E V Meulemans, L J Nieland, W H Debie, F C Ramaekers, G J van Eys
{"title":"Phage displayed antibodies specific for a cytoskeletal antigen. Selection by competitive elution with a monoclonal antibody.","authors":"E V Meulemans, L J Nieland, W H Debie, F C Ramaekers, G J van Eys","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The display of repertoires of antibody fragments on the surface of filamentous phage offers a new way to produce immunoreagents with defined specificities. Here we report the selection of antibody fragments against the cytoskeletal fraction of T24 bladder cancer cells. To focus selection to a specific antigen, we eluted bound phage with a mouse monoclonal antibody directed against cytokeratins. Our initial studies proved that such a selection procedure with a library, carrying the mouse antibody fragment repertoire, resulted in phage specificity for the antigen against cytokeratin 8, recognized by the mouse monoclonal antibody. To facilitate detection of reactive clones, monoclonal antibodies against phage epitopes were developed. A human synthetic library (> 10(8) clones) was used for selection by competitive elution after binding to T24 cytoskeleton. About 50% of the phage reacted in ELISA with cytoskeletons of T24 cells, while with noncytokeratin containing cells no reaction was observed. Immunofluorescence studies and Western blotting with a number of these clones showed reactivity against cytokeratin. We conclude that the competitive elution method can be used as a rapid technique to obtain immunoreactive phages, and eventually human single chain antibodies directed against defined epitopes which were formerly characterized and validated by mouse monoclonal antibodies.</p>","PeriodicalId":77166,"journal":{"name":"Human antibodies and hybridomas","volume":"6 3","pages":"113-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19577153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Krenn, P. von Landenberg, E. Woźniak, C. Kissler, H. Hermelink, U. Zimmermann, H. Vollmers
{"title":"Efficient immortalization of rheumatoid synovial tissue B-lymphocytes. A comparison between the techniques of electric field-induced and PEG fusion.","authors":"V. Krenn, P. von Landenberg, E. Woźniak, C. Kissler, H. Hermelink, U. Zimmermann, H. Vollmers","doi":"10.3233/HAB-1995-6202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/HAB-1995-6202","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, B-cells isolated from rheumatoid synovial tissue were immortalized, without prior in vitro stimulation, by means of electric-field induced fusion and conventional PEG fusion in order to compare the efficiency of these methods. Two myeloma cell lines were used as fusion partners, the murine myeloma Ag8 and the murine-human heteromyeloma HAB-1. The results of seven fusion experiments performed simultaneously with identical cell populations showed that fusion frequencies obtained by electrofusion were 4 to 35 times higher than by the PEG fusion technique. The morphological and immunohistochemical evaluation of synovial tissues used for fusion showed that only tissues exhibiting a follicular distribution of B-cells with a high percentage of CD 22-positive lymphocytes gave rise to high fusion yields and produced B-cell clones, whereas synovial tissues with the same percentage of plasma cells but lower percentages of CD 22 lymphocytes yielded very low fusion rates. In conclusion, electrofusion is more efficient for immortalizing small amounts of synovial tissue B-lymphocytes than PEG fusion, since high fusion frequencies could be obtained by this technique without the need for prior in vitro stimulation. Synovial tissue exhibiting a follicular distribution of B-lymphocytes with high percentages of CD 22-positive lymphocytes gave rise to high hybridoma yields and therefore an ideal source of human rheumatoid B-cell clones.","PeriodicalId":77166,"journal":{"name":"Human antibodies and hybridomas","volume":"6 2 1","pages":"47-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/HAB-1995-6202","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69906041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L Tsuchiyama, T Wong, J Kieran, P Boyle, D Penza, G D Wetzel
