ER Intrabodies: Potent Molecules for Specific Knockdown of Proteins Passingthe ER

Abstract

A very promising protein knockdown technique is based on recombinant antibody fragments expressed inside the ER (ER intrabodies). ER intrabodies mediate inhibition of the function of proteins passing the ER very efficiently and specifically. Many ER intrabodies against a large range of attractive targets have been described [2,3]. Targets include oncogenic receptors, virus proteins (to prevent virus assembly), cellular virus receptors (to block virus entry), proteins of the immune system and the nervous system [4-8]. Even ER intrabodies with therapeutic potential have been generated [9-15].