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Chen Y, Shu X, Zhao Y, Zhang B, Ma Z, Zhang H. [Single chain antibody fragment display systems: a review]. Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao 2023; 39:3681-3694. [PMID: 37805846 DOI: 10.13345/j.cjb.220911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/09/2023]
Abstract
Single chain antibody fragment (scFv) is a small molecule composed of a variable region of heavy chain (VH) and a variable region of light chain (VL) of an antibody, and these two chains are connected by a flexible short peptide. scFv is the smallest functional fragment with complete antigen-binding activity, which contains both the antibody-recognizing site and the antigen-binding site. Compared with other antibodies, scFv has the advantages of small molecular weight, strong penetration, low immunogenicity, and easy expression. Currently, the most commonly used display systems for scFv mainly include the phage display system, ribosome display system, mRNA display system, yeast cell surface display system and mammalian cell display system. In recent years, with the development of scFv in the field of medicine, biology, and food safety, they have also attracted much attention in the sectors of biosynthesis and applied research. This review summarizes the advances of scFv display systems in recent years in order to facilitate scFv screening and application.
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- Yao Chen
- National Ethnic Affairs Commission Key Laboratory of Bioengineering and Technology, Biomedical Research Center, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou 730030, Gansu, China
- College of Life Science and Engineering, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou 730030, Gansu, China
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- National Ethnic Affairs Commission Key Laboratory of Bioengineering and Technology, Biomedical Research Center, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou 730030, Gansu, China
- College of Life Science and Engineering, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou 730030, Gansu, China
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- National Ethnic Affairs Commission Key Laboratory of Bioengineering and Technology, Biomedical Research Center, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou 730030, Gansu, China
- College of Life Science and Engineering, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou 730030, Gansu, China
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- National Ethnic Affairs Commission Key Laboratory of Bioengineering and Technology, Biomedical Research Center, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou 730030, Gansu, China
- College of Life Science and Engineering, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou 730030, Gansu, China
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- National Ethnic Affairs Commission Key Laboratory of Bioengineering and Technology, Biomedical Research Center, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou 730030, Gansu, China
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- National Ethnic Affairs Commission Key Laboratory of Bioengineering and Technology, Biomedical Research Center, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou 730030, Gansu, China
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Nagano K, Tsutsumi Y. Phage Display Technology as a Powerful Platform for Antibody Drug Discovery. Viruses 2021; 13:178. [PMID: 33504115 PMCID: PMC7912188 DOI: 10.3390/v13020178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Antibody drugs with a high affinity and specificity are effective and safe for intractable diseases, such as cancers and autoimmune diseases. Furthermore, they have played a central role in drug discovery, currently accounting for eight of the top 20 pharmaceutical products worldwide by sales. Forty years ago, clinical trials on antibody drugs that were thought to be a magic bullet failed, partly due to the immunogenicity of monoclonal antibodies produced in mice. The recent breakthrough in antibody drugs is largely because of the contribution of phage display technology. Here, we reviewed the importance of phage display technology as a powerful platform for antibody drug discovery from various perspectives, such as the development of human monoclonal antibodies, affinity enhancement of monoclonal antibodies, and the identification of therapeutic targets for antibody drugs.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/metabolism
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/therapeutic use
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/immunology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/metabolism
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/pharmacology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/therapeutic use
- Antibody Affinity
- Autoantibodies/immunology
- Cell Surface Display Techniques
- Drug Discovery
- High-Throughput Screening Assays
- Humans
- Mice
- Peptide Library
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Affiliation(s)
- Kazuya Nagano
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- The Center for Advanced Medical Engineering and Informatics, Osaka University, 1-6, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Ge S, Xu L, Li B, Zhong F, Liu X, Zhang X. Canine Parvovirus is diagnosed and neutralized by chicken IgY-scFv generated against the virus capsid protein. Vet Res 2020; 51:110. [PMID: 32883344 PMCID: PMC7468180 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-020-00832-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Canine parvovirus (CPV) can cause acute and highly contagious bloody enteritis in dog. To obtain antibodies against CPV, hens were immunized with virus-like particles (VLP) of CPV-VP2. The IgY single chain fragment variables (scFv) were generated by T7 phage display system and expressed in E. coli system. The titer of the primary scFv library reached to 1.5 × 106 pfu/mL, and 95% of the phages contained the target fragments. The CPV-VLP and CPV-VP2 protein showed similar reaction values to the purified scFv in the ELISA test, and the results of ELISA analysis using IgY-scFv toward CPV clinical samples were consistent with commercial immunochromatographic assay (ICA) and PCR detection, the scFv did not show cross reactivity with canine distemper virus (CDV) and canine coronavirus (CCV). IgY-scFv was successfully expressed in CRFK cells, and in the virus suppression assay, 55% of CPV infections were eliminated within 24 h. Docking results demonstrated that the number of amino acids of the binding sides between scFv and VP2 were AA37 and AA40, respectively. This study revealed the feasibility of a novel functional antibody fragment development strategy by generating diversified avian IgY-scFv libraries towards the pathogenic target of interest for both detection and therapeutic purposes in veterinary medicine.