{"title":"Comparison of anti-TNF alpha autoantibodies in plasma and from EBV transformed lymphocytes of autoimmune and normal individuals.","authors":"L Tsuchiyama, T Wong, J Kieran, P Boyle, D Penza, G D Wetzel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To examine the ability of normal and autoimmune individuals to produce circulating anti-TNF alpha antibodies, plasma samples from 10 RA patients, 10 SLE patients and 5 normal subjects were assessed for anti-TNF alpha antibody. While every individual tested demonstrated circulating IgM anti-TNF alpha antibody, IgG anti-TNF alpha autoantibody was seen predominantly in autoimmune patients. Only 1 of 5 normal individuals, but 15 of 20 autoimmune individuals had plasma IgG anti-TNF alpha antibodies. To examine the ability of normal and autoimmune individuals to produce anti-TNF alpha autoantibody from their circulating lymphocytes, EBV transformation was performed. Oligoclonal immortal cell lines were successfully established from 13 patients and each one secreted detectable IgM anti-TNF alpha autoantibody. Transformed cells from only 1 of 5 normal individuals secreted IgM anti-TNF alpha autoantibody. These results indicate a higher prevalence of anti-TNF alpha autoantibody production among autoimmune individuals although normal individuals are also capable of producing these autoantibodies.</p>","PeriodicalId":77166,"journal":{"name":"Human antibodies and hybridomas","volume":"6 2","pages":"73-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18500914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
U. Zimmermann, L. Love-Homan, P. Gessner, D. Clark, G. Klöck, F. Johlin, G. Neil
{"title":"Generation of a human monoclonal antibody to hepatitis C virus, JRA1 by activation of peripheral blood lymphocytes and hypo-osmolar electrofusion.","authors":"U. Zimmermann, L. Love-Homan, P. Gessner, D. Clark, G. Klöck, F. Johlin, G. Neil","doi":"10.3233/HAB-1995-6207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/HAB-1995-6207","url":null,"abstract":"We have generated a human monoclonal antibody with binding specificity for hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific peptides using peripheral blood lymphocytes isolated from a HCV antibody positive patient. The B-lymphocytes were stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) for 72 hours prior to the fusion. A recently described high efficiency hypo-osmolar electrofusion technique was employed, allowing generation of a large number of human hybridomas. The hybridomas were screened for human immunoglobulin and HCV-specific peptide binding by EIA. A single HCV-positive clone, JRA1, was detected and sub-cloned. Isotype analysis showed it to secrete an IgM lambda monoclonal antibody. The antibody was positive on both first and second generation HCV antibody analysis. This study confirms that viable pathogen-specific B-cells may be recovered from the peripheral blood. Although such cells are likely to be relatively uncommon in the circulating B-cell pool, they may be successfully immortalized by high efficiency electrofusion techniques. This technique might be valuable for the generation of human monoclonal antibodies with specificity for other human pathogens.","PeriodicalId":77166,"journal":{"name":"Human antibodies and hybridomas","volume":"6 2 1","pages":"77-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/HAB-1995-6207","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69906139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P Hu, M S Glasky, A Yun, M M Alauddin, J L Hornick, L A Khawli, A L Epstein
{"title":"A human-mouse chimeric Lym-1 monoclonal antibody with specificity for human lymphomas expressed in a baculovirus system.","authors":"P Hu, M S Glasky, A Yun, M M Alauddin, J L Hornick, L A Khawli, A L Epstein","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A murine anti-human B-cell monoclonal antibody, Lym-1, has shown considerable promise for the treatment of human malignant lymphomas and has been utilized as a new radioimmunotherapy for refractory lymphoma. In order to enhance its clinical potential, a genetically engineered chimeric Lym-1 (chLym-1) with murine variable regions and human gamma 1 and kappa constant regions was constructed and expressed. The goal of this study was to generate a Lym-1 reagent with decreased immunogenicity and improved effector functions. Murine Lym-1 variable region cDNAs were isolated from the murine Lym-1 hybridoma cell line, fused to gamma 1 and kappa constant region cDNAs, and expressed in an insect cell expression system with the baculovirus transfer vector pAcUW31. The chLym-1 antibody expressed in this system was correctly processed and assembled into the expected immunoglobulin monomer. Chimeric Lym-1 bound to both target antigen-bearing Raji cells and a Lym-1 anti-idiotype antibody and had a similar binding affinity as murine Lym-1. The chimeric and murine versions of Lym-1 were assayed for their ability to mediate antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) and to induce complement-mediated cytotoxicity (CMC) against Raji targets. Chimeric Lym-1 mediated a two-fold higher level of ADCC than murine Lym-1 and slightly lower levels of CMC than murine Lym-1. In addition, in Raji lymphoma-bearing nude mice, chLym-1 localized to the tumor with approximately equal uptake at 24 and 72 hours. Chimeric Lym-1, however, cleared from the blood of nontumor-bearing mice approximately 5 times faster than murine Lym-1 (20 h vs. 5 days), as expected for a xenogeneic protein. The improved in vitro and in vivo activities of this genetically engineered monoclonal antibody render it a new potential immunotherapeutic reagent for the treatment of human malignant lymphomas.