pKa shift, and statistical analysis of each set was performed. It was shown that the optimum pH values (pH of maximal stability) of the complex tend to be the same as the optimum pH values of the complex components. This finding can be used in the homology-based prediction of the 3D structures of protein complexes, especially when one needs to evaluate and rank putative models. It is more likely for a model to be correct if both components of the model complex and the entire complex have the same or at least similar values of the optimum pH.
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- Petras J Kundrotas
- Computational Biophysics and Bioinformatics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, USA
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James LC, Tawfik DS. The specificity of cross-reactivity: promiscuous antibody binding involves specific hydrogen bonds rather than nonspecific hydrophobic stickiness. Protein Sci 2003; 12:2183-93. [PMID: 14500876 PMCID: PMC2366915 DOI: 10.1110/ps.03172703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2003] [Revised: 06/20/2003] [Accepted: 06/25/2003] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Proteins are renowned for their specificity of function. There is, however, accumulating evidence that many proteins, from enzymes to antibodies, are functionally promiscuous. Promiscuity is of considerable physiological importance. In the immune system, cross-reactive or multispecific antibodies are implicated in autoimmune and allergy conditions. In most cases, however, the mechanism behind promiscuity and the relationship between specific and promiscuous activities are unknown. Are the two contradictory? Or can a protein exhibit several unrelated activities each of which is highly specific? To address these questions, we studied a multispecific IgE antibody (SPE7) elicited against a 2,4-dinitrophenyl hapten (DNP). SPE7 is able to distinguish between closely related derivatives such as NP (nitrophenol) and DNP, yet it can also bind a number of unrelated ligands. We find that, like DNP, the cross-reactants are themselves bound specifically-close derivatives of these cross-reactants show very low or no binding to SPE7. It has been suggested that cross-reactivity is simply due to "hydrophobic stickiness", nonspecific interactions between hydrophobic ligands and binding sites. However, partitioning experiments reveal that affinity for SPE7 is unrelated to ligand hydrophobicity. These data, combined with crystal structures of SPE7 in complex with four different ligands, demonstrate that each cross-reactant is bound specifically, forming different hydrogen bonds dependant upon its particular chemistry and the availability of complementary antibody residues. SPE7 is highly homologous to the germline antinitrophenol (NP) antibody B1-8. By comparing the sequences and binding patterns of SPE7 and B1-8, we address the relationship between affinity maturation, specificity, and cross-reactivity.
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- Leo C James
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 2HQ, United Kingdom
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Kumagai I, Nishimiya Y, Kondo H, Tsumoto K. Structural consequences of target epitope-directed functional alteration of an antibody. The case of anti-hen lysozyme antibody, HyHEL-10. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:24929-36. [PMID: 12709438 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m301149200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Decreased affinity of an antibody for a mutated epitope in an antigen can be enhanced and reversed by mutations in certain antibody residues. Here we describe the crystal structures of (a) the complex between a naturally mutated proteinaceous antigen and an antibody that was mutated and selected in vitro, and (b) the complex between the normal antigen and the mutated antibody. The mutated and selected antibody recognizes essentially the same epitope as in the wild-type antibody, indicating successful target site-directed functional alteration of the antibody. In comparing the structure of the mutated antigen-mutant antibody complex with the previously established structure of the wild-type antigen-wild-type antibody complex, we found that the enhanced affinity of the mutated antibody for the mutant antigen originated not from improvements in local complementarity around the mutated sites but from subtle and critical structural changes in nonmutated sites, including an increase in variable domain interactions. Our findings indicate that only a few mutations in the antigen-binding region of an antibody can lead to some structural changes in its paratopes, emphasizing the critical roles of the plasticity of loops in the complementarity-determining region and also the importance of the plasticity of the interaction between the variable regions of immunoglobulin heavy and light chains in determining the specificity of an antibody.