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- Shikun Ge
- Chinese-German Joint Laboratory for Natural Product Research, Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecological Environment of Qinba Areas, School of Biological Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, China
- Department of Biology, Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Chinese-German Joint Laboratory for Natural Product Research, Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecological Environment of Qinba Areas, School of Biological Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, China
- Department of Biology, Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Chinese-German Joint Laboratory for Natural Product Research, Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecological Environment of Qinba Areas, School of Biological Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Sheep Genetic Improvement and Healthy Production, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science, Shihezi, China
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- Chinese-German Joint Laboratory for Natural Product Research, Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecological Environment of Qinba Areas, School of Biological Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, China
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- Chinese-German Joint Laboratory for Natural Product Research, Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecological Environment of Qinba Areas, School of Biological Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, China
- Department of Biology, Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON Canada
- State Key Laboratory for Sheep Genetic Improvement and Healthy Production, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science, Shihezi, China
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Hassan KMA, Hansen JD, Herrin BR, Amemiya CT. Generation of Lamprey Monoclonal Antibodies (Lampribodies) Using the Phage Display System. Biomolecules 2019; 9:E868. [PMID: 31842457 PMCID: PMC6995607 DOI: 10.3390/biom9120868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Revised: 12/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The variable lymphocyte receptors (VLRs) consist of leucine rich repeats (LRRs) and comprise the humoral antibodies produced by lampreys and hagfishes. The diversity of the molecules is generated by stepwise genomic rearrangements of LRR cassettes dispersed throughout the VLRB locus. Previously, target-specific monovalent VLRB antibodies were isolated from sea lamprey larvae after immunization with model antigens. Further, the cloned VLR cDNAs from activated lamprey leukocytes were transfected into human cell lines or yeast to select best binders. Here, we expand on the overall utility of the VLRB technology by introducing it into a filamentous phage display system. We first tested the efficacy of isolating phage into which known VLRB molecules were cloned after a series of dilutions. These experiments showed that targeted VLRB clones could easily be recovered even after extensive dilutions (1 to 109). We further utilized the system to isolate target-specific "lampribodies" from phage display libraries from immunized animals and observed an amplification of binders with relative high affinities by competitive binding. The lampribodies can be individually purified and ostensibly utilized for applications for which conventional monoclonal antibodies are employed.
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- Khan M. A. Hassan
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California-Merced, Merced, CA 95343, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Western Fisheries Research Center, Seattle, WA 98115, USA;
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA;
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California-Merced, Merced, CA 95343, USA
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NAGANO K, TSUTSUMI Y. Development of novel drug delivery systems using phage display technology for clinical application of protein drugs. Proc Jpn Acad Ser B Phys Biol Sci 2016; 92:156-66. [PMID: 27169349 PMCID: PMC4995314 DOI: 10.2183/pjab.92.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/29/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Attempts are being made to develop therapeutic proteins for cancer, hepatitis, and autoimmune conditions, but their clinical applications are limited, except in the cases of drugs based on erythropoietin, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, interferon-alpha, and antibodies, owing to problems with fundamental technologies for protein drug discovery. It is difficult to identify proteins useful as therapeutic seeds or targets. Another problem in using bioactive proteins is pleiotropic actions through receptors, making it hard to elicit desired effects without side effects. Additionally, bioactive proteins have poor therapeutic effects owing to degradation by proteases and rapid excretion from the circulatory system. Therefore, it is essential to establish a series of novel drug delivery systems (DDS) to overcome these problems. Here, we review original technologies in DDS. First, we introduce antibody proteomics technology for effective selection of proteins useful as therapeutic seeds or targets and identification of various kinds of proteins, such as cancer-specific proteins, cancer metastasis-related proteins, and a cisplatin resistance-related protein. Especially Ephrin receptor A10 is expressed in breast tumor tissues but not in normal tissues and is a promising drug target potentially useful for breast cancer treatment. Moreover, we have developed a system for rapidly creating functional mutant proteins to optimize the seeds for therapeutic applications and used this system to generate various kinds of functional cytokine muteins. Among them, R1antTNF is a TNFR1-selective antagonistic mutant of TNF and is the first mutein converted from agonist to antagonist. We also review a novel polymer-conjugation system to improve the in vivo stability of bioactive proteins. Site-specific PEGylated R1antTNF is uniform at the molecular level, and its bioactivity is similar to that of unmodified R1antTNF. In the future, we hope that many innovative protein drugs will be developed by combining these technologies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kazuya NAGANO
- Laboratory of Toxicology and Safety Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Laboratory of innovative Antibody Engineering and Design, Center for Drug Design Research, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Toxicology and Safety Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Laboratory of innovative Antibody Engineering and Design, Center for Drug Design Research, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
- The Center for Advanced Medical Engineering and Informatics, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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