</p>","PeriodicalId":77166,"journal":{"name":"Human antibodies and hybridomas","volume":"6 2","pages":"57-67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18500912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Single-chain antibody streptavidin fusions: tetrameric bifunctional scFv-complexes with biotin binding activity and enhanced affinity to antigen.","authors":"S M Kipriyanov, F Breitling, M Little, S Dübel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To increase the avidity of single-chain antibodies (scFv) for their antigen, we have fused them to core-streptavidin. The chimeric protein, expressed by the vector pSTE (plasmid for streptavidin-tagged expression) from Escherichia coli, can form tetrameric complexes, binds its antigen and contains four biotin binding sites per tetrameric complex. An additional cysteine inserted near the carboxy terminus further stabilised the complex. The scFv fusion protein tetramers could be enriched by affinity chromatography using the biotin analog 2-iminobiotin from periplasmic inclusion bodies after refolding. We have also shown that the scFv fusion protein could be used for direct detection of its antigen in ELISA when stained with biotinylated horseradish peroxidase. The affinity of the scFv-antibody complex was substantially increased by avidity effects due to the tetrameric structure. The biotin binding sites may be used for coupling other antibodies and molecules to form bispecific and bifunctional reagents.</p>","PeriodicalId":77166,"journal":{"name":"Human antibodies and hybridomas","volume":"6 3","pages":"93-101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19577104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y Shoenfeld, B Gilburd, M Hojnik, M Damianovich, S Hacham, Y Kopolovic, P Polak-Charcon, I Goldberg, A Afek, L Hun-Chi
{"title":"Induction of Goodpasture antibodies to noncollagenous domain (NC1) of type IV collagen in mice by idiotypic manipulation.","authors":"Y Shoenfeld, B Gilburd, M Hojnik, M Damianovich, S Hacham, Y Kopolovic, P Polak-Charcon, I Goldberg, A Afek, L Hun-Chi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The characteristic pathogenic autoantibodies in Goodpasture's syndrome (GPS) are directed to the noncollagenous domain (NC1) of basement membrane type IV collagen. To examine whether immunization with anti-NC1 antibodies could lead to GPS-like pathology, naive BALB/c mice were immunized intradermally with a mouse IgG anti-NC1 monoclonal antibody or IgG serum fraction derived from patients with GPS. Mice immunized with normal mouse or human IgG and nonimmunized mice served as controls. Anti-NC1 antibodies of IgG isotype were detected in the sera of mice injected with anti-NC1 antibodies, but not in the sera of control mice. The presence of circulating anti-NC1 antibodies coincided in some of the mice erythrocyturia or proteinuria and pathological changes in the kidneys. No pathologic alterations were seen in the control mice. The results show that specific idiotypic manipulation can induce anti-NC1 antibodies and pathological changes resembling human GPS.</p>","PeriodicalId":77166,"journal":{"name":"Human antibodies and hybridomas","volume":"6 4","pages":"122-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19663085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Hu, M. Glasky, A. Yun, M. Alauddin, J. Hornick, L. Khawli, A. Epstein
{"title":"A human-mouse chimeric Lym-1 monoclonal antibody with specificity for human lymphomas expressed in a baculovirus system.","authors":"P. Hu, M. Glasky, A. Yun, M. Alauddin, J. Hornick, L. Khawli, A. Epstein","doi":"10.3233/HAB-1995-6204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/HAB-1995-6204","url":null,"abstract":"A murine anti-human B-cell monoclonal antibody, Lym-1, has shown considerable promise for the treatment of human malignant lymphomas and has been utilized as a new radioimmunotherapy for refractory lymphoma. In order to enhance its clinical potential, a genetically engineered chimeric Lym-1 (chLym-1) with murine variable regions and human gamma 1 and kappa constant regions was constructed and expressed. The goal of this study was to generate a Lym-1 reagent with decreased immunogenicity and improved effector functions. Murine Lym-1 variable region cDNAs were isolated from the murine Lym-1 hybridoma cell line, fused to gamma 1 and kappa constant region cDNAs, and expressed in an insect cell expression system with the baculovirus transfer vector pAcUW31. The chLym-1 