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- Izumi Kumagai
- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba-yama 07, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
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Nahoum V, Gangloff A, Shi R, Lin SX. How estrogen-specific proteins discriminate estrogens from androgens: a common steroid binding site architecture. FASEB J 2003; 17:1334-6. [PMID: 12759331 DOI: 10.1096/fj.02-0524fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Steroid hormones play an essential role in a wide range of physiological and pathological processes, such as growth, metabolism, aging, and hormone-sensitive cancers. Estrogens are no exception and influence growth, differentiation, and functioning of many target tissues, such as the mammary gland, uterus, hypothalamus, pituitary, bone, and liver. Although very similar in structure, each steroid class (i.e., estrogens, androgens, progestins, mineral corticoids, or glucocorticoids) is responsible for distinct physiological processes. To permit specific biological responses for a given steroid class, specific proteins are responsible for steroid bioactivation, action, and inactivation, yet they have low or no affinity to other classes. Estrogens make no exception and possess their own set of related proteins. To understand the molecular basis underlying estrogen recognition from other steroids, structural features of estrogen-specific proteins were analyzed along with their ability to discriminate between steroid hormones belonging to different classes. Hence, the study of all estrogen-specific proteins for which an atomic structure has been determined demonstrated that a common steroid-binding pocket architecture is shared by these proteins. This architecture is composed of the following elements: i) a glutamate residue acting as a proton acceptor coupled with a proton donor that interact with the steroid O3; ii) a proton donor (His or Ser) that interacts with O17; iii) a highly conserved sandwich-like structure providing steric hindrance and preventing C19 steroid from binding; and iv) several amino acid residues interacting with the C18. As these different estrogen-specific proteins are not related in overall sequence, the inference is that the steroid binding site in these proteins has originated by convergent evolution.
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- Virginie Nahoum
- Oncology and Molecular Endocrinology Research Center, CHUL Research Center and Laval University, Québec, Québec G1V 4G2, Canada
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Smales CM, Blackwell LF. Lysozyme conjugate immune complex formation and the effects on substrate hydrolysis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 304:818-24. [PMID: 12727231 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(03)00684-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The defined estrone glucuronide-lysozyme conjugate E3, that is acylated solely at K33, was used as a probe for the steric requirements of the active site cleft of chicken type lysozymes. When the immune complex was formed with an anti-estrone glucuronide antiserum, the rate of lysis of the E3 conjugate with the large bacterial substrate Micrococcus lysodeikticus was inhibited by over 90%. However, when the small hexamer of N-acetyl glucosamine was used as the substrate, the rate of hydrolysis by the immune complex was accelerated by 350% compared with the control rate. Thus, inhibition by the anti-estrone glucuronide cannot be caused simply by steric occlusion of the active site. Other factor(s) in the immune complex activate the hydrolysis reaction, most likely by favouring the conformations that lead to the transition state.
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- C Mark Smales
- Research School of Biosciences, University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, UK.
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A single antibody was shown to adopt different binding-site conformations and thereby bind unrelated antigens. Analysis by both x-ray crystallography and pre-steady-state kinetics revealed an equilibrium between different preexisting isomers, one of which possessed a promiscuous, low-affinity binding site for aromatic ligands, including the immunizing hapten. A subsequent induced-fit isomerization led to high-affinity complexes with a deep and narrow binding site. A protein antigen identified by repertoire selection made use of an unrelated antibody isomer with a wide, shallow binding site. Conformational diversity, whereby one sequence adopts multiple structures and multiple functions, can increase the effective size of the antibody repertoire but may also lead to autoimmunity and allergy.
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- Leo C James
- Centre for Protein Engineering, Medical Research Council Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2HQ, UK
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Yokota A, Tsumoto K, Shiroishi M, Kondo H, Kumagai I. The role of hydrogen bonding via interfacial water molecules in antigen-antibody complexation. The HyHEL-10-HEL interaction. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:5410-8. [PMID: 12444085 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m210182200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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To study the role of hydrogen bonding via interfacial water molecules in protein-protein interactions, we examined the interaction between hen egg white lysozyme (HEL) and its HyHEL-10 variable domain fragment (Fv) antibody. We constructed three antibody mutants (l-Y50F, l-S91A, and l-S93A) and investigated the interactions between the mutant Fvs and HEL. Isothermal titration calorimetry indicated that the mutations significantly decreased the negative enthalpy change (8-25 kJ mol(-1)), despite some offset by a favorable entropy change. X-ray crystallography demonstrated that the complexes had nearly identical structures, including the positions of the interfacial water molecules. Taken together, the isothermal titration calorimetric and x-ray crystallographic results indicate that hydrogen bonding via interfacial water enthalpically contributes to the Fv-HEL interaction despite the partial offset because of entropy loss, suggesting that hydrogen bonding stiffens the antigen-antibody complex.
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- Akiko Yokota
- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba-yama 07, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
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Valjakka J, Hemminki A, Niemi S, Söderlund H, Takkinen K, Rouvinen J. Crystal structure of an in vitro affinity- and specificity-matured anti-testosterone Fab in complex with testosterone. Improved affinity results from small structural changes within the variable domains. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:44021-7. [PMID: 12196551 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m208392200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A highly selective, high affinity recombinant anti-testosterone Fab fragment has been generated by stepwise optimization of the complementarity-determining regions (CDRs) by random mutagenesis and phage display selection of a monoclonal antibody (3-C(4)F(5)). The best mutant (77 Fab) was obtained by evaluating the additivity effects of different independently selected CDR mutations. The 77 Fab contains 20 mutations and has about 40-fold increased affinity (K(d) = 3 x 10(-10) m) when compared with the wild-type (3-C(4)F(5)) Fab. To obtain structural insight into factors, which are needed to improve binding properties, we have determined the crystal structures of the mutant 77 Fab fragment with (2.15 A) and without testosterone (2.10 A) and compared these with previously determined wild-type structures. The overall testosterone binding of the 77 Fab is similar to that of the wild-type. The improved affinity and specificity of the 77 Fab fragment are due to more comprehensive packing of the testosterone with the protein, which is the result of small structural changes within the variable domains. Only one important binding site residue Glu-95 of the heavy chain CDR3 is mutated to alanine in the 77 Fab fragment. This mutation, originally selected from the phage library based on improved specificity, provides more free space for the testosterone D-ring. The light chain CDR1 of 77 Fab containing eight mutations has the most significant effect on the improved affinity, although it has no direct contact with the testosterone. The mutations of CDR-L1 cause a rearrangement in its conformation, leading to an overall fine reshaping of the binding site.
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- Jarkko Valjakka
- Department of Chemistry, University of Joensuu, P. O. Box 111, Finland.
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Kusharyoto W, Pleiss J, Bachmann TT, Schmid RD. Mapping of a hapten-binding site: molecular modeling and site-directed mutagenesis study of an anti-atrazine antibody. Protein Eng Des Sel 2002; 15:233-41. [PMID: 11932494 DOI: 10.1093/protein/15.3.233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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A three-dimensional model of the variable domain of the atrazine-specific Fab fragment K411B was constructed by molecular modeling using known structures of highly homologous immunoglobulins as templates. Molecular dynamic simulations and cross-reactivity data were used to predict residues responsible for the binding of the hapten 4-chloro-6-(isopropylamino)-1,3,5-triazine-2-(6-aminohexanecarboxylic acid) (iPr/Cl/C6) instead of atrazine. Specific binding pockets could be defined for the chlorine, the isopropylamino group and the C6-spacer of the hapten. The influence of various amino acids on hapten binding was investigated by site-directed mutagenesis, and the effect of these mutations was analyzed by capture ELISA using the hapten iPr/Cl/C6 and 4-amino-6-chloro-1,3,5-triazine-2-(6-aminohexanecarboxylic acid) (H/Cl/C6). GlyH100a seems to be important in determining the conformation of the heavy-chain complementarity determining region H3; replacing it with any other residue prevented the binding of the hapten. Altering residues responsible for the binding of the chlorine atom (TrpH33, GluH50 and TyrL96) decreased the affinity significantly. Hapten-spacer recognition can be attributed to the interaction with PheL32; replacing PheL32 by leucine reduced the affinity towards iPr/Cl/C6. A triple mutant Fab fragment (GlnL89Glu, ValH37Ile and GluL3Val) showed an affinity 5-fold greater towards iPr/Cl/C6 compared to the wild-type K411B, as a result of better recognition of the isopropylamino group of iPr/Cl/C6.
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- Wien Kusharyoto
- Institute of Technical Biochemistry, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569, Germany
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Valjakka J, Takkinenz K, Teerinen T, Söderlund H, Rouvinen J. Structural insights into steroid hormone binding: the crystal structure of a recombinant anti-testosterone Fab fragment in free and testosterone-bound forms. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:4183-90. [PMID: 11707437 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m105579200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The monoclonal anti-testosterone antibody (3-C(4)F(5)) has a relatively high affinity (3 x 10(8) m(-1)) with an overall good specificity profile. However, the earlier characterized binding properties have shown that both the affinity and specificity of this antibody must be improved if it is intended for use in clinical immunoassays. In this paper, the crystal structures of the recombinant anti-testosterone (3-C(4)F(5)) Fab fragment have been determined in the testosterone-bound and free form at resolutions of 2.60 and 2.72 A, respectively. The high affinity binding of the (3-C(4)F(5)) Fab is mainly determined by shape complementarity between the protein and testosterone. Only one direct hydrogen bond is formed between the hydroxyl group of the testosterone D-ring and the main-chain oxygen of Gly100(J)H. The testosterone is deeply bound in a hydrophobic pocket, and the close shape complementarity is mainly formed by the third complementarity-determining regions (CDR) of the heavy and light chain. Comparison of the bound structure with the free structure indicates conformational changes in the protein upon testosterone binding. The conformational changes of the side chains of two residues Glu95H and Tyr99H in the CDR-H3 are particularly essential for the binding. Interesting similarities in the binding of different steroids were also observed upon comparison of the available structures of anti-steroid antibodies.
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- Jarkko Valjakka
- Department of Chemistry, University of Joensuu, P. O. Box 111, 80101 Joensuu and VTT Biotechnology, P. O. Box 1500, 02044 VTT, Finland.
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Monnet C, Bettsworth F, Stura EA, Le Du MH, Ménez R, Derrien L, Zinn-Justin S, Gilquin B, Sibaï G, Battail-Poirot N, Jolivet M, Ménez A, Arnaud M, Ducancel F, Charbonnier JB. Highly specific anti-estradiol antibodies: structural characterisation and binding diversity. J Mol Biol 2002; 315:699-712. [PMID: 11812141 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Subtle modulation of antibody-binding properties by protein engineering often lies with an accurate structural and energetic description of how an antigen is recognised. Thus, with the intent to increase the affinity and add a bias in favour of natural estradiol compared with its chemically modified immunogen, we have determined the crystal structure of two anti-estradiol monoclonal antibodies, 10G6D6 and 17E12E5. Although generated against the same estradiol derivative, these antibodies share little sequence identity, which is reflected in dissimilar binding pockets and in different positioning of the steroid. In both antibodies the characteristic 17-hydroxyl group is buried deeply at the bottom of hydrophobic pockets and stabilised by hydrogen bonds. Apart from this similarity, the steroid is oriented differently in the respective binding pockets. The high specificity of both antibodies has been mapped out, and even closely related steroids show low cross-reactivity. The structural studies of the complex formed between 10G6D6 and 6-CMO-estradiol have identified contacts between the 6-CMO coupling linker and an arginine residue from the heavy chain CDR2 segment. This segment is now being targeted by random mutagenesis to select mutants with a preference for natural estradiol compared to the branched hapten.