antibody expressed in this system was correctly processed and assembled into the expected immunoglobulin monomer. Chimeric Lym-1 bound to both target antigen-bearing Raji cells and a Lym-1 anti-idiotype antibody and had a similar binding affinity as murine Lym-1. The chimeric and murine versions of Lym-1 were assayed for their ability to mediate antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) and to induce complement-mediated cytotoxicity (CMC) against Raji targets. Chimeric Lym-1 mediated a two-fold higher level of ADCC than murine Lym-1 and slightly lower levels of CMC than murine Lym-1. In addition, in Raji lymphoma-bearing nude mice, chLym-1 localized to the tumor with approximately equal uptake at 24 and 72 hours. Chimeric Lym-1, however, cleared from the blood of nontumor-bearing mice approximately 5 times faster than murine Lym-1 (20 h vs. 5 days), as expected for a xenogeneic protein. The improved in vitro and in vivo activities of this genetically engineered monoclonal antibody render it a new potential immunotherapeutic reagent for the treatment of human malignant lymphomas.","PeriodicalId":77166,"journal":{"name":"Human antibodies and hybridomas","volume":"11 5 1","pages":"57-67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/HAB-1995-6204","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69906080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. Shoenfeld, B. Gilburd, M. Hojnik, M. Damianovich, S. Hacham, Y. Kopolovic, P. Polak-Charcon, I. Goldberg, A. Afek, L. Hun-Chi
{"title":"Induction of Goodpasture antibodies to noncollagenous domain (NC1) of type IV collagen in mice by idiotypic manipulation.","authors":"Y. Shoenfeld, B. Gilburd, M. Hojnik, M. Damianovich, S. Hacham, Y. Kopolovic, P. Polak-Charcon, I. Goldberg, A. Afek, L. Hun-Chi","doi":"10.3233/HAB-1995-6401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/HAB-1995-6401","url":null,"abstract":"The characteristic pathogenic autoantibodies in Goodpasture's syndrome (GPS) are directed to the noncollagenous domain (NC1) of basement membrane type IV collagen. To examine whether immunization with anti-NC1 antibodies could lead to GPS-like pathology, naive BALB/c mice were immunized intradermally with a mouse IgG anti-NC1 monoclonal antibody or IgG serum fraction derived from patients with GPS. Mice immunized with normal mouse or human IgG and nonimmunized mice served as controls. Anti-NC1 antibodies of IgG isotype were detected in the sera of mice injected with anti-NC1 antibodies, but not in the sera of control mice. The presence of circulating anti-NC1 antibodies coincided in some of the mice erythrocyturia or proteinuria and pathological changes in the kidneys. No pathologic alterations were seen in the control mice. The results show that specific idiotypic manipulation can induce anti-NC1 antibodies and pathological changes resembling human GPS.","PeriodicalId":77166,"journal":{"name":"Human antibodies and hybridomas","volume":"6 4 1","pages":"122-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/HAB-1995-6401","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69906340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A genetically engineered fusion protein M4/TNF with increased bifunctional activity refolded in the presence of protein disulfide isomerase.","authors":"J. Yang, R. Raju, R. Sharma, J. Xiang","doi":"10.3233/HAB-1995-6402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/HAB-1995-6402","url":null,"abstract":"Recombinant DNA techniques were used to clone, to construct and to express a fusion protein M4/TNF in Escherichia coli. The fusion protein includes the chimeric F(ab')2 fragment (M4) recognizing the human tumor-associated TAG72 antigen and the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) moiety. The M4/TNF purified from inclusion bodies of the bacteria homogenates was further solubilized in a denaturing buffer containing 6 mol l-1 guanidine and refolded in a refolding buffer. Our results showed that the M4/TNF refolded in a buffer containing 6 mmol l-1 oxidized glutathione (GSSG), 0.2 mmol l-1 dithioerythione (DTE) and 0.5 mumol l-1 protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) displayed a 4-fold higher anti-TAG72 immunoreactivity and a 5-fold higher TNF activity than that refolded in the same refolding buffer but without PDI. Our data thus indicates that the protein disulfide isomerase not only facilitates the correct formation of disulfide-bonds of the antibody molecule, but also the correct refolding of the TNF moiety in vitro.","PeriodicalId":77166,"journal":{"name":"Human antibodies and hybridomas","volume":"6 4 1","pages":"129-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/HAB-1995-6402","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69906394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}