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- C Monnet
- Département d'Ingénierie et d'Etude des Protéines, CEA, CE Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, 91191, France
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Coulon S, Pellequer JL, Blachère T, Chartier M, Mappus E, Chen Sw SWW, Cuilleron CY, Baty D. Functional characterization of an anti-estradiol antibody by site-directed mutagenesis and molecular modelling: modulation of binding properties and prominent role of the V(L) domain in estradiol recognition. J Mol Recognit 2002; 15:6-18. [PMID: 11870917 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The high-affinity monoclonal anti-estradiol antibody 9D3 presents a specificity defect towards estradiol-3-sulphate and 3-glucuronide conjugates incompatible with use in direct immunoassays. The corresponding single-chain variable fragment (scFv), cloned and produced in E. coli, exhibited a 10-fold lower affinity for estradiol (K(a)=1.2 x 10(9) M (-1)) and a slightly increased specificity defect for the 3-position. Site-directed mutagenesis revealed critical residues involved in estradiol recognition and produced mutants exhibiting up to a 3-fold increase of the binding affinity for estradiol and up to a 2-fold decrease of the cross-reactivity with estradiol-3-sulphate. A comparative model of the antibody 9D3-estradiol complex was built in which the estradiol D-ring is buried into the binding pocket while the 3-, 6- and 7-positions are solvent exposed, agreeing with the lack of specificity for these three positions. Two potential alternative orientations of the A-ring, one close to CDR H3 and L2 loops, and the other one close to CDR H2 and L3 loops, have been considered for the docking of estradiol, none of which could be unambiguously privileged taking into account data from cross-reactivity measurements, photolabelling and mutagenesis studies. For both orientations, estradiol is stabilized by hydrogen bonding of the 17beta-OH group with TyrL36, His89 and GlnH35 in the first case, or TyrL36, only, in the second case and by van der Waals contacts from TyrL91 with alpha- or beta-face of estradiol, respectively, and from ValH95 and GlyH97 with the opposite face. To elucidate the molecular basis of antibody 9D3 specificity, as compared with that of another anti-estradiol antibody 15H11, single variable domains (V(H) and V(L)) and scFv hybrids have been constructed. The binding activity of V(L)9D3 as well as the specificity of the V(L)9D3/V(H)15H11 hybrid, both similar to antibody 9D3, revealed a prominent role of V(L) in estradiol recognition. These findings establish premises for antibody engineering to reduce cross-reactivity, especially with estradiol-3-conjugates.
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- Stéphane Coulon
- Institut de Biologie Structurale et de Microbiologie, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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Peräkylä M, Nordman N. Energetic analysis of binding of progesterone and 5 beta-androstane-3,17-dione to anti-progesterone antibody DB3 using molecular dynamics and free energy calculations. PROTEIN ENGINEERING 2001; 14:753-8. [PMID: 11739893 DOI: 10.1093/protein/14.10.753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Molecular dynamics simulations and molecular mechanics-Poisson-Boltzmann surface area (MM-PBSA) free energy calculations were used to study the energetics of the binding of progesterone (PRG) and 5 beta-androstane-3,17-dione (5AD) to anti-PRG antibody DB3. Although the two steroids bind to DB3 in different orientations, their binding affinities are of the same magnitude, 1 nM for PRG and 8 nM for 5AD. The calculated relative binding free energy of the steroids, 8.8 kJ/mol, is in fair agreement with the experimental energy, 5.4 kJ/mol. In addition, computational alanine scanning was applied to study the role of selected amino acid residues of the ligand-binding site on the steroid cross-reactivity. The electrostatic and van der Waals components of the total binding free energies were found to favour more the binding of PRG, whereas solvation energies were more favourable for the binding of 5AD. The differences in the free energy components are due to the binding of the A rings of the steroids to different binding pockets: PRG is bound to a pocket in which electrostatic antibody-steroid interactions are dominating, whereas 5AD is bound to a pocket in which van der Waals and hydrophobic interactions dominate.
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- M Peräkylä
- Department of Chemistry, University of Kuopio, PO Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland.
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Lamminmäki U, Kankare JA. Crystal structure of a recombinant anti-estradiol Fab fragment in complex with 17beta -estradiol. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:36687-94. [PMID: 11451948 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m102367200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The crystal structure of a Fab fragment of an anti-17beta-estradiol antibody 57-2 was determined in the absence and presence of the steroid ligand, 17beta-estradiol (E2), at 2.5 and 2.15-A resolutions, respectively. The antibody binds the steroid in a deep hydrophobic pocket formed at the interface between the variable domains. No major structural rearrangements take place upon ligand binding; however, a large part of the heavy chain variable domain near the binding pocket is unusually flexible and is partly stabilized when the steroid is bound. The nonpolar steroid skeleton of E2 is recognized by a number of hydrophobic interactions, whereas the two hydroxyl groups of E2 are hydrogen-bonded to the protein. Especially, the 17-hydroxyl group of E2 is recognized by an intricate hydrogen bonding network in which the 17-hydroxyl itself forms a rare four-center hydrogen bond with three polar amino acids; this hydrogen bonding arrangement accounts for the low cross-reactivity of the antibody with other estrogens such as estrone. The CDRH3 loop plays a prominent role in ligand binding. All the complementarity-determining regions of the light chain make direct contacts with the steroid, even CDRL2, which is rarely directly involved in the binding of haptens.
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- U Lamminmäki
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Turku, Tykistökatu 6, 6th floor, 20520 Turku, Finland.
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Murray A, Smith RG, Brady K, Williams S, Badley RA, Price MR. Generation and refinement of peptide mimetic ligands for paratope-specific purification of monoclonal antibodies. Anal Biochem 2001; 296:9-17. [PMID: 11520027 DOI: 10.1006/abio.2001.5235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Paratope-specific purification of antibodies has distinct advantages over conventional methods of antibody purification with respect to its capacity to isolate product of high purity and immunoreactivity. The present report addresses the problems of identifying peptide ligands for the purification of antibodies reactive with nonprotein antigens. Using an anti-steroid antibody as the model, a lead sequence that bound antibody was identified from a peptide phage display library. The minimum binding unit in this sequence was deduced using a series of truncated peptides synthesized on the heads of polyethylene pins. Replacement Net analysis of the minimum binding unit identified peptides with increased affinity for the antibody. The affinity-matured peptide mimotope bound antibody in solution. By molecular modeling the peptide was superimposable onto estrone-3-glucuronide localized in the crystal structure of the antibody binding pocket. In order to resolve problems of presentation posed by the reversal of orientation of the peptide on the affinity matrix compared with the pins, the mimotope peptide was synthesized in reverse sequence using d-amino acids. The resulting affinity matrix was effective for the purification of antibody. Eluted product demonstrated molecular homogeneity and high immunoreactivity. It is concluded that the combination of biological and chemical library techniques described provides a method for the generation and affinity maturation of mimotopes for antibodies against nonprotein antigens.
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- A Murray
- Cancer Research Laboratories, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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Improved sequence alignment at low pairwise identity is important for identifying potential remote homologues in database searches and for obtaining accurate alignments as a prelude to modeling structures by homology. Our work is motivated by two observations: structural data provide superior training examples for developing techniques to improve the alignment of remote homologues; and general substitution patterns for remote homologues differ from those of closely related proteins. We introduce a new set of amino acid residue interchange matrices built from structural superposition data. These matrices exploit known structural homology as a means of characterizing the effect evolution has on residue-substitution profiles. Given their origin, it is not surprising that the individual residue-residue interchange frequencies are chemically sensible. The structural interchange matrices show a significant increase both in pairwise alignment accuracy and in functional annotation/fold recognition accuracy across distantly related sequences. We demonstrate improved pairwise alignment by using superpositions of homologous domains extracted from a structural database as a gold standard and go on to show an increase in fold recognition accuracy using a database of homologous fold families. This was applied to the unassigned open reading frames from the genome of Helicobacter pylori to identify five matches, two of which are not represented by new annotations in the sequence databases. In addition, we describe a new cyclic permutation strategy to identify distant homologues that experienced gene duplication and subsequent deletions. Using this method, we have identified a potential homologue to one additional previously unassigned open reading frame from the H. pylori genome.
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- J D Blake
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, Box 0450, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Bettsworth F, Monnet C, Watelet B, Battail-Poirot N, Gilquin B, Jolivet M, Menez A, Arnaud M, Ducancel F. Functional characterization of two anti-estradiol antibodies as deduced from modelling and site-directed mutagenesis experiments. J Mol Recognit 2001; 14:99-109. [PMID: 11301480 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Monoclonal antibodies are now widely used to measure the concentration of steroid hormones in human serum samples. The great development of molecular engineering techniques over the past 10 years has made possible the improvement of specificity and/or sensitivity of selected antibodies. We have obtained two monoclonal antibodies, 17E12E5 and 10G6D6, using estradiol-6-ethyl methoxy carbonyl (EMC)-bovine serum albumin (BSA) as immunogen. To tentatively improve their affinities for natural estradiol, we have initiated their structural and functional studies. For this purpose, we have cloned and sequenced the genes encoding the variable fragments of each antibody. Single chain variable fragments (scFv) were produced into the periplasmic space of E. coli using the pLIP6 expression vector. Mapping of the functional structures of both antibodies was obtained by combination of modelling and mutational analyses together with cross-reaction studies. The two binding pockets are described and models of estradiol complexed to 17E12E5 and 10G6D6 are proposed.
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- F Bettsworth
- Département R&D immunoessais, bioMérieux, Chemin de l'Orme, 69280 Marcy l'Etoile, France
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Spinelli S, Frenken LG, Hermans P, Verrips T, Brown K, Tegoni M, Cambillau C. Camelid heavy-chain variable domains provide efficient combining sites to haptens. Biochemistry 2000; 39:1217-22. [PMID: 10684599 DOI: 10.1021/bi991830w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Camelids can produce antibodies devoid of light chains and CH1 domains (Hamers-Casterman, C. et al. (1993) Nature 363, 446-448). Camelid heavy-chain variable domains (VHH) have high affinities for protein antigens and the structures of two of these complexes have been determined (Desmyter, A. et al. (1996) Nature Struc. Biol. 3, 803-811; Decanniere, K. et al. (1999) Structure 7, 361-370). However, the small size of these VHHs and their monomeric nature bring into question their capacity to bind haptens. Here, we have successfully raised llama antibodies against the hapten azo-dye Reactive Red (RR6) and determined the crystal structure of the complex between a dimer of this hapten and a VHH fragment. The surface of interaction between the VHH and the dimeric hapten is large, with an area of ca. 300 A(2); this correlates well with the low-dissociation constant of 22 nM measured for the monomer. The VHH fragment provides an efficient combining site to the RR6, using its three CDR loops. In particular, CDR1 provides a strong interaction to the hapten through two histidine residues bound to its copper atoms. VHH fragments might, therefore, prove to be valuable tools for selecting, removing, or capturing haptens. They are likely to play a role in biotechnology extending beyond protein recognition alone.
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- S Spinelli
- Architecture et Fonction des Macromolecules Biologiques, CNRS, UPR-9039, 31 Chemiin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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Langedijk AC, Spinelli S, Anguille C, Hermans P, Nederlof J, Butenandt J, Honegger A, Cambillau C, Plückthun A. Insight into odorant perception: the crystal structure and binding characteristics of antibody fragments directed against the musk odorant traseolide. J Mol Biol 1999; 292:855-69. [PMID: 10525411 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Monoclonal antibodies were elicited against the small hydrophobic hapten traseolide, a commercially available musk fragrance. Antibody variable region sequences were found to belong to different sequence groups, and the binding characteristics of the corresponding antibody fragments were investigated. The antibodies M02/01/01 and M02/05/01 are highly homologous and differ in the binding pocket only at position H93. M02/05/01 (H93 Val) binds the hapten traseolide about 75-fold better than M02/01/01 (H93 Ala). A traseolide analog, missing only one methyl group, does not have the characteristic musk odorant fragrance. The antibody M02/05/01 binds this hapten analog about tenfold less tightly than the original traseolide hapten, and mimics the odorant receptor in this respect, while the antibody M02/01/01 does not distinguish between the analog and traseolide. To elucidate the structural basis for the fine specificity of binding, we determined the crystal structure of the Fab fragment of M02/05/01 complexed with the hapten at 2.6 A resolution. The crystal structure showed that only van der Waals interactions are involved in binding. The somatic Ala H93 Val mutation in M02/05/01 fills up an empty cavity in the binding pocket. This leads to an increase in binding energy and to the ability to discriminate between the hapten traseolide and its derivatives. The structural understanding of odorant specificity in an antibody gives insight in the physical principles on how specificity for such hydrophobic molecules may be achieved.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/chemistry
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/genetics
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/isolation & purification
- Antibody Specificity/immunology
- Binding, Competitive
- Crystallization
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated/chemistry
- Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated/immunology
- Fluorescence
- Haptens/chemistry
- Haptens/immunology
- Hybrid Cells
- Immunoglobulin Fragments/chemistry
- Immunoglobulin Fragments/genetics
- Immunoglobulin Fragments/immunology
- Immunoglobulin Fragments/isolation & purification
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region/chemistry
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region/genetics
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region/immunology
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region/isolation & purification
- Indans/chemistry
- Indans/immunology
- Kinetics
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Mimicry
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Odorants
- Protein Structure, Secondary
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/immunology
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/isolation & purification
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- A C Langedijk
- Biochemisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zürich, CH-8057, Switzerland
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Gigant B, Charbonnier JB, Eshhar Z, Green BS, Knossow M. Crossreactivity, efficiency and catalytic specificity of an esterase-like antibody. J Mol Biol 1998; 284:741-50. [PMID: 9826512 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The antibody D2.3 catalyzes the hydrolysis of several p-nitrobenzyl and p-nitrophenyl esters with significant rate enhancement; product inhibition is observed with the former compounds but not with the latter. Whereas enzyme specificity has been extensively studied by X-ray crystallography, structural data on catalytic antibodies have thus far related only to one of the reactions they catalyze. To investigate the substrate specificity and the substrate relative to product selectivity of D2.3, we have determined the structures of its complexes with two p-nitrophenyl phosphonate transition state analogs (TSAs) and with the reaction product, p-nitrophenol. The complexes with these TSAs, determined at 1.9 A resolution, and that with p-nitrobenzyl phosphonate determined previously, differ mainly by the locations and conformations of the ligands. Taken together with kinetic data, the structures suggest that a hydrogen bond to an atom of the substrate distant by eight covalent bonds from the carbonyl group of the hydrolyzed ester bond contributes to catalytic efficiency and substrate specificity. The structure of Fab D2.3 complexed with p-nitrophenol was determined at 2.1 A resolution. Release of p-nitrophenol is facilitated due to the unfavourable interaction of the partial charge of the nitro group of p-nitrophenolate with the hydrophobic cavity where it is located, and to the absence of a direct hydrogen bond between the product and the Fab. Catalytic specificity and the manner of product release are both affected by interactions with substrate atoms remote from the reaction center that were not programmed in the design of the TSA used to elicit this antibody. Selection of a catalytic antibody that makes use of TSA unprogrammed features has been made practical because of the screening for catalytic efficiency incorporated in the procedure used to obtain it.
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- B Gigant
- UPR 9063 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Bat. 34 Avenue de la Terrasse, Gif sur Yvette Cedex, 91198, France
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Among the most important advances in antibody engineering of this past year is the advent of new tools to study the relationship between protein (including antibody) structure and function. Very rapid large-scale mutational analysis of antibodies is now possible by using in vitro transcription and translation. Ribosome display is a rapidly evolving technology for modifying antibody function that offers several potential advantages over phage display.
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- W Dall'Acqua
- Department of Molecular Oncology, Genentech Incorporated